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-The Project Gutenberg eBook of The botanist's repository for new and
-rare plants; vols 1 & 2, by Henry C. Andrews
-
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-Title: The botanist's repository for new and rare plants; vols 1 & 2
-
-Author: Henry C. Andrews
-
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-*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BOTANIST'S REPOSITORY FOR
-NEW AND RARE PLANTS; VOLS 1 & 2 ***
-
-
-
-
-
-                            [Illustration:
-
-                               _Vol. 1._
-
-                               _of the_
-                         Botanist’s Repository
-
-                              _Comprising
-                         Colour’d Engravings_
-
-                                  of
-
-                         _New and Rare Plants_
-
-                                 ONLY
-
-                    With Botanical Descriptions &c.
-
-                             ----_in_----
-
-                         _Latin and English_,
-
-                              _after the_
-
-                            Linnæan System.
-
-                                 _by_
-
-                             _H. Andrews_
-
-                   _Botanical Painter Engraver, &c._
-                                   ]
-
-
-
-
-PREFACE.
-
-
-The utility of this undertaking at a crisis, when the taste for
-Botanical pursuits so universally prevails, will, it is presumed, be
-readily admitted by all those engaged in them, whether as theorists,
-collectors, or cultivators. Such a work, under the immediate direction
-of some principal leader in the science, of this country, has been a
-desideratum of long expectance; but either from the great expence
-necessarily incurred, before any adequate return could be made, or from
-the trouble attendant on publications, where colouring forms so
-considerable a part, as yet, every similar attempt has proved abortive.
-The Bot. Mag. of Mr. Curtis, a work of singular merit in its way, has
-occasionally furnished, it is true, a few specimens of new plants; but
-the greatest part, as its title-page indicates, consists of those well
-known, common plants, long cultivated in our gardens; the direct reverse
-of the proposals and intentions of the author, in the prosecution of
-this. From a wish to prevent confusion, it was a determined principle at
-the outset of the work, not to give any generic or specific synonims;
-but to follow the most generally accepted names, of known and named
-plants, without a cavil, of our best English botanists, or cultivators,
-if no flagrant error was perceptible, according to the Linnæan system:
-being satisfied, nothing contributed so much to repress the ardour of
-young botanists as the difficulty of affixing the right name to those
-plants, which, (from a captious desire in every publisher, to foist in
-something of his own coinage, upon the most trifling supposed
-difference,) have undergone several changes of title. If the plant was a
-certain novelty, with us, to have followed the sexual system, without a
-schism; upon that truly grand and comprehensive scale of nature; when
-the formation of a new genus was necessary; if not, to refer it to some
-one already made, if such was to be found, in any orthodox author: the
-specific name to be formed from some opposed, leading feature, in the
-habits of the different species of the genus. But although such were the
-Author’s intentions, when he entered on this business, yet, from a wish
-to oblige many of the supporters of the work, who have signified a wish
-that synonims should be given, an alphabetical Index, with all the
-various Synonims collated from the best authorities, shall be printed
-separate for the use of those who may wish for such an addition.
-
-As a fair excuse for the Author, (who throws himself upon the candour of
-the Public,) in extenuation of the inaccuracies which have, and will
-necessarily occur in the prosecution of the work, it is just to say,
-that the difficulties to be encountered, and of which none but those
-engaged in similar concerns can form any adequate idea, are
-incalculable; arising chiefly from the nature of a monthly publication,
-composed entirely of novelty, which cannot be anticipated, and of
-course, so very little time can be allotted for revisal or correction.
-To remedy as far as possible such slips, a list of Erratæ will be given,
-with the Index, at the close of each volume.
-
-KNIGHTSBRIDGE, Oct. 1799.
-
-
-
-
-ERRATA, VOL. I.
-
-
-Plate 2. Springalia, lege, _Sprengelia_. Bloss. one leaf, read, _one petal_.
-         Peri. 4-valvis, 4-locul. l. 5-val. 5-loc. S. V. 4 val.
-         4 cells, r. 5 val. 5 cells.
-
-      3. Cor. æquila, l. _æqualia_. Emp. Sheath, r. _Sheaths_.
-
-      7. Calyx, multiflorium, l. _multiflorum_.
-
-      9. Calyx, diciduis, l. _deciduis_. Stam. acumenatæ, l. _acuminatæ_.
-
-     11. Sp. Ch. post roseis, ins. (,).
-
-     12. Ord. II. r. IV. Seeds, become, r. _becomes_.
-
-     14. Emp. cup, r. _sheath_. Poin. put (,) after beneath.
-
-     15. Standard, cut, r. _cup_.
-
-     20. Sem. acumenatæ, l. _acuminatæ_.
-
-     23. Bloss. after spreading, put (,). No. 2 of Ref. put (_the_) before chives.
-
-     25. Sp. Ch. post plenis, ins. (,).
-
-     27. Ord. II. r. IV.
-
-     30. Line 6th of Descr. leave out (_not_).
-
-     37. Ord. II. r. IV.
-
-     41. Bloss. one leaf, r. _one petal_; divided
-         into six, r. _with six divisions_.
-
-     47. Stam. post subulata, ins. (,).
-
-     65. Emp. fruit-stalks, r. _fruit-stalk_.
-
-     67. Descr. line 2d, for makes an addition to, r. _makes one of_.
-
-
-
-
-THE
-
-BOTANIST’S REPOSITORY,
-
-FOR
-
-_NEW, AND RARE PLANTS_.
-
-CONTAINING
-
-COLOURED FIGURES
-
-OF SUCH PLANTS, AS HAVE NOT HITHERTO APPEARED
-IN ANY SIMILAR PUBLICATION;
-
-WITH ALL THEIR ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS, BOTANICALLY ARRANGED,
-AFTER THE SEXUAL SYSTEM OF THE CELEBRATED LINNÆUS;
-
-_IN ENGLISH, AND LATIN_.
-
-TO EACH DESCRIPTION IS ADDED,
-
-A SHORT HISTORY OF THE PLANT,
-
-AS TO ITS TIME OF FLOWERING, CULTURE, NATIVE PLACE OF GROWTH,
-WHEN INTRODUCED, AND BY WHOM.
-
-THE WHOLE EXECUTED BY
-
-_HENRY ANDREWS_,
-
-AUTHOR OF THE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS OF HEATHS, IN FOLIO.
-
-
-LONDON:
-
-_PRINTED BY T. BENSLEY_,
-AND PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, Nº 5, KNIGHTSBRIDGE.
-
-To be had of J. WHITE, Fleet-street, and all the Booksellers.
-
-1797.
-
-
-
-
-PLATE I.
-
-CORTUSA MATTHIOLI.
-
-_Alpine Sanicle._
-
-
-CLASS V. ORDER I.
-
-_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium quinquefidum, persistens; laciniis obtusis,
-     concavis.
-
-     COROLLA. Monopetala, rotata, quinquepartita, laciniis sub-rotundis,
-     ad quarum basin prominent tubercula quinque.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quinque brevia. Antheræ bipartitæ, oblongæ,
-     erectæ, exteriori parte affixæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma simplex.
-
-     PERICARPUIM. Capsula ovata-oblonga, utrinque longitudinaliter
-     sulcata, unilocularis, apice quinquevalvi, valvularum marginibus
-     involutis.
-
-     SEMINA numerosa, oblonga, scabra.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup with five divisions, permanent; the segments blunt,
-     and concave.
-
-     BLOSSOM. One leaf, wheel-shaped, five divisions, segments nearly
-     round, having five prominent tubercles at their base.
-
-     CHIVES. Five short threads. Tips divided in two, oblong, upright,
-     and fixed to the blossom by their backs.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit simple.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oblong egg-shaped, channelled on each side, of
-     one cell, the top has five valves, which are turned inward at their
-     margins.
-
-     SEEDS many, oblong, and rough.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Cortusa, foliis cordatis, laciniatis, petiolatis; calycibus corolla
-     brevioribus.
-
-     Sanicle, with heart-shaped jagged leaves that have foot-stalks;
-     empalements shorter than the blossoms.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement, and Fruit-stalk.
-2. The Blossom cut, and spread open, to expose the situation of the Chives.
-3. The Pointal, magnified.
-
-This beautiful little herbaceous plant, a native of the Germanic Alps,
-was known to, and described by all the elder, as well as modern
-botanical theorists; yet till this time, has there not been one good
-representation of it. Having been nearly lost to us for a number of
-years, it may be considered as deserving a place amongst those plants we
-deem rare; as a specimen of such it has been given. It delights much in
-shade; is perfectly hardy; thrives best in a light but pure soil; as
-dung, or other mixtures, are apt to rot the roots when in a state of
-inaction; flowering in May and June, and producing seeds. But the surest
-mode of propagation is by the root, which may be divided with success
-about September.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE II.
-
-SPRINGALIA INCARNATA.
-
-_Star-flowered Springalia._
-
-
-CLASS XIX. ORDER VI.
-
-_SYNGENESIS MONOGAMIA._ Tips united. Flowers simple.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, quinquefidum, persistens.
-
-     COROLLA. Monopetala, quinquefida, rotata, laciniis acumenatis.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, lineares, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ
-     pilosæ, erectæ, conatæ in cylindrum.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen superum, turbinatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma
-     obtusum.
-
-     PERICARFIUM. Capsula quadrivalvis, quadrilocularis.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, minima, rotunda.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, cut into five segments, and remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM. One leaf, cut into five segments, wheel-shaped, the
-     divisions sharp pointed.
-
-     CHIVES. Five threads, linear, fixed into the receptacle. Tips
-     hairy, upright, united into a cylinder.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud above, turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit
-     blunt ended.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule four valves, four cells.
-
-     SEEDS many, small, and round.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Springalia, foliis alternis, amplexicaulibus, mucronatis; corollis
-     sub-solitariis, incarnatis, rigidis, micantibus.
-
-     Springalia, with alternate leaves, embracing the stem, and sharp
-     pointed; blossoms mostly single, flesh-coloured, harsh, and
-     shining.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement, (natural size).
-2. The Blossom divided from the Empalement.
-3. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud, (magnified).
-4. The Seed-vessel, and Pointal, (magnified).
-
-The Springalia, must certainly rank among the most beautiful of the
-various new genera which have been introduced from New Holland; the
-delicacy, brilliancy, and number, of its blossoms render it particularly
-attractive, whilst their extreme permanency adds greatly to its merits;
-the flower being of such singular durability, as to retain nearly the
-same appearance when the seeds are perfected, as at their first opening.
-The figure before us, was taken from a plant in the nursery garden of
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, who raised it from seeds about
-three years since, and where it has flowered these two successive years.
-The Botany-bay plants, (as they are generally called) are best preserved
-in the greenhouse; but although this is sufficiently hardy for such
-treatment, yet its situation must be dry, being very susceptible of
-damps, flourishing best in sandy peat earth; continues flowering through
-the whole summer; and propagates easily by cuttings. The characters, and
-habit of this genus, like almost all the plants from New Holland, being
-perfectly new, there was a necessity to form a fresh generic name for
-it; which has been done by the deservedly eminent Dr. J. E. Smith,
-botanical professor, and president of the Linnæan Society.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE III.
-
-NEOTTIA SPECIOSA.
-
-_Flesh-coloured Neottia._
-
-
-CLASS XX. ORDER II.
-
-_GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Spathæ vagæ. Spadix simplex
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quinque, longitudine æquila, anguste-lanceolata,
-     erecta.
-
-     _Nectarium_ monophyllum, indivisum, acuminatum, intra petala
-     interiora positum, basin styli semiamplectens, erectum, superne
-     patulum.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta duo, ex limbo styli dorsali orta, lanceolata.
-     Antheræ duæ, lineares, longæ, locatæ in loculum filamenti.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inferum, curvatum, sulcatum, inferne attenuatum.
-     Stylus crassus, adnatus labio superiori nectarii. Stigma obsoletum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula unilocularis, carnosa, longissima, trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA numerosa, minutissima.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Sheath scattered. Fruit-stalk simple.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Petals five, of equal length, of a narrow spear-shape, and
-     upright.
-
-     _Honey-cup_ one leaf, undivided, sharp pointed, placed between the
-     two inner petals, half embracing the base of the shaft, upright,
-     spreading at the top.
-
-     CHIVES. Two threads, rising out of the back of the shaft,
-     spear-shaped. Tips two, linear, long, placed in the cells of the
-     threads.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath, curved, furrowed, tapering at the base.
-     Shaft thick, growing to the upper lip of the honey-cup. Summit
-     indistinct.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule with one cell, fleshy, very long, three
-     valves.
-
-     SEEDS numerous, very small.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Neottia, foliis radicalibus, undulatis, lato-lanceolatis, basi
-     attenuatis; floribus confertis, spicatis, incarnatis,
-     speciocissimis.
-
-     Neottia, with leaves growing from the root, waved, of a broad
-     spear-shape, tapered at the base; flowers pressed together in a
-     spike, flesh-coloured, and most beautiful.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom, Seed-bud, and Sheath, (natural size).
-
-2. The Seed-bud, and three Petals of the Blossom; the two inner
-    cut out, to shew the position
-of the Honey-cup, (natural size).
-
-3. Seed-vessel, and Honey-cup magnified; shewing the situation, and shape of the Chives,
-within the Honey-cup.
-
-4. The same magnified; shewing the situation of the Pointal,
-    at the back of the Honey-cup.
-
-Professor Jacquin of Vienna, having figured the Neottia in the third
-volume of his Collectanea, with justice has determined it a new genus,
-and given it the name it here bears; the whole habit of the plant being
-entirely dissimilar to any old genera. It certainly must be placed
-somewhere near Limodorum, or Epidendron, from either of which, however,
-it stands perfectly distinct. This is the only species yet in England,
-and was introduced from the island of Jamaica, about the year 1793, by
-the Hon. Mrs. Barrington. The drawing from which the present figure is
-taken, was made (by her kind permission) from a plant in the extensive
-collection of the Hon. Lady Archer, Ham-common. Like all plants from
-that island, it requires the heat of a pine-stove, and rich earth, to
-make it flourish; is increased by the root, and flowers in the early
-part of the year.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE IV.
-
-RHODODENDRON DAURICUM.
-
-_Dauric Rhododendron._
-
-
-CLASS X. ORDER I.
-
-_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX quinquepartitus, persistens.
-
-     COROLLA. Monopetala, rotato-infundibuliformis: limbo patente;
-     laciniis rotundatis.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta decem, filiformia, longitudine corollæ,
-     declinata. Antheræ ovales.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen pentagonum, retusum. Stylus filiformis,
-     longitudine corollæ. Stigma obtusum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula ovata, quinquelocularis.
-
-     SEMINA numerosa, minima, lineares.
-
-     EMPALEMENT of five divisions, and remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM. One leaf, of a roundish funnel-shape: the limb spreading;
-     and its segments rounded.
-
-     CHIVES. Ten hair-like threads, the length of the blossom, bent
-     downward. Tips oval.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud five-sided, and dented. Shaft thread-shaped, the
-     length of the blossom. Summit blunt-ended.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oval, five-celled.
-
-     SEEDS many, small, and linear.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Rhododendron, foliis glabris utrinque nudis, petiolis longissimis;
-     corollæ violaceæ, foliis ampliores, rotatæ.
-
-     Rhododendron, with smooth leaves, naked on both sides, and long
-     foot-stalks; the blossoms light purple, larger than the leaves, and
-     wheel-shaped.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Blossom, (natural size).
-2. The Chives, and Pointal, (natural size); one tip detached, (magnified).
-3. The Seed-vessel, and Pointal, (magnified).
-
-Although this shrub has been described, and is well known to botanists,
-it has not, till within these very few years, been seen in Great
-Britain. It is a perfectly hardy plant, being a native of the coast of
-the Black and Caspian seas, and parts adjacent; from whence it has been
-conveyed to Petersburg by Dr. P. Pallas, and figured by him in his Flora
-Russica. Mr. Bush was the person who brought it to England, on his
-return from Russia. The flowers begin to appear in the month of March,
-continuing through April and May. As yet (from its scarcity) the best
-method of cultivating it can scarcely be known; but it seems to like a
-sheltered situation, and light soil, like most of the genus; and has
-been increased by layers. The drawing was made from a plant, at the
-nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE V.
-
-GLADIOLUS LONGIFLORUS.
-
-_Long-flowered Gladiolus._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Spathæ bivalves.
-
-     COROLLA, sexpartita, ringens. Petala oblonga, omnia unguibus in
-     tubum conata.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta tria, subulata, divisuris alternis petalorum
-     inserta. Antheræ oblongæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminium.
-     Stigma trifidum, concavum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblonga, obtusa, trilocularis, trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plura, subrotunda.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Sheath two valves.
-
-     BLOSSOM, cut into six segments, and gaping. Petals oblong, having
-     all their claws connected into a tube.
-
-     CHIVES. Three threads, awl-shaped, fixed into each alternate
-     division of the petals. Tips oblong.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives.
-     Summit divided in three, and concave.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oblong, obtuse, three cells, three valves.
-
-     SEEDS many, nearly round.
-
-
-     SPECIFIC CHARACTER
-
-     Gladiolus, foliis ensiformibus, plicatis, villosis; corollis
-     tubiformus, longissimis; petalis undulatis, reflexis.
-
-     Gladiolus, with sword-shaped, plated, hairy leaves; blossoms
-     trumpet-shaped, and very long; petals waved, and bent back.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom cut open, to shew the situation, and insertion of the
-Threads; the Threads, and Tips, remaining attached.
-
-2. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and its Summit.
-
-This species of Gladiolus, (as are most of the genus) is a native of the
-Cape of Good Hope, about Table Mountain; where the roots of Ixia,
-Antholyza, Gladiolus, &c. form a chief part of the food of the
-inhabiting monkies. It came to England amongst many other roots and
-seeds of beautiful and rare plants, collected by J. Pringle, Esq. of the
-island of Madeira, when on an excursion at the Cape; and sent by him to
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, of Hammersmith. Like most bulbs, it has its
-period of rest; during which, it should be kept without moisture, but
-whilst growing, requires abundance; flowering about June, or July, and
-producing good seeds. It should be treated as a greenhouse plant, and
-planted in light sandy earth. Like the Crocus, the old root perishing, a
-number of fresh ones are produced, which may, (if thought necessary) be
-kept out of the ground two or three months.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE VI.
-
-HEMEROCALLIS CÆRULEA.
-
-_Blue Day Lily._
-
-
-CLASS VI. ORDER I.
-
-_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Nullus.
-
-     COROLLA, sexpartita, infundibuli-campanulata.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta sex, subulata, longitudine corollæ, declinata;
-     superiora breviora. Antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes, assurgentes.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen sulcatum, superum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine
-     et situ staminium. Stigma obtuse-trigonum, assurgens.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula trigona, trilocularis, trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, subrotunda.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. None.
-
-     BLOSSOM, has six segments, of a funnel bell-shape.
-
-     CHIVES. Six awl-shaped threads, the length of the blossom, bent
-     downwards; the upper ones the shortest. Tips oblong, fixed by their
-     sides, and turned up at the ends.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud furrowed, and above. Shaft thread-shaped, of the
-     length and position of the chives. Summit bluntly three-cornered,
-     turned up at the point.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule three-sided, three cells, three valves.
-
-     SEEDS many, nearly round.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Hemerocallis, foliis cordatis, petiolatis; corollis cæruleis.
-
-     Day Lily, with leaves that are heart-shaped, and have foot-stalks;
-     the blossoms blue.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Chives, and Pointal, as placed in the Blossom.
-2. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit.
-3. A Seed of the shape and size when ripe.
-
-The variety of character exhibited in this new species of Hemerocallis,
-so different from its congeners, in foliage, flower, and seed; would
-almost induce us to think like Gærtner, a generic division necessary; if
-we were not withheld, by that strong rule of Linnæus, (from which, it
-will be a leading feature of this work, not to swerve) not to increase
-the number of genera, but where absolutely necessary. This species, as
-well as a white variety, which has been figured by Kæmpfer; and
-continued since him by Welldenow, in his new Species Plantarum, under
-its present denomination; is a native of China, and introduced to our
-gardens from thence by G. Hibbert. Esq. of Clapham, from whose most
-extensive and beautiful collection this specimen was taken. It is as yet
-cultivated as a hothouse plant, where it flowers in the spring months,
-perfecting its seeds: perhaps when better known, it may be found, like
-many Chinese plants, to bear our climate. It is propagated as well by
-parting its roots, as from the seeds.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE VII.
-
-PRIMULA CORTUSOIDES.
-
-_Siberian Primrose._
-
-
-CLASS V. ORDER I.
-
-_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Involucrum polyphyllum, multiflorium, minimum. Perianthium
-     monophyllum, tubulatum, pentagonum, quinquedentatum, acutum,
-     erectum, persistens.
-
-     COROLLA. Monopetala. Tubus cylindraceus, longitudine calycis,
-     terminatus colo parvo hemisphærico. Limbus patens,
-     semi-quinquefidus; laciniis obcordatis, obtusis. Faux pervia.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, brevissima, intra collum corollæ.
-     Antheræ acumenatæ, erectæ, conniventes, inclusæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen globosum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine calycis.
-     Stigma globosum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula teres, longitudine fere perianthii,
-     unilocularis, dehiscens apice decem dentato.
-
-     SEMINA numerosa, subrotunda. Receptaculum ovato-oblongum, liberum.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Fence of many leaves, including several flowers, and
-     small. Cup one leaf, tubular, five-sided, five-toothed, sharp,
-     upright, and remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM. One petal. Tube cylindrical, the length of the cup,
-     terminated by a short hemispherical neck. Border spreading, half
-     cut into five divisions; the segments are inversely heart-shaped,
-     and blunt. Mouth open.
-
-     CHIVES. Five threads, very short, within the neck of the blossom.
-     Tips pointed, upright, approaching, within the tube.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud globular. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the
-     cup. Summit globular.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule cylindrical, nearly as long as the cup, of one
-     cell, opening at the top, with ten teeth.
-
-     SEEDS numerous, and roundish. Receptacle oblong egg-shaped, and
-     loose.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Primula, foliis petiolatis, cordatis, sub-lobatis, crenatis;
-     corollis lætè purpureis.
-
-     Primrose, whose leaves have foot-stalks, are heart-shaped, slightly
-     lobed, and scolloped; blossoms of a bright purple.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Cup, and Fruit-stalk.
-2. A Blossom cut open, to shew the situation of the Chives,
-    and its internal formation.
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, (magnified).
-
-This species of Primrose is figured by Gmelin, in his Flora Siberica. It
-was in the year 1794, that the seeds of this plant were sent by
-Professor P. Pallas, from Siberia, to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, of
-Hammersmith; at whose nursery the drawing of this most charming plant
-was made: though a native of so cold a clime, it seems with difficulty
-to endure the severity of ours; thriving best in a pot, under any flight
-shelter, or a very dry situation if planted out: it is increased by the
-root, which should be parted in March; and flowers in June, and July.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE VIII.
-
-GLADIOLUS ALATUS.
-
-_Wing-flowered Gladiolus._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Spathæ bivalves.
-
-     COROLLA, sexpartita, ringens. Petala oblonga, omnia unguibus in
-     tubum conata.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta tria, subulata, divisuris alternis petalorum
-     inserta. Antheræ oblongæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminium.
-     Stigma trifidum, concavum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblonga, obtusa, trilocularis, trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plura, subrotunda.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Sheath two valves.
-
-     BLOSSOM, of six divisions, and gaping. Petals oblong, having their
-     claws formed into a tube.
-
-     CHIVES. Three awl-shaped threads, fixed into the alternate
-     divisions of the petals. Tips oblong.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives.
-     Summit cut into three, and concave.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oblong, blunt ended, three cells, three
-     valves.
-
-     SEEDS many, nearly round.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gladiolus, foliis ensiformibus, costatis; petalis lateralibus
-     latissimis.
-
-     Gladiolus, with sword-shape, ribbed leaves; the side petals of the
-     blossom the broadest.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement, with the Chives, detached from the
-Petals, as they stand in the Blossom, and apparently attached to each
-other; with the natural position of the Pointal.
-
-2. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud; one of the divisions of the Summit
-magnified.
-
-This species of Gladiolus, although so scarce with us, is certainly one
-of the most common found near Cape Town; and, notwithstanding its
-extreme beauty, has been overlooked by most collectors; who, from its
-great frequency, have generally considered it as forming, undoubtedly,
-part of every collection of exotics. It is of an extreme delicate
-nature, and overmuch wet easily destroys it; differing from most Cape
-bulbs, in requiring a light loamy earth, and the assistance of a dry
-stove, to make it flower well; which it will do by such aid, about May,
-or June; seldom producing seeds, and propagating but slowly by the root.
-From the fugitive character of this plant, it is difficult to ascertain
-the first cultivator; for although it does not appear amongst the
-Gladiolus in the Hortus Kewensis, it must undoubtedly have come into
-that immense collection at different periods, but never flowered; which
-is the reason we do not find it there described, which has been done by
-Linnæus, in his Species Plantarum, under the name it here bears; as well
-as by Plukenet, in his Phyto graphia, and others under various synonims.
-This figure was taken from a plant that flowered at Messrs. Lee and
-Kennedy’s in 1796.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE IX.
-
-ATRAGENE CAPENSIS.
-
-_Cape Atragene._
-
-
-CLASS XIII. ORDER VII.
-
-_POLYANDRIA POTYGYNIA._ Many Chives. Many Pointals.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis ovalibus, patentibus,
-     obtusis, deciduis.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala duodecim, linearia, basi angustissima, obtusa,
-     patula.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta plurima, brevissima. Antheræ oblongæ, acumenatæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germina plurima oblonga. Styli villoli. Stigmata
-     simplicia, longitudine antherarum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Nullum.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, desinentia in caudam pilosam.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are oval, spreading, blunt, and
-     deciduous.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Petals twelve, linear, narrowest at base, blunt, and
-     spread open.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads many, very short. Tips oblong, pointed.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-buds numerous, oblong. Shafts hairy. Summits simple,
-     the length of the tips.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. None.
-
-     SEEDS many, terminating in a hairy tail.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Atragene, foliis ternatis; foliolis incisis, dentatis, rigidis;
-     flore incarnato, semipleno.
-
-     Atragene, with three divisions; the smaller divisions jagged,
-     toothed, and harsh; the flower flesh-coloured, and semidouble.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Petal cut off close to the receptacle.
-
-2. The Fruit-stalk, Chives, and Pointals; the Chives thrown to one side,
-to expose the situation of the Pointals; one tip magnified.
-
-3. A Seed of the size when ripe.
-
-This plant has been considered by Burmann, Hermann, and other Cape
-botanists, as an Anemone, to which genus it certainly may as easily be
-referred as Atragene: but as it has been clearly described by Linnæus,
-under that genus, we have not hardiness enough to dispute his authority.
-It is (as the trivial name implies) a native of the Cape of Good Hope,
-but at some considerable distance within land; whence it requires a dry
-stove to preserve it, suffering much from damps. It is only since the
-year 1795, that this plant has been found in our greenhouses; being then
-introduced by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, nurserymen, where it has flowered
-and perfected seeds; which seems to be the only means of propagating it:
-the soil it prefers is a mixture of peat and loam; flowering about
-March, or April.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE X.
-
-ARISTEA CYANEA.
-
-_Blue-flowered Aristea._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Spathæ bivalves, laceræ, persistentes.
-
-     COROLLA, hexapetala, oblonga, æqualia, obcordata, persistentia,
-     patens.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta tria, erecta, subulata. Antheræ sub-simplices,
-     magnæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inferum. Stylus filiformis, erectus. Stigma
-     trifidum, concavum, reflexum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblonga, triquetra, trilocularis, loculis
-     compressis, trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plura, compressa, scabrida, sub-semicircularia.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Sheath two valves, ragged, and, remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM, of six petals, oblong, equal, inversely heart-shaped,
-     remaining, spreading.
-
-     CHIVES. Three threads, upright, awl-shaped. Tips almost simple, and
-     large.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft thread-shaped and erect. Summit
-     cut into three, concave and reflected.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oblong, three-sided, three cells, cells
-     compressed, three valves.
-
-     SEEDS many, flat, rough, nearly semicircular.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Aristea, foliis ensiformibus, radicalibus; floribus capitatis,
-     cyaneis.
-
-     Aristea with sword-shaped leaves growing from the root; the flowers
-     grow in heads, and are of a bright blue.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Valve of the Sheath spread open.
-2. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud, (magnified.)
-3. A perfect Seed, (magnified.)
-
-The Aristea is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and has been described
-under various synonyms, by Plukenett as a Gramen, by Petiver as
-Bermudiana Capensis, and by Van Royen, Burmann, and Linnæus, as an Ixia.
-But although differing from Linnæus is against the fixed intention of
-this undertaking, where there is a possibility of avoiding it; yet in
-this instance of alteration he must have acquiesced, having undoubtedly
-never seen the plant himself. The blossom, seed-vessel, seeds, habit,
-root, and growth, of the plant, so totally differ from the character of
-Ixia, &c. that we have not hesitated, in accepting the name given it in
-the Hortus Kewensis; where, it is said to have been introduced, to that
-collection, by Mr. F. Masson in 1774; though no specific description is
-given of it; from which we may conjecture, it never flowered there. The
-figure here given, was taken from a plant which flowered at Messrs. Lee
-and Kennedy’s, in 1797. The Aristea being rather a delicate plant,
-requires an airy, warm situation in the greenhouse, flowering readily
-about the month of July, or August; requiring to be kept in a small pot,
-the soil a light loam. It propagates by seeds, and slips.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XI.
-
-GLADIOLUS ROSEUS.
-
-_Rose-coloured Gladiolus._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Spathæ bivalves.
-
-     COROLLA, sexpartita ringens. Petala oblonga, omnia unguibus in
-     tubum conata.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta tria, subulata, divisuris alternis petalorum
-     inserta. Antheræ oblongæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminium.
-     Stigma trifidum, concavum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblonga, obtusa, trilocularis, trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plura, subrotunda.
-
-     EMPALEMENT Sheath two valves.
-
-     BLOSSOM, of six divisions, and gaping. Petals oblong, having their
-     claws formed into a tube.
-
-     CHIVES. Three awl-shaped threads fixed into the alternate divisions
-     of the petals. Tips oblong.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives.
-     Summit cut into three, and concave.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oblong, blunt-ended, three cells, three
-     valves.
-
-     SEEDS many, nearly round.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gladiolus, foliis lanceolatis, tortis, rubro marginatis,
-     pubescentibus; floribus roseis odoratissimis.
-
-     Gladiolus, with spear-shaped leaves, twisted, red-edged, and downy;
-     blossoms rose colour, and sweet scented.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two Valves of the Sheath.
-2. A Flower cut open, to expose the insertion of the Threads, the Threads,
-   and Tips remaining attached.
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit magnified.
-4. A Seed natural size, inclosed in its Tunic.
-
-This most beautiful species of Gladiolus, is but of very recent date in
-England; in the year 1795 it was seen first to blow here, in the
-collection of J. Ord, Esq. Purser’s-cross, Fulham; but has since,
-repeatedly, at the nursery, Hammersmith, from whence this figure was
-taken. Professor Jacquin has figured this plant, in his last Fasciculus;
-but, undoubtedly, from a dried specimen, as his figure gives no idea of
-the brilliancy of this delightful plant. The fragrance of its flowers,
-added to the singularity and beauty of its leaves, must place it in the
-foremost rank of its congeners. To preserve the bulb of this delicate
-Gladiolus, as soon as the stem begins to decay, it should be taken from
-the pot, and kept dry till October; when it should be replanted, and
-treated as other Cape bulbs. It increases by offsets, and flowers about
-the month of May, or June.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XII.
-
-GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM.
-
-_Largest flowered Crane’s-bill._
-
-
-CLASS XVI. ORDER II.
-
-_MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium pentaphyllum: foliolis ovatis, acutis, concavis,
-     persistentibus.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quinque, obcordata, seu ovata, patentia, magna.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta decem, subulata, corolla breviora. Antheræ
-     oblongæ, versatiles.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen quinquangulare, rostratum. Stylus subulatus,
-     staminibus longior, persistens. Stigmata quinque, reflexa.
-
-     PERICARPIUM nullum. Fructus pentacoccus, rostratus.
-
-     SEMINA solitaria, reniformia, sæpe arillata; Arista longissima,
-     demum spirali.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup five leaves: leaves egg-shaped, sharp pointed,
-     concave, and permanent.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Five petals, inversely heart-shaped, or egg shaped,
-     spreading, and large.
-
-     CHIVES. Ten threads, awl-shaped and shorter than the blossom. Tips
-     oblong, easily turned round.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud five-angled, and beaked. Shaft awl-shaped, longer
-     than the chives and remaining. Five reflexed summits.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL none. Fruit five dry berries, beaked.
-
-     SEEDS, solitary, kidney-shaped, often furnished with a dry husky
-     coat, and a very long awn, which become spiral.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Geranium, calycibus monophyllis, foliis quinque-lobis, glabris,
-     dentatis; floribus amplissimis. sub-albidis.
-
-     Geranium, empalements of one leaf; leaves five-lobed, smooth, and
-     toothed; the flowers very large, nearly white.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement cut open, to shew its tubular structure.
-2. The Chives, and Pointal, as placed in the flower, (natural size.)
-3. The Shaft, Summits, and Seed-bud, (magnified.)
-
-Of all the species of this numerous tribe, introduced to us, from the
-Cape of Good Hope, this stands singularly pre-eminent; whether for
-delicacy of foliage, or beauty of flower, of which, the most finished
-drawing would convey but a faint idea. The figure before us, was taken
-from a plant in the valuable collection of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham;
-from whom we understand, that it was sent in 1794 to the Royal Gardens
-at Kew, by Mr. F. Masson. To keep this plant in a flourishing condition,
-it should be kept in a window of the stove, in winter, as the heat of a
-greenhouse is scarce sufficient at that season. It flowers in July, or
-August, and requires the soil generally used for Geraniums, a mixture of
-rotten dung, and loam; being easily propagated by cuttings.
-
-To dissent from most of the late publications on the science of Botany,
-may seem presuming; yet, when it shall be considered, that we take
-Linnæus for our sole guide, where that great master has incontestibly
-fixed a Generic character, to a tribe of plants, which undoubtedly, came
-clearly under his inspection; from his dictates, ours must emanate,
-although his authority may be questioned by others. If any good reasons
-had been found, to disunite a Genus, which nature has so palpably
-distinguished throughout all its numerous species; he certainly, who had
-minutely examined so many, would not in his factitious System have
-allied them; though nature had apparently so done. We must therefore,
-after him, think no Generic division necessary. For the sake of
-correctness, where a Genus is so extended in its species as Geranium,
-Erica, &c. are; the conformity of particular parts, may form a secondary
-arrangement, as we find it constantly in Linnæus; the Heaths, from the
-shape of their tips, the Geraniums, from the number of fertile Chives;
-which a French Botanist of the name of L’Heritier, has thought of
-sufficient moment to create two new Genera on, Erodium and Pelargonium,
-retaining the old name Geranium for those only, with ten perfect Chives.
-Mons. L’Heritier and his followers must, therefore, forgive us for
-ranking one of his Pelargoniums under the old standard.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XIII.
-
-EPIDENDRUM COCHLEATUM.
-
-_Purple flowered Epidendrum._
-
-
-CLASS XX. ORDER I.
-
-_GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Spathæ vagæ. Spadix simplex. Perianthium nullum.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quinque, oblonga, longissima, patentissima.
-
-     _Nectarium_ basi tubulatum, turbinatum, intra petala deorsum
-     positum, ore obliquo, bifido: superiori labio brevissimo, trifido;
-     inferiori in acumen producto.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta duo, brevissima, pistillo insidentia. Antheræ
-     tectæ labio superiore nectarii.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen tenue, longum, contortum, inferum. Stylus
-     brevissimus, adnatus labio superiori nectarii. Stigma obsoletum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Siliqua longissima, teres, carnosa.
-
-     SEMINA numerosa, minutissima.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Sheaths scattered. Fruit-stalk simple. Cup none.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Five petals, oblong, of a great length, and spreading
-     much.
-
-     _Honey-cup_ tubular at the base, turban-shaped, placed between the
-     lower petals, mouth oblique and divided: the upper lip very short,
-     cut into three divisions; the lower terminating in a point.
-
-     CHIVES. Two very short threads, fixed on the pointal. Tips covered
-     by the upper lip of the honey-cup.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud slender, long, twisted, and beneath. Shaft very
-     short, fixed to the upper lip of the honey-cup. Summit blunt.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Pod very long, round, and fleshy.
-
-     SEEDS numerous, extremely small.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Epidendrum foliis oblongis, geminis, glabris, bulbo innatis; scapo
-     multifloro; nectario cordato, purpureo.
-
-     Epidendrum with oblong leaves growing by pairs, smooth, rising from
-     the bulb; stalk many flowered; honey-cup heart-shaped and purple.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Blossom, without the Honey-cup; disposed to shew the situation of
-the Chives, and Pointal, which are covered by the Honey-cup.
-
-2. The Honey-cup.
-
-3. The Tips.
-
-4. The Summits.
-
-Of all plants, none furnish a more agreeable speculation to the
-Botanist, than those of this class; the singular construction of the
-whole flower, leads the observer to form analogous comparisons from it
-to animal life: particularly amongst the Orchis, and Ophris, of our own
-country; where bees, flies, lizzards, and butterflies are accurately
-shaped in the honey-cup. The Genus Epidendrum, takes its Generic title
-from its place of growth, being what Botanists term parasitical, that
-is, growing on another plant; which is the case, with most of the
-species of this Genus: yet is cultivated here with success, by planting
-it in a mixture of rotten wood, and loam. A plant, from which this
-figure was taken, was a present to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy from the
-Honourable Mrs. Barrington, who received it from Dr. Dancer’s botanical
-garden Jamaica, of which island it is a native; therefore must be kept
-in the stove. It is propagated by dividing the bulbs.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XIV.
-
-IXIA REFLEXA.
-
-_Reflex flowered Ixia._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Spathæ bivalves, oblongæ, persistentes, germina
-     distinguentes.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala sex, oblonga, æqualia, lanceolata.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta tria, subulata, corolla breviora, situ æqualia.
-     Antheræ simplices.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inferum, ovatum, triquetrum. Stylus simplex,
-     erectus, longitudine staminum. Stigma trifidum, crassiusculum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula subovata, triquetra, trilocularis, loculis
-     compressis, trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA subrotunda, plurima.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup two valves, oblong, remaining, and dividing the
-     seed-buds.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Six oblong petals of an equal length, and spear-shaped.
-
-     CHIVES. Three awl-shaped threads, shorter than the blossom, placed
-     equally. Tips simple.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath egg shaped, and three-sided. Shaft
-     simple, upright, the length of the chives. Summit cut into three,
-     and thickish.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule, nearly egg-shaped, three-sided, three cells,
-     pressed together, three valves.
-
-     SEEDS many, nearly round.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Ixia floribus spicatis, reflexis; foliis ensiformibus, glabris.
-
-     Ixia, with flowers growing in a spike, and bent backward; leaves
-     sword-shaped, and smooth.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement (magnified).
-2. The Blossom.
-3. The Chives (magnified).
-4. The Pointal (magnified).
-
-No genus exhibits greater diversity, either in the figure, or colour of
-the blossoms, of its various species than Ixia; the extreme delicacy of
-their colours, rendering it absolutely necessary to protect them both
-from wind and rain; even watering them over their heads (as is usual
-with greenhouse plants), at once destroys their brilliancy. The bulbs of
-this species were gathered at the Cape, by J. Pringle, Esq. from whom
-they were sent to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy in 1795, at whose nursery they
-flowered the ensuing spring, when this figure was taken. No particular
-treatment is necessary for this plant, other than what is given to Cape
-bulbs in general, viz., an airy situation, and light soil. Is propagated
-by seeds, and by the roots.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XV.
-
-ANTHYLLIS ERINACEA.
-
-_Blue Broom of Spain._
-
-
-CLASS XVII. ORDER III.
-
-_DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Chives in two sets. Ten Chives.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, ovato-oblongum, parum inflatum,
-     villosum; ore quinquedentato, inæquali; persistens.
-
-     COROLLA papilionacea:
-
-     Vexillium longius, lateribus reflexis, ungue longitudine calycis.
-
-     Alæ duæ, oblongæ, vexillo breviores.
-
-     Carina compressa, longitudine alarum, alis similis.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta decem, connata, assurgentia. Antheræ simplices.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum. Stylus simplex, adscendens. Stigma
-     obtusum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Legumen subrotundum, tectum intra calycem, minimum,
-     bivalve.
-
-     SEMEN unum, alterumve.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup of one leaf, oblong egg-shaped, a little swelled,
-     and hairy; mouth cut into five unequal teeth; permanent.
-
-     BLOSSOM, butterfly-shaped.
-
-     Standard longer, sides bent back, the claws as long as the cut.
-
-     Wings two, oblong, shorter than the standard.
-
-     Keel compressed, as long as the wings, and like them.
-
-     CHIVES. Ten threads, connected, rising upwards. Tips simple.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong. Shaft simple, ascending. Summit blunt.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Pod roundish, covered by the cup, very small, of two
-     valves.
-
-     SEEDS. One or two.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Anthyllis fruticosa, spinosa; foliis simplicibus; floribus ex
-     cæruleo purpurascentibus.
-
-     Broom, shrubby, and covered with prickles; leaves simple; blossoms
-     of a purplish blue.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Cup.
-2. A Blossom, the cup taken off to shew the exact situation and shape
-    of its various parts.
-3. The Chives, as they inclose the pointal (natural size.)
-4. The Threads magnified, and cut open, to shew their tubular shape.
-5. The Pointal, magnified.
-
-Owing to the difficulty in propagating and preserving some plants,
-although frequently introduced to us, and well known; yet are they more
-scarce to be found, in our best collections, than plants of seemingly
-more difficult acquisition. This species of Anthyllis has been mentioned
-under various synonyms by most botanical authors from Clusius downwards.
-Mr. T. Johnson, in his edition of Gerard of 1633, has given a
-description of this plant from Clusius, and a cut; both of which are
-excellent (considering the then infant state of the art of engraving),
-under the title of Genista spinosa humilis; Dwarf Furze. It is termed
-Erinacea by Clusius (says he), from the Spanish name of the hedge-hog,
-Erizo, of which country it is a native, in the kingdom of Valencia: from
-which we might infer, that, like other plants of that country, it would
-live through our winters; which is not the case. It must be kept as a
-greenhouse plant, and watered but sparingly. The soil it prefers is a
-light loam; is propagated by cuttings, and flowers in April, or May.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XVI.
-
-AZALEA PONTICA.
-
-_Yellow Pontic Azalea._
-
-
-CLASS V. ORDER I.
-
-_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, quinque-partitum, acutum, erectum,
-     parvum, persistens.
-
-     COROLLA. Monopetala, campanulata, limbus quinquefidus: laciniarum
-     lateribus inflexis.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, filiformia, receptaculo inserta,
-     libera. Antheræ simplices.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine corolla,
-     persistens. Stigma obtusum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula ovata, quinquelocularis, quinquevalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, compressa.
-
-     OBS. Figura petali in aliis infundibuliformis, in aliis
-     campaniformis est; stamina in quibusdam declinata longissima.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf with five divisions, sharp pointed,
-     upright, small, and permanent.
-
-     BLOSSOM. One petal, bell-shaped, margin five-cleft: segments with
-     the edges bent inwards.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads five, thread-shaped, fixed to the receptacle, and
-     loose. Tips simple.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of
-     the blossom, permanent. Summit blunt.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule egg-shaped, with five cells, and five valves.
-
-     SEEDS many, and flat.
-
-     OBS. The shape of the petal in some is funnel-shaped, in others
-     bell-shaped; the chives in some are bent downward, and very long.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Azalea, foliis ovato-oblongis, pilosis, alternis; floribus
-     amplissimis, luteis; staminibus longissimis, declinatis.
-
-     Azalea, with oblong egg-shaped leaves, hairy, and alternate;
-     flowers very large, and yellow; chives very long, and bent
-     downward.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement, (natural size.)
-2. The Chives as they appear within the blossom.
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit.
-4. A Capsule cut horizontally, exposing the number of its cells.
-
-America has furnished our gardens with an extensive variety of beautiful
-shrubs; amongst them, the Azaleas hold a distinguished place; some for
-the beauty, others for the fragrance, of their blossoms: the present
-species far surpasses all of them for both. It is a native of the coast
-of the Black Sea, or Pontus Euxinus, through the whole of its extent, on
-the Asiatic side, from the city of Trebisonde; from whence its trivial
-name. That a plant of such extreme beauty, and sweetness, should so long
-have been a stranger to our European gardens, though known to, and
-described by, so many botanical travellers, must seem matter of wonder;
-but still it is an uncontested fact. Mons. Tournefort, in his Voyage to
-the Levant, has given an ample description of it, under the title of
-Chamærhododendros Pontica maxima, mespili folio, flore luteo; where he
-says, it grows to the height of seven or eight feet, and that the
-flowers are of a most exquisite flavour. Dr. P. Pallas, in his Flora
-Rossica, has likewise figured, and described it, under the name it here
-bears; but apparently his drawing was made from a dried specimen, as the
-brilliancy of the flower is by no means preserved; but it is to him we
-are indebted for this fine plant. In his voyage to the Crimea and
-countries adjacent, in 1792, he procured the seeds of this, amongst many
-other valuable and rare plants; parcels of most of which were sent by
-him to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy. Hammersmith; by whom plants were raised
-of it, and many other sorts, the next year. It is a deciduous shrub,
-extremely hardy, and blows early in the spring; is propagated, like
-other Azaleas, by layers and seeds; grows best in peat earth, with a
-small portion of loam.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XVII.
-
-PROTEA FORMOSA.
-
-_Coronet Protea._
-
-
-CLASS IV. ORDER I.
-
-_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium commune, imbricatum; squamis inæqualibus,
-     persistentibus.
-
-     _Proprium_ nullum.
-
-     COROLLA tetrapetala. Petala sæpe cohærentia, sæpius divisa,
-     lineari-oblonga: unguibus erectis, limbo patenti.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta nulla. Antheræ quatuor, lineares, vel oblongæ,
-     sub apice limbi corollæ; insertæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen superum, oblongum. Stylus filiformis, corolla
-     longior. Stigma simplex, clavatum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM nullum. Calyx patens, induratus, vix mutatus.
-
-     SEMINA solitaria, subrotunda, vel compressa.
-
-     RECEPTACULUM commune nudum, villosum, paleaceum, vel conus.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup common, sealed; scales unequal, and remaining.
-
-     _Proper_ none.
-
-     BLOSSOM four-leaved. Petals frequently adhering, oftener divided,
-     of a linear oblong shape: claws upright, border spreading.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads none. Tips four, linear, or oblong, fixed within
-     the border of the blossom.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud above, and oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, longer
-     than the blossom. Summit simple, and club-shaped.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL none. Cup spreading, hard, and scarcely changing.
-
-     SEEDS solitary, nearly round, or flat.
-
-     RECEPTACLE the common, is naked, hairy, chaffy, or a cone.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Protea, foliis lanceolatis, pubescentibus; caule villoso; flore
-     aurantio flavo; semine sub-rotundo, glabro, magnitudine pisi
-     majoris.
-
-     Protea, with lance-shape downy leaves; stem hairy; blossom orange
-     yellow; seed nearly round, smooth, the size of a large pea.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Flower complete, as it stands on the Receptacle.
-2. The Blossom expanded, to shew the situation of the Chives.
-
-Of all the varied genera of plants which decorate that mine of botanical
-riches, the Cape of Good Hope, and the adjacent country, no one stands
-more conspicuous than Protea. Few travellers who have not noticed the
-singularity and beauty of their foliage; indeed they are of such extreme
-brilliancy, that no one, however indifferent to botanical researches,
-can pass them unobserved; forests of them being so numerous, the Protea
-Argentea, or Silver Tree, produces almost the only wood of the country;
-growing to the height of thirty or forty feet. But although the leaves
-of this numerous tribe are mostly beautiful, many of their blossoms are
-but trifling, except in the eye of the botanist: the Protea Formosa,
-however, is one amongst many which stand as powerful exceptions: the
-great beauty of this charming plant has induced us to adopt the trivial
-name it here bears. It has been introduced to the Royal Gardens at Kew
-by Mr. F. Masson, botanical collector to his present Majesty; from whose
-liberal patronage the science of Botany has of late been brought into
-such general estimation. This species, from the downy character of the
-whole plant, is apt to damp, if not kept in an airy situation in winter;
-though the warmth of a common greenhouse is quite sufficient for its
-protection. It is with difficulty propagated by cuttings; and has not
-hitherto perfected its seeds in this kingdom. Our drawing was made from
-a plant which flowered in the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, in the
-year 1796, about the month of August.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XVIII.
-
-CORREA ALBA.
-
-_White Correa._
-
-
-CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
-
-_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, quadridentatum, campanulatum,
-     erectum, persistens.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quatuor, oblonga, concava, apice reflexa,
-     marginibus crassis.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta octo, erecta, filiformia, receptaculo inserta.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, superum. Stylus filiformis,
-     longitudine staminium. Stigma obtusum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula coriatea, lanata, quadrilocularis,
-     quadrivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA quatuor, solitaria, subrotunda.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup of one leaf, five-toothed, bell-shaped, upright,
-     and permanent.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Four petals, oblong, concave, reflexed at the end, and
-     thick at the edges.
-
-     CHIVES. Eight threads, upright, thread shaped, and fixed into the
-     receptacle.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and above. Shaft thread-shaped,
-     the length of the chives. Summit blunt.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule leathery, and woolly, four cells, four valves.
-
-     SEEDS, four, solitary, and nearly round.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Correa, foliis subrotundis, supra tomentosis, subtus lanigeris;
-     floribus terminalibus, quaternis, albidis.
-
-     Correa, with leaves nearly round, downy on the upper surface,
-     woolly on the under surface; flowers terminate the branches by
-     fours, and are white.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. The Chives, and Pointal.
-3. A Thread, and Tip, (magnified.)
-4. The Shaft and Summit, (magnified.)
-
-The Correa is a native of Port Jackson, in New Holland, and commonly
-termed a Botany-bay plant: it was first raised in the year 1793, from
-seeds which were given by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. to J. Vere, Esq. of
-Kensington-gore, and from a plant in whose collection our figure was
-taken. It receives its generic title from Mr. Joseph Correa de Serra, a
-native of Portugal; a gentleman of very distinguished talents as a man
-of science in general, and botany in particular. Of this genus there are
-as yet but few species discovered; the Alba grows to a shrub of the
-height of four or five feet, woody and tough; both stem and leaves are
-covered with a thick flannelly substance, particularly the under side of
-the leaves, which gives the whole plant a whitish appearance. It
-continues to flower through the months of April, May, and June; may be
-propagated easily by cuttings, should be kept as a hardy greenhouse
-plant, and thrives best in peat earth.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XIX.
-
-GLADIOLUS VERSICOLOR.
-
-_Changeable Gladiolus._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Spathæ bivalves.
-
-     COROLLA, sexpartita, ringens. Petala oblonga, omnia unguibus in
-     tubum connata.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta tria, subulata, divisuris alternis petalorum
-     inserta. Antheræ oblongæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminum.
-     Stigma trifidum concavum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblonga, obtusa, trilocularis, trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plura, subrotunda.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Sheath two valves.
-
-     BLOSSOM, of six divisions, and gaping. Petals oblong, having their
-     claws formed into a tube.
-
-     CHIVES. Three awl-shaped threads, fixed into the alternate
-     divisions of the petals. Tips oblong.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives.
-     Summit cut into three, and concave.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oblong, blunt-ended, three cells, three
-     valves.
-
-     SEEDS many, nearly round.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gladiolus, foliis lineari-cruciatis; floribus maximis,
-     versicoloribus.
-
-     Gladiolus, with linear cross-shaped leaves; flowers very large, and
-     changeable.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.
-2. The Pointal, and Seed-bud; one of the divisions of the Summit magnified.
-3. A ripe Seed, natural size, in its tunic.
-
-That colour bears the character given it by Sir Isaac Newton, our
-present subject (as did the prism) adds another proof. The Gladiolus
-versicolor might, like the camelion, equally be a subject of contention,
-to those who have seen its blossom at different periods of the same day;
-for, strange to tell! it is brown in the morning, and continues to
-change from that colour till it becomes light blue by night. During the
-night it regains its pristine colour; and this change is effected
-diurnally, whilst the flower is in its vigour; but upon the decay, the
-change is less powerful, gradually fixing in a dark brown; which,
-however, does not take place in less than nine or ten days. This is the
-only flower, we have ever noticed, to regain the colour that has once
-forsook it. A drawing was began about ten o’clock in the morning, but
-before it was finished the plant was so totally altered in colour that
-there was an absolute necessity for taking a second day to complete it.
-The bulbs of this plant were sent from the Cape of Good Hope by J.
-Pringle, Esq. of Madeira, in 1794, amongst many others, to Messrs. Lee
-and Kennedy, of Hammersmith, where the drawing was made. It flowers
-about the month of June; is increased by the root or seed; and thrives
-best in peat earth.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XX.
-
-ECHIUM GRANDIFLORUM.
-
-_Large-flowered Viper’s Bugloss._
-
-
-CLASS V. ORDER I.
-
-_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium quinquepartitum, erectum persistens; laciniis
-     subulatis erectis.
-
-     COROLLA. Monopetala, campanulata. Tubus brevissimus. Limbus
-     erectus, sensim ampliatus, quinquefidus obtusus; laciniis sæepius
-     inæqualibus; superioribus duabus longioribus, infirnis minoribus,
-     acutis, reflexis. Faux pervia.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, subulata, longitudine corollæ,
-     declinata, inæqualia. Antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Gemina quatuor. Stylus filiformis, longitudine staminum.
-     Stigma obtusum, bifidum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM nullum. Calyx rigidior, in sinu semina fovens.
-
-     SEMINA quatuor, subrotunda, oblique acumenata.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup with five divisions, upright, permanent; segments
-     awl-shaped, upright.
-
-     BLOSSOM. One petal, bell-shaped. Tube very short. Border gradually
-     widening, with five clefts, blunt. Segments oftenest unequal, the
-     two upper ones the longest; the lower ones smaller, sharp, and
-     reflexed. The mouth open.
-
-     CHIVES. Five threads, awl-shaped, the length of the blossom,
-     declined, and unequal. Tips oblong, fixed sideways to the threads.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-buds four. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the
-     chives. Summit blunt, and two-cleft.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL none. The cup growing more harsh, contains the seeds.
-
-     SEEDS four, roundish, obliquely tapering.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Echium, foliis nitidis, lanceolatis, hispidis; caule fruticoso;
-     corollis maximis, æqualibus, rubris.
-
-     Viper’s Bugloss, with shining, lance-shaped, hairy leaves; stem
-     shrubby; blossoms very large, equal, and red.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Blossom cut open, to expose the situation of the Chives.
-3. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.
-4. A ripe seed.
-
-The Echium Grandiflorum is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, was sent
-from thence by Mr. F. Masson to the Royal Gardens at Kew, about the year
-1791. The superior beauty of this species to the rest of its congenors
-makes it considered as a valuable greenhouse plant, although its
-intrinsic merit is sufficient to ensure it that character; the rich
-green of its foliage, contrasted to the colour of the blossoms, gives to
-each a singular brilliancy. It is rather a tender greenhouse plant,
-grows about two feet high, and becomes naked at the lower part of the
-stem; is with difficulty propagated by cuttings, seldom perfecting its
-seeds; thrives best in rich earth, and flowers in April and May. The
-drawing was made from a plant in the collection of the Marquis of
-Blandford, Bill-hill, Berks.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXI.
-
-VEREIA CRENATA.
-
-_Scolloped-leaf Vereia._
-
-
-CLASS VIII. ORDER IV.
-
-_OCTANDRIA TETRAGYNIA._ Eight Chives. Four Pointals.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, concavis,
-     erectis, acutis, persistentibus.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala, ventricosa; limbus patens, revolutus
-     quadripartitus; laciniis ovatis, acuminatis.
-
-     _Nectaria_ quatuor; singulum squamula debilia, minima, singulo
-     germini ad basin extrorsum inserta.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta octo, brevia, quorum quatuor medio, quatuor vero
-     ad basin corollæ adnatæ. Antheræ subrotundæ simplices.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germina quatuor, oblonga, definentia in stylos
-     subulatos. Stigmata obtusa.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsulæ quatuor, ovatæ acuminatæ, rectæ, trigonæ,
-     longitudinaliter sutura introrsum dehiscentes.
-
-     SEMINA plurima minima.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup four leaved, which are lance-shaped, concave,
-     upright, sharp-pointed, and permanent.
-
-     BLOSSOM of one leaf, big bellied; border spreading, rolled back,
-     and divided into four egg-shaped, pointed segments.
-
-     _Honey-cups_ four, each consisting of a small slight scale, fixed
-     on the outside the base of each seed-bud.
-
-     CHIVES. Eight short threads, four of which are fixed to the middle,
-     and four to the base of the blossom. Tips nearly round, and simple.
-
-     POINTAL. Four seed-buds, oblong, ending in awl-shaped shafts.
-     Summits blunt.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Four capsules, egg-shaped, tapering, upright and three
-     sided, opening inwards along the seam.
-
-     SEEDS many, very small.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Vereia, foliis oppositis, crenatis, patentibus; racemis longissimis
-     laxis; floribus luteis.
-
-     Vereia, with opposite, scolloped, spreading leaves; very long loose
-     spikes, and yellow flowers.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement, (natural size.)
-
-2. A Blossom cut open to shew the situation of the Chives.
-
-3. The Seed-vessel, Shafts, and Summits, with the scales of the
-Honey-cups, as they stand in the blossom, (magnified.)
-
-4. One Capsule of the Seed-vessel detached.
-
-This genus of Plants must class with Linnæus’s natural order of
-Succulents, nearly approaching Crassula in habit; but as the Sexual
-System is the basis of our theory, we cannot admit it under that or any
-other yet described genus; we have therefore named it after James Vere,
-Esq. long and well known for his extended and liberal patronage to the
-professors and cultivators of the science; in whose beautiful and select
-collection at Kensington Gore, the present species, has for the first
-time, flowered in this kingdom. Mr. Anderson the gardener informs us,
-that this plant is a native of Sierra Leone; from whence it was sent to
-England, by Professor Eld. Elfzelius, in the year 1793; that he has
-treated it as a tender hot-house plant, keeping it constantly in the tan
-bed, by which means he has made it flower; but from every appearance of
-the plant, we should be led to think the common treatment of hot-house
-Succulents would answer for this. It is easily propagated by cuttings;
-grows to the height of three or four feet, having when in flower the
-appearance of a middle sized shrub; blows in the winter months, and
-thrives best in rich mould.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXII.
-
-GOODENIA CALENDULACEA.
-
-_Cape Marygold-leaved Goodenia._
-
-
-CLASS V. ORDER I.
-
-_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium quadrifidum, superum, persistens.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala, supra longitudinaliter fissa, genitalia
-     exferens; limbo quinquefido, secundo.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ lineares.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inferum. Stylus simplex. Stigma urceolatum,
-     ciliatum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblonga, bilocularis, bivalvis; dissepimento
-     parallelo.
-
-     SEMINA plura, scabrida.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup four-cleft, above, and remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM of one leaf, cleft longitudinally on the upper side,
-     exposing the organs of fructification; border five-cleft, leaning
-     one way.
-
-     CHIVES. Five threads fixed into the receptacle. Tips linear.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple. Summit pitcher-shaped, and
-     fringed.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oblong, with two cells, and two valves;
-     partition parallel to the valves.
-
-     SEEDS many and rough.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Goodenia, foliis obovatis, crassis, scabridis; floribus axilaribus,
-     cæruleis.
-
-     Goodenia with inversely egg-shaped, thick rough leaves; flowers
-     sitting close to the stem, and blue.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Flower with all its parts complete.
-2. A Blossom without the organs of fructification.
-3. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud (magnified).
-
-The Goodenias are all natives of New Holland, and received their generic
-name of Dr. J. E. Smith, President of the Linnæan Society; in honour of
-the Rev. Dr. Goodenough, whose valuable dissertation on the British
-species of Carex, does him the highest honour, as a botanist. The
-species of this genus (as yet discovered) are ten, from which we may
-infer that they are numerous; those only yet introduced to Britain are,
-the lævigata, ovata, and the present species; the others are described
-by the President, in the second volume of the Linnæan Transactions. This
-plant, though not to be ranked amongst the handsomest productions of
-that country, so replete with novelty, is yet possessed of sufficient
-merit to give it a place in our collections of greenhouse plants,
-flowering about the month of August; delighting most in an airy
-situation, and light soil. It is easily propagated by cuttings. Our
-figure was taken from a plant which flowered at the Hammersmith nursery,
-in 1797; where it had been raised from seeds, communicated by Colonel
-Paterson, then commanding at Port Jackson; to whose assiduous labours in
-collecting seeds, &c. the cabinets and collections of our natural
-historians are so very much indebted.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXIII.
-
-IXIA CAPITATA. _Var. ovata._
-
-_Bunch-flowering Ixia._ _Var. Egg-shaped purple Petals._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 6 petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata 3, erectiusculo-patula.
-
-     BLOSSOM six petals, spreading equal. Summits three, nearly upright,
-     spreading.
-
-     See Ixia reflexa, Plate XIV.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Ixia, foliis radicalibus, ensiformibus; floribus capitatis,
-     consertis, purpureis, petalis basi obscuris.
-
-     Ixia with leaves growing from the root, and sword-shaped; blossoms
-     in close bunches, purple, and dark at the base.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.
-2. A flower cut open, to shew the insertion of Chives.
-3. The Chives as attached to the tubular part of the blossom, the border
-    cut off (magnified).
-4. The Shaft, Summits, and Seed-bud (magnified).
-
-This fine species of Ixia, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, was
-introduced to our collections about the year 1795, by Messrs. Lee and
-Kennedy, nurserymen; they having raised it from seeds received by them,
-from the Royal Gardens at Vienna; is certainly amongst the tenderest of
-its tribe: the root, being extremely subject to injury by wet, it should
-be dried as soon as it has done flowering. It is one of the earliest
-Ixias in bloom, being in high perfection about the middle of April; is
-increased but slowly by the root, thriving best in very sandy peat, or
-sand only. The figure here given was drawn from a plant which flowered
-at the nursery, Hammersmith, in 1798, for the first time.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXIV.
-
-CINERARIA AURITA.
-
-_Two-coloured-leaved Cineraria._
-
-
-CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
-
-_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Communis, simplex; polyphyllus; foliolis æqualibus.
-
-     COROLLA. Composita, radiata. Corollulæ hermaphroditæ, æquales;
-     numerosæ, in disco. Femineæ ligulatæ;, numero foliorum calycis in
-     radio.
-
-     _Propria_ hermaphroditi, infundibuliformis; limbo quinquefido,
-     erecto.
-
-     _Feminea_ ligulata, lanceolata, apice denticulata.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, filiformia brevia. Antheræ cylindracea,
-     tubulosa, apice quinquefida.
-
-     PISTILLUM, hermaphroditis. Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis,
-     longitudine staminum. Stigmata duo erectiuscula.
-
-     _Femineis_: Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, brevis. Stigmata
-     duo, oblonga, obtusiuscula, revoluta.
-
-     PERICARPIUM nullum. Calyx immutatus.
-
-     SEMINA hermaphroditis solitaria, linearia, quadrangula. Pappus
-     pilosus, copiosus.
-
-     RECEPTACULUM nudum, planiusculum.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Common, simple; of many leaves; small leaves equal.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Compound, radiate. Florets with chives and pointals equal;
-     numerous in the centre. Florets with only pointals ligulate; equal
-     in number to the leaves in the circumference of the empalement.
-
-     _Individuals_ with chives and pointals funnel-shaped; border five
-     cleft, upright.
-
-     _Individuals_ with pointals only, liguiate, lance-shaped, toothed
-     at the point.
-
-     CHIVES. Five threads, thread-shaped and short. Tips forming a
-     hollow cylinder, with five clefts at the top.
-
-     POINTAL of florets with chives and pointals. Seed-bud oblong. Shaft
-     thread-shaped, the length of the chives. Summits two, a little
-     upright.
-
-     Of florets with pointals only. Seed bud oblong. Shaft
-     thread-shaped, and short. Summits two, oblong, rather blunt, and
-     rolled back.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL none. Cup not changing.
-
-     SEEDS of florets with chives and pointals, solitary, linear and
-     four-sided. Feather, hairy, abundant.
-
-     RECEPTACLE naked, rather flat.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Cineraria, foliis cordatis, dentatis, pilosus, subtus
-     purpurascentibus; petiolis auritis: floribus purpureis.
-
-     Cineraria with heart-shaped, indented, hairy leaves, purple
-     underneath; the footstalks having lobes: the flowers purple.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement (natural size).
-2. A floret of the ray (magnified).
-3. A floret of the disk (magnified).
-4. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud of a floret of the disk (magnified).
-
-In the Sert. Anglic. of Mons. L’Heritier, this species of Cineraria has
-been described and figured under the specific character of Cruenta, from
-the botanic garden at Kew; where, according to the catalogue, it was
-first introduced by Mr. F. Masson, from the Canary Islands, about 1777;
-and by which specific it has hitherto been titled: but from what
-appearance or part of the plant, he could denominate it bloody, will not
-be easy to determine; from our idea of colour, he might as well have
-named it blue. Finding, therefore, a specific character certainly more
-fixed in the leaf, we have taken the liberty of altering Cruenta to
-Aurita; though that would not have been done, (as nothing is more
-contrary to our sentiments, than altering any published name) if there
-had been any glimpse of affinity to the plant in that title. This is
-unquestionably the handsomest species of Cineraria yet known, growing to
-the height of near three feet if encouraged. The specimen from which
-this figure was taken, and which was sent last March to the author, by
-Mr. James Colville, King’s road, Chelsea, had attained that size. By
-night it is extremely fragrant, continuing its blossoms from the month
-of February, till August; seeding abundantly, by which it may be
-propagated, producing many varieties; or by the suckers which are thrown
-up from the roots; thriving best in light mould or peat.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXV.
-
-CAMELLIA JAPONICA. _Var. Flore albo pleno._
-
-_Double white Camellia._
-
-
-CLASS XVI. ORDER V.
-
-_MONODELPHIA POLYANDRIA._ Threads united. Many Chives.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX imbricatus, polyphyllus: foliolis interioribus majoribus.
-
-     EMPALEMENT tiled, of many leaves: the inner leaves the largest.
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER OF _VAR._
-
-     Camellia floribus amplissimis, plenis albidis.
-
-     Camellia with large double white flowers.
-
-Though it may be considered by some, as deviating from the botanical
-rule we prescribed to ourselves, at the outset of this work, not to
-figure any flower, but what could be systematically ascertained; double
-flowers, &c. having lost those constituent characters necessary to the
-Sexual System; yet having seen this most delightful plant in bloom last
-year, the temptation was too powerful to be resisted, for giving a
-figure of it in the Botanist’s Repository. This fine variety of the
-Camellia, was first imported from China about the year 1793, by Captain
-Connor of the Carnatic East-indiaman, for the gardens of the late I.
-Slater, Esq. a gentleman of most indefatigable spirit, for the
-introduction of new plants to this kingdom; indeed, it is to him we owe
-most of the plants received from China within these few years; he having
-procured a catalogue to be printed of all the described Chinese plants
-in that language, with the descriptions translated, and by various hands
-transmitted it to that country. The finest plants in this kingdom, of
-the double white Camellia, are now in the collection of Sir Joseph
-Banks, Bart. P.R.S. This, like the others of this genus, we may consider
-of sufficient hardiness to resist our winters; being a native of the
-Japanese isles, where, as well as in China, it was seen by Thunberg. As
-yet (from its scarcity) that cannot be ascertained; but from the easy
-method by which it is propagated by cuttings, we are in hopes it soon
-may. It is at present cultivated as a hot-house plant, where certainly
-it will be always seen in the greatest perfection; the flowers being of
-so delicate and brilliant a white, their beauty is easily destroyed,
-even by watering. Flowers in the autumnal months, and thrives best in
-rich loam.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXVI.
-
-CRASSULA ODORATISSIMA.
-
-_Sweet-scented Crassula._
-
-
-CLASS V. ORDER V.
-
-_PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA._ Five Chives. Five Pointals.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium pentaphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis,
-     canaliculato-concavis, erectis, acutis, conniventibus in tubum,
-     persistentibus.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quinque, unguibus longis, linearibus, rectis,
-     conniventibus, reflexo-patentibus.
-
-     _Nectaria_ quinque; singulum squamula minima, emarginata basi
-     germinis extrorsum annexa.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, subulata, longitudine tubi, unguibus
-     corollæ inserta. Antheræ simplices.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germina quinque, oblonga, acuminata, desinentia in
-     stylos subulatos, longitudine staminum. Stigmata obtusa.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsulæ quinque, oblongæ, acuminatæ, rectæ, compressæ,
-     longitudinaliter introrsum dehiscentes.
-
-     SEMINA plura, parva.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup of five leaves; the small leaves are lance-shaped,
-     concave and channelled, upright, sharp, formed into a tube, and
-     remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Petals five, claws long, linear, upright, joined together,
-     bent back, and spreading.
-
-     _Honey-cups_ five, each consisting of a small scale notched at the
-     end, and fixed on the outside the base of each seed-bud.
-
-     CHIVES. Five threads, awl-shaped, the length of the tube, fixed
-     into the claws of the blossom. Tips simple.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-buds five, oblong, pointed, ending in awl-shaped
-     shafts, the length of the chives. Summits blunt.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Five capsules, oblong, pointed, upright, pressed
-     together, and opening inwards along the seam.
-
-     SEEDS, many, small.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Crassula foliis oppositis, amplexicaulibus, ciliatis, linearibus;
-     floribus capitatis, odoratissimis, luteis.
-
-     Crassula with opposite leaves that embrace the stem, fringed and
-     linear; the flowers grow in bunches, are sweet-scented and yellow.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-
-2. A Blossom cut open to shew the insertion of the threads.
-
-3. One Petal of the blossom.
-
-4. The five Pointals as they stand in the blossom, with their honey-cups
-attached to the bottom of the Seed-buds.
-
-5. One Pointal (magnified).
-
-The Crassula Odoratissima is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, was
-introduced to our gardens about the year 1794, but did not flower till
-1796. The scent of this plant at night is so very powerful, that by many
-it may be deemed almost offensive, though by others it is considered as
-most agreeable; the flavour is nearly affined to the tuberose. This is
-not a very shewy plant, growing about a foot high, and flowers from
-March, till May or June. It is most easily propagated by cuttings, lives
-in the common greenhouse with very little care, and in almost any sort
-of earth. This figure was taken at Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s,
-nurserymen, Hammersmith, where the plant was first raised.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXVII.
-
-GLADIOLUS RINGENS. _Var. cinereo odorato._
-
-_Gaping Ash-coloured sweet Gladiolus._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 6-partita, ringens.
-
-     STAMINA adscendentia.
-
-     BLOSSOM six divisions, gaping.
-
-     CHIVES ascending.
-
-     See Plate XI.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gladiolus foliis linearibus, costatis; floribus ringentibus,
-     cineriis, odoratissimis.
-
-     Gladiolus with linear, ribbed leaves; the blossoms gaping,
-     ash-coloured, and very sweet-scented.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.
-2. A Blossom cut open to expose the insertion of the Chives.
-3. The Pointal (one Summit magnified).
-4. A Seed in its coat.
-
-This most desirable Gladiolus, is not a perfect novelty in the
-greenhouse; although extremely scarce, it has been introduced to us
-constantly from the Cape of Good Hope, but from its great delicacy has
-been repeatedly lost. The plants now in England, have been imported from
-Holland, from the collection of Messrs. Voorhelm and Co. who about the
-year 1793, purchased the largest collection ever formed at the Cape,
-from a Frenchman who had been many years resident there. The Gladiolus
-ringens about mid-day has the flavour of violets so powerfully, that a
-single plant is sufficient to scent a whole greenhouse. It is with
-difficulty preserved from rotting at the root; therefore should be grown
-in very sandy peat, and should be exposed to dry as soon as the flower
-is gone. Is propagated by the root, or by seed, which may be procured by
-great care not to over-water the bulb after flowering; but herein there
-is great danger.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXVIII.
-
-GERANIUM ELEGANS.
-
-_Round-leaved Geranium._
-
-
-CLASS XVI. ORDER II.
-
-_MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     MONOGYNA. Stigmata 5. Fructus rostratus, 5-coccus.
-
-     One POINTAL. Five Summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, 5 dry
-     berries.
-
-     See GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM, Plate XII.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Geranium pedunculis multifloris; calycibus monophyllis, foliis
-     orbiculatis, ferratis rigidis, petiolis longissimis; caule
-     herbaceo.
-
-     Geranium, the fruit-stalks supporting many flowers; cups of one
-     leaf; the leaves round, sawed, and harsh, with very long
-     foot-stalks; stem herbaceous.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement cut open, to shew its tubular shape to its base.
-2. The Chives, and Pointal, natural size.
-3. The Pointal, magnified.
-
-This truly elegant species of Geranium was introduced to us from the
-Cape of Good Hope, in the year 1795; being raised from seeds, received
-from thence, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, in whose collection it flowered
-for the first time this year, about the latter end of May, and from
-which specimen this figure was taken. It is one of those that have in
-general seven fertile tips, and, therefore, must be placed under Mr.
-L’Heritier’s genus Pelargonium, by those who follow his new arrangement.
-It is a hardy plant, and requires only a common greenhouse for its
-protection, where it will seed; which seems to be the readiest mode of
-propagating it, as it produces but very few branches; thriving best in
-rich earth.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXIX.
-
-IXIA SPICATA. _Var. viridi nigra._
-
-_Sea-green spiked Ixia._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 6 petala, patens, æqualis.
-
-     STIGMATA 3, erectiusculo-patula.
-
-     BLOSSOM six petals, spreading, equal.
-
-     SUMMITS three, nearly upright, spreading.
-
-     See IXIA REFLEXA, Plate XIV.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Ixia foliis linearibus, costatis; corolla viridi, petalis basi
-     obscuris; spicis longissimis.
-
-     Ixia with linear, ribbed leaves; green blossom, the base of the
-     petals dark; spikes very long.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.
-
-2. A Blossom cut open, to shew its tubular character, and the insertion
-of the Chives at the mouth.
-
-3. The Pointal complete, one of its Summits magnified.
-
-The singularity of colour exhibited in this very fine species of Ixia,
-the extraordinary length of the spikes, the flowers of which are mostly
-all expanded at the same time; and which grow sometimes to the length of
-a foot, or more; will certainly entitle it to a place in every
-collection of exotics. We are indebted to the Hollanders for this plant,
-as they first introduced it from the Cape; and it is from them we
-received it but a few years since. It is amongst the hardiest, and
-easiest propagated of this genus; requiring a small degree of heat when
-near blowing, to make the flowers expand with lustre; thriving best in
-peat earth; propagating itself by the bulb; and flowering during the
-months of May and June.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXX.
-
-VACCINIUM ARCTOSTAPHYLLUS.
-
-_Madeira Whortle-berry._
-
-
-CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
-
-_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium minimum, superum, persistens.
-
-     COROLLA. Monopetala, campanulata, quadrifida; laciniis revolutis.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta octo, simplicia. Antheræ bicornes, dorso aristis
-     duabus patentibus instructæ, apice dehiscentes.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, staminibus longior.
-     Stigma obtusum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Bacca globosa, umbilicata, quadrilocularis.
-
-     SEMINA pauca, parva.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup very small, above, and permanent.
-
-     BLOSSOM. One petal, bell-shaped, four-cleft; segments rolled back.
-
-     CHIVES. Eight threads, simple. Tips with two horns, and furnished
-     with two spreading awns at the back, opening at the points.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, longer than the chives.
-     Summit blunt.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. A globular berry, with a hollow dimple, and four
-     cells.
-
-     SEEDS few, and small.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Vaccinium, floribus racemosis; foliis crenulatis, ovatis, acutis;
-     caule arboreo.
-
-     Whortle-berry, with flowers growing in bunches; leaves slightly
-     scollopped, egg-shaped, and pointed; stem woody.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement, Pointal, and Chives; the blossom removed.
-2. A Chive (magnified).
-3. The Shaft, and its Summit (magnified).
-4. A ripe Berry (natural size).
-
-Numerous are the difficulties which occur in arranging plants according
-to any yet invented system; and although the sexual fails in the fewest
-instances, yet that is sometimes the case. The plant before us, although
-in habit, fruit, &c. seemingly perfectly allied to Vaccinium, and, from
-which characters, it has been placed under that genus, yet we doubt
-whether if Linnæus had examined the flower himself, (as he has accepted
-it under the name it here bears, and we have no doubt of its being the
-plant intended;) he would not have classed it in Octandria; for
-certainly it has in every instance ten chives, with the border of the
-blossom of five segments; the threads attached to the blossom. But, as
-it is the professed intention of this work as little as possible to
-confuse, by the introduction of new names for plants already known by
-established, and generally accepted ones; though erroneous from
-incorrectness, or otherwise, in the author who first published them; we
-shall attempt an alteration but rarely, and that cautiously, or for very
-glaring reasons; being thoroughly convinced of the difficulty of
-retaining only one name for each plant. The Vaccinium Arctostaphyllus is
-a native of the island of Madeira, where it grows to a considerable
-height: it has not been many years cultivated in our gardens; having
-been introduced to us first by Mr. F. Masson about the year 1786. The
-winters in common of this climate are too severe for it, therefore
-should be protected, although it will survive a mild one: it is best
-preserved in a pot, and kept as a greenhouse plant, where it is very
-ornamental; flowering about the months of July and August; thriving best
-in light mould, or peat; and is propagated by cuttings, or the seed,
-which it produces in abundance.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXXI.
-
-BORBONIA CORDATA.
-
-_Heart-shape leaved Borbonia._
-
-
-CLASS XVII. ORDER IV.
-
-_DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads in two sets. Ten Chives.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, quinquefidum, turbinatum, corolla
-     dimidio brevius; laciniis lanceolatis, acuminatis, subæqualibus.
-
-     COROLLA pentapetala papilionacea.
-
-     _Vexillum_ reflexum, obtusum, ungue calycis longitudine.
-
-     _Alæ_ semicordatæ, vexillo paulo breviores.
-
-     _Carina_ dipetala, lunulata, obtusa.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta decem, coalita in cylindrum, superne
-     longitudinaliter dehiscentem, apicibus assurgentia. Antheræ parvæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen subulatum. Stylus brevissimus, adscendens. Stigma
-     obtusum, emarginatum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Legumen subrotundum, acuminatum, uniloculare, spina
-     mucronatum.
-
-     SEMINA reniformia.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, cut into five segments, turban-shaped,
-     shorter by half than the blossom; segments lance-shaped, pointed,
-     nearly of the same length.
-
-     BLOSSOM of five leaves, butterfly-shaped.
-
-     _Standard_ bent back, blunt, the claw the length of the cup.
-
-     _Wings_ half heart-shaped, a little shorter than the standard.
-
-     _Keel_ of two leaves, half moon-shaped, and blunt.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads ten, joined in a cylinder, splitting at the upper
-     side, turned up at the ends. Tips small.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud awl-shaped. Shaft short, turned up at the end.
-     Summit blunt, and bordered.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Shell roundish, pointed, of one cell, and pointed with
-     a spine.
-
-     SEEDS kidney-shaped.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Borbonia foliis cordatis, multinerviis, integerrimis.
-
-     Borbonia with heart-shaped leaves, many-nerved, and very entire.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. The Standard, or upper petal of the Blossom.
-3. A Wing, or side petal of the Blossom.
-4. The Keel, or lower petals of the Blossom.
-5. The Pointal and Chives, natural size.
-6. The Seed-vessel, attached to the Empalement.
-
-The Borbonia cordata, with its various synonyms, may be found in the
-second volume of Linnæus’s Species Plantarum, page 994, from whence our
-specific character is copied. This plant, as well as most of the genus,
-are subject to lose their leaves from the lower part of the stem, which
-gives it rather a naked appearance when not in flower; but that is amply
-compensated by the very handsome appearance of its magnificent bunch of
-yellow blossoms. It grows to the height of three or four feet, producing
-but few branches. This figure was taken from a plant sent to the author,
-about the beginning of July, in full bloom, by Mr. Colville, nurseryman,
-of the King’s Road, Chelsea; who informs him that he raised it about the
-year 1795, from seeds which he had received from the Cape of Good Hope.
-The Borbonias are mostly hardy greenhouse plants, and delight in light
-earth; either peat, or very light dungy earth: they are in general
-difficult to propagate by cuttings; the surest method is by the seed,
-which they for the most part perfect in this climate.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXXII.
-
-ANTHOLYZA RINGENS.
-
-_Gaping Antholyza._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Spathæ bivalves, alternatæ, flores distinguentes,
-     persistentes.
-
-     COROLLA. Petalum unicum e tubo sensim dilatatum in faucem
-     compressam ringentem.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta tria, longa, tenuia, sublabio superiori. Antheræ
-     acutæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inferum. Stylus filiformis, situ et longitudine
-     stamimun superiorum. Stigma trifidum, capillare, reflexum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula subrotunda, trilocularis, trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plura, triangularia.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Sheath of two valves, alternate, dividing the flowers,
-     and abiding.
-
-     BLOSSOM. One petal, widening in the tube, flattened at the mouth,
-     and gaping.
-
-     CHIVES. Three threads, long, thin, and placed under the upper lip
-     of the blossom. Tips sharp.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft thread-shaped, in the same place,
-     and of the same length of the upper chives. Summit cut into three
-     hair-like divisions, which are bent back.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule nearly round, three cells, three valves.
-
-     SEEDS many, triangular.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Antholyza corollæ labiis divaricatis; fauce compressa.
-
-     Antholyza with the lips of the blossom in various directions; the
-     mouth flattened.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Blossom cut open, to shew the insertion of the Chives.
-3. The Pointal (natural size).
-
-Although this species of Antholyza is not new in our gardens, yet has it
-been seen in flower but by few, as it blows so seldom; though the roots
-are by far the largest of any of the genus. The bulb from which this
-figure was taken, had received a little assistance from heat early in
-the season, and by that means was (apparently) brought into flower. It
-is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, has much the appearance of a
-common flag in the foliage, growing to the height of three feet, or
-more; requires the same earth as Ixias, propagates by the root, or seed,
-and flowers in the month of June; at which time a drawing was made from
-a plant then in bloom at the Hammersmith nursery.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXXIII.
-
-DIOSMA LATIFOLIA.
-
-_Broad-leaved Diosma._
-
-
-CLASS V. ORDER I.
-
-_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium quinquepartitum; laciniis tenuibus, acutis,
-     persistentibus; basi plana.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quinque, ovata, obtusa, sessilia, erecto-patula.
-
-     _Nectarium_ coronæ forma, excavatum, quinquesidum, obtusum, germini
-     impositum.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, subulata. Antheræ subovatæ, erectæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen coronatum nectario. Stylus simplex, longitudine
-     staminum. Stigma obsoletum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsulæ quinque, ovato-acuminatæ, compressæ, margine
-     introrsum coalitæ, apicibus distantes, sutura superiori
-     dehiscentes.
-
-     SEMINA solitaria, oblonga.
-
-     _Arillus_ elasticus, hinc dehiscens; singulum involvens semen.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup of four divisions; segments thin, sharp, and
-     permanent; smooth at the base.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Five petals, egg-shape, blunt, fitting close, erect, and
-     open.
-
-     _Honey-cup_ crown-shaped, hollow, with five divisions, blunt, fixed
-     on the seed-buds.
-
-     CHIVES. Five threads, awl-shaped. Tips nearly egg-shaped, upright.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud crowned by the honey-cup. Shaft simple, the
-     length of the chives. Summit blunt.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Five capsules, egg-shaped, pointed, flattened, joined
-     together by the inner edge, the points standing apart, splitting at
-     the upper suture.
-
-     SEEDS solitary, oblong.
-
-     _Seed-coat_ elastic, splitting from hence, and inclosing a single
-     seed.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Diosma, foliis oppositis, serratis, ovalibus, latissimis; floribus
-     terminalibus, albidis, sessilibus.
-
-     Diosma with opposite leaves, sawed, oval, and very broad; flowers
-     terminal, white, and sitting close to the branches.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom complete.
-2. The Chives and Pointal, with the surrounding Seed-buds and Honey-cups.
-3. The Pointal, natural size, with the Empalement attached.
-4. The same magnified.
-5. A Seed taken from its coat.
-
-There are few genera of plants more deserving our notice than Diosma;
-the fragrance of the leaves of most of the species, and the beauty of
-the flowers of others, has rendered them so common, (being easily
-propagated by cuttings) that few collections but have a number of the
-different species. They are all very hardy greenhouse plants, the
-present species excepted; this, requiring a dry situation, and rather
-more warmth than the rest. It was sent to the royal gardens at Kew,
-about the year 1791, by Mr. F. Masson, to whose industry botany stands
-so much indebted. Of all the Diosmas this is the highest grower,
-aspiring to three or four feet, or more, if encouraged; delights in peat
-earth, and flowers about the month of August.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXXIV.
-
-CHELONE RUELLIOIDES.
-
-_Scarlet Chelone._
-
-
-CLASS XIV. ORDER II.
-
-_DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA._ Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, quinquepartitum, brevissimum,
-     persistens; laciniis erectis, ovatis.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala, ringens; tubus cylindraceus, brevissimus; faux
-     inflata, oblonga, supra convexa, infra plana; limbus clausus
-     parvus; labium superius obtusum, emarginatum; limbus inferius cum
-     superiori fere æquale, lævissime trifidum.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quatuor, sub dorso corollæ recondita, quorum duo
-     lateralia paulo longiora; antheræ incumbentes.
-
-     Rudimentum quinti filamenti, mucronis instar, intra superius
-     staminum par.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, situ, et longitudine
-     staminum. Stigma obtusum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula ovata, bilocularis, calyce longior.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, sub rotunda, margine membranaceo cincta.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, five divisions very short, permanent;
-     segments upright and egg-shaped.
-
-     BLOSSOM. One petal, gaping; tube cylindrical, very short; mouth
-     swelled, oblong, rounded on the upper, and flat on the lower part;
-     border shut, and small; upper lip blunt, bordered; lower lip nearly
-     as long as the upper, slightly divided into three at the end.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads four, hid under the upper part of the blossom; of
-     which the two side ones are a little longer than the others. Tips
-     fixed sideways to the threads.
-
-     The rudiment of a fifth thread, like a sharp point is placed equal
-     with, and between the upper chives.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-vessel egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, of the same
-     length, and place as the chives. Summit blunt.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule egg-shaped, two cells longer than the
-     empalement.
-
-     SEEDS many, nearly round, bound at the edge by a thin skin.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Chelone foliis inferioribus spathulatis, glabris; superioribus
-     lanceolatis, oppositis; corollis cernuis, coccineis; labiis
-     inferioribus barbatis.
-
-     Chelone with spathulate, smooth leaves on the lower part of the
-     stem; and lance-shaped, opposite ones on the upper; blossoms
-     hanging down, and scarlet; the lower lips bearded.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Leaf from the lower part of the Stem.
-2. The Empalement.
-3. A Blossom cut open, to shew the situation of the Chives, and the imperfect rudiments of a fifth.
-4. The Seed-vessel, and Pointal, (natural size).
-
-The Chelone Ruellioides is a native of Chili, South America, and was
-introduced to the royal gardens at Kew in the year 1793, by Mr.
-Boutelow, the son of the gardener to the King of Spain, who was then in
-England pursuing his botanical studies. It is (apparently) a hardy
-plant, and fit to endure the open borders, but, as yet, we have not had
-a sufficient trial to ascertain it; hitherto it has been treated as a
-greenhouse plant. Being herbaceous, it is propagated by parting the
-roots, which should be done in spring, about the month of March. The
-proper season of its flowering cannot well be determined, as it has
-undergone such various treatment. The plant from which this figure was
-made was in full bloom at the gardens of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham, in
-the month of June 1797, where it was seen to flower, for the first time
-in this country. The soil it seems to thrive in most, is a composition
-of loam, and rotten dung.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXXV.
-
-IXIA CRISPIFOLIA. _Var. flore cæruleo._
-
-_Crisped-leaved Ixia. Blue Variety._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 6-petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata 3, erectiusculo-patula.
-
-     BLOSSOM six petals, spreading equal. Summits three, nearly upright,
-     and spreading.
-
-     See IXIA REFLEXA, Plate XIV.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Ixia foliis crispis; scapus ramosus, flexuosus, spithamæus;
-     floribus sub-umbellatis, cæruleis.
-
-     Ixia with crisped leaves; flower-stem branched, waved, and a span
-     high; flowers grow in partial umbels, and are blue.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.
-2. A Blossom cut open, to shew the insertion of the Chives.
-3. A Chive (magnified).
-4. The Pointal, one of the divisions of the Summit detached, and magnified.
-
-This singular species of Ixia, is one amongst the many given by the
-Dowager Lady De Clifford to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy Hammersmith, in the
-year 1794; at which time, her ladyship had just received the bulbs in a
-present from the Cape. It is described by Thunberg, in his Dissertatio
-de Ixia, published in 1783. The root of this plant is of a most curious
-shape, having the appearance of being the half, rather than the whole;
-it is very delicate, is easily destroyed by moisture, therefore (except
-when in flower) should be kept very dry; it propagates by the root, the
-old one generally producing two; flowering about the month of June, or
-July, but requires the warmth of a moderate hothouse to expand its
-blossoms. Like other Cape bulbs, it should be planted in sandy peat.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXXVI.
-
-RHODODENDRON PUNCTATUM.
-
-_Dotted-leaved Rhododendron._
-
-
-CLASS X. ORDER I.
-
-_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX 5-partitus. Corolla rotato-infundibuliformis. Stamina
-     declinata. Capsula 5-locularis.
-
-     EMPALEMENT of five divisions. Blossom of a rounded funnel-shape.
-     Chives bent downward. Capsule of five cells.
-
-     See RHODODENDRON DAURICUM, Plate IV.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Rhododendron foliis glabris, subtus punctatis; viminibus laxis;
-     corollis crispis, violaceo-purpureis.
-
-     Rhododendron with smooth leaves, dotted on the under part; slender
-     loose branches; blossoms crisped, and of a blueish purple.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom.
-2. The Chives, and Pointal (natural size); one tip detached (magnified).
-3. The Seed-vessel, and Pointal, (natural size).
-
-It is to the industrious researches of J. Frasier, nurseryman, of the
-King’s Road, Chelsea, we are indebted for this charming species of
-Rhododendron, who introduced it in the year 1792 from the back
-settlements of Carolina, North America, where it is native. This species
-is by far the most delicate of any yet discovered on that continent;
-grows to the height of three, or four feet, and of sufficient hardiness
-to resist our winters in the open ground; a slight protection insures
-its flowering, as our late frosts are apt to injure the buds, which are
-very often without that assistance destroyed. The best method of
-propagating this shrub is by layers, which should be taken off in
-autumn, and protected the first winter. It flowers about the month of
-July, at which season this year a drawing was made from a plant, in the
-nursery of Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith. It (like most American plants)
-delights in sandy peat.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXXVII.
-
-GERANIUM FRAGILE.
-
-_Brittle-stalked Geranium._
-
-
-CLASS XVI. ORDER II.
-
-_MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     MONOGYNA. Stigmata 5. Fructus rostratus, 5-coccus.
-
-     ONE POINTAL. Summits five. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
-     berries.
-
-     See GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM, Plate XII.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Geranium foliis carnosis, pinnatis; caulis fruticosus, ramosus,
-     fragilis; petalis linearibus, pedunculis erectis.
-
-     Geranium with fleshy winged leaves; stem shrubby, branched and
-     brittle; petals linear, fruit-stalks upright.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement cut open, to shew its tubular shape to its base.
-2. The Chives, and Pointal, (natural size).
-3. The Pointal, (magnified).
-
-The Geranium fragile has in general seven fertile tips, and thus comes
-under Linnæus’s first arrangement; and Mons. L’Heritier’s Genus
-Pelargonium. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced
-by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy in the year 1792. This plant seldom grows
-more than a foot high, but during the months of July, August, and
-September, it is covered with blossoms, which are of a pale yellow,
-striped at the bottom with red, standing nearly upright. It is rather a
-tender plant, requiring a dry stove, or hothouse, to preserve it in
-winter, being very subject to damp in the leaves; is easily propagated
-by cuttings, and thrives best in rich mould.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXXVIII.
-
-GLADIOLUS PRÆCOX. _Var. flore rubro._
-
-_Red early-flowering Gladiolus._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 6-partita, ringens.
-
-     STAMINA adscendentia.
-
-     BLOSSOM six divisions, gaping.
-
-     CHIVES ascending.
-
-     See Plate XI. GLADIOLUS ROSEUS.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gladiolus foliis ensiformibus, apicibus tortis, lineari-cruciatis;
-     corollis sub-campanulatis, rubris; petalis acuminatis.
-
-     Gladiolus with sword-shaped leaves, twisted at the ends, linear,
-     and cross-shaped; blossoms nearly bell-shaped, and red; petals
-     sharp-pointed.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.
-2. A Blossom cut open, to expose the situation of the Chives.
-3. The Pointal, one of the Summits magnified.
-4. A Seed.
-
-Of all the species of this numerous Genus, this is the first to expand
-its blossoms, seldom flowering later than April; is extremely hardy,
-scarce requiring the warmth of a greenhouse for its protection, although
-a native of the Cape. About the year 1791, the bulbs of this plant were
-purchased of Messrs. Voorhelm, and Co. of Haarlem, in Holland, by
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, at whose nursery it has repeatedly
-flowered, and where this figure was taken. It is propagated by the root,
-as other Gladiolus, and requires the same earth, a light sandy peat.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXXIX.
-
-ECHIUM FEROCISSIMUM.
-
-_Prickly Viper’s Bugloss._
-
-
-CLASS V. ORDER I.
-
-_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA irregularis, fauce nuda.
-
-     BLOSSOM irregular, mouth naked.
-
-     See ECHIUM GRANDIFLORUM, Plate XX.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Echium caule fruticoso; ramis, foliisque aculeatis; floribus
-     spicatis, violaceis; corollis sub-æqualibus.
-
-     Viper’s Bugloss, with a shrubby stem; branches and leaves covered
-     with sharp prickles; flowers growing in spikes, and violet
-     coloured; blossoms nearly equal.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Blossom cut open, to shew the insertion of the Chives in the tube.
-3. The Shaft and its Summit, magnified.
-
-Although there are few species of this genus, but are rough, or hairy;
-yet this by far exceeds any of them, or almost any other plant not
-actually spiny, for its extreme coarseness to the touch; nevertheless it
-is a very handsome shewy greenhouse plant, growing to the height of two
-feet, and blowing freely. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and
-was introduced by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy in 1794; at whose nursery it
-flowered for the first time, this year, in the month of July. The only
-method of propagating the Cape Echiums is by cuttings, and that is done
-with great difficulty; of course, this, as well as the other species,
-are very scarce: they delight most in rich light mould.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XL.
-
-CHELONE CAMPANULOIDES.
-
-_Bell-flowered Chelone._
-
-
-CLASS XIV. ORDER II.
-
-_DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA._ Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX 5-partitus. Rudimentum filamenti quinti inter suprema
-     stamina. Capsula bilocularis.
-
-     EMPALEMENT of five divisions. The rudiment of a fifth thread is
-     found placed between the upper chives. Capsule of two cells.
-
-     See Plate XXXIV. CHELONE RUELLIOIDES.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Chelone foliis oppositis, sessilibus, acuminatis, profunde
-     serratis; corollis campanulatis, purpureis.
-
-     Chelone with opposite leaves fitting close to the stem, tapering to
-     the point, and deeply sawed; blossoms bell-shaped, and purple.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom cut open, to shew the situation of the four Chives, and station
-   of the fifth imperfect thread.
-2. The Pointal, (natural size).
-3. The Seed-vessel, with the Empalement and Shaft still remaining attached.
-
-This species of Chelone is of the same date in our gardens as the
-Chelone Ruellioides, and was introduced through the same medium: it is a
-native of Mexico in South America; will make a pretty addition to our
-greenhouse exotics; and is described and engraved by A. J. Cavanilles,
-in his first volume of Spanish plants. It seems to thrive best in rich,
-dungy earth, and is easily propagated by cuttings, or seeds; of which
-latter it produces abundance; but does not appear to be long lived. The
-plant from which this figure was taken, flowered (as we suppose for the
-first time in England) in the collection of B. Robertson, Esq. of
-Stockwell in Surry, and kindly communicated by him to the author.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE XLI.
-
-LACHENALIA PENDULA.
-
-_Drooping-flowered Lachenalia._
-
-
-CLASS VI. ORDER I.
-
-_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX, nullus.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala, cylindracea, sexpartita; tubus gibbus; laciniis
-     tribus exterioribus brevioribus.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta sex, subulata, longitudine corollæ, inserta basi
-     laciniarum corollæ. Antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen trigonum, trisulcum. Stylus simplex, corolla
-     paulo longior. Stigma obtusum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula triquetra, trilocularis, trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, globosa.
-
-     EMPALEMENT, none.
-
-     BLOSSOM one leaf, cylindrical, divided into six; tube gouty; the
-     three outer divisions the shortest.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads six, awl-shaped, the length of the blossom, fixed
-     into the base of the divisions of the blossom. Tips oblong, laying
-     on the threads.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud three-sided, three-furrowed. Shaft simple, a
-     little longer than the blossom. Summit blunt.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule three-sided, three cells, three valves.
-
-     SEEDS many, globular.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Lachenalia foliis longissimis, ovato-oblongis, immaculatis;
-     corollis speciocissimis, maximis, tricoloratis, pedunculatis,
-     cernuis.
-
-     Lachenalia with very long egg-shaped oblong leaves, without spots;
-     blossoms very shewy, large, three-coloured, having foot-stalks, and
-     nodding.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Flower spread open, to shew the insertion of the Chives.
-2. The same, exhibiting the character of the outer Petals.
-3. The Pointal, natural size.
-
-The genus Lachenalia is certainly an infringement on Hyacinthus; the
-small distinction on which this new genus is founded can, at most, be
-considered but of sufficient consequence to form a specific character,
-so thought Linnæus: the son of Professor Jacquin has thought otherwise,
-having called it after a botanist of the name of De la Chenal; and under
-which it is now generally known; therefore we have not replaced it under
-its old title, though we have authority of such weight to corroborate
-our opinion. The Lachenalias are natives of the Cape of Good Hope, yet
-are of so hardy a nature as to require no farther protection than
-shelter from the severe frosts. Our species is the handsomest yet known,
-flowering about September; was, according to the Kew catalogue,
-introduced there by Mr. F. Masson in the year 1774. It was from a plant
-in the extensive collection of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham Common (to whose
-kind communications the author acknowledges himself much indebted), that
-this figure was taken, the latter end of September this year. No plant
-is more easy or certain to increase than this; the young offsets are
-produced in such abundance from the old bulb, which delights in a light
-soil; but its flowering is not so certain.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE XLII.
-
-ORCHIS CILIARIS.
-
-_Fringed Orchis._
-
-
-CLASS XX. ORDER I.
-
-_GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Spathæ vagæ. Spadix simplex. Perianthium nullum.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quinque; tria exteriora; duo interiora sursum
-     conniventia in galeam.
-
-     _Nectarium_ monophyllum, a latere inferiore inter divisuram
-     petalorum receptaculo affixum. Labio superiore erecto, brevissimo.
-     Labio inferiore magno, patente, lato. Tubo postice corniformi,
-     nutante.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta duo, tenuissima, brevissima, pistillo
-     insidentia. Antheræ obovatæ, erectæ, tectæ duplicatura biloculari
-     labii superioris nectarii.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum, contortum, inferum. Stylus adnatus
-     labio superiori nectarii, brevissimus. Stigma compressum, obtusum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblonga, unilocularis, tricarinata, trivalvis;
-     sub carinis trifariam dehiscens, apice et basi cohærens.
-
-     SEMINA numerosa, minima.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Sheaths scattered. Fruit-stalk simple. Cup none.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Petals five; three outer ones; two inner ones approaching
-     upwards in form of a helmet.
-
-     _Honey-cup_ one leaf, fixed by the lower side to the receptacle
-     betwixt the division of the petals. Upper lip upright, and very
-     short. Lower lip large, spreading, broad. Tube standing behind,
-     shaped like a horn, and hanging down.
-
-     CHIVES. Two threads, very slender, and very short, fixed on the
-     pointal. Tips inversely egg-shaped, upright, covered by a folding
-     of the upper lip of the honey-cup, forming two cells.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong, twisted, and beneath. Shaft fixed to the
-     upper lip of the honey-cup, very short. Summit flattened, and
-     blunt-ended.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oblong, of one cell, three keels, three
-     valves; splitting in three places under the keels; fastened at the
-     point, and the base.
-
-     SEEDS numerous, very small.
-
-
-     SPECIFIC CHARACTER
-
-     Orchis radicibus subpalmatis, expansis; nectarii labio lanceolato,
-     ciliato, cornu torto, longissimo; floribus luteis.
-
-     Orchis with roots nearly hand-shaped, spreading; lip of the
-     honey-cup lance-shaped, and fringed, horn twisted, very long;
-     flowers yellow.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Honey-cup with its Horn.
-2. The upper Petal.
-3. A side Petal.
-4. One of the inner Petals.
-5. The Chives, and Pointal attached to the horn of the Honey-cup.
-6. The Chives, and Pointal, magnified; with the Chives drawn from their cells.
-
-This handsome Orchis is a native of North America, and is found in all
-the states from Virginia as far north as Canada: it has been treated of
-by Ray, Morison, Gronovius, Royen, Linnæus, and others; but although so
-long known by name, it was not introduced to our gardens before the year
-1796; having been sent that year from Philadelphia by Mr. J. Lyons, from
-the gardens of J. Hamilton, Esq. to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy,
-Hammersmith; at whose nursery it flowered this year, in the month of
-July, when the drawing was made. It is a hardy herbaceous plant,
-thriving best in a shady border, and should be planted in a mixture of
-loam and peat earth. The propagation of this plant, like most of the
-genus, is difficult, the seeds being too small to be collected, and the
-root seldom producing more than one bud.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE XLIII.
-
-BIGNONIA LEUCOXYLON.
-
-_Oleander-flowered Trumpet Flower._
-
-
-CLASS XIV. ORDER II.
-
-_DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA._ Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, erectum, cyathi-forme,
-     quinquefidum.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala, campanulata; tubus minimus, longitudine
-     calycis; faux longissima, subtus ventricosa; limbus quinque
-     partitus; laciniis duabus superioribus reflexis; inferioribus
-     patulis.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quatuor, subulata, corolla breviora, quorum duo
-     reliquis longiora. Antheræ reflexæ, oblongæ, velut duplicatæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, situ et figura
-     staminum. Stigma capitatum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Siliqua bilocularis, bivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, imbricata, compressa, utrinque membranaceo alata.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, upright, cup-shaped, and cut into five
-     divisions.
-
-     BLOSSOM of one bell-shaped petal; tube small, the length of the
-     cup; mouth very long, swelled at the bottom; border of five
-     divisions; the two upper segments reflexed, the lower ones
-     spreading.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads four, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom, two of
-     which are longer than the others. Tips bent back, oblong, and
-     appear doubled.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, of the same
-     situation and shape as the chives. Summit headed.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Pod of two cells, and two valves.
-
-     SEEDS many, laying one over the other, flat, and winged at each
-     side.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Bignonia foliis digitatis; foliolis integerrimis, ovatis,
-     acuminatis; caule erecto, arboreo; floribus nerii; alato semine.
-
-     Trumpet Flower with fingered leaves; the small leaves entire,
-     egg-shaped, tapered; stem upright, growing to a tree; with flowers
-     like the oleander; seed winged.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Blossom cut open, shewing the proportionate length of the Chives
-    to the Blossom, and their insertion;
-    one of the Tips detached, and magnified.
-3. The Pointal, (natural size); the Summit detached, and magnified.
-
-This species of Bignonia is well known in most collections of hothouse
-plants, and was first introduced to the Chelsea gardens by Mr. P.
-Miller, the then gardener, in 1759, and may be found described in his
-Dictionary; but, notwithstanding its frequency, few have seen its
-blossoms. Owing to the naked appearance of the stem, and its growing to
-so considerable a height before it flowers, and that but rarely, has
-rendered it a plant but of little consideration; though perhaps, from
-the great beauty of its blossoms, it deserves more attention. Being a
-native of the West Indies, it does not flourish without the assistance
-of tan heat; but will live in any situation of the hothouse; thriving
-best in a mixture of loam and peat, and is readily propagated by
-cuttings. It was from a plant in the select and valuable collection at
-Paddington, belonging to the Hon. Dowager Lady De Clifford (to whom the
-author, as well as all the cultivators and professors of the science,
-stand much indebted for the zeal and patronage which her ladyship has
-shewn, in her endeavours to promote it), that this figure was taken in
-July this present year 1798.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE XLIV.
-
-IXIA CINNAMOMEA.
-
-_Cinnamon-smelling Ixia._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 6-petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria, erectiusculo
-     patula.
-
-     BLOSSOM six petals, spreading, and equal. Summits three, nearly
-     upright, spreading.
-
-     See IXIA REFLEXA, Plate XIV.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Ixia foliis falcatis, crispis; floribus alternis, noctiflorens,
-     cinnamomi odore.
-
-     Ixia with scimitar-shaped leaves, waved at the edge; flowers
-     alternate, blowing at night, and smelling of cinnamon.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.
-3. The Chives, attached to the tubular part of the Blossom, the border cut off, (magnified).
-4. The Shaft, Summit, and Seed-bud, (magnified).
-
-Amongst this most extensive genus no species stands more distinct than
-this. The extreme sweetness and delicacy of its blossoms, which expand
-only by night, and close in the morning, give it a decided superiority
-over many of its congeners. Thunberg, who saw it at the Cape, has
-described it under the name it here bears; but till the year 1792 we had
-no knowledge of it, when it was first introduced by Messrs. Lee and
-Kennedy, Hammersmith, from the Cape of Good Hope; at whose nursery it
-flowered the following year; where it continues to blow annually, and
-whence this figure was taken. It is rather a tender bulb, small, and
-easily rotted; should therefore be placed in the warmest part of the
-greenhouse, and kept dry when out of flower; is rather difficult to
-increase, as each bulb seldom produces more than one offset, nor that
-always, and rarely seeds.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE XLV.
-
-IRIS LONGIFOLIA.
-
-_Long-leaved Iris._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Spathæ bivalves, flores distinguentes, persistentes.
-
-     COROLLA sexpartita; petala oblonga, obtusa, tria exteriora reflexa,
-     tria interiora erecta, acutiora; omnia unguibus conata.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta tria, subulata, petalis reflexis incumbentia.
-     Antheræ oblongæ, rectæ, depressæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inferum, oblongum. Stylus simplex, brevissimus.
-     Stigma maximum, tripartitum, laciniis petala mentientibus, latis,
-     reflexis, stamina et petala alterna deprimentibus, apicibus
-     bifidis.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblonga, angulata, trilocularis, trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, ovata, glabra.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Sheaths of two valves, separating the flowers,
-     permanent.
-
-     BLOSSOM with six divisions; petals oblong, blunt, the three outer
-     ones reflexed, the three inner ones upright, and sharper; all
-     connected by the claws.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads three, awl-shaped, laying on the reflexed petals.
-     Tips oblong, straight, depressed.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath, oblong. Shaft simple, very short. Summit
-     very large, divided into three segments, resembling petals, broad,
-     bent back, and alternately pressing down the chives and petals,
-     cleft at the ends.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oblong, angular, of three cells, and three
-     valves.
-
-     SEEDS many, egg-shaped, and smooth.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Iris foliis linearibus, canaliculatis, longissimis, glaucis; scapus
-     teres, multiflorus; radix bulbosus.
-
-     Iris with linear, channelled leaves, very long, and bluish;
-     flower-stem cylindrical, with many flowers; the root bulbous.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.
-2. The Chives as attached to the Seed-bud.
-3. The Pointal complete.
-
-This Iris is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced to us
-from the collection of Messrs. Voorhelm and Schnevoght, of Haarlem in
-Holland, about the year 1792. The leaves of this delicate Iris grow
-sometimes to the length of three feet, giving it a very singular
-appearance: it should be treated like the Cape Ixias, and protected from
-the weather, whilst in bloom, as the flower is injured by the lightest
-wind, and the duration of each blossom is but a few hours; there is,
-however, a good succession, which rise diurnally from the same sheath,
-seldom more than one at a time. This figure was taken in the month of
-June 1797 at the Hammersmith nursery. It has a singular mode of
-propagating itself; the old root dying, two young ones are formed above
-it, from whence the flower-stem arises: seldom ripe seeds are produced.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE XLVI.
-
-MASSONIA VIOLACEA.
-
-_Purple-flowered Massonia._
-
-
-CLASS VI. ORDER I.
-
-_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX, nullus.
-
-     COROLLA sex-petala. Petala nectario imposita, lanceolata, patentia.
-
-     _Nectarium_ inferum, cylindricum, membranaceum.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta sex, nectarii dentibus inserta, filiformia
-     declinata, petalis paulo longiora. Antheræ ovatæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen (respectu nectarii) superum. Stylus subulatus,
-     declinatus, longitudine, staminum. Stigma simplex, acutum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula triquetra, glabra, trilocularis, trivalvis,
-     angulis dehiscens.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, globosa, glabra, magnitudine seminum sinapios.
-
-     EMPALEMENT none.
-
-     BLOSSOM six-petals. Petals placed on the honey-cup, are
-     lance-shaped and spreading.
-
-     _Honey-cup_ beneath, cylindrical and skinny.
-
-     CHIVES. Six threads, fixed into the teeth of the honey-cup,
-     thread-shaped, bent downward, and a little longer than the petals.
-     Tips egg-shaped.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud (with regard to the honey-cup) above. Shaft
-     awl-shaped, and bent downward the length of the chives. Summit
-     simple, and pointed.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule three-sided, and smooth, of three cells and
-     three valves, splitting at the angles.
-
-     SEEDS many, globular, smooth, the size of a mustard seed.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Massonia, foliis spathulatis, glabris; scapus filiformis, erectus,
-     bipollicaris; flores pedunculati, violacei, sparsi, pedunculi
-     uniflori.
-
-     Massonia with spatula-shaped, and smooth leaves; flower-stalk
-     thread-shaped, upright, two inches high; the flowers have
-     foot-stalks, are of a violet colour, and grow scattered; the
-     foot-stalks have each but one flower.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Flower complete.
-2. The same cut open, to shew the insertion of the Chives.
-3. The Pointal.
-
-This genus of plants perpetuates the name, as a botanist, (would it
-could likewise the mild, unassuming, and universally allowed amiableness
-of character) of Mr. Francis Masson, botanical collector to his Majesty;
-now exploring the untrod regions of North America, to add to the
-extensive collections of his royal and munificent Master, which stand so
-much indebted to his indefatigable industry for their present splendour.
-The Massonias are all rather tender, and require the same situation as
-Hæmanthus &c; that is, a dry stove; they are natives of the Cape of Good
-Hope, or, at least, grow within that point of Africa generally so
-called, but at some distance from the Cape town, near a mountain
-(according to Thunberg) of the name of Bocklands Berg. The root of this
-species is very subject to rot when the leaves are decayed, if watered
-at that time; therefore, like the Ixias, should be put aside, or taken
-out of the pot for two or three months, after flowering. It is very
-difficult to propagate, as the seeds are seldom perfected, and rarely
-makes any offsets; flowering in September, about the beginning of which
-month this figure was taken, from a plant in the collection of G.
-Hibbert, Esq. Clapham Common. It appears to thrive best in a mixture of
-peat and sandy loam.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE XLVII.
-
-MUSA COCCINEA.
-
-_Scarlet-flowered Plantain-tree._
-
-
-CLASS XXIII. ORDER I.
-
-_POLYGAMIA MONOECIA._ Various dispositions. Upon one Plant.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     _Hermaphroditi feminei flores._
-
-     CALYX. Spatha partialis ovato-oblonga, plano-concava, magna.
-
-     COROLLA inæqualis, ringens; petalo constituente labium superins,
-     nectario vero labium inferius.
-
-     _Petalum_ erectum, ligulatum, quinquedentatum, basi antice
-     connivens.
-
-     _Nectarium_ monophyllum, naviculare, petalo, brevius, intra sinum
-     petali insertum.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta sex, subulata erecta, petalo dimidio breviora.
-     Antheræ abortivæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen infra receptaculum floris, maximum, longissimum.
-     Stylus erectus, longitudine petali. Stigma capitatum, subrotundum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Bacca carnosa, corio tecta, longissima, pulpa
-     trifariam, absque dissepimentis.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, globosa.
-
-     _Hermaphroditi masculi flores._
-
-     CALYX ut in feminæo.
-
-     COROLLA ut in feminæo.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta ut in feminæo, at longiora, tenuiora. Antheræ
-     lineares, sulcatæ, erectæ, magnæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen ut in feminæo, ut minus. Stylus, et stigma ut in
-     fæmineo, at minora.
-
-     PERICARPIUM abortit.
-
-     _Hermaphrodite flowers, where the female parts are perfect._
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Partial sheath oblong, egg-shaped, smoothly-concave,
-     and large.
-
-     BLOSSOM unequal and gaping; the petal forming the upper lip, the
-     honey-cup the under.
-
-     _Petal_ upright, ligulate, five-toothed, and meeting at the base in
-     front.
-
-     _Honey-cup_ one leaf, ship-shaped, shorter than the petal, and
-     inclosed within it.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads six, awl-shaped, upright, shorter by half than the
-     petal. Tips abortive.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud below the receptacle of the flower, large and
-     very long. Shaft upright the length of the petal. Summit headed,
-     nearly round.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. A fleshy berry, covered with a tough skin, very long,
-     the pulp laying three ways, without partitions.
-
-     SEEDS many, round.
-
-     _Hermaphrodite flowers, where the male parts are perfect._
-
-     EMPALEMENT as in the female flower.
-
-     BLOSSOM as in the female flower.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads as in the female flower, but longer, and thinner.
-     Tips linear, channelled, upright, and large.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud the same as in the female, but smaller. Shaft and
-     summit like the female, but smaller.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL is abortive.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Musa spadice erecto; floribus capitatis; spathis confertis,
-     coccineis, maximis, apicibus luteis.
-
-     Plantain-tree with an upright fruit-stalk; flowers growing in
-     heads; sheaths crowded together, scarlet, very large, points
-     yellow.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The upper lip of the blossom, shewn in front, as cut off close to the seed-bud.
-2. The same, shewing the hinder parts, with the three small claws on the border.
-3. The honey-cup, which forms the lower lip of the blossom.
-4. The seed-bud, chives, style, and summit, of a female hermaphrodite flower.
-5. A seed-bud cut obliquely, to expose the situation character of the seeds.
-6. The chives, seed-bud, shaft, and summit, of a male hermaphrodite flower.
-
-The honour of having introduced this supremely beautiful plant, pertains
-to, Thomas Evans Esq. of Stepney; a gentleman to whose zeal for the
-introduction of new plants our stoves are of late much beholden; he
-having received it, amongst many others, about the year 1792 from China,
-where, as well as in Cochin-China, Sumatra, Java, &c. it is very
-commonly found. Our figure was taken, in part, from a plant which
-flowered at James Vere’s, Esq. Kensington Gore, last December, and
-partly, from one in blossom about the same time, at the Hon. Lady
-Archer’s, Ham Common. The Musa Coccinea grows to the height of about
-three, or four feet before it blows, and without question, has no rival
-but Strelitzea Regina in the hothouse, where its brilliancy, tends in
-some degree, to dispel the gloom of winter, for at least three months.
-It increases itself by suckers, which are thrown up in abundance from a
-vigorous plant; may be taken off at any time, and will arrive at a
-flowering size in twelve months; if planted in rich earth, and kept
-growing in pine heat, or on a strong hotbed.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XLVIII.
-
-IXIA BULBIFERA. _Var: flore luteo._
-
-_Bulb-bearing Ixia. Var: yellow-flowered._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 6-petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria, erectiusculo
-     patula.
-
-     BLOSSOM six petals, spreading, and equal. Summits three, nearly
-     upright, and spreading.
-
-     See IXIA REFLEXA, Plate XIV.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Ixia foliis falcatis, glabris, scapo brevioribus, axillis
-     bulbiferis; floribus alternis, luteis.
-
-     Ixia with scimitar-shaped leaves, smooth, and shorter than the
-     flower-stem, bearing bulbs at their insertion into the stalk;
-     flowers alternate, and yellow.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.
-3. The Shaft, Summit, and Seed-bud, (magnified).
-
-The singular sporting of Nature in the Ixia bulbifera is not uncommon;
-its viviparous character (if it may be so called) constitutes a specific
-difference in many genera; Lilium, Lysimachia, &c. partake of it. The
-bulbs produced from the stem blow the second year, whereas those from
-seeds do not till the third. The flowers of this variety are the first
-that open, amongst the numerous species yet introduced, of this
-extensive genus; they are of a brilliant yellow, and seldom expand more
-than one at a time. The usual treatment of other Cape Ixias is suitable
-for this. The drawing was made at Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s, in the
-month of March 1798, they having introduced it about the year 1784.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XLIX.
-
-MALPIGHIA CRASSIFOLIA.
-
-_Thick-leaved Malpighia._
-
-
-CLASS X. ORDER III.
-
-_DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA._ Ten Chives. Three Pointals.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium pentaphyllum, erectum, minimum, persistens,
-     connivens. Glandulæ melliferæ duæ, ovales gibbæ, foliolis calycinis
-     externe inferneque adnatæ.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quinque, reniformia, magna, plicata, ciliata,
-     patentia, concava; unguibus longis, linearibus.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta decem latiuscula, erecta, in cylindrum posita,
-     parva. Antheræ cordatæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, minimum. Styli tres, filiformes.
-     Stigmata obtusa.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Bacca globosa, torulosa, magna, unilocularis.
-
-     SEMINA tria, ossea, oblonga, obtusa, angulata.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup five leaves, upright, very small, remaining and
-     closing at the points. Two honey-bearing glands, oval and gouty,
-     are fixed to the outer and lower part of the leaves of the cup.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Petals five, kidney-shaped, large, plaited, lashed,
-     spreading, and concave; claws long, linear.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads ten, rather broad, upright, placed cylindrically,
-     and small. Tips heart-shaped.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly round, very small. Shafts three,
-     thread-shaped. Summits blunt.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Berry globular, knobby, large, of one cell.
-
-     SEEDS three, bony, oblong, blunt, and angulated.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Malpighia foliis lanceolato ovatis, subtus tomentosis,
-     integerrimis; floribus terminalibus, spicatis, pallide-luteis.
-
-     Malpighia with oval spear-shaped leaves, downy beneath, and entire;
-     flowers terminate the branches in spikes, and are pale yellow.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement, Chives, and Pointal, (natural size).
-2. The Empalement, (magnified).
-3. The Chives spread open, (natural size).
-4. A Thread, and its Tip, (magnified).
-5. The Pointal complete, (natural size).
-
-Although, we have given to this species of Malpighia, the specific name
-under which it has been introduced; yet, there is much doubt, whether it
-is not the Verbascifolium of Linnæus; or indeed if they are not both the
-same plant, named from different specimens. Our species makes a very
-handsome hothouse plant, growing to the height of five, or six feet,
-before it flowers. It is a native of Jamaica, and most of the adjacent
-islands, and was introduced by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy about the year
-1792. From the extreme tenderness of the young leaves, and shoots, it
-must be kept in a strong growing pine heat during the winter months;
-otherwise, they are subject to damp off. It is raised by cuttings, and
-seems to delight in a rich soil. The figure was made from a specimen
-communicated by the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Courtenay, in whose most
-superb collection at Powderham Castle, near Exeter, it flowered, for the
-first time in England, in the month of September 1798.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE L.
-
-IXIA CAPITATA. _Var: flore aurantio._
-
-_Bunch-flowering Ixia. Var: Blossom gold colour._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 6-petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria,
-     erectiusculo-patula.
-
-     BLOSSOM six petals, spreading, and equal. Summits three, nearly
-     upright, and spreading.
-
-     See Plate XIV. IXIA REFLEXA.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Ixia foliis radicalibus, ensiformibus; floribus capitatis,
-     confertis, aurantiis, petalis basi obscuris.
-
-     Ixia with leaves growing from the root, and sword-shaped; blossoms
-     grow in a close bunch, gold coloured, and the petals dark at the
-     base.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.
-2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.
-3. The Shaft, Summit, and Seed-bud, (magnified).
-
-This variety of Ixia capitata was introduced at the same time as the
-Ixia bulbifera, flore luteo, viz. in 1784, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy,
-Hammersmith, from the Cape of Good Hope, and requires the same
-treatment. It flowers the latter end of May, or beginning of June;
-propagating itself abundantly by the root, which produces annually
-numerous young bulbs.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LI.
-
-XERANTHEMUM SPECIOCISSIMUM.
-
-_Largest-flowering Everlasting Flower._
-
-
-CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
-
-_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Communis imbricatus; squamis lanceolatis, quarum intimæ
-     disco longiores, membranaceæ, nitidæ, radium constituentes.
-
-     COROLLA. Composita inæqualis; corollulæ hermaphroditæ plurimæ,
-     tubulosæ in disco. Femineæ pauciores, tubulatæ, in ambitu.
-
-     _Propria_ hermaphroditis infundibuliformis, calyce longe brevior;
-     limbo quinquefido, patulo.
-
-     _Femineis_ tubulosa, longitudine hermaphroditi, quinquefida, minus
-     æqualis.
-
-     STAMINA. Hermaphroditis filamenta quinque, brevissima. Antheræ
-     cylindracea, tubulosa, longitudine fere corollulæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Hermaphroditis germen breve. Stylus filiformis,
-     staminibus longior. Stigma bifidum.
-
-     Femineis germen ut in hermaphroditis. Stylus filiformis,
-     longitudine hermaphroditorum. Stigmata duo, oblonga reflexa.
-
-     PERICARPIUM nullum. Calyx vix mutatus.
-
-     SEMINA oblonga, coronata.
-
-     RECEPTACULUM nudum, planiusculum, punctatum.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Common tiled; scales spear-shaped, the inner ones
-     longer than the disk, skinny, shining, and forming the ray of the
-     flower.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Compound, unequal; florets with chives and pointals
-     numerous and tubular in the disk. Female florets fewer, and tubular
-     in the circumference.
-
-     _Individuals_ with chives and pointals funnel-shaped, much shorter
-     than the empalement; border with five clefts, spreading.
-
-     _Individuals_ with only pointals, tubular the length of the
-     hermaphrodites, five cleft, and rather smaller.
-
-     CHIVES. The threads in the hermaphrodites are five, and very small.
-     Tips forming a cylinder, tubular almost the length of the florets.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud of the hermaphrodites short. Shaft thread-shaped,
-     longer than the chives. Summit cloven.
-
-     Seed-bud of the female florets the same as the hermaphrodites.
-     Shaft thread-shaped the length of the hermaphrodites. Summits two,
-     oblong and bent back.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL none. Empalement scarcely changing.
-
-     SEEDS oblong, and crowned with a feather.
-
-     RECEPTACLE naked, flatish, and dotted.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Xeranthemum fruticosum, erectum; foliis amplexicaulibus,
-     lanceolatis, trinerviis; ramis unifloris, subundis.
-
-     Everlasting flower with an upright shrubby stem; leaves embracing
-     the stem, lance-shaped, and three-nerved; branches with one flower,
-     and nearly naked.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. An Hermaphrodite floret, (natural size).
-2. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud, (magnified).
-3. The Pointal, and Seed-bud from a female floret, (magnified).
-
-This handsome species of Xeranthemum was introduced, according to the
-Kew catalogue, by Mr. F. Masson from the Cape of Good Hope, in the year
-1787; it is, nevertheless, a very scarce plant, being subject to decay
-from our winter damps; therefore requires a dry stove for its
-protection. The blossoms (or rather the flower-cups, for they are the
-persistent parts) are easily preserved for many years, in all their
-brilliancy, by cutting them, when they first expand; but our atmosphere
-seems uncongenial to the ripening of their seeds, and is with great
-difficulty increased by cuttings. The soil it most approves is sandy
-peat, with a small portion of loam. Our figure was taken in September
-last year, at the Hammersmith nursery.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LII.
-
-GNIDIA PINIFOLIA.
-
-_Pine-leaved Gnidia._
-
-
-CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
-
-_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, infundibuliforme, coloratum; tubo
-     filiformi, longissimo; limbo quadripartito, plano.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quatuor, sessilia, plana, calyce breviora, eique
-     inserta.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta octo, setacea, erecta, longitudine ferme floris.
-     Antheræ simplices.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, germinis lateri
-     insertus, longitudine staminum. Stigma capitatum, hispidum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM nullum. Fructus in fundo calycis.
-
-     SEMEN unicum, ovatum.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, funnel-shaped and coloured; tube
-     thread-shaped, very long; border of four segments, which are flat.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Petals four, sitting close to the cup, flat, shorter than
-     the cup, and fixed within it.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads eight, awn-like, upright, scarcely the length of
-     the flower. Tips simple.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, fixed into the
-     side of the seed-bud, and of the length of the chives. Summit
-     headed, and hairy.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL none. Fruit in the lower part of the cup.
-
-     SEED one, egg-shaped.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gnidia, foliis sparsis, lineari-subulatis; ramis verticillatis;
-     floribus aggregatis, terminalibus.
-
-     Gnidia with scattered, linearly awl-shaped leaves; branches grow in
-     whorls; the flowers terminating the branches in clusters.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Flower with its seed, (natural size).
-2. The same cut open, to shew the situation and insertion of the Chives
-    into the tube of the Empalement.
-3. The Pointal, (magnified).
-
-The essential distinguishing character, in Passerina, Gnidia,
-Struthiola, and Lachnæa, must certainly be considered as amongst the
-slightest generic divisions made by Linnæus. It is no small difficulty
-to distinguish the blossom in Gnidia, and Lachnæa, from the empalement
-in Passerina, and Struthiola; the same exact natural structure being
-alike in them all; and to us, appear noticeable in their small
-variations, rather as forming specific, than generic distinctions. As
-our plan is not to alter, upon any terms, what has been determinately
-settled by that great master in the arcana of nature, let our opinions
-be what they will; we are determined to prevent confusion (which has
-been but little attended to of late), to give it only as such, without
-presuming upon alteration. But as in the present instance, when a plant
-long named, but otherwise unknown to cultivators, has unfortunately been
-foisted from its rank by another, no ways answering to the characters of
-the describer; we shall consider it as our particular province to
-rectify the mistake, however generally the error may have obtained.--The
-Gnidia pinifolia is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, the seeds having
-been received from thence in 1795, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy,
-Hammersmith, at whose nursery it has flowered, for the first time in
-England, in the month of February this year, and where the drawing was
-taken. It is a hardy greenhouse plant, but is propagated with difficulty
-by cuttings; growing to the height of eighteen inches, being most
-exquisitely scented by night, continuing in flower at least three
-months, and thriving best in a light peat soil.
-
-A figure of the plant generally known by the name of G. pinifolia, will
-be given with the next number, to the end our assertions may be properly
-investigated.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LIII.
-
-MIMOSA STRICTA.
-
-_Harsh-leaved upright Mimosa._
-
-
-CLASS XXIII. ORDER I.
-
-_POLYGAMIA MONOECIA._ Various dispositions. Upon one Plant.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     PERIANTHIUM monophyllum, quinquedentatum, minimum.
-
-     COROLLA. Petalum unicum, infundibuliforme, semiquinquesidum,
-     parvum.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta capillaria, longissima. Antheræ incumbentes.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, flaminibus brevior.
-     Stigma truncatum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Legumen longum, dissepimentis transversis, pluribus.
-
-     SEMINA plurima; figura varia.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. One leaf, five-toothed, and very small.
-
-     BLOSSOM. One petal, funnel-shaped, cut half way down into five
-     divisions, and small.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads like fine hairs, and very long. Tips laying on the
-     threads.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, shorter than the
-     chives. Summit appearing cut off.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. A long pod, the partitions run across the pod, and are
-     numerous.
-
-     SEEDS many; of different shapes.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Mimosa foliis simplicibus, utrinque venosis, linearibus, obtusis;
-     ramis strictissimis; capituli geminati, oppositi, ex alis foliorum.
-
-     Mimosa with simple leaves, veiny on both sides, linear, and blunt
-     ended; branches growing close and upright; flower heads grow by
-     pairs, opposite, and at the insertion of the leaf into the stem.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Floret, (natural size).
-2. The Empalement, (magnified).
-3. The Blossom, (magnified).
-4. One Thread and its Tip, (magnified).
-5. The Pointal, (magnified).
-
-This species of New Holland Mimosa, has as yet, escaped even the
-indefatigable, and accurate Dr. Smith; it is from Port Jackson, whence
-the seeds were transmitted by Colonel Paterson in the year 1793. Being
-easily raised, it is found in most collections; the seeds preserving
-their vegetative quality many years, and striking readily by cuttings.
-It has the peculiar character attached to the Mimosas of that country,
-viz. winged seed-leaves, which are lost after the first year’s growth.
-This species has no smell, and grows to the height of three or four feet
-before it flowers; perfectly straight and compact, from which
-circumstance we have taken its trivial name.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LIV.
-
-ALETRIS SARMENTOSA.
-
-_Creeping-rooted Bastard Aloe._
-
-
-CLASS VI. ORDER I.
-
-_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX, nullus.
-
-     COROLLA, monopetala, oblonga; limbi laciniis lanceolatis,
-     acuminatis, erectis; persistens.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta sex, subulata, longitudine corollæ, inserta basi
-     laciniarum corollæ. Antheræ oblongæ, erectæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum. Stylus subulatus, longitudine staminium.
-     Stigma trifidum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula ovata, triquetra, acuminata, trilocularis.
-
-     SEMINA plurima.
-
-     EMPALEMENT, none.
-
-     BLOSSOM, one leaf, oblong; the segments of the border are
-     lance-shaped, tapering, and upright; remaining.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads six, awl-shaped, the length of the blossom, and
-     inserted into the divisions of it, at the base. Tips oblong,
-     upright.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft awl-shaped, the length of the
-     chives. Summit three-cleft.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule egg-shaped, three-sided, tapered, and of three
-     cells.
-
-     SEEDS many.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Aletris, acaulis; foliis ensiformibus, laxis; floribus spicatis,
-     suave rubentibus; radicibus sarmentosis.
-
-     Bastard Aloe, without a stem; having sword-shaped, weak leaves;
-     flowers grow in spikes of a soft red colour; roots producing
-     suckers from the joints.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Flower.
-2. The Chives, and Pointal.
-3. The Pointal.
-
-This species of Aletris was introduced to us, from the Cape of Good
-Hope, about the year 1789; it is a hardy plant, requiring the same
-management as Aletris Capensis, that is, to be kept in a dry part of the
-greenhouse; although the plant should be frequently watered when in
-bloom, as should mostly all plants, notwithstanding (as in the present
-instance is the case) their flowering in the winter months. This caution
-we have thought necessary, as it is a general rule with gardeners during
-that season, to put as little moisture as possible to their plants,
-whether in flower or not, to avoid damps. The little difficulty in
-propagating this handsome species of Aletris, will render it soon
-common; the roots grow nearly horizontally, and from their joints
-numberless young plants are produced; which character we were desirous
-of expressing in the figure, as from thence we have taken our trivial
-name; but from the size of the work, it was found impracticable. The
-drawing was made in December 1798, from a plant then in flower, at the
-Hammersmith nursery: we are nevertheless informed, that from being
-planted in a light, rich soil, it may be made to grow to the height of
-three feet; with a spike of flowers, one fourth the length of the
-flower-stem.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LV.
-
-ZINNIA VIOLACEA.
-
-_Purple Zinnia._
-
-
-CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
-
-_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Communis ovato-cylindricus, lævis, imbricatus; squamis
-     plurimis, obtusis, erectis, persistentibus.
-
-     COROLLA. Composita radiata; corollulæ hermaphroditæ plures in disco
-     elevato. Femineæ plurimæ in radio.
-
-     _Propria_ hermaphroditi infundibuliformis, quinquefida intus
-     villosa.
-
-     _Feminea_ ligulata, subrotunda, retusa, persistens.
-
-     STAMINA. Hermaphroditis; filamenta quinque, brevissima. Anthera
-     cylindracea, tubulosa.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Hermaphroditis; germen oblongum, triquetrum. Stylus
-     filiformis, semibifidus. Stigmata duo, obtusa.
-
-     Femineis; germen oblongum, triquetrum. Stylus capillaris,
-     semibifidus. Stigmata duo, recurvata.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Calyx immutatus.
-
-     SEMINA. Hermaphroditis solitaria, oblonga, tetragono-ancipitia.
-     Pappus muconibus duobus.
-
-     Femineis solitaria, mutica, coronata petalo persistente.
-
-     RECEPTACULUM paleaceum; paleis lingulatis, canaliculatis,
-     longitudine calycis, deciduis.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Common cylindrically egg-shaped, smooth, and tiled;
-     scales many, blunt, upright, and remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Compound radiate; florets with chives and pointals, are
-     numerous in the center, which is elevated; florets with only
-     pointals, many in the circumference.
-
-     _Individuals_ with chives and pointals funnel-shaped, five-cleft,
-     and hairy within.
-
-     _Individuals_ with pointals only, ligulate, roundish, dented at the
-     end, and remaining.
-
-     CHIVES. Hermaphrodites; five short threads. Tips forming a hollow
-     cylinder.
-
-     POINTAL. Hermaphrodites; seed-bud oblong, three-sided. Shaft
-     thread-shaped, split nearly half way down. Summits two, blunt.
-
-     Females; seed-bud oblong, three-sided. Shaft hair-like, split half
-     way down. Summits two, bent backward.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Cup not changing.
-
-     SEEDS. Hermaphrodites; solitary, oblong, three-sided, but sharp at
-     two edges. Feather of two sharp points.
-
-     Females, solitary, without points, being crowned with the
-     persistent petal.
-
-     RECEPTACLE chaffy; chaff tongue-shaped, channelled, the length of
-     the cup, and falling off.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Zinnia foliis oppositis, amplexicaulibus, lato-lanceolatis,
-     scabris; floribus pedunculatis, purpureis, solitariis.
-
-     Zinnia with opposite leaves, embracing the stem, broadly
-     lance-shaped, and rough; flowers have foot-stalks, are purple, and
-     grow solitary.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Floret of the ray with the seed attached, (natural size).
-3. A Floret of the disk with the seed attached, (magnified).
-4. The Chives and Pointal of an hermaphrodite floret.
-5. The chaffy substance dividing the florets.
-
-This elegant new species of Zinnia, is described and figured by J. A.
-Cavanilles, in his first volume of Spanish plants; where he says, it is
-a native of Mexico, South America, and was transmitted from thence to
-the royal gardens, where it perfected its seeds. In the year 1796, the
-Marchioness of Bute received it amongst many other curious seeds, from
-Madrid, through the medium of Professor Ortega. Being rather a tender
-annual, it should be sown in March, on a gentle hotbed; and transplanted
-into the open borders the beginning of May. The plant grows to the
-height of three feet or more, and makes in the months of August and
-September, a very considerable addition to the splendor of the flower
-garden. The seeds ripen freely, though the flower should be plucked
-before it appears decayed.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LVI.
-
-ANTHOLYZA SPICATA.
-
-_Spike-flowered Antholyza._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA tubulosa, irregularis, recurvata. Capsula infera.
-
-     BLOSSOM tubular, irregular, and bent backward. Capsule beneath.
-
-     See Plate XXXII. ANTHOLYZA RINGENS.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Antholyza, floribus infundibuliformibus, spicatis,
-     incarnato-pallidis; foliis falcatis, brevissimis.
-
-     Antholyza with funnel-shaped, spiked flowers, of a pale flesh
-     colour; leaves scimitar-shaped, and very short.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Blossom cut open, to shew the insertion of the Chives.
-3. The Pointal, (natural size).
-
-There are few species of this genus but furnish beautiful flowers; this
-is certainly among the most handsome, from the softness of its colour,
-and the regularity of the spike: what adds considerably to its merit,
-is, that the blossoms remain a considerable time before they fall, which
-unfortunately, is seldom the case with the flowers of this genus. It was
-received from the Cape of Good Hope in bulbs, sent by J. Pringle, Esq.
-of Madeira, in 1794, to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy of Hammersmith; the
-drawing was made in the month of June 1797 at their nursery. Not being
-easily injured by damp, there is no necessity for removing it from its
-pot, as is necessary for most bulbs, but to increase it; one, or two
-young bulbs being annually produced, in addition from the old one. The
-best soil is a sandy peat, with a small proportion of loam.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LVII.
-
-MESEMBRYANTHEMUM GLABRUM.
-
-_Smooth-leaved annual Fig Marygold._
-
-
-CLASS XII. ORDER IV.
-
-_ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA._ Twenty Chives. Five Pointals.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, semiquinquesidum, superum, patens,
-     persistens.
-
-     COROLLA. Monopetala; petala lanceolato-linearia, numerosissima,
-     serie multiplici nata, calyce longiora, unguibus læviter connatis
-     in unum.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta numerosa, capillaria, longitudine calycis.
-     Antheræ incumbentes.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inferum, angulis quinque, obtusis. Styli quinque
-     sæpius, subulati, erecto-reflexi. Stigmata simplicia.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula carnosa, subrotunda, loculamentis numero
-     stylorum respondentibus.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, subrotunda.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, cut nearly half way down into five
-     divisions, above, spreading, and remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM. One petal; petals linearly lance-shaped, very numerous,
-     rising in a number of rows, longer than the cup, slightly joined
-     together by their claws.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads numerous, hair-like, the length of the cup. Tips
-     laying on the threads.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath, with five obtuse angles. Shafts mostly
-     five, awl-shaped, upright, and a little bent outwards. Summits
-     simple.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. A fleshy capsule, nearly round, the cells answering to
-     the number of the chives.
-
-     SEEDS many, nearly round.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Mesembryanthemum foliis amplexicaulibus, glaberrimis, spathulatis;
-     pedunculis longitudine foliorum; calycibus hemisphæricis; corollis
-     luteis.
-
-     Fig Marygold with leaves embracing the stem, very smooth, and
-     spatula-shaped; the foot-stalks the length of the leaves; cups
-     hemispherical; blossoms yellow.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Seed-bud; the Blossom, Cup and Chives, cut off, the Pointals remaining.
-2. The same, with the Cup and Chives.
-
-As the extreme brilliancy of this plant cannot be done justice to in
-painting, we must rest satisfied with having done our best; every person
-in the least acquainted with the art, must know, that in yellow the
-shining colour existing in nature cannot be retained in a drawing. This
-species is annual, and according to the Kew Catalogue, was introduced to
-the royal gardens by Mr. F. Masson in the year 1787. The seeds should be
-sown on a hotbed in the month of February, and by the end of August the
-plants will flower, and continue to blossom till the end of October;
-never failing to perfect their seeds.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LVIII.
-
-BORONIA PINNATA.
-
-_Hawthorn-scented Boronia._
-
-
-CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
-
-_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium quadripartitum; laciniis acutis, persistentibus.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quatuor, ovata, sessilia.
-
-     _Nectarium_ coronæ forma, excavatum, glandulosum.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta octo, plana, ciliata, incurvata, receptaculo
-     inserta. Antheræ infra apicem filamentorum pedicillatæ,
-     incumbentes.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen superum, conicum, quadrisulcatum. Stylus
-     brevissimus, simplex. Stigma capitatum, glabrum, sulcatum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsulæ quatuor, ovato-acuminatæ, compressæ, margine
-     introrsum coalitæ, apicibus distantibus, sutra superiori
-     dehiscentes, bivalves.
-
-     SEMINA solitaria sæpius, nitida, reniformia, arillata.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup with four divisions; segments sharp pointed, and
-     remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Petals four, egg-shaped, sitting close to the cup.
-
-     _Honey-cup_ of the shape of a crown, hollowed, and glandular.
-
-     CHIVES. Eight threads, flat, fringed, turned inwards, and fixed
-     into the receptacle. Tips fixed below the ends on the inside of the
-     threads, on short foot-stalks, and lying on them.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud above, conical, and four-furrowed. Shaft very
-     short, and simple. Summit headed, smooth, and furrowed.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsules four, of a pointed egg-shape, flattened,
-     joined by the interior edge, the points standing separate,
-     splitting from the upper suture, two-valved.
-
-     SEEDS mostly solitary, shining, kidney-shaped, and covered with an
-     elastic coat.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Boronia foliis impari-primatis, integerrimis; pedunculis
-     axillaribus, dichotomis; filamentis apice obtusis, glandulosis.
-
-     Boronia with leaves abruptly winged, entire; flower-stalks growing
-     from the base of the leaves, forked; end of the threads blunt, and
-     glandular.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement, (natural size).
-2. The Chives, and Pointal.
-3. One Chive, (magnified).
-4. The Pointal, and Honey-cup, (natural size).
-
-This is the only species yet in our gardens, of a most beautiful new
-genus of plants, natives of New South Wales, first named, described, and
-with three other species, figured in the _Tracts relating to Natural
-History by Dr. J. E. Smith, F.R.S. P.L.S. &c._ Thus eternizing the name
-of an esteemed and faithful servant, who by his ardour in botanical
-pursuits, had merited the honour; rejecting the usual considerations,
-riches, or learning, does the Dr. no less credit as a man, for the
-kindness of his heart, than what his distinguished talents have gained
-him, by placing him in the first botanical seat in this kingdom. In the
-short history of the unfortunate end of Borone, the Dr. informs us, he
-had resigned him to Dr. Sibthorpe, as a most fit person to attend him in
-his last journey through Greece; where, at Athens, he met his death, by
-an accidental fall from a balcony: the Dr. did not long survive him.
-
-The Boronia pinnata has much of the aromatic flavour of Diosma in its
-leaves and stem; the flowers, which appear about February, and continue
-till May, have the scent of the Hawthorn flower; it grows to a shrub of
-the height of eighteen inches, is propagated with difficulty by
-cuttings, and has not hitherto perfected its seeds in this country;
-requiring a dry situation in the greenhouse, and flourishes most in
-light sandy peat. The figure was taken from a plant which flowered last
-year, in the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, where it
-was raised from seeds in 1794.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LIX.
-
-IXIA FISTULOSA.
-
-_Hollow-leaved Ixia._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 6-petala, patens æqualis. Stigmata tria,
-     erectiusculo-patula.
-
-     BLOSSOM six petals, spreading, equal. Summits three, nearly
-     upright, and spreading.
-
-     See IXIA REFLEXA. Plate XIV.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Ixia foliis linearibus, fistulosis; floribus secundis, noctu
-     fragrantes; bulbus campanulatus, margine acuto-fibroso.
-
-     Ixia with linear, hollow leaves; flowers pointing one way, and
-     fragrant by night; bulb bell-shaped, the margin edged with sharp
-     fibres.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The outer spath of the Empalement.
-2. The inner spath of the Empalement.
-3. A Flower cut open.
-4. The Pointal, and Chives.
-5. The Pointal.
-
-This Ixia is of a very delicate nature, the root being subject to rot
-soon after the flower decays, if not then removed from its pot, and
-dried; the flowers expand about four o’clock in the afternoon, and are
-so extremely fragrant that they are smelt at a considerable distance.
-For this plant, our gardens are indebted to the Dowager Lady De
-Clifford, who received the bulbs from the Cape of Good Hope in the year
-1794. The drawing was made from a plant, which flowered last year at
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s, Hammersmith, who had some of them in a
-present from her ladyship. Like other Ixias, it should be planted in
-light peat, and watered but seldom; its propagation is but slow, as
-seldom more than one new bulb is produced, upon the decay of the old
-one.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LX.
-
-GERANIUM PUNCTATUM.
-
-_Dotted-flowered Geranium._
-
-
-CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. _Suppl. System. Veget._ 1781.
-
-_MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     MONOGYNA. Stigmata 5. Fructus rostratus, 5-coccus.
-
-     ONE POINTAL. Five summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
-     berries.
-
-     See GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM, Plate XII.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Geranium foliis radicalibus; floribus umbellatis, diandris; petalis
-     duobus superioribus punctatis; stigmata quatuor.
-
-     Geranium with leaves growing from the root; flowers grow in umbels,
-     two fertile chives; the two upper petals being dotted; summits
-     four.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement cut open, with the Chives and Pointal left on, (natural size).
-2. The Threads cut open, to shew their number, and the situation of the two
-    fertile ones, (magnified).
-3. The Pointal, (magnified).
-
-Perhaps amongst plants, there is no genus exhibits such varied and
-numerous species as Geranium; no one, in which the species are so allied
-in natural character, or so unfavourable to the sexual system, if some
-deviation from general rules was not allowed: the founder thought such
-licence necessary, and we implicitly follow him. Thus far we have
-thought proper to extenuate in the present instance; for should we
-follow Mons. L’Heritier, (as most of the modern correctors of Linnæus
-have done,) a new genus must inevitably be formed for this plant. Upon a
-close examination of the flowers, from a dozen different plants,
-invariably, only seven threads were found; two only with tips, and those
-placed immediately behind the shaft, whose summits were but four. This
-Geranium is rather tender, and requires a dry-stove heat to make it
-flower, which it will readily do with such assistance, in April; about
-the beginning of which month, this year, a drawing was made from a plant
-in the collection of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy. The roots or bulbs of this
-plant were first received in England by Thomas Johnes, Esq. in the year
-1794, in whose magnificent conservatory at Havod they flowered the next
-year.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXI.
-
-ASTER DENTATUS.
-
-_Toothed-leaved Starwort._
-
-
-CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
-
-_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. _Communis_ squamoso-imbricatus; squamis interioribus apice
-     prominulis.
-
-     COROLLA. Composita radiata; corollulæ hermaphroditæ numerosæ in
-     disco; femineæ ligulatæ, decem plures in radio.
-
-     _Propria_ hermaphroditi infundibuliformis; limbo quinquefido,
-     patulo.
-
-     _Femineæ_ ligulata, lanceolata, tridentata.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, capillaria, brevissima. Anthera
-     cylindracea, tubulosa.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Hermaphroditis; germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis,
-     longitudine staminum. Stigma bifidum, patens.
-
-     Femineis; germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine
-     hermaphroditi. Stigmata duo, oblonga, revoluta.
-
-     PERICARPIUM nullum. Calyx vix mutatus.
-
-     SEMINA. Hermaphroditis solitaria, oblonga, ovata. Pappus pilosus.
-
-     Femineis similia hermaphroditis.
-
-     RECEPTACULUM nudum, planiusculum.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. _Common_, scales tiled; the inner scales standing a
-     little out at the points.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Compound, radiate; florets with chives and pointals, many
-     in the center; florets with only pointals, ligulate, ten or more in
-     the circumference.
-
-     _Individuals_ with chives and pointals, funnel-shaped; border with
-     five-clefts, spreading.
-
-     _Individuals_ with only pointals, ligulate, spear-shaped, with
-     three teeth.
-
-     CHIVES. Five hair-like threads, very short. Tips forming a hollow
-     cylinder.
-
-     POINTAL. To those with chives and pointals, seed-bud oblong. Shaft
-     thread-shaped, the length of the chives. Summit two-cleft,
-     expanding.
-
-     Seed-bud to those with pointals only, oblong. Shaft thread-shaped,
-     the length of the hermaphrodites. Summits two, oblong, bent back.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL none. Cup scarcely changing.
-
-     SEEDS to the hermaphrodites solitary, oblong, egg-shaped. Feather
-     hairy.
-
-     Females the same as hermaphrodites.
-
-     RECEPTACLE naked, almost flat.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Aster caulis fruticosus; foliis dentatis, subtus ferrugineis;
-     floribus terminalibus; pedunculis unifloris, bracteatis.
-
-     Starwort with a shrubby stem; leaves toothed, iron colour beneath;
-     flowers terminate the branches; fruit-stalks having but one flower,
-     with floral leaves.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Floret of the circumference.
-2. The Pointal of the preceding.
-3. A Floret of the center, (magnified).
-4. The Chives and Pointal of the preceding, (magnified).
-5. The Shaft and Summit of the same, (magnified).
-
-This plant cannot undoubtedly be considered as amongst the most
-beautiful of the vegetable productions of New Holland; but nevertheless,
-from the continuance of its flowering, is very desirable as a greenhouse
-plant, as it begins to expand its blossoms about December, and from that
-time till August is seldom seen without flowers. It is a low-growing
-shrub, seldom exceeding a foot in height, and very branching. Like most
-plants from Botany Bay, it delights in a light sandy peat soil, is
-easily propagated by cuttings, and seeds. The drawing was made from a
-plant in the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, who raised it first
-from seeds in the year 1793.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXII.
-
-GLADIOLUS GRAMINEUS.
-
-_Grass-like Gladiolus._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA sexpartita, ringens.
-
-     STAMINA adscendentia.
-
-     BLOSSOM with six divisions, gaping.
-
-     CHIVES ascending.
-
-     See GLADIOLUS LONGIFLORUS. Plate V.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gladiolus polystachyus, scapo laxo, spicis capillaribus, flexuosis;
-     foliis ensiformibus; corollæ sexpartitæ, absque tubo.
-
-     Gladiolus with many spikes, upon a flexible flower stem, spikes
-     hair-like, growing zigzag; leaves sword-shape; blossom of six
-     divisions, without a tube.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.
-2. The Seed-bud, Chives, and Pointal (magnified).
-3. The Pointal, (magnified).
-
-This species of Gladiolus has been described by Thunberg, and from him
-by Linnæus, in his Suppl. Plant. p. 95, under the specific name it here
-bears. It is a little straining on the genus to introduce this species
-into it; as it is deficient in most of the essential characters; having
-a blossom without a tube, and the petals equal. From the Kew Catalogue
-we learn it was introduced in the year 1787, by Mr. F. Masson, to the
-royal gardens; is there said to flower most part of the year: a plant of
-such character is most desirable, but unfortunately we have never seen
-it in blossom but at the usual season for the flowers of this tribe;
-that is, from April till June. The capsules of this plant bear a strong
-resemblance to those of the Euonymus: generally perfecting their seeds.
-It is a very hardy bulb, blows early, and may be kept in a pit protected
-from the frost.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXIII.
-
-USTERIA SCANDENS.
-
-_Climbing Usteria._
-
-
-CLASS XIV. ORDER II.
-
-_DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA._ Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, quinquepartitum, persistens;
-     laciniis erectis, subulatis.
-
-     COROLLA. Monopetala, ringens, tubus ventricosus, basi arcta; limbus
-     bilabiatus, labium _superius_ bifidum, rotundatum, reflexum; labium
-     _inferius_ trifidum, laciniis rotundatis, intermedia minore.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quatuor, sub labio superiori recondita, quorum
-     duo lateralia longiora, fundo corollæ inserta, basi incrassata,
-     lanata, apice incurvata. Antheræ erectæ, versatiles, approximatæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen sub-rotundum. Stylus filiformis, persistens;
-     longitudine staminum. Stigma obtusum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula sub-rotunda, bilocularis, calyce longior,
-     obtusa.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, sub-rotunda, scabrida.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, five divisions, permanent; segments
-     upright, and awl-shaped.
-
-     BLOSSOM. One leaf, gaping, tube swelled out in the middle, and
-     pinched in at the base; border with two lips, the _upper_ divided
-     into two lobes, which are rounded, and bent back; the _lower_ has
-     three divisions, the segments rounded, the middle one the smallest.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads four, hid under the upper lip, of which the two
-     side ones are the longest, fixed into the bottom of the blossom,
-     thickened at the base, woolly, and turned inward at the point. Tips
-     upright, slightly fixed by the middle, and approaching.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly round. Shaft thread-shaped, remaining, the
-     length of the chives. Summit blunt.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule nearly round, of two cells, longer than the
-     cup, blunt ended.
-
-     SEEDS many, almost round, and very rough.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Usteria caulis volubilis; foliis hastatis; floribus solitariis,
-     purpureis; pedunculis tortis, longissimis.
-
-     Usteria with a climbing stem; leaves halbert-shaped; flowers
-     solitary, and purple; fruit-stalks twisted, very long.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom cut open, to expose the situation of the Chives.
-2. One Chive, (magnified).
-3. The Pointal, (natural size).
-4. The Empalement, and Seed-vessel nearly ripe, of its natural size.
-
-This is another of those plants raised in the year 1797 by the
-Marchioness of Bute, at her charming little villa, Brompton, from seeds,
-sent to her ladyship from Spain by Dr. Ortega. It is a native of Mexico,
-North America, and will live through our winters with the protection of
-a greenhouse, to which it forms a beautiful ornament as a creeper;
-flowering from May till September, but does not appear to be a
-long-lived plant; is easily propagated by cuttings, or from seeds, which
-are ripened by November, or earlier; thriving best in light rich earth.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXIV.
-
-PÆONIA ALBIFLORA.
-
-_White Pæony._
-
-
-CLASS XIII. ORDER II.
-
-_POLYANDRIA DIGYNIA._ Many Chives. Two Pointals.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium pentaphyllum, parvum, persistens; foliolis
-     subrotundis, concavis, reflexis, inequalibus magnitudine et situ.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quinque, subrotunda, concava, basi angustiora,
-     patentia, maxima.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta numerosa, capillaria. Antheræ oblongæ,
-     quadrangulæ, erectæ, quadriloculares, magnæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germina duo, ovata, erecta, tomentosa. Styli nulli.
-     Stigmata compressa, obtusa, colorata.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsulæ oblongæ, acuminatæ, reflexo-patentes,
-     tomentosæ, uniloculares, univalves, longitudinaliter introrsum
-     dehiscentes.
-
-     SEMINA plura, ovalia, nitida, colorata, saturæ dehiscenti affixa.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup five-leaved, small, and remaining; leaves roundish,
-     concave, bent back, and unequal both in size and situation.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Petals five, roundish, concave, smaller at the base,
-     spreading, and very large.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads numerous, and hair-like. Tips oblong, four-sided,
-     upright, with four cells, and large.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-buds two, egg-shaped, upright, and downy. Shaft none.
-     Summits flattened, oblong, blunt, and coloured.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsules oblong, tapered, bent back, and spreading,
-     downy, of one cell, and one valve, splitting lengthways from the
-     inner part.
-
-     SEEDS many, oval, shining, coloured, and fixed to the suture where
-     it splits.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Pæonia foliis lobatis, nitentibus; corollis albidis; germinibus
-     ternis, vel quaternis.
-
-     Pæony with leaves divided into lobes, and shining; blossoms white;
-     seed-buds three, or four.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement, Chives, and Pointals.
-2. A Thread and its Tip (magnified).
-3. The Seed-vessels.
-4. A Seed.
-
-This new species of Pæony is a native of Mongol Tartary, and the parts
-adjacent; of course, is sufficiently hardy to endure our severest
-winters. It has been described by Gmelin, in his Flora Sibirica; and
-figured by Dr. Pallas, in his Flora Rossica, under the specific title it
-here bears. J. Bell, Esq. of Isleworth, procured some plants of it from
-St. Petersburg, about the year 1791; where it had been introduced by Dr.
-Pallas some time before, when on his travels through Tartary. It forms a
-handsome, upright growing, herbaceous plant; the flowers standing much
-above the foliage, are much handsomer before they are expanded, than
-when fully so; as the under part of the petals are tinged with red,
-which contrasted with the purity of the white of the other parts,
-renders them at that period extremely beautiful. The figure was taken at
-the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, this year, in the month of June,
-during which month it is in perfection. Like the rest of the Pæonies, it
-is easily propagated by the root; requiring little attention in its
-cultivation, as it will live in almost any soil or situation.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXV.
-
-OPHRYS LILIFOLIA.
-
-_Lily-leaved Ophrys._
-
-
-CLASS XX. ORDER I.
-
-_GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Spathæ vagæ. Spadix simplex. Perianthium nullum.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quinque, oblonga, sursum conniventia, æqualia; duo
-     horum exteriora.
-
-     _Nectarium_ petalis longius, dependens; postice tantum carinatum.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta duo, brevissima, pistillo insidentia. Antheræ
-     erectæ, tectæ margine interiore nectarii.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum, contortum, inferum. Stylus margini
-     interiori nectarii adnatus. Stigma obsoletum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula subovata, trigona, obtusa, striata, trivalvis,
-     unilocularis, angulis carinatis dehiscens.
-
-     SEMINA numerosa, scobiformia.
-
-     RECEPTACULUM lineare, adnatum singulæ valvulæ pericarpii.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Sheaths scattered. Fruit-stalks simple. Cup none.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Five petals, oblong, approaching upwards, equal; two of
-     them placed outwards.
-
-     _Honey-cup_ longer than the petals, hanging down; only keeled on
-     the back part.
-
-     CHIVES. Two threads, very short, fixed to the pointal. Tips
-     upright, covered by the inner edge of the honey-cup.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath, oblong, twisted beneath. Shaft fixed to
-     the inner edge of the honey-cup. Summit imperfect.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule nearly egg-shaped, three-sided, blunt,
-     channelled, three-valved, and one cell, opening at the keel-shaped
-     angles.
-
-     SEEDS numerous, like saw-dust.
-
-     RECEPTACLE linear, growing to each valve of the seed-vessel.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Ophrys bulbo subrotundo; scapo nudo; foliis ovato-oblongis,
-     radicalibus; nectarii labio integro; petalis dorsalibus linearibus.
-
-     Ophrys with roundish roots; stem naked; leaves oblong, egg-shaped,
-     growing from the root; the two back petals linear.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Honey-cup cut off the blossom.
-2. The Seed-bud and Pointal (natural size) shewn sideways.
-3. The same (magnified) shewn in front, with the cup lifted up, to expose
-    the parts of fructification.
-
-Gronovius, in his arrangement of the plants discovered by Mr. J. Clayton
-in Virginia, P. i, page 185, has described this plant; and Linnæus after
-him, in his second edition of the Species Plantarum, page 1341, has it
-likewise, but thought it only a large variety of a species found in
-marshy grounds in Sweden; however that may be, it is perfectly new to
-Britain, as a plant in our gardens. This species of Ophrys seems much
-more easy to preserve than most of its congeners, as, since its
-introduction, the bulbs seem to acquire additional size, and the spikes
-of flowers to grow larger each year. Our drawing was taken from a plant
-in the extensive collection of the Right Hon. the Marquis of Blandford,
-Bill-hill, Berkshire, in the year 1797, about the beginning of the month
-of July; having been sent the preceding year from Philadelphia, by J.
-Lyons, gardener to William Hamilton, Esq. of that State. It is a hardy
-plant, and will thrive in a sheltered border, if planted in light earth,
-and kept moist; is propagated but slowly by the root, which seems the
-only method; as the seeds are too small of all this natural order to
-raise them by that means.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXVI.
-
-GLADIOLUS POLYSTACHIUS.
-
-_Branching Gladiolus._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 6-partita, ringens.
-
-     STAMINA adscendentia.
-
-     BLOSSOM of six divisions, and gaping.
-
-     CHIVES ascending.
-
-     See Plate XI. GLADIOLUS ROSEUS.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gladiolus foliis falcatis; caule polystachio; corollis
-     sub-regularibus, carneis.
-
-     Gladiolus with cymitar-shaped leaves; stem many branches; blossoms
-     nearly regular, and flesh colour.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Blossom cut open, with the Chives attached.
-3. The Pointal and Seed-bud, one summit magnified.
-
-This species of Gladiolus has been long known in herbariums, as it is
-very common about Table mountain, at the Cape of Good Hope; Jacquin,
-Thunberg, Gmelin, Welldenow, &c. have it under the tribe of Ixia, with
-the specific names of Scillaris, Fabricii, &c. but notwithstanding, we
-have no hesitation in placing it under its true genus Gladiolus. The
-upright character of the chives, their insertion into the tube of the
-blossom, and not at the mouth, the difference in the shape of the
-petals, the situation of the summits behind the chives, &c. leave no
-room for doubt where its station should be. Although plentiful at the
-Cape, it has not been long an inhabitant of this clime; having flowered
-for the first time in the year 1797, at Bulstrode, the seat of his Grace
-the Duke of Portland. What contributes much to the value of this plant
-is, that it continues in flower at least two months, from the beginning
-of June till the end of July; propagates itself abundantly by the roots,
-which are not subject to rot, though not removed from the pots in which
-they have flowered. Thrives in peat earth.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXVII.
-
-GERANIUM INCISUM.
-
-_Jagged-leaved Geranium._
-
-
-CLASS XVI. ORDER IV.
-
-_MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, 5-coccus.
-
-     ONE POINTAL. Five summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
-     berries.
-
-     See GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM, Plate XII.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Geranium foliis multifidis, crassis, confertis; floribus
-     umbellatis, pedunculis longissimis; caule erecto, fruticoso.
-
-     Geranium with leaves of many clefts, thick, and crowded together;
-     flowers grow in bunches, on very long foot-stalks; stem upright,
-     and shrubby.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. The Chives and Pointal, (natural size).
-3. The Chives cut open.
-4. The Pointal, (magnified).
-
-This pretty species of Geranium, from the Cape of Good Hope, is one of
-those having seven fertile tips; therefore a Pelargonium of Mons.
-L’Heritier. It is a low growing plant, seldom exceeding eight or nine
-inches in height, keeping very compact; but is subject to damp in the
-leaves, if kept moist in winter, though otherwise pretty hardy. Mr. C.
-Lodiges, of Hackney, first raised it from seeds which he received from
-Vienna, about the year 1793. It is readily propagated by cuttings, or
-seeds, and continues to flower all the summer mouths; requiring light
-rich earth to make it flourish.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXVIII.
-
-GOODENIA OVATA.
-
-_Oval-leaved Goodenia._
-
-
-CLASS V. ORDER I.
-
-_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA supra longitudinaliter fissa, genitalia exserens,
-     quinquefida. Stigma urceolatum, ciliatum.
-
-     BLOSSOM longitudinally cloven on the upper side, exposing the
-     organs of generation, and five-cleft. Summit cup-shaped, and
-     fringed.
-
-     See GOODENIA CALENDULACEA. Plate XXII.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Goodenia foliis ovatis, serratis; corollis luteis, laciniis duobus
-     exterioribus erectis.
-
-     Goodenia with egg-shaped leaves, sawed at the edges; blossoms
-     yellow, the two outer segments grow upright.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement and Seed-bud.
-2. A Blossom, with the parts of fructification attached.
-3. The Chives, and Pointal (magnified).
-
-In the second volume of the Linnæan Transactions, Dr. Smith enumerates
-ten species of the genus Goodenia; this species makes an addition to the
-number. The oval-leaved Goodenia is a half woody plant, making long
-willow-like branches, which mostly decay in the winter, though a great
-part of the plant remains; it is a hardy greenhouse plant, requiring
-little trouble either to keep or propagate; the latter of which is done
-by cuttings. About the year 1793, a parcel of seeds was received by
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, sent to them by Colonel Paterson from Port
-Jackson, New Holland; amongst them, the seeds of this plant; it
-nevertheless did not flower till the year 1798, about the month of June.
-It is certainly a desirable plant, never failing to flower from June
-till September, if kept growing in vigour, which it will surely do if
-planted in light peat earth.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXIX.
-
-LAMBERTIA FORMOSA. _Var. longifolia._
-
-_Red-flowered Lambertia. Long-leaved variety._
-
-
-CLASS IV. ORDER I.
-
-_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium commune, imbricatum, squamis interioribus,
-     longioribus.
-
-     COROLLA. _Universalis_ uniformis, septem-florus.
-
-     _Propria_ monopetala, tubulosa, limbus quadrifidus, laciniis
-     revolutis, stameniferis.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quatuor, subulata, brevissima, inserta limbo
-     corollæ, intra singulam laciniam singula. Antheræ lineares, erectæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, apice pilosum. Stylus setaceus,
-     erectus. Stigma subulatum, sulcatum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula tricornuta, unilocularis, disperma.
-
-     SEMINA bina, alata, scabra, nigra.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Common cup tiled, the inner scales the longest.
-
-     BLOSSOM. _General_ regular composed of seven flowers.
-
-     _Individuals_ of one petal, tubular, border four-cleft, the
-     segments rolled back, and supporting the chives.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads four awl-shaped, very short, fixed into the border
-     of the blossom, one within each segment. Tips linear, and upright.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly round, the upper part hairy. Shaft
-     awn-like, upright. Summit awl-shaped, and furrowed.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule three-horned, of one cell, and two seeds.
-
-     SEEDS two, winged, rough, and black.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Lambertia foliis ternis, apice mucronato-pungentibus; corollis
-     striatis, extus suave rubentibus; antheris cæruleis.
-
-     Lambertia with leaves growing by threes, the ends terminating in
-     sharp points; blossoms striped, of a light red without; tips blue.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Blossom cut open, with the Pointal as it stands in the blossom.
-3. One segment of a Flower, with the Chive attached.
-4. The Pointal (magnified).
-5. A Capsule.
-6. A Seed.
-
-Of all the plants yet introduced from New Holland, that have hitherto
-flowered with us, this unquestionably takes the lead for beauty,
-considering the plant altogether. It is a hardy greenhouse plant,
-growing to the height of six or eight feet before it flowers; when the
-blossoms break from the ends of almost every branch. The seeds of this
-plant were among the first which arrived from Botany Bay, in the year
-1788; when two varieties of it were raised by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy,
-at their nursery, who were fortunate enough to procure all the seeds
-which came home that season. This fine genus has received its title,
-(under the sanction of Dr. Smith, _see the Linn. Trans. page 214, vol.
-3_.) from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Esq. fellow of the Royal and Linnæan
-Societies; a gentleman whose zeal for the advancement of the science is
-unbounded, and whose labours to that end, as well as his endeavours to
-render botany of universal benefit, by combining the useful with the
-pleasing; (witness his work on the Cinchonas, or Jesuits’ Barks) do him
-the greatest credit. Our drawing was made from a plant which flowered
-for the first time in this kingdom, in the collection of J. Robertson,
-Esq. of Stockwell, Surrey, in July 1798. It is without difficulty raised
-by cuttings, and thrives in peat earth.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXX.
-
-GNIDIA SIMPLEX.
-
-_Heath-leaved Gnidia._
-
-
-CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
-
-_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX infundibuliformis, quadrifidus. Petala quatuor, calyci
-     inserta. Semen unicum, subbaccatum.
-
-     EMPALEMENT funnel-shaped, and four-cleft, Petals four, inserted
-     into the empalement. One seed, something like a berry.
-
-     See GNIDIA PINIFOLIA, Plate LII.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gnidia, foliis linearibus, acutis, lævibus; floribus terminalibus,
-     sessilibus, luteis.
-
-     Gnidia, with linear, pointed, smooth leaves; flowers terminating
-     the branches, sitting close upon them, and yellow.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Flower, (natural size).
-2. The same cut open, and magnified.
-3. The Pointal, (natural size).
-4. The same magnified.
-
-The flowers of this species of Gnidia, like most plants of this natural
-order, are fragrant, which increases much towards night. It is one of
-those delicate Cape plants requiring a dry stove, or an airy warm
-situation in the greenhouse; where it continues to flower through the
-months of April and May, and frequently will blossom a second time in
-September and October. It is easily propagated by cuttings; delighting
-most in peat earth, and seldom grows more than a foot high. Our drawing
-was made, (by his kind permission) at the beautiful and unique
-conservatory of R. James, Esq. Grosvenor-place, from a plant in his
-valuable and select collection, in May this year.
-
-Unfortunately the G. Simplex having been introduced to our gardens
-before the G. Pinifolia, (see our figure, Pl. LII.) it was found in most
-collections under that title; but we have no hesitation in placing this
-plant under the specific name given it by Linnæus, in his Mantissa
-Plantarum of 1767, page 67; where, to the usual specific character, he
-has superadded an accurate description of it.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXI.
-
-CLEMATIS VIORNA.
-
-_Blue thick-petal’d Virgin’s Bower._
-
-
-CLASS XIII. ORDER VII.
-
-_POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA._ Many Chives. Many Pointals.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     PERIANTHIUM. Calyx nullus.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quatuor, oblonga, laxa.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta plurima, subulata, corolla breviora. Antheræ
-     lateri filamentorum adnatæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germina plurima, subrotunda, compressa, desinentia in
-     stylos subulatos, staminibus longiores. Stigmata simplicia.
-
-     PERICARPIUM nullum. Receptaculum capitatum, parvum.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, subrotunda, compressa, stylo (figura varia)
-     instructa.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup none.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Petals four, oblong, flexible.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads many, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom. Tips
-     fixed to the sides of the threads.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-buds many, nearly round, flattened, ending in
-     awl-shaped shafts, longer than the chives. Summits simple.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL none. Receptacle forming a round head, and small.
-
-     SEEDS many, roundish, flattened, retaining the shaft, which is
-     variously shaped.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Clematis foliis compositis decompositisque; foliolis quibusdam
-     trifidis; floribus violaceis, coriaceis.
-
-     Virgin’s Bower, with compound and doubly compound leaves; some of
-     the little leaves split into three; flowers blue, and tough.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Chives, and Pointals; the petals being removed.
-2. The Pointals.
-3. A Chive, (magnified).
-4. A Pointal, (magnified).
-5. A Seed nearly ripe, (natural size).
-
-Doubts have been entertained, among some botanists, whether this plant
-is the Clematis viorna of Linnæus, as given by him, with various
-synonims, in his Sp. Plan. By collating the different specific
-characters from the synonims adopted by him, we have no hesitation in
-our decision. Being a native of Virginia and Carolina, it is not so
-hardy as some others from the northern parts of Europe or America; but,
-nevertheless, is not killed by our winters, as it is herbaceous, and not
-making its shoots till late. In a warm situation against a wall or
-trellis, it will begin to blossom in July, and continue to flower till
-destroyed by the frost. As yet it is rather scarce in our gardens, being
-but of a late introduction, though long known by description. Our figure
-was taken at the Hammersmith nursery, where it is in high perfection,
-being planted in a mixture of loam and peat earth: it is most readily
-increased, by parting the roots in spring; as the seeds seldom come to
-maturity in this climate.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXII.
-
-STYPHELIA TRIFLORA.
-
-_Three-flowered Styphelia._
-
-
-CLASS V. ORDER I.
-
-_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     PERIANTHIUM. Calyx imbricatus, persistens; foliolis interioribus
-     longioribus, acutis, erectis.
-
-     COROLLA tubulosa, quinquefida; laciniis revolutis, hirsutis.
-
-     _Nectarium_ membranaceum, lacerum, germen cingens.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, tubo inserta. Antheræ apice bifidæ,
-     versatiles.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen globosum, sulcatum, nectario cinctum. Stylus
-     capillaris. Stigma capitatum, quinquepartitum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Drupa quinquelocularis, subrotunda, glabra.
-
-     SEMINA, bina.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup tiled, and remaining; the inner leaves the longest,
-     sharp-pointed, and upright.
-
-     BLOSSOM tubular, five-cleft; the segments rolled back, and hairy.
-
-     _Honey-cup_ skinny, torn, and surrounding the seed-bud.
-
-     CHIVES. Five threads, fixed into the tube of the blossom. Tips
-     split at the top, and loosely fixed by the middle to the threads.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud globular, furrowed, encircled by the honey-cup.
-     Shaft hair-like. Summit headed, and of five divisions.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. A pulpy fruit with five cells, roundish, and smooth.
-
-     SEEDS, two together.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Styphelia, foliis imbricatis, sparsis, glaucis, ovato-mucronatis;
-     floribus axillaribus, ternis.
-
-     Styphelia, with leaves tiled, scattered, bluish, egg-shaped, and
-     sharp-pointed; flowers growing from the lower part of the leaves by
-     threes.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives remaining attached, to shew their insertion
-    into the tube of the Blossom.
-3. The Pointal, (natural size,) the Summit detached, and magnified.
-4. The Honey-cup, (magnified).
-
-The Styphelias constitute a very extended tribe of plants, indigenous
-only to New Holland; we are indebted to the pupil of Linnæus, the
-celebrated Dr. Solander, for this generic title, which, (as Dr. Smith
-has fairly observed) is expressive of the habit of this whole genus,
-having its origin in στυφελὸς, harsh, or hard; a character which seems
-invariable in every species that has come under our notice. The S.
-tubiflora, although set off by Dr. Smith, in his fourth number of New
-Holland Botany, with so much grace, must, (and we have no doubt of his
-concurrence) give place to S. triflora, which undoubtedly claims the
-palm from all its congeners hitherto discovered. The only specimen alive
-or dead, and from which our figure was taken, of this plant, which has
-come to our knowledge, is to be found in the extensive collection of G.
-Hibbert, Esq. Clapham-common; from whose exertions the exotic
-collections of this kingdom, are likely to acquire such considerable
-additions.
-
-The S. triflora was raised from seed at Clapham in 1796, but did not
-flower till this year, in the month of June, continuing in blossom
-through July, and part of August. It grows to the height of near three
-feet, branching but little; the whole stem being hid by the leaves. Mr.
-Allen the gardener, to whose kind communications we are much indebted,
-informs us he has kept it in peat earth, and that he thinks it is to be
-raised by cuttings.
-
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-
-
-
-
-INDEX
-
-TO THE PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOL. I.
-
-
-Plate 1 Cortusa Matthioli.     |Alpine Sanicle.          |Har. |Herb. |May, June.
-      2 Sprengelia incarnata.  |Star-flowered Sprengelia.|G. H.|Shrub.|All Summer.
-      3 Neottia speciosa.      |Flesh-coloured Neottia.  |H. H.|Herb. |March, April.
-      4 Rhododendron Dauricum. |Dauric Rhododendron.     |Har. |Shrub.|April, May.
-      5 Gladiolus longiflorus. |Long-flowered Gladiolus. |G. H.|Herb. |June, July.
-      6 Hemerocallis cærulea.  |Blue Day Lily.           |H. H.|Herb. |Septem. or Feb.
-      7 Primula Cortusoides.   |Siberian Primrose.       |Har. |Herb. |June, July.
-      8 Gladiolus alatus.      |Wing-flowered Gladiolus. |G. H.|Herb. |May, June.
-      9 Atragene Capensis.     |Cape Atragene.           |G. H.|Shrub.|March, April.
-     10 Aristea cyanea.        |Blue-flowered Aritlea.   |G. H.|Herb. |July, August.
-     11 Gladiolus roseus.      |Rose-coloured Gladiolus. |G. H.|Herb. |May, June.
-     12 Geranium grandiflorum. |Largest-flowered         |     |      |
-                               |  Geranium.              |G. H.|Shrub.|July, August.
-     13 Epidendrum cochleatum. |Purple-flowered          |     |      |
-                               |  Epidendrum.            |H. H.|Herb. |July.
-     14 Ixia reflexa.          |Reflex-flowered Ixia.    |G. H.|Herb. |May, June.
-     15 Anthyllis erinacea.    |Blue Broom of Spain.     |G. H.|Shrub.|April, May.
-     16 Azalea Pontica.        |Yellow Pontic Azalea.    |Har. |Shrub.|May, June.
-     17 Protea formosa.        |Coronet Protea.          |G. H.|Shrub.|August.
-     18 Corræa alba.           |White Correa.            |G. H.|Shrub.|April, May.
-     19 Gladiolus versicolor.  |Changeable Gladiolus.    |G. H.|Herb. |June.
-     20 Echium grandiflorum.   |Large-flowered Viper’s   |     |      |
-                               |  Bugloss.               |G. H.|Shrub.|April, May.
-     21 Vereia crenata.        |Scolloped-leaf Vereia.   |H. H.|Shrub.|July
-     22 Goodenia calendulacea. |Cape Marygold-leaved     |     |      |
-     23 Ixia capitata. Var.    |  Goodenia.              |G. H.|Shrub.|August.
-          ovata.               |Bunch-flowering Ixia.    |     |      |
-                               |  Var. egg-shaped.       |G. H.|Herb. |April.
-     24 Cineraria aurita.      |Two-coloured-leaved      |     |      |
-                               |  Cineraria.             |G. H.|Herb. |All Summer.
-     25 Camellia Japonica.     |                         |     |      |
-          Var. flo. albo pleno.|Double white Camellia.   |G. H.|Shrub.|Octob. Novem.
-     26 Crassula odoratissima. |Sweet-scented Crassula.  |G. H.|Shrub.|April, May.
-     27 Gladiolus ringens.     |Gaping Ash-coloured      |     |      |
-          Var. cinereo odorato.|  sweet Gladiolus.       |G. H.|Herb. |June.
-     28 Geranium elegans.      |Round-leaved Geranium.   |G. H.|Shrub.|May.
-     29 Ixia spicata. Var.     |                         |     |      |
-          viridi nigra.        |Sea-green spiked Ixia.   |G. H.|Herb. |May, June.
-     30 Vaccinium Arctos-      |                         |     |      |
-          taphyllus.           |Madeira Whortle-berry.   |Har. |Shrub.|July, August.
-     31 Borbonia cordata.      |Heart-shape-leaved       |     |      |
-                               |  Borbonia.              |G. H.|Shrub.|July.
-     32 Antholyza ringens.     |Gaping Antholyza.        |G. H.|Herb. |June.
-     33 Diosma latifolia.      |Broad-leaved Diosma.     |G. H.|Shrub.|August.
-     34 Chelone Ruellioides.   |Scarlet Chelone.         |Har. |Herb. |August.
-     35 Ixia crispifolia.      |Crisped-leaved Ixia,     |     |      |
-          Var. flo. cæruleo.   |  blue variety.          |G. H.|Herb. |July.
-     36 Rhododendron           |Dotted-leaved Rhodo-     |     |      |
-          punctatum.           |  dendron.               |Har. |Shrub.|July.
-     37 Geranium fragile.      |Brittle-stalked          |     |      |
-                               |  Geranium.              |G. H.|Shrub.|August.
-     38 Gladiolus præcox.      |Red early-flowering      |     |      |
-          Var. flore rubro.    |  Gladiolus.             |G. H.|Herb. |April.
-     39 Echium ferocissimum.   |Prickly Viper’s Bugloss. |G. H.|Shrub.|July.
-     40 Chelone campanuloides. |Bell-flowered Chelone.   |Har. |Herb. |August, Septem.
-     41 Lachenalia pendula.    |Drooping-flowered        |     |      |
-                               |  Lachenalia.            |G. H.|Herb. |September.
-     42 Orchis ciliaris.       |Fringed Orchis.          |Har. |Herb. |July.
-     43 Bignonia Leucoxylon.   |Oleander-flowered        |     |      |
-                               |  Trumpet Flower.        |H. H.|Shrub.|July.
-     44 Ixia cinnamomea.       |Cinnamon-smelling Ixia.  |G. H.|Herb. |June.
-     45 Iris longifolia.       |Long-leaved Iris.        |G. H.|Herb. |June.
-     46 Massonia violacea.     |Purple-flowered Massonia.|G. H.|Herb. |September.
-     47 Musa coccinea.         |Scarlet-flowered         |     |      |
-                               |  Plantain-tree.         |H. H.|Shrub.|Decem. Jan.
-     48 Ixia bulbifera.        |Bulb-bearing Ixia.       |     |      |
-          Var. flo. luteo.     |Var. yellow-flowered.    |G. H.|Herb. |May.
-     49 Malpighia crassifolia. |Thick-leaved Malpighia.  |H. H.|Shrub.|September.
-     50 Ixia capitata. Var.    |Bunch-flowering Ixia.    |     |      |
-          flore aurantio.      |Var. gold color.         |G. H.|Herb. |May.
-     51 Xeranthemum            |Largest-flowering        |     |      |
-          speciocissimum.      |  Everlasting Flower.    |G. H.|Shrub.|September.
-     52 Gnidia pinifolia.      |Pine-leaved Gnidia.      |G. H.|Shrub.|Feb. March.
-     53 Mimosa stricta.        |Harsh-leaved upright     |     |      |
-                               |  Mimosa.                |G. H.|Shrub.|March, April.
-     54 Aletris sarmentosa.    |Creeping-rooted Bastard  |     |      |
-                               |  Aloe.                  |G. H.|Herb. |Decem. Jan.
-     55 Zinnia violacea.       |Purple Zinnia.           |Har. |Ann.  |August, Sept.
-     56 Antholyza spicata.     |Spike-flowered           |     |      |
-                               |  Antholyza.             |G. H.|Herb. |June.
-     57 Mesembryanthemum       |Smooth-leaved annual     |     |      |
-          glabrum.             |  Fig Marygold.          |G. H.|Ann.  |July.
-     58 Boronia pinnata.       |Hawthorn-scented Boronia.|G. H.|Shrub.|All Summer.
-     59 Ixia fistulosa.        |Hollow-leaved Ixia.      |G. H.|Herb. |June.
-     60 Geranium punctatum.    |Dotted-flowered Geranium.|G. H.|Herb. |April.
-     61 Aster dentatus.        |Toothed-leaved Starwort. |G. H.|Shrub.|All Summer.
-     62 Gladiolus gramineus.   |Grass-like Gladiolus.    |G. H.|Herb. |May, June.
-     63 Usteria scandens.      |Climbing Usteria.        |G. H.|Bien. |All Summer.
-     64 Pæonia albiflora.      |White Pæony.             |Har. |Herb. |June.
-     65 Ophrys lilifolia.      |Lily-leaved Ophrys.      |Har. |Herb. |July.
-     66 Gladiolus polystachius.|Branching Gladiolus.     |G. H.|Herb. |July.
-     67 Geranium incisum.      |Jagged-leaved Geranium.  |G. H.|Shrub.|All Summer.
-     68 Goodenia ovata.        |Oval-leaved Goodenia.    |G. H.|Shrub.|August, Sept.
-     69 Lambertia formosa.     |Red-flowered Lambertia.  |     |      |
-          Var. longifolia.     |  Long-leaved var.       |G. H.|Shrub.|August, Sept.
-     70 Gnidia simplex.        |Heath-leaved Gnidia.     |G. H.|Shrub.|April, Sept.
-     71 Clematis viorna.       |Blue thick-petal’d       |     |      |
-                               |  Virgin’s Bower.        |Har. |Herb. |All Summer.
-     72 Styphelia triflora.    |Three-flowered Styphelia.|G. H.|Shrub.|June.
-
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-
-[Illustration:
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-_Vol. =II=._
-
-_of the_
-Botanists Repository
-
-_Comprising
-Colour’d Engravings_
-
-of
-
-_New and Rare Plants_
-
-ONLY
-
-With Botanical Descriptions, &c.
-
-----_in_----
-
-_Latin and English
-after the_
-
-Linnæan System.
-
-_by
-H. Andrews_
-
-_Botanical Painter Engraver_
-]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXIII.
-
-DAPHNE PONTICA.
-
-_Pontic Spurge-Laurel._
-
-
-CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
-
-_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX, nullus.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala, infundibuliformis. Tubus cylindraceus,
-     imperforatus, limbo longior. Limbus quadrifidus; laciniis ovatis,
-     acutis, planis, patentibus.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta octo, brevia, tubo inserta; alterna inferiora.
-     Antheræ subrotundæ, erectæ, biloculares.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum. Stylus brevissimus. Stigma capitatum,
-     depresso-planum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Bacca subrotunda, unilocularis.
-
-     SEMEN unicum, subrotundum, carnosum.
-
-     EMPALEMENT, none.
-
-     BLOSSOM one petal, funnel-shaped. Tube cylindrical, closed at the
-     base, longer than the border. Border four-cleft; segments
-     egg-shaped, sharp, flat, and spreading.
-
-     CHIVES. Eight short threads, fixed to the tube; four alternately
-     lower than the others. Tips roundish, upright, with two cells.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft very short. Summit a low,
-     smooth knob.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. A roundish berry, of one cell.
-
-     SEED, single, roundish, and fleshy.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Daphne, pedunculus axillaribus, bifloris; foliis obovatis, nitidis.
-
-     Spurge-laurel, the fruit stalks growing from the base of the
-     leaves, with two flowers each; leaves inversely egg-shaped, and
-     shining.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Flower cut open, to shew the situation of the Chives.
-2. The Pointal, (natural size).
-3. A ripe Seed.
-
-Tournefort in his Voyage to the Levant, Vol. III. has described this
-plant under the name of, Thymelæa Pontica Citrei foliis; Dr. P. Pallas
-in his Flora Rossica, has likewise figured and described it, under the
-title it bears in the Sp. Plan. p. 511; from both of whom we learn, that
-it is a native of the coast of the Black Sea, and therefore perfectly
-hardy, at least sufficiently so to endure our climate. It is the
-handsomest in foliage of any species of the genus, having, like most of
-them, fragrant flowers; which begin to shew themselves with the first
-budding of the plant in spring, about the first week in March. Like our
-common Spurge-laurel it delights in shade, making a pretty evergreen
-shrub, about two feet in height; and grows best in a light loamy soil.
-Although this plant has been long known by name, it had not been seen in
-England till 1795, a year subsequent to its being sent in seeds to
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith. It flowered for the first time
-here, in 1798; but our drawing was not made till this year, about the
-middle of April. It is propagated by the seed, or cuttings.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXIV.
-
-PERSOONIA LANCEOLATA.
-
-_Lance-shaped leaved Persoonia._
-
-
-CLASS IV. ORDER I.
-
-_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX, nullus.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quatuor, basin versus staminifera, reflexa, apice
-     incrassata.
-
-     _Nectariæ._ Glandulæ quatuor globosæ, ad basin germinis.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quatuor brevia, singula ex singuli petali medio
-     enata. Antheræ lineares, conniventes, demum reflexæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen superum, ovatum. Stylus subulatus, glaber,
-     persistens. Stigma obtusum, declinatum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Drupa subrotunda, monosperma.
-
-     SEMEN. Nux ossea, subrotunda, compressa.
-
-     EMPALEMENT, none.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Four petals, supporting the chives near the bottom, bent
-     back, and thickened at the point.
-
-     _Honey-cups._ Four round glands at the base of the seed-bud.
-
-     CHIVES. Four short threads, one growing out of each petal about the
-     middle. Tips linear, and approaching each other, then reflexed.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, and above. Shaft awl-shaped, smooth,
-     and remaining. Summit blunt, and bent downward.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. A pulpy berry, roundish, with one seed.
-
-     SEED. A hard, roundish nut, flattened.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Persoonia foliis lanceolatis, acutis, enerviis, utrinque glabris;
-     petiolis tortis; floribus axillaribus, flavis.
-
-     Persoonia with lance-shaped leaves, sharp pointed, without nerves,
-     and smooth on both sides; foot-stalks twisted; the flowers grow at
-     the lower part of the leaves, close to the stem, and yellow.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom.
-2. One division of the Blossom with its Chive.
-3. The Pointal (natural size).
-4. The same (magnified).
-5. The Receptacle, with the Honey-cups (magnified).
-6. A Berry cut in two, the Seed taken out.
-7. A ripe Seed.
-
-Every step we make in the examen of plants, from that endless source for
-botanical research, New Holland; nature almost as constantly, presents
-us with a perfectly new face; such is the object of our present
-consideration. Dr. Smith, P. L. S. in the Linnæan Transactions, Vol.
-IIII. p. 215, considering a new Genus as necessary for this tribe of
-plants, has named it in honour of C. H. Persoon, much noted for his
-works on the fungi. This is a handsome, spreading greenhouse plant,
-growing about five feet high, and covering itself with deep yellow
-blossoms. It is propagated by cuttings, or seeds, which come to maturity
-with us, and are produced in great numbers. J. Willson, Esq. of
-Islington, raised this species from seeds about the year 1791; from a
-specimen in whose collection our figure was taken, this year in July,
-and where it flowered for the first time last year, in the month of
-August, and is still in bloom, although many seeds are already
-perfected, from the flowers of last year.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXV.
-
-PHYSALIS PROSTRATA.
-
-_Trailing Winter-cherry._
-
-
-CLASS V. ORDER I.
-
-_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, ventricosum, semi quinquefidum,
-     pentagonum; laciniis acuminatis; persistens.
-
-     COROLLA. Monopetala, rotata. Tubus brevissimus. Limbus
-     semiquinquefidus, magnus, plicatus.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, subulata, minima, conniventia. Antheræ
-     erectæ, conniventes.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus fere
-     longior. Stigma obtusum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Bacca sub-globosa, bilocularis, intra calycem maximum,
-     inflatum, clausum, pentagonum.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, reniformia, compressa.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, bellied, half five-cleft, and five-sided;
-     the segments are tapered; permanent.
-
-     BLOSSOM, one petal, wheel-shaped. Tube very short. Border half
-     five-cleft, large, and plaited.
-
-     CHIVES. Five threads, awl-shaped, very small, and approaching. Tips
-     upright, and approaching.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish. Shaft thread-shaped, hardly longer than
-     the chives. Summit blunt.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. A roundish berry, two-celled, within a large, swelled,
-     close-mouthed, five-sided cup.
-
-     SEEDS many, kidney-shaped, and flat.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Physalis, ramosissima, prostrata, hispida; foliis subcarnosis;
-     corollis cæruleis.
-
-     Winter Cherry, very branching, trailing, and hairy; leaves nearly
-     fleshy; blossoms blue.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.
-3. The Pointal (natural size).
-4. A ripe Seed-vessel.
-
-This beautiful species of Physalis, as a tender annual, should be sown
-early in March, on a strong hotbed; and kept, when potted, in the
-greenhouse, being impatient of cold or wet, and perishes if exposed to
-either. It is a native of Peru, South America, and has been figured by
-Professor Jacquin in his Ic. Rar. I. t. 38; likewise by Mons. l’Heritier
-in his Stirp. Nov. p. 43. t. 22; and was first transmitted to England in
-the year 1782, by Mons. Thoin, from France. Although it has been
-cultivated here some years, it is but little known, owing to its great
-delicacy when young, being very liable to damp off in the hotbed.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXVI.
-
-PROTEA PINIFOLIA.
-
-_Pine-leaved Protea._
-
-
-CLASS IV. ORDER I.
-
-_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis
-     infra apicem. Calyx proprius nullus. Sem. solitaria.
-
-     BLOSSOM four-cleft or of four petals. Tips linear, inserted into
-     the petals below the ends. Cup. Proper, none. Seeds solitary.
-
-     See PROTEA SPECIOSA. Plate XVII.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Protea floribus simplicibus, racemoso-spicatis, glabris; foliis
-     filiformibus, sparsis, glabris.
-
-     Protea with simple flowers, growing in branching spikes, and
-     smooth; leaves thread-shaped, scattered, and smooth.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom complete.
-2. One Petal of the Blossom, (magnified), with its Chive attached.
-3. The Pointal and Seed-bud, (magnified).
-4. A ripe Seed.
-
-The Pine-leaved Protea from the Cape of Good Hope, is rather a delicate
-plant; and is subject to be killed, if not kept in the driest, and
-warmest part of the greenhouse, being very susceptible of damps. It
-makes a very fine appearance when in bloom, growing to the height of two
-feet or more upright, and with few branches; every part of the plant,
-(which is uncommon in this genus,) is quite smooth and shining. This
-species of Protea is an inhabitant of our gardens, since the year 1780;
-when it was first introduced by William Forsyth, Esq. of Kensington, but
-has been rarely seen to flower, as it is found but in few collections;
-owing to the difficulty of propagating it, by the only possible method
-in this country, cuttings. The soil it approves most, as do most of the
-Proteas, is a light loam. The drawing was taken at the Hammersmith
-nursery, from a plant which flowered there in August this year.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXVII.
-
-PERSOONIA LINEARIS.
-
-_Linear-leaved Persoonia._
-
-
-CLASS IV. ORDER I.
-
-_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX nullus. Petala 4, basin versus staminifera. Glandulæ 4, ad
-     basin germinis. Stigma obtusum. Drupa monosperma.
-
-     EMPALEMENT none. Petals four, supporting the chives near the
-     bottom. Four glands at the base of the seed-bud. Summit blunt. A
-     pulpy berry with one seed.
-
-     See PERSOONIA LANCEOLATA. Pl. LXXIV.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Persoonia foliis linearibus, sub-villosis; floribus flavis.
-
-     Persoonia with linear leaves, a little hairy; flowers yellow.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A flower complete.
-2. One Petal of the flower, with its Chive, (magnified).
-3. The Pointal, (natural size).
-4. The same, (magnified).
-
-The Linear-leaved Persoonia, is indigenous to the same clime as the
-Lance-shaped leaved, given in our last number; grows to nearly the same
-height, and makes a handsome greenhouse plant, continuing to flower
-through the autumnal months; and producing good seeds. J. Robertson,
-Esq. of Stockwell, Surry, raised this species from seeds in the year
-1794; with whom it flowered last year, for the first time in England;
-and for whose kind communication of a specimen in flower, (from which
-our drawing was made,) we beg our grateful acknowledgment. It is raised
-by seeds, or cuttings; and should be planted in peat earth.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXVIII.
-
-IXORA PAVETTA.
-
-_Sweet Ixora._
-
-
-CLASS IV. ORDER I.
-
-_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium quadripartitum, minimum, erectum, persistens.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala, infundibuliformis. Tubus cylindraceus,
-     longissimus, tenuis. Limbus quadripartitus, planus; laciniis
-     ovatis.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quatuor, brevissima, in divisuris corollæ.
-     Antheræ oblongæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, intra basin calycis. Stylus
-     filiformis, longitudine tubi. Stigma bifidum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Bacca subrotunda, bilocularis.
-
-     SEMINA duo, hinc convexa, inde angulata.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup with four divisions, very small, upright, and
-     remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM of one petal, funnel-shaped. Tube cylindrical, very long,
-     and small. Border of four divisions and flat; the segments
-     egg-shaped.
-
-     CHIVES. Four threads, very short, placed in the divisions of the
-     blossom. Tips oblong.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, in the bottom of the cup. Shaft
-     thread-shaped, the length of the tube. Summit two-cleft.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. A roundish berry, with two cells.
-
-     SEEDS, two, hollow on the inside, and angled without.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Ixora foliis obtusis, undulatis, petiolatis, floribus fasciculatis,
-     odoratis, sordide luteis.
-
-     Ixora with blunt, waved, leaves, having foot-stalks; flowers grow
-     in bunches, are sweet scented, and of a dirty yellow.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement, (magnified).
-2. A Blossom with the seed-bud attached, (natural size).
-3. The same with the Empalement, (magnified).
-4. The Pointal, (natural size).
-5. The same, magnified.
-
-To the Lady Dowager de Clifford are we indebted, for the introduction of
-this new species of Ixora, a native of the East Indies; her Ladyship
-having received it from thence, in the year 1796. It is a tender
-hot-house plant, growing to the height of a foot, or more, and very
-bushy; the bunches of flowers are very large, covering nearly the whole
-upper part of the plant, and are exceedingly fragrant. The blossoms
-begin to expand about the beginning of August, and continue to blow in
-succession, till the end of October. The only plant we have yet heard
-of, in England, is in her Ladyship’s collection at Paddington; where it
-has flowered for the first time this year, and where our drawing was
-made. It is propagated like the other species of Ixora, by cuttings, and
-should be kept in rich earth.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXIX.
-
-CROWEA SALIGNA.
-
-_Willow-leaved Crowea._
-
-
-CLASS X. ORDER I.
-
-_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, quinquepartitum, laciniis ovatis.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quinque, ovata, sessilia, erecto-patula.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta decem, plana, subulata, pilis intertextis
-     connexa, pistillum obvolventia. Antheræ longitudinaliter filamentis
-     e parte interiori adnatæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen superum. Stylus erectus, cylindricus,
-     brevissimus, e basi germinis. Stigma capitatum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsulæ quinque, ovato-acuminatæ, extrorsum coalitæ,
-     apicibus distantes.
-
-     SEMINA solitaria, reniformia, glabra, arillata.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, with five divisions, the segments
-     egg-shaped.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Five petals, egg-shaped, sitting close in the cup, upright
-     and spreading.
-
-     CHIVES. Ten threads, flat and awl-shaped, interwove together by
-     hairs, covering the pointal. Tips growing longitudinally from the
-     inner part of the threads.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud above. Shaft upright, cylinder-shape, and very
-     short, growing from the base of the seed-buds. Summit a knob.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Five capsules, pointedly-egg-shaped, joined on the
-     outside, and distant at the ends.
-
-     SEEDS solitary, kidney-shape, smooth, and covered by an elastic
-     coat.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Crowea, foliis lanceolatis, utrinque glabris, integerrimis;
-     floribus solitariis, axilaribus.
-
-     Crowea, with lance-shaped leaves, smooth on both sides, quite
-     entire; flowers grow solitary from the bottom of the leaves close
-     to the stem.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. The Chives.
-3. One Chive detached, natural size.
-4. The same magnified to shew the situation of the Tip.
-5. The Pointal, natural size.
-6. The same magnified.
-7. A ripe Seed.
-
-The number of handsome flowering plants from New Holland, already
-figured in the Botanist’s Repository; leads us to hope, the first, and
-indeed most generally prevailing opinion, that the insignificance of the
-flowers produced by the plants of that country, rendering them scarcely
-worth cultivation for ornament; must be nearly, if not quite done away:
-and we have reason to think, when farther explored, few countries will
-be able to stand a competition with it, for the singularity, variety, or
-beauty of its vegetable productions. The Willow-leaved Crowea we
-consider as one amongst the many strong arguments, to favour our
-opinion; it is rather a delicate plant, and should be kept in a dry and
-warm part of the greenhouse, where it will flower from the month of
-July, till November; growing three feet high, if planted in light sandy
-peat; and is easily propagated by cuttings. Although, this is the only
-species at present, in cultivation with us; there is little doubt from
-the number of handsome specimens of other species, which we have seen,
-in the different herbariums from Botany Bay; and from the character of
-the seeds, much resembling those of the Diosma, which are not subject to
-rapid decay; but we shall very soon be possessed of many more of this
-very beautiful Genus. Our drawing was made from the nursery at
-Hammersmith, where it was raised from seeds, in the year 1790. The
-generic title of this plant, is derived from the name of an English
-botanist at Norwich, Mr. James Crowe, F. L. S. see Linn. Tran. Vol. IV.
-page 222.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXX.
-
-BUCHNERA FŒTIDA.
-
-_Stinking Buchnera._
-
-
-CLASS XIV. ORDER II.
-
-_DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA._ Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, quinquedentatum, scabrum,
-     persistens.
-
-     COROLLA, monopetala; tubus longissimus, filiformis, arcuatus;
-     limbus planus, quinquefidus, æqualis; laciniis duabus superioribus
-     reflexis, tribus inferioribus cordatis, subæqualibus.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quatuor, brevissima, in fauce corollæ, quorum
-     duo superiora extra prominentia. Antheræe oblongæ, obtusæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen ovato-oblongum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine
-     tubi. Stigma obtusum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula ovato-oblonga, acuminata, tecta, bilocularis,
-     apice bifarium dehiscens; dissepimentum contrarium.
-
-     SEMINA numerosa, angulata.
-
-     RECEPTACULUM medio dissepimenti adnatum.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, five-toothed, rough, and remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM one petal; tube very long, thread-shaped, and arched;
-     border flat, five-cleft, equal; the two upper divisions reflexed,
-     the three under ones heart-shaped, nearly equal.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads four, very short, in the mouth of the blossom, of
-     which the two upper protrude without. Tips oblong, blunt.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed bud oblong-egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, the
-     length of the tube. Summit blunt.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oblong-egg-shaped, tapered, covered, two
-     cells, and splitting at the point in two; the partition opposite to
-     the valves.
-
-     SEEDS numerous, and angular.
-
-     RECEPTACLE fixed to the middle of the partition.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Buchnera, foliis laciniatis, oppositis, fœtidissimis; flores
-     umbellulati, terminales.
-
-     Buchnera, with leaves appearing torn, opposite and very stinking;
-     flowers terminate the branches in small umbels.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Flower cut open, to expose the situation of the Chives.
-3. The Pointal magnified.
-4. A ripe Seed-vessel.
-
-This species of Buchnera is an annual, and a native of the Cape of Good
-Hope; from whence, it was introduced to England in the year 1795, by
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy. It should be raised with other tender annuals
-in spring, and kept, either to ornament the greenhouse with them in
-pots, or planted in a warm part of the flower border, about the
-beginning of June. It will begin to flower about July, and generally has
-perfected seeds by September; although, it will continue to bloom till
-destroyed by the frost, as there is a constant succession of blossoms.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXXI.
-
-SOWERBIA JUNCEA.
-
-_Rush-like Sowerbia._
-
-
-CLASS VI. ORDER I.
-
-_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Involucrum hexaphyllum, multiflorum; foliolis erectis,
-     scariosis, persistentibus.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala sex, infera, persistentia; laciniis ovatis,
-     concavis.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta sex, sub-globosa, carnosa, germen cingens; ex
-     quibus tria biantherifera, sterilibus tribus interstinctis. Antheræ
-     geminæ, lineares, erectæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen superum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine staminum.
-     Stigma simplex.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula obtusetrigona, oblonga, trilocularis,
-     trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plura, angulata.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Fence six-leaved, containing many flowers; the small
-     leaves are upright, skinny, and permanent.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Six petals, beneath and remaining; segments egg-shape, and
-     concave.
-
-     CHIVES. Six threads almost round, fleshy, surrounding the seed bud;
-     of which three bear two chives, each parted by three sterile ones.
-     Tips double, linear, and upright.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud above. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the
-     chives. Summit simple.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule bluntly three-sided, oblong, three-celled,
-     three-valved.
-
-     SEEDS many, angular.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Sowerbia, foliis teretibus, mucronatis; scapo nudo, flexuoso;
-     umbella globosa; floribus petiolis longissimis.
-
-     Sowerbia, with cylindrical leaves pointed at the ends; flower-stem
-     naked and crooked; the umbel globular; flowers with very long
-     foot-stalks.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Fence.
-2. A Blossom complete.
-3. The Chives expanded.
-4. The Pointal.
-
-The very great resemblance this plant bears in habit, to some species of
-the garlick and rush, led us, at first sight, to consider it of one of
-those Genera: but as Dr. Smith has in the fourth Volume of the Linn.
-Trans. p. 220, constituted it a new genus, from the construction of the
-chives, we make no scruple to follow such good authority. It is named
-after Mr. James Sowerby, so well known for his numerous botanical
-engravings, as attached to different works; but especially, for his
-excellent coloured plates of English plants. Messrs. Lee and Kennedy of
-Hammersmith, were the first, who raised this plant from seeds, received
-in 1792 from Botany Bay. Our drawing was taken in May 1798, the first
-time it flowered there; it is the full size of the plant, the
-flower-stem cut off, it being twice the length of the leaves. There is
-no smell to any part of the plant; but nevertheless, it is very
-desirable in the greenhouse, from the character of the flowers, which
-retain their colour with little change, till the seeds are perfected. To
-increase it, the roots may be parted early in spring, and should be
-planted in peat earth.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXXII.
-
-BANKSIA SERRATA.
-
-_Sawed-leaved Banksia._
-
-
-CLASS IV. ORDER I.
-
-_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER. _Schreb. Gen. Plant. 191._
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, quadrifidum, inferum.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala; tubus cylindraceus, brevissimus; limbus
-     longissimus, quadripartitus; laciniis linearibus, apice
-     lanceolatis, interne foveola excavatis, acutis.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta nulla. Antheræ quatuor, lanceolatæ, in foveola
-     laciniarum corollæ sessiles.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen superum, minutum. Stylus filiformis, rigidus,
-     corolla longior. Stigma pyramidatum, acutum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula ovata, seu globosa, lignosa, unilocularis,
-     bivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA duo, obovata hinc convexa inde plana, ala membranacea
-     terminata.
-
-     OBS. In quibusdam speciebus seminibus interjectum est dissepimentum
-     liberum, figura et magnitudine cavitatis loculamenti,
-     coriaceo-lignosum, semibifidum. _Grætner de fruct._
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup of one leaf, four-cleft and beneath.
-
-     BLOSSOM of one petal; tube cylindrical, and very short; border very
-     long, of four divisions; segments linear, lance-shaped at the ends,
-     having small holes on the inside, which are hollowed out and sharp.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads none. Tips four, lance-shaped, sitting close within
-     the small holes of the segments of the blossom.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud above and very small. Shaft thread-shaped, stiff,
-     and longer than the blossom. Summit pyramidal, and sharp pointed.
-
-     SEED VESSEL. Capsule egg-shaped or globular, woody, one cell, two
-     valves.
-
-     SEEDS two, inversely egg-shaped, convex on the one side and flat on
-     the other, having a skinny wing at the end.
-
-     OBS. In some species there is found between the seeds a loose
-     partition, the shape and size of the hollow of the cell, tough,
-     woody, and half cleft in two. _Grætner on fruits and seeds._
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Banksia foliis linearibus, in petiolum attenuatis, æqualiter
-     serratis, apice truncatis cum mucrone.
-
-     Banksia with linear leaves, tapering to the foot-stalks, equally
-     sawed at the edge, appearing cut off at the end with a sharp point.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Flower, the summit not yet escaped from the Chives.
-2. The same with the summit relieved; magnified, to shew more clearly the shape of the
-    petals, and the singular situation of the Chives.
-3. The Pointal, natural size.
-4. A ripe Seed.
-
-This species of Banksia, was the first to vegetate amongst the number of
-different seeds, which were received by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, from
-Botany Bay in 1788; thus, has the pre-eminence of seniority here, to all
-the plants which have been introduced from thence, to Great Britain.
-From the living and dead specimens we have already seen, this Genus bids
-fair to rival Protea in the number of its different species; from which,
-nature seems to have marked but a slight line for Generic distinction.
-Our figure was taken from a plant now in flower in the greenhouse, (we
-believe for the first time in Europe,) at the agreeable retreat of J.
-Ord, Esq. Purser’s-cross, Fulham, being nearly seven feet high; indeed,
-we have seen specimens which have attained to twelve feet, and more. It
-is increased by cuttings, and will grow in almost any earth. The cones
-to which the seed-vessels are fixed, something resemble those of the
-stone pine, but much larger, and the wood more hard: the seeds are
-inclosed in capsules which are placed at a considerable distance from
-each other, at irregular intervals; the spaces filled up with long harsh
-threads, and apparently abortive seed-vessels.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXXIII.
-
-MORÆA TRICOLOR.
-
-_Three-coloured Moræa._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Spathæ bivalves.
-
-     COROLLA hexapetala, patens; petala tria interiora patentia,
-     angustiora.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta tria, brevia. Antheræ oblongæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inferum, oblongum. Stylus simplex, brevissimus.
-     Stigmata tria, bifida.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula trigona, trisulcata, trilocularis.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, rotunda.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Sheaths of two valves.
-
-     BLOSSOM six petals, spreading; the three innermost petals are more
-     spread out and narrower.
-
-     CHIVES. Three short threads. Tips oblong.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath and oblong. Shaft simple, and very short.
-     Summits three, two-cleft.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule three sided, three-furrowed, three cells.
-
-     SEEDS many, and round.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Moræa scapo teriti; foliis radicalibus, lanceolatis, canaliculatis,
-     scapo longiores; floribus terminalibus, tricoloratis.
-
-     Moræa with a round flower-stem; the leaves grow from the root, are
-     lance-shaped, channelled, and longer than the flower stem; the
-     flowers are terminal, and three-coloured.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. An outer Petal of the Blossom.
-2. An inner Petal of the same.
-3. The Chives and Pointal; the petals being cut off, to expose the situation of the Chives hid
-    under the summits.
-
-To G. Hibbert, Esq. of Clapham Common, we owe the introduction of this
-beautiful little Moræa, he having received it from his collector at the
-Cape, in the spring of 1799. It is certainly a perfectly new species
-here, and we believe has not been seen to flower in Europe before, as it
-is not in the extensive Collections, of the Emperor of Germany; at least
-it is not to be found amongst the many figured by Professor Jacquin. The
-very short duration of the blossoms, at first, had determined us to name
-it specifically, fugax; but finding we were anticipated in that name, by
-Jacquin, in his Hortus. III. tab. 26, we have adopted that of tricolor.
-The drawing was made at Clapham this year, in October; although we
-conceive the regular season for its blowing would be, June, or July, if
-planted like other Cape bulbs in autumn. The only means of seeing this
-plant in perfection, is, by keeping it entirely from the air when near
-flowering, as it is too delicate to bear the least exposure; it begins
-to expand about twelve o’clock, and is quite decayed by three. From
-every appearance, without a supply from the Cape, this delicate little
-bulb will, (as many others have) be soon lost to this country.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXXIV.
-
-BUCHNERA PEDUNCULATA.
-
-_Solitary-flowered Buchnera._
-
-
-CLASS XIV. ORDER II.
-
-_DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA._ Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX quinque-dentatus. Corollæ limbus quinquefidus, æqualis; lobis
-     cordatis. Capsula bilocularis.
-
-     CUP five-toothed. The border of the blossom five-cleft, equal; the
-     lobes heart-shaped. Capsule two-celled.
-
-     See BUCHNERA FŒTIDA. Pl. LXXX.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Buchnera, foliis dentato-sinuatis; floribus solitariis, pedunculis
-     longissimis.
-
-     Buchnera, with leaves that are indentedly toothed; flowers
-     solitary, with very long foot-stalks.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Flower cut open, magnified.
-3. The Pointal.
-4. A Capsule.
-
-This is another beautiful little species of Cape Buchnera, and which, we
-can consider as little better than biennial; much similar, to some
-species of different genera from thence; such as, Hebenstreitia,
-Mahernia, &c. For although they produce woody stems, yet the plants
-seldom last beyond the second year. From their short duration, it is
-necessary to keep up a succession yearly; which is done, by making
-cuttings of them early in spring. Our drawing represents the branch of a
-plant, in the collection of R. James, Esq. Grosvenor-place, taken in the
-month of July 1799. It is a very shewy greenhouse plant, and should be
-plotted in rich mould; if kept free from damps, will continue to flower
-till the end of November.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXXV.
-
-MAHERNIA ODORATA.
-
-_Sweet Mahernia._
-
-
-CLASS V. ORDER V.
-
-_PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA._ Five Chives. Five Pointals.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monopetalum, quinquefidum, campanulatum;
-     dentibus subulatis, longioribus; persistens.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quinque, cordata, oblonga, patentia, calyce duplo
-     longiora.
-
-     _Nectaria_ quinque, obcordata, pedicellata, germen cingentia,
-     calyce breviora.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, capillaria, nectario infidentia, calyce
-     breviora. Antheræ oblongæ, acuminatæ, erectæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen subpedicellatum, obovatum, quinquangulum. Styli
-     quinque, setacei, erecti, longitudine petalorum. Stigmata
-     simplicia.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula ovata, quinquelocularis, quinquevalvis.
-
-     SEMINA nonnulla, reniformia.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, five-cleft, bell-shaped; the teeth
-     awl-shaped, and longer; remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Five petals, heart-shaped, oblong, spreading, twice the
-     length of the cup.
-
-     _Honey-cups_ five, inversely heart-shaped, having little
-     foot-stalks, embracing the seed-bud, shorter than the cup.
-
-     CHIVES. Five threads, hair like, sitting on the honey-cups, shorter
-     than the cup. Tips oblong, tapered to a point, and upright.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud supported on a very short foot-stalk, inversely
-     egg-shaped, five-angled. Shafts five, like bristles, upright, the
-     length of the petals. Summits simple.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule egg-shaped, five cells, five valves.
-
-     SEEDS a few, kidney-shaped.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Mahernia foliis lanceolatis, glabris, apice dentatis; pedunculis
-     bifloris; corollis luteis, odoratissimis.
-
-     Mahernia with lance-shaped leaves, smooth and toothed at the end;
-     foot-stalks bearing two flowers; the blossoms yellow and very
-     sweet.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The cup, (natural size).
-2. The Chives, Honey-cups, and Pointals, as they stand in the flower.
-3. The same, with the Chives thrown back, as far as the slight junction of the honey-cups
-    will permit, without tearing.
-4. A Chive with its honey-cup, (magnified).
-5. The Seed-bud and Pointals, (magnified).
-
-Many species of this Genus have, hitherto, been arranged as Hermannias,
-to which they are undoubtedly very nigh affined; in nothing essentially
-varying, but in the character of the chives, being, in this, placed on
-honey cups, which are wanting in the other; the same natural appearance
-however of the junction of the supporters of the tips, being common to
-both. From this small change of the identity of character, so necessary
-in our artificial system, they are thrown to a wide distance in
-classification; the one standing in the fifth, the other in the
-sixteenth class! The Mahernia odorata is from the Cape of Good Hope, and
-was sent in seeds to England about the year 1792. It is but a
-short-lived greenhouse plant, and must be raised every two years, at
-least, from cuttings; which should be made about the beginning of March,
-and placed on a gentle hot bed, they will by this means become good
-sized plants by midsummer. The flavour of the blossoms is exactly that
-of the Jonquil, it continues to flower through the whole year, but is as
-yet to be found in few collections, although from its different
-attractions we have no doubt of seeing it soon in most. Rich earth, of
-old cow dung, and loam, seems to be the soil it most affects. Our
-drawing was made at the nursery Hammersmith, in July 1799.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXXVI.
-
-BIGNONIA PANDORANA.
-
-_Norfolk Island Trumpet Flower._
-
-
-CLASS XIV. ORDER II.
-
-_DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA._ Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX quinquefidus, cyathiformis.
-
-     COROLLA fauce campanulata, quinquefida, subtus ventricosa. Siliqua
-     bilocularis. Semina membranaceo-alata.
-
-     EMPALEMENT, five-cleft, cup-shaped.
-
-     BLOSSOM bell-shaped at the mouth, five-cleft, and bellied beneath.
-     A pod of two cells. Seed winged with a skinny membrane.
-
-     See Pl. XLIII. Bignonia Leucoxylon. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Bignonia foliis pinnatis; foliolis lanceolatis, dentatis; caule
-     volubili; floribus racemosis, terminalibus.
-
-     Trumpet Flower with winged leaves; the small leaves are
-     lance-shaped, and toothed; a climbing stem; the flowers grow in
-     bunches, and terminate the branches.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Flower cut open, to expose the situation of the Chives.
-3. The Pointal, and Seed-bud, (magnified).
-4. A Seed.
-
-This species of Trumpet Flower, is a native of Norfolk Island in the
-Pacific Ocean, lying in 29 deg. 2 min. south lat.; therefore, must be
-kept with us as a greenhouse plant; and, as a creeper, may be placed to
-twine round the pillars, or to cover trellis work; being of quick growth
-(if planted in peat earth,) and flowering abundantly from the month of
-March, ’till June. It is easily increased by cuttings, made in the
-spring, or by suckers, which it frequently produces from the root. The
-plant from which our drawing was made, flowered (and we believe for the
-first time in England) in 1798, in the collection of J. Vere, Esq.
-Kensington Gore.
-
-Naturalists, when in detailing the history of the various articles
-passing under their review, should receive with caution, any matter
-which seems tending to the marvellous; but for the authenticity of the
-authority, from whence we are furnished with the account of the
-singularly pestiferous character of this plant, we can with confidence
-pledge ourselves. Colonel Paterson, now commanding at Port Jackson, New
-Holland, sent the seeds from Norfolk Island, when he was stationed
-there, to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy Hammersmith, who first raised it, in
-the year 1793. The N. I. Trumpet Flower is, in its native soil, a
-deciduous plant; upon the return of the season, in which the young
-tendrils begin to shoot, and the leaves begin to appear; within fifteen,
-or twenty days, the whole plant is entirely covered with a white downy
-insect, of the genus Aphis, something similar to our blight; which, in a
-very short time from their first appearance on this plant, become so
-completely dispersed over every vegetable production, that scarce a
-green leaf is to be seen through the whole extent of the island. So
-great a plague was this insect thought to be, from its effects on
-vegetation, by those who were sent to colonize the island, that it was
-considered as one of the principal reasons for abandoning the
-settlement.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXXVII.
-
-IXIA ARISTATA. _Var. atropurpurea._
-
-_Ragged-sheathed Ixia. Var. dark purple._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 6-partita, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria,
-     erectiusculo-patula.
-
-     BLOSSOM six divisions, spreading, and equal. Summits three, nearly
-     upright and spreading.
-
-     See Pl. XIV. Vol. I. Ixia reflexa.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Ixia foliis falcatis, glabris, amplexicaulibus; scapo sub-biflora;
-     spathis laceris.
-
-     Ixia with scimitar-shaped leaves, smooth and embracing the stem;
-     flower-stem mostly with two flowers; sheaths appearing torn.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The sheath.
-2. A Flower cut open.
-3. The Pointal, complete.
-
-This truly specious Ixia, has at different periods long since, been seen
-in our exotic collections; but the delicacy of its root, and of
-consequence, the difficulty of preserving it, when out of flower, was,
-no doubt, the occasion of its having been as often lost to us for a
-time. To the Dutch we are indebted for the last introduction of it to
-this country, about four years since, amongst many others; from their
-immense collections of Cape bulbs at Haarlem. Although the root is
-particularly susceptible of wet, yet, by timely taking up the bulb, even
-before the upper part of the plant is decayed; and keeping it entirely
-free from moisture, till it is again planted in October, there will be
-little danger of its perishing. Our figure was taken in the month of
-June 1799, at Clapham, from a plant in the Collection of G. Hibbert,
-Esq. Light sandy peat, with a small portion of rotten old cow-dung, will
-give it the most vigorous growth.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXXVIII.
-
-ERANTHEMUM PULCHELLUM.
-
-_Blue-flowered Eranthemum._
-
-
-CLASS II. ORDER I.
-
-_DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Two Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium quinquefidum, tubulosum, erectum, membranaceum,
-     persistens.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala, infundibuliformis; tubus filiformis,
-     longissimus. Limbus quinquepartitus, planus; laciniis obovatis,
-     æqualibus.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta duo, ad basin spiralia, in fauce corollæ.
-     Antheræ subovatæ, compressæ, extra tubum.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, compressum. Stylus filiformis,
-     longitudine staminum. Stigmata duo, inæqualia, erecta.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula spathulata, compressa, bivalvis, bilocularis,
-     dissipimento valvulis contrario.
-
-     SEMINA solitaria, lentiformia.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup five cleft, tubular, upright, skinny, and
-     remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM one petal, funnel-shaped; tube thread-shaped, and very
-     long. Border divided into five, and flat; the segments are
-     inversely egg-shaped, and equal.
-
-     CHIVES. Two threads, spiral at the base, at the mouth of the
-     blossom. Tips nearly egg-shaped, flattened, and without the tube.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped and flattened. Shaft thread-shaped,
-     the length of the chives. Summits two unequal, and upright.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule spatula shape, flattened, two valves, two
-     cells, the partition contrary to the valves.
-
-     SEEDS solitary, lentil shape.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Eranthemum foliis lanceolato-ovatis, nervosis; floribus spicatis;
-     bracteis lanceolatis, imbricatis.
-
-     Eranthemum with lance-shaped, oval, and strongly nerved leaves; the
-     flowers grow in spikes; the floral leaves are lance-shaped, and
-     tiled.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement, with its four small leaflets.
-2. The Blossom cut open, to shew the part of insertion of the Chives.
-3. One of the Chives, (magnified.)
-4. The Pointal, (natural size.)
-5. The same, (magnified.)
-6. The Seed-bud.
-7. A Seed.
-
-Eranthemum, although standing in our ancientest tables, as a name to
-different plants; must have been, hitherto, considered as a dead letter
-in all our modern ones, as attached to the tribe of plants it now
-titles: but perhaps, to none of the former more aptly could it have been
-applied; (especially this species, as the Greek word Ήράνθεμον, a
-compound of Ής the spring, and ἀνθέω to blossom, fairly indicates;)
-since the E. pulchellum first begins to flower in January, and continues
-to blossom till May. Linnæus in treating this Genus, acknowledges to
-have seen but one imperfect specimen; and from this circumstance, left
-the description of the seed-vessel, and seed, to be determined by future
-Botanists; as yet, that has not been accomplished, even by the
-indefatigable and accurate Schreber; indeed, had the character of the
-pointal been likewise omitted, it would have been as well; since, in
-place of one, the two unequal summits, (which might escape observation
-in a dried specimen, from their disproportion in length, and upright
-situation;) point out a stronger Generical distinction from Justicia, to
-which it much affines, than either, the regular shape of the limb of the
-blossom, or the situation of the chives. Our species is a native of the
-coast of Coromandel, in the East Indies, and was first received in seeds
-from Dr. Roxburg, at the Royal gardens Kew, in the year 1796. It is a
-most desirable plant, for although it has hitherto been kept in the
-hot-house, we have no doubt from its flowering and thriving there, with
-so little care, in any situation; but that it will soon be considered as
-a proper inhabitant of the greenhouse. It is with the greatest ease, and
-certainty, increased by cuttings. Our drawing was made this month, from
-a plant in flower at the Hammersmith nursery.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE LXXXIX.
-
-GNIDIA LÆVIGATA.
-
-_Shining-leaved Gnidia._
-
-
-CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
-
-_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX infundibuliformis, 4-fidus. Petala quatuor, calyci inserta.
-     Semen unum, subbaccatum.
-
-     Cup funnel-shaped, 4-cleft. Four petals fixed into the cup. One
-     seed, something like a berry.
-
-     See Gnidia pinifolia, Pl. LII. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gnidia foliis oppositis, glabris, ovatis, quadrifariam imbricatis;
-     floribus terminalibus, sessilibus, luteis.
-
-     Gnidia with opposite smooth egg-shaped leaves, forming four angles
-     and tiled; flowers terminate the branches, sitting close to the
-     stem, and yellow.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom complete.
-2. The same cut open, with the Chives attached; the Pointal taken out.
-3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, (magnified.)
-
-This Gnidia is from the Cape of Good Hope, from whence it was first sent
-to England about the year 1783, by Mr. F. Masson to the Royal gardens
-Kew. It is a tender, and delicate greenhouse plant, very subject to be
-destroyed by the autumnal rains, or over watering during the winter. It
-is with great difficulty raised from cuttings, and its seeds seldom or
-ever, we believe, are perfected with us; from which circumstance, it is
-to be found in very few collections. Our drawing was made from a plant,
-in the possession of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham, about the middle of July
-1799.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XC.
-
-SEPTAS CAPENSIS.
-
-_Cape Septas._
-
-
-CLASS VII. ORDER IV.
-
-_HEPTANDRIA HEPTAGYNIA._ Seven Chives. Seven Pointals.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium septempartitum, patens, acutum, persistens.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala septem, oblonga, æqualia, calyce duplo longiora.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta septem, subulata, longitudine calycis. Antheræ
-     subovatæ, erectæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germina septem, oblonga, desinentia in stylos subulatos,
-     longitudine staminum. Stigmata obtusiuscula.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula septem, oblongæ, acutæ, parallelæ, univalves.
-
-     SEMINA plurima.
-
-     EMPALEMENT, Cup of seven divisions, spreading, sharp-pointed, and
-     remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Seven petals, oblong, equal, twice the length of the cup.
-
-     CHIVES. Seven threads, awl-shaped, the length of the cup. Tips
-     nearly egg-shaped, and upright.
-
-     POINTAL. Seven seed-buds, oblong, and ending in awl-shaped shafts,
-     the length of the Chives. Summits bluntish.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Seven capsules, oblong, sharp-pointed, parallel, and
-     of one valve.
-
-     SEEDS many.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Septas, foliis subrotundis, crenulatis, oppositis; glabris; radice
-     tuberosa.
-
-     Septas with roundish leaves, slightly scolloped, opposite and
-     smooth; root tuberous.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. The Chives, and Pointals, (magnified).
-3. One of the Pointals detached, (natural size).
-
-We are happy in having procured for the entertainment of our botanical
-friends, a specimen of so singular a plant as the Septas: which, from
-the conformity of its constituent generic characters in point of
-numbers, has given it the title it bears and forming for itself an order
-of plants, in which it stands alone. No plant is better known to
-botanists than Septas by name; but as yet, there exists only one
-miserable uncoloured figure of it; which is to be found in the Mantissa
-of Plukenet, tab. 340, fig. 9. The first plants seen of Septas in
-England, were purchased in roots from Holland, under the name of
-Saxifraga Tuberosa, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy Hammersmith. The
-beginning of August this year, a drawing was taken from a plant in the
-collection of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham, he having received some fine
-bulbs of it, in the spring, from his collector at the Cape. There are
-few plants rival Septas for beauty that are of equal size; it is
-herbaceous, should be removed from its pot when in a state of inaction,
-and dried like the Anemonie. The bulbs may be cut, or parted at the time
-of removal for propagation.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XCI.
-
-CAMELLIA JAPONICA. _Var. flore pleno variegato._
-
-_Double-striped Camellia._
-
-
-CLASS XVI. ORDER VI. _of Schreber’s 8th ed. of Gen. Plant_.
-
-_MONODELPHIA POLYANDRIA._ Threads united. Many Chives.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX imbricatus, polyphyllus; foliolis interioribus majoribus.
-
-     EMPALEMENT tiled, many leaved; the inner leaves the largest.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER OF VARIETY.
-
-Camellia foliis brevioribus, latioribus; floribus plenis, variegatis.
-
-Camellia with shorter and broader leaves; flowers double and striped.
-
-In hopes that the subject will plead our excuse, in thus again,
-obtruding a kind of nonentity, in reference to the sexual system, on our
-scientific friends; and that a figure, of so rare, and beautiful a
-plant, would be agreeable to all; we have, once more, put by the
-etiquette of science, for the charms of beauty; yet for this deviation,
-we think an apology necessary, as it is undoubtedly not conformable to
-the plan of our undertaking.
-
-This variety of the Camellia Japonica, is of the same date in our
-gardens, as the double white, and was introduced through the same
-medium. As yet this plant is found in but very few collections, and is
-sold at a very high price; not being of free growth, few cuttings, or
-grafts can be obtained. It has hitherto, been treated as a hothouse
-plant; but there is no doubt it is equally hardy with the common sort,
-upon which, all the plants we have as yet seen, and indeed those that
-were first imported from China, were grafted; an instance in proof, that
-horticulture must have, there, attained to a considerable degree of
-perfection, in the operative part: as well as, that possessing double
-flowering varieties, of their most beautiful plants, which are only
-produced by a series of cultivation, for ages; incontestably proves the
-antiquity of the art, (if any fresh proofs were necessary,) in that
-country. Our figure was made from a drawing taken partly, from a plant
-which flowered in August last year, in the collection of J. Hibbert,
-Esq. Clapham; and partly from one now (April) in full bloom, in the
-conservatory of R. H. James, Esq. Grosvenor-Place; the only ones we have
-as yet seen in flower; wherefore the time of flowering cannot as yet be
-fixed.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XCII.
-
-CRINUM SPIRALE.
-
-_Spiral-stalked Asphodel Lily._
-
-
-CLASS VI. ORDER I.
-
-_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Involucrum spathæforme, bifolium, oblongum, umbelluliferum,
-     post dehiscentiam reflexum.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala, infundibuliformis. Tubus oblongus,
-     cylindraceus. Limbus sexpartitus; laciniis lanceolato-linearibus,
-     concavis, reflexis, quarum tres alternæ appendiculo uncinato
-     distinctæ.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta sex, subulata, e basi limbi, longitudine limbi,
-     conniventia. Antheræ oblongæ, lineares, assurgentes, incumbentes.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inferum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine floris.
-     Stigma trifidum, minimum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula sub-ovata, trilocularis.
-
-     SEMINA plura.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Fence sheath-shaped, two-leaved, oblong, bearing a
-     small umbel, after splitting being reflexed.
-
-     BLOSSOM one leaf, funnel-shaped. Tube oblong, and cylindrical.
-     Border divided into six segments, that are linearly lance-shaped,
-     concave, and reflexed, of which three alternate ones are marked by
-     a small claw hanging at the lower part.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads six, awl-shaped, growing from the lower part of the
-     border, and of its length, and inclining together. Tips oblong,
-     linear, turned up at the ends, and lying on the threads.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the
-     flower. Summit three-cleft, and very small.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule nearly egg-shaped, three celled.
-
-     SEEDS many.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Crinum foliis filiformibus; scapo filiformi, spirali.
-
-     Asphodel Lily, with thread-shaped leaves; flower-stem
-     thread-shaped, and spiral.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Flower, cut open and magnified; to shew the point of insertion of the Chives, at the
-    base of the border.
-3. The Pointal and Seed-bud (magnified).
-4. The Seed-bud cut transversely, and magnified; to shew the situation of the seeds in the
-    cells, before the splitting of the outer coat, when matured.
-5. The Seeds, as they appear after the bursting of the containing coat, and of their natural size.
-
-This curious little plant, has been figured by professor Jacquin in his
-Ic. rar. 2. tab. 363, under the name of Crinum Tenellum; Thunberg, (who
-no doubt saw the living plant) in his Prodromus, p. 58, gave it first,
-the specific title of Spiralis, which to us seems the best possible, we
-have retained it; although, we differ from him as to the Genus, and
-which there is no doubt every botanist will, on the examination of the
-figure, with its appendages. That this plant should ever have been
-placed under Hæmanthus, by any botanist, is certainly matter of wonder,
-yet the point is too clear to be contended; scarce one of the essential
-constituent characters, of the genus, are to be found in our plant, and
-yet so perfectly in every part answering to Crinum. In Hæmanthus, the
-fence is composed of many leaves; the segments of the border, standing
-upright; the Chives longer than the blossom, and fixed into the tube;
-the Summit simple! &c. &c. We submit this, nevertheless, with deference
-to superior judgments, as a late publication of much repute, has this
-plant, under the Generic title we have rejected. The drawing was made in
-the beginning of March, this year, at Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s,
-Hammersmith; by whom, it was received from the Cape of Good Hope in
-1792. It is a very hardy bulb, requiring no more protection than a pit,
-to secure it from the frost. It increases but slowly by the root, but
-occasionally produces ripe seeds; and should be kept constantly in its
-pot, in a mixture of peat and loam.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XCIII.
-
-ASTER REFLEXUS.
-
-_Reflexed-leaved Starwort._
-
-
-CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
-
-_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     RECEPT. nudom. Pappus simplex. Cor. radii plures 10. Cal. imbricati
-     squamæ interiores patulæ.
-
-     RECEPT. naked. Feather simple. Florets of the circumference 10 or
-     more. Cup tiled, the innermost scales spread outward.
-
-     See Aster dentatus, Pl. LXI.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Aster fruticosus, foliis ovatis sub-imbricatis, recurvatis,
-     serratis; floribus solitariis, terminalibus, sessilibus.
-
-     Starwort with egg-shaped leaves, almost tiled, bent backward and
-     sawed; flowers grow solitary, terminal, and sit close to the ends
-     of the branches.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Floret of the circumference.
-3. The Pointal of the foregoing.
-4. A Floret of the centre (magnified).
-5. The Chives and Pointal of a floret of the centre (magnified).
-6. The Shaft and Summit of the same (magnified).
-
-The singular merit of this pretty greenhouse plant, is, that its
-blossoms are still to be seen through the whole year; and is kept with
-as little care, as is required for any. It is with ease, and certainty,
-increased by cuttings, put in about the month of May; or by seeds, which
-it sometimes perfects by being kept from the rain in autumn. It is a
-plant known by name, to most botanists; but has not been introduced to
-us, till the year 1794, when it was received in seeds from the Cape, at
-the nursery Hammersmith; where it has flowered, these two successive
-years, and where our figure was taken.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XCIV.
-
-GALAXIA OVATA.
-
-_Oval-leaved Galaxia._
-
-
-CLASS XVI. ORDER I.
-
-_MONADELPHIA TRIANDRIA._ Threads united. Three Chives.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Spatha univalvis, membranacea, connivens.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala, supra; tubus filiformis, longus, erectus, apice
-     paullulum ampliatus; limbus sexpartitus; laciniis obovatis,
-     patentibus.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta tria, in cylindrum conata. Antheræ ovatæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inserum, obtuse triangulare, glabrum. Stylus
-     filiformis, staminibus paullo longior. Stigmata tria,
-     filiformi-multipartita, patentia.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblongo-subcylindrica, trisulca, trilocularis,
-     trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, globosa, minima.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Sheath of one valve, skinny, and closing.
-
-     BLOSSOM, one leaf, above; tube thread-shaped, long, upright, the
-     upper part a little widened; border divided into six parts;
-     segments inversely egg-shaped and spreading.
-
-     CHIVES. Three threads forming a cylinder. Tips egg-shaped.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath, obtusely triangular and smooth. Shaft
-     thread-shaped, a little longer than the chives. Three summits, each
-     divided into a number of small threads, and spreading.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule of an oblong, and almost cylindrical shape,
-     with three furrows, three cells, and three valves.
-
-     SEEDS numerous, globular, and small.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Galaxia foliis ovatis margine ciliatis; corollis longissimis,
-     arcuatis, flavis.
-
-     Galaxia with egg-shaped leaves, fringed at the edge; blossoms very
-     long, bowed, and yellow.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Sheath.
-2. A Flower cut open, to shew where the threads are fixed to the tube of the blossom.
-3. The Chives with the Pointal inclosed, the Blossom cut away.
-4. The Pointal and Seed-bud.
-
-Any species of this Genus, must be interesting to the English botanist;
-as, till last year, not one was to be found, in any collection of this
-country. The G. ovata is figured in Cavanilles, Diss. 6. p. 340. t. 189;
-and described by Thunberg, in his Nova Genera Plantarum, p. 50. It is a
-most singular little plant, but we much fear will prove a fugitive to
-us; like the Ferraria, (to which in many particulars it very nearly
-affines) its beauty is but of a few hours duration: indeed, so short is
-the period, that had not Mr. Hibbert taken a sketch of it, whilst in
-perfection; and from which our drawing was completed, we could not have
-accomplished a figure of it. As yet, the true season of its flowering
-cannot be ascertained; but, it was in the month of October, that the
-plant flowered last year 1779; the bulbs having been received, from the
-collector for the Clapham collection, still at the Cape, in the spring
-of the same year. The treatment for this, appears to be the same as that
-necessary for most Cape bulbs; light sandy peat, a little warmth when
-approaching to flower; and to be removed from the pot afterwards.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XCV.
-
-AMARYLLIS RADIATA.
-
-_Rayed Lily Daffodil._
-
-
-CLASS VI. ORDER I.
-
-_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Spatha oblonga, obtusa, compressa, emarginata, marcescens.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala sex lanceolata.
-
-     _Nectarium_ squamis sex, extra basin filamentorum, brevissimis.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta sex subulata. Antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes,
-     assurgentes.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inserum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine ferme et
-     situ staminum. Stigma trifidum, tenue.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula subovata, trilocularis, trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plura.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Sheath oblong, blunt, compressed, notched at the end,
-     and withering.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Six lance-shaped petals.
-
-     _Honey-cup_, six scales from the base of the threads, very short.
-
-     CHIVES. Six awl-shaped threads. Tips oblong, fixed sideways to the
-     threads, and turned up at the end.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed bud beneath. Shaft thread-shaped, almost the length
-     and situation of the chives. Summit three-cleft, slender.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule nearly egg-shaped, three cells, three valves.
-
-     SEEDS many.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Amaryllis spatha multiflora; corollis revolutis, undulatis,
-     lanceolatis; genitalibus deflexis, divergentibus, corolla triplo
-     longioribus.
-
-     Lily Daffodil, with many flowers in the sheath; blossoms turned
-     backward, waved and lance-shaped; the parts of fructification are
-     bent downward, spread from the centre, and thrice the length of the
-     blossom.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Petal, with the Chive attached.
-2. The Pointal and Seed-bud, the Petals cut off.
-
-This species of Lily, certainly not a novelty to many as a plant, is
-nevertheless in its blossom, to most, quite so; for, though few
-collections are without it, yet we are pretty well assured, in no one
-has it flowered, at least for many years within the vicinity of London;
-except, in that of the Right Hon. the Marchioness of Rockingham, at
-Hillingdon near Uxbridge; for whose kind communication, (though
-personally unknown to her Ladyship,) of a most beautiful specimen, of
-which our figure conveys but a faint idea of the brilliancy; we can only
-thus, express our sincerest thanks. Mr. Greig, who had the goodness to
-bring the flower himself; informs us, the mode of his treating it is, to
-plant the bulbs in light sandy peat, and confine them to small pots,
-nearly half filled with broken tiles, and keep them on a shelf of the
-hothouse. It is a native of China, was introduced by the late Dr.
-Fothergill; and generally flowers, according to Mr. Greig, in the month
-of February, or March; and is increased abundantly from the root, by
-offsets.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XCVI.
-
-PUNICA GRANATUM. _Var. flore albo._
-
-_White Pomegranate._
-
-
-CLASS XII. ORDER I.
-
-_ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Twenty Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, campanulatum, quinquefidum, acutum,
-     coloratum, persistens.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quinque, subrotunda, erecto-patentia, calyci
-     inserta.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta numerosa, capillaria, calyce breviora, calyci
-     inserta. Antheræ oblongiusculæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminum.
-     Stigma capitatum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Pomum subglobosum, magnum, coronatum calyce,
-     novemloculare, dissipimentis membranaceis.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, angulata, succulenta. Receptaculum carnosum,
-     singulum loculamentum pericarpii bifariam dividens.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, bell-shaped, five-cleft, pointed,
-     coloured, and remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Five petals, roundish, upright and spreading, attached to
-     the cup.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads numerous, hair-like, shorter than the cup, and
-     fixed to it. Tips nearly oblong.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives.
-     Summit a knob.
-
-     SEED VESSEL. A large and nearly round apple, crowned by the cup,
-     five-celled, the partitions skinny.
-
-     SEEDS numerous, angulated, and juicy. Receptacle fleshy, and
-     dividing each cell of the seed-vessel into two.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Punica foliis lanceolatis, caule arboreo.
-
-     Pomegranate with lance-shaped leaves, and tree-like stem.
-
-
-     DIFFERENCE IN VAR.
-
-     Punica Gra: Foliis majoribus, pallidioribus; floribus sub-albidis.
-
-     Pomegranate with larger and paler leaves; flowers nearly white.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Flower cut open, to shew the insertion of the Petals and Chives, into the cup; with the
-    situation of the Pointal.
-2. The same shewn from the reverse side.
-
-This handsome variety of the common Pomegranate, (for it cannot be
-considered as a species,) will, it is to be hoped, prove an agreeable
-addition to our gardens; though not as a fruit tree, yet as an
-ornamental plant, of the middling hardy class. Indeed we have little
-doubt of this, if we may judge by analogy, from its deciduous character,
-or from its natural affinities; as the other sorts of this species, viz.
-single red, double red, yellow flowered, and another new variety with
-large red blossoms and larger leaves, all endure our winters, with
-little, or no protection, in the southern, or western counties of the
-island; and are all natives of the same clime: from whence, no doubt,
-they, like the Orange-tree, &c. &c. have been originally transported;
-though at present considered as indigenous, to all the different
-countries on the coasts of the Mediterranean sea, where the single red
-is cultivated for its fruit; the agreeable acidity of which, is
-considered as a great luxury, in allaying the thirst occasioned by the
-intense heat, of those parching regions. In the month of April last year
-1799, a fine branch, in full flower, was obligingly communicated by Lady
-Hume, from her select collection at Wormley Bury, Herts; from which our
-figure was taken, and where it was then flowering for the first time in
-England. Her Ladyship had received the plant, amongst a number of
-others, from China, in the year 1796. The fruit did not ripen, which we
-attribute to its being kept in the hothouse, to which situation, all
-plants coming from the East, are necessarily consigned on their first
-importation. The mode of increasing it is certain and easy, by cuttings,
-or layers; and it grows most luxuriant in light earth, composed of
-rotten leaves or rotten dung, and light sandy loam.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XCVII.
-
-VACCINIUM FORMOSUM.
-
-_Red-twigged Whortle-berry._
-
-
-CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
-
-_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX superus. Corolla monopetala. Filamenta receptaculo inserta.
-     Bacca quadrilocularis, polysperma.
-
-     CUP superior. Blossom of one petal. Threads fixed to the
-     receptacle. A berry with four cells, and many seeds.
-
-     See Vol. I. Pl. XXX. VACCINIUM ARCTOSTAPHYLLUS.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Vaccinium racemis pedicellisque bracteatis; foliis integerrimis,
-     oblongis, acutis, glabris; calycibus adpressis; corollis
-     sub-cylindraceis, costatis; stigma sub-exserta; stamina decem.
-
-     Whortle-berry with floral leaves on the branch part of the bunch,
-     as well as on the partial foot-stalks; leaves quite intire, oblong,
-     pointed, and smooth; cups pressed to the blossom; blossoms nearly
-     cylindrical, and ribbed; summit just without the blossom; ten
-     chives.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Blossom and Cup.
-2. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.
-3. The Seed-bud a little advanced, with the Cup upon it.
-4. A nearly ripe Berry, cut transversely, magnified.
-
-From the number of different new and old known species, of this genus,
-which we have been enabled to examine this spring; and of which drawings
-have been made, (a figure from one of them being intended to be given in
-each successive No. till they are finished;) we are more fully
-confirmed, in what was asserted in a former part of the work, that V.
-Arctostaphyllus, with the greater part of those plants, now known as
-Vacciniums, should be placed in Decandria. It is true, a certain
-latitude has been given by Linnæus, in an observation on the genus, by
-allowing, that a fourth in addition to the usual number is frequently
-found, in the different parts of the flower. But when so essential a
-part of the fructification is, with a very few exceptions, constant
-through a numerous genus, we cannot but think, in a system, founded
-chiefly on that basis, that in such case, the mere character of the
-fruit should give way to first principles; and that those with ten
-chives should be placed to Andromeda. Or, if the distinction of a dry,
-from a moist capsule, should be thought of sufficient weight, on which
-to form a new genus, those species, with ten chives, and berries, might
-be so arranged. Indeed, the difference in the general habit, of those
-with ten, from those with eight chives, would well warrant such an
-alteration. But such a change we have declined making, upon the grounds
-we have, and are determined to pursue; not to alter any established
-name, if even a little erroneous; but only to point out the error, or
-the apparent necessary alteration.
-
-This species of Whortle-berry was first introduced, (according to the
-Kew Catalogue,) in 1770, by Mr. William Young, from N. America; and is
-consequently hardy enough to bear the severity of our common winters. It
-should be planted in sandy peat earth, on a dry, sheltered border. It is
-propagated by layers, which should be put down in spring, and taken off
-the succeeding summer. The leaves of this species are deciduous, when
-planted in the open ground; but, if kept in the greenhouse, where it
-will be found very ornamental, it becomes an evergreen. Our figure was
-made at the nursery, Hammersmith, in May this year.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XCVIII.
-
-PULTENÆA DAPHNOIDES.
-
-_Daphne-like Pultenæa._
-
-
-CLASS X. ORDER I.
-
-_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, campanulatum, utrinque
-     appendiculatum; ore quinquedentato, acuto.
-
-     COROLLA papilionacea, pentapetala.
-
-_Vexillum_ sub-cordatum, erectum.
-_Alæ_ oblongæ, vexillo breviores.
-_Carina_ dipetala, petalis alis conformibus.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta decem, distincta, assurgentia, longitudine
-     carinæ. Antheræ simplices, minimæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen ovato-oblongum. Stylus subulatus, magnitudine et
-     situ staminum. Stigma acutum, recurvatum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Legumen subrotundum, apice mucronatum, uniloculare,
-     bivalve.
-
-     SEMINA duo, sub-rotunda.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup of one leaf, bell-shaped, having an appendage on
-     each side; the mouth five-toothed, sharp.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Butterfly-shaped, five petals.
-
-_Standard_ nearly heart-shaped, upright.
-_Wings_ oblong, shorter than the standard.
-_Keel_ two petals, which are like those of the wings.
-
-     CHIVES. Ten threads, distinct, turned up at the ends, the length of
-     the keel. Tips simple, very small.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong-egg-shaped. Shaft awl-shaped, the size and
-     situation of the chives. Summit sharp-pointed and recurved.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Shell nearly round, with a sharp point on the end, of
-     one cell and two valves.
-
-     SEEDS two, roundish.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Pultenæa foliis alternis, obovatis, glabris, mucronatis; floribus
-     terminalibus, capitatis.
-
-     Pultenæa with alternate leaves, inversely egg-shaped, smooth, with
-     a sharp point at the ends; flowers terminate the branches growing
-     in heads.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Cup, with its two appendages, magnified.
-2. The Standard of the Blossom.
-3. One of the Wings of the Blossom.
-4. The two Petals of the Keel.
-5. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.
-6. The same, magnified.
-7. The Pointal.
-8. The same, magnified.
-9. A half-ripe Seed-vessel, with the Cup remaining attached, magnified.
-
-From the number of species of this genus of plants, already in Britain,
-we may conclude, that it is one of the most extended in New South Wales;
-twelve distinct ones have already flowered, drawings of most of them we
-have, which will be brought forward in due course. Dr. Smith, in the
-third No. of New Holland Botany, has named this tribe of plants after
-Dr. R. Pulteney, F. R. and F. L. S. of Blandford, Dorsetshire; well
-known for his Sketches of the Progress of Botany in England. But there
-is little doubt, that although no such kind attention as this of Dr.
-Smith had been shewn, to perpetuate the name of Dr. Pulteney, he had, by
-his excellent life of Linnæus, insured his own to live for ever. The
-Pultenæas, in systematic order, rank after, but very close to Sophora;
-but are little allied in general habit, as are few plants from that
-country to those of any other. This species was first raised in 1792, in
-many gardens about the metropolis the same year; but did not flower till
-1796. It is a hardy greenhouse plant, generally flowering about the
-month of May; but the blossom is of short duration. Sandy peat is the
-soil it most approves; and its increase is produced, either from seeds,
-which sometimes ripen with us, or from cuttings placed in gentle heat
-about the month of May. The drawing was made from a plant in the
-Hibbertian collection at Clapham, this year.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XCIX.
-
-GLADIOLUS BLANDUS.
-
-_Large White-flowered Gladiolus._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA, sexpartita, ringens.
-
-     STAMINA adscendentia.
-
-     BLOSSOM, six divisions, gaping.
-
-     CHIVES ascending.
-
-See Plate XI. Vol. I. GLAD. ROSEUS.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gladiolus foliis lineari-lanceolatis, nervosis, glabris; floribus
-     spicatis, secundis, albidis, maximis; laciniis tribus inferioribus
-     maculatis; stigmatibus sub-bilobis.
-
-     Gladiolus with linearly lance-shaped, strongly nerved, smooth
-     leaves; flowers grow in spikes all from one side of the stem,
-     white, and very large; the three lower segments of the limb are
-     spotted; summits nearly two-lobed.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Sheaths of the Empalement.
-2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summits.
-
-Of all the different species of so handsome a genus, no one is more
-desirable than this; as the root or plant is preserved with little care,
-and it rarely misses flowering; at the same time that the blossoms are
-of long duration, and not subject to injury from the weather; changing
-to a fine blush colour, when approaching to decay. From the Kew
-Catalogue we learn, that the G. Blandus was first introduced, from the
-Cape of Good Hope, by Mr. F. Masson in 1774. It thrives in most sorts of
-earth, but sandy peat seems the most proper for this, as well as most
-Cape bulbs. Our figure was taken from a plant in the collection of G.
-Hibbert, Esq. Clapham, this year, the end of May.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE C.
-
-EMBOTHRIUM SERICEUM.
-
-_Silky Embothrium._
-
-
-CLASS IV. ORDER I.
-
-_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX nullus.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quatuor, linearia, obliqua, apice latiore,
-     subrotundo, concavo, staminifero; post fœcundationem revoluta.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quatuor, brevissima, in singulo petala singula,
-     vel nulla. Antheræ oblongæ, intra cavitatem petali sitæ, majusculæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen lineare, adscendens, inflexum. Stylus nullus.
-     Stigma subrotundum, antice planum, postice concavum, magnum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Folliculus teres, unilocularis.
-
-     SEMINA quatuor seu quinque, ovata, compressa, margine altero
-     membrana alata.
-
-     EMPALEMENT none.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Four petals, linear, oblique; broad ended, roundish,
-     concave, and supporting the chive; after the bursting of the tips
-     they are rolled back.
-
-     CHIVES. Four threads, very short, one in each petal, or none. Tips
-     oblong, placed in the hollow end of the petal, larger.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud linear, ascending, and bent. Shaft none. Summit
-     nearly round, the forepart flat, the hinder concave, large.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. A cylindrical pod of one cell.
-
-     SEEDS four or five, egg-shaped, flattened, having a skinny wing at
-     one edge.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Embothrium foliis sub-ternatis, integerrimis, acutis, margine
-     revolutis, subtus sericeis; spica recurva; fructu tuberculato,
-     glabro.
-
-     Embothrium with leaves growing mostly three together, entire,
-     pointed, rolled back at the edge, and silky beneath; spike bent
-     downward; fruit tuberculated, not downy.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom complete.
-2. A Petal of the Blossom, magnified.
-3. The Seed-bud and Summit, magnified.
-4. A ripe Seed-vessel.
-5. A Seed.
-
-Whem the figure of this plant, or a variety of it, was published by Dr.
-Smith, in the third No. of his New Holland Botany, it had not then
-flowered in England; and from the leaves only, of the dried specimens,
-it was scarce possible to trace, amongst such a variety of new faces,
-this species of Embothrium. It nevertheless was in many collections, and
-in some, all the varieties, although it had not then flowered in any.
-About the end of the year 1791 the seeds of this plant, with many
-others, were received by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, of Hammersmith,
-transmitted to them from New South Wales, by Col. Paterson. As a hardy
-greenhouse plant, it will always be coveted, as it is seldom without
-flowers through the whole year. Our plant appears to differ
-sufficiently, from the three varieties given by the Doctor, to form a
-fourth; as the leaves on this are by no means constantly three together,
-but are often scattered. We have notwithstanding nearly copied his
-specific character. It should be planted in light sandy peat, and may be
-increased by cuttings, or by seeds, which occasionally ripen, whilst the
-plant is still in flower.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CI.
-
-HYPOXIS STELLATA.
-
-_Star-flowered Hypoxis._
-
-
-CLASS VI. ORDER I.
-
-_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Gluma bivalvis.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala, supera; limbus sexpartitus, laciniis ovato
-     oblongis, patentibus; persistens.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta sex, brevissima, capillaria. Antheræ oblongæ,
-     petalis breviores.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inferum, turbinatum. Stylus filiformis,
-     longitudine staminum. Stigma obtusiusculum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblongiuscula, basi angustior, coronata
-     corolla persistente, trilocularis, trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, subrotunda.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Husk of two valves.
-
-     BLOSSOM one petal, superior; border of six divisions, segments
-     oblong-egg-shaped, and spreading; permanent.
-
-     CHIVES. Six very short hair-like threads. Tips oblong, shorter than
-     the petals.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath, turban-shape. Shaft thread-shaped, the
-     length of the chives. Summit bluntish.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule rather oblong, smaller at the base, crowned by
-     the permanent blossom, three cells, three valves.
-
-     SEEDS many, roundish.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Hypoxis scapo unifloro; foliis sub-linearibus, laxis, striatis;
-     petalis basi maculatis.
-
-     Hypoxis with but one blossom on the flower-stem; leaves nearly
-     linear, flexible, and scored; the petals spotted at the base.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Chives and Pointal, cleared from the Blossom.
-2. A Chive.
-3. The Pointal.
-
-Though we have little doubt in referring this plant to the title under
-which we have figured it, and by which it has been long known to most
-botanists, at least by name; yet have we great ones, whether it ought in
-any wise to be considered as such. Thunberg, perhaps the only botanist,
-who has seen it in flower, thought so, and placed it to a genus he had
-named Fabricia. Certainly no one character of the genus Hypoxis, can be
-traced in the flower. The husk is of one valve, the petals not even
-close at the base, the threads flat, the summits three, and
-halbert-shaped, the shaft pillar-shape and short, &c. But, as upon our
-old plea, we do not choose to change generic names when long
-established, this plant, for us, must still remain an Hypoxis; tho’ it
-could not now be placed, at any rate, to Fabricia, as that title is
-given to a family of plants, natives of New Holland. The star-flowered
-Hypoxis is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, is rather a tender bulb,
-and does not often flower. It was according to the Kew Catalogue first
-introduced to the Royal Gardens by Mr. F. Masson, in the year 1788; but
-as the time of flowering is not mentioned, we suppose it did not flower
-there. The root should, like other Cape bulbs, be removed from the pot
-after flowering, and replanted in October. It propagates itself pretty
-freely by offsets, if planted in light sandy peat, mixed with a little
-loam. The drawing was made in June, this present year, at the
-Hammersmith nursery.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CII.
-
-EPIGÆA REPENS.
-
-_Creeping Epigæa._
-
-
-CLASS X. ORDER I.
-
-_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium duplex, approximatum, persistens.
-
-     _P. exterius_ triphyllum; foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis;
-     exteriore majore.
-
-     _P. interius_ quinquepartitum, erectum, exteriore paulo longius;
-     foliolis lanceolatis, acuminatis.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala, hypocrateriformis; tubus cylindricus, intus
-     hirsutus; limbus patens, quinquepartitus, lobis ovato-oblongis.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta decem, filiformia, longitudine tubi. Antheræ
-     oblongæ, acutæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen globosum, villosum. Stylus filiformis,
-     longitudine staminum. Stigma obtusum, subquinquefidum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula sub-globosa, depressa, pentagona,
-     quinquelocularis, quinquevalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, subrotunda.
-
-     _Receptaculum_ magnum quinquepartitum.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup double, close together, and remaining.
-
-     _Outer cup_ three-leaved; leaflets between lance and egg-shape,
-     pointed; the outer one the largest.
-
-     _Inner cup_ of five divisions, upright, a little longer than the
-     outer; leaflets lance-shaped and pointed.
-
-     BLOSSOM one petal, salver-shaped; tube cylindrical, hairy within;
-     the border spreading with five divisions, the segments of an oblong
-     egg-shape.
-
-     CHIVES. Ten thread-shaped threads the length of the tube. Tips
-     oblong, and tapered.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud globular and hairy. Shaft thread-shaped, the
-     length of the chives. Summit blunt, and slightly five-cleft.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule nearly globular, flattened, five-sided, five
-     cells, and five valves.
-
-     SEEDS many, roundish.
-
-     _Receptacle_ large, of five divisions.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Epigæa caulibus procumbentibus; foliis cordato-ovatis,
-     integerrimis, reticulatis; corollis hypocrateriformibus.
-
-     Epigæa with stems that lay on the earth; leaves between heart and
-     egg-shape, quite entire, and netted; blossoms salver-shaped.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two Cups of the Empalement.
-2. The inner Cup, disengaged from the outer.
-3. A Blossom cut open, to shew its hairy interior.
-4. The Chives and Pointal, as they stand in the Blossom.
-5. The Pointal, (magnified).
-
-The Creeping Epigæa is the only species of the genus yet in Britain; it
-was first introduced by P. Collinson, Esq. in 1736, from N. America;
-where it is found in most parts, from Virginia, as far north as Canada.
-The flowers of this plant are extremely fragrant, and are produced from
-March till May. Hitherto, very few situations have been found congenial
-to its cultivation, or growth; indeed, so subject is it to perish from
-the moisture, or changeableness of atmosphere in our winter months, to
-which it is not subject in its native clime, being during that season
-covered with a deep snow; that unless an occasional supply had not been
-procured from America, the plant must, long ere this, have been lost to
-us. The soil which appears best adapted for its preservation, is a light
-sandy loam: if planted in the open air, it should have a sheltered
-situation, on a dry border; but the most likely mode to preserve it, is
-by keeping it as a greenhouse plant. It is with difficulty increased by
-cuttings, but may be divided at the root, with success, in March. Our
-figure was made at the nursery of Mess. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith,
-this year, in the month of April.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CIII.
-
-PROTEA SPECIOSA, _nigra_.
-
-_Black-flowered Protea._
-
-
-CLASS IV. ORDER I.
-
-_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis
-     infra apicem. Calyx proprius, nullus. Sem. folitaria.
-
-     BLOSSOM 4-cleft, or of 4 petals. Tips linear, inserted into the
-     petals below the points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.
-
-     See PROTEA FORMOSA, Vol. I. Plate XVII.
-
-
-     SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Protea foliis longis, lineari-lanceolatis; squamæ calycinæ
-     interiores apice incurvatæ, barbatæ, nigræ.
-
-     Protea with long leaves, between linear and lance-shaped; the inner
-     scales of the empalement are turned inward at the end, bearded, and
-     black.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom complete, as it stands in the Empalement.
-2. The four Petals of the Flower thrown open, to shew the situation and character of the tips.
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit.
-
-It is to the curious and beautiful structure of the empalement, (the
-flowers being nearly concealed within it,) that this species of Protea
-owes its specific title, and for which it is so much admired. There are
-different varieties of it, which are considered by Thunberg, in his
-Diss. de Prot. of 1781, as distinct species; but which are certainly
-only varieties of one stock: we have drawings of two of these, the one
-flesh-coloured, the other white; and hope to be able to demonstrate as
-just, our postulatum, when the synonims are given, as proposed, at the
-close of this volume. This plant was first introduced to the Royal
-Gardens at Kew, from the Cape of Good Hope, in 1786, by Mr. F. Masson:
-it flowers at a very early age, and when the stem is not more than two
-feet high, mostly from the centre or leading branch of the plant. It is
-propagated by cuttings, which should be put in about the end of May,
-three or four, at most, in a pot, filled with good stiff loam, which
-should be pressed hard to the lower end of the cuttings, and the pot
-placed under a hand-glass in the shade. When the plants are to be
-removed into separate pots, it will be necessary to add a small portion
-of peat earth to the loam, and place them in an airy and dry part of the
-greenhouse. These directions are necessary to be observed, in the
-culture of nearly every species of this extended genus. Our figure was
-taken in the month of July 1799, from a plant in the Hibbertian
-collection, Clapham-common.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CIV.
-
-LACHNÆA ERIOCEPHALA.
-
-_Woolly-headed Lachnæa._
-
-
-CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
-
-_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, persistens; tubo longo, tenui;
-     limbo quadripartito, inæquali; lacinia summa retrofracta, minima;
-     laciniis reliquis tribus erectis; intermedia majore.
-
-     COROLLA nulla.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, erecta, longitudine ferme
-     floris. Antheræ simplices.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, germinis lateri
-     insertus. Stigma capitatum, hispidum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM nullum. Fructus in fundo calycis.
-
-     SEMEN unicum, ovatum.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, remaining; tube long, slender; border of
-     four divisions, unequal; the upper segment appearing broke back,
-     and small; the three other segments are upright; the middle one the
-     largest.
-
-     BLOSSOM none.
-
-     CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, upright, almost the length of the
-     flower. Tips simple.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, fixed into the
-     side of the seed-bud. Summit a hairy knob.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL none. The fruit is in the bottom of the cup.
-
-     SEED one, egg-shaped.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Lachnæa capitulis solitariis, lanatis; foliis quadrifariam
-     imbricatis.
-
-     Lachnæa with little bunches of flowers growing solitary and woolly;
-     leaves are tiled on the stem, forming four regular angles.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The terminating Leaves of the branches, which inclose the small heads of flowers.
-2. A Flower, magnified.
-3. A Flower cut open, natural size, to shew the insertion of the Chives.
-4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, magnified.
-
-The figure of this curious new plant was taken from a specimen most
-obligingly communicated by the Hon. Wm. Hen. Irby, from his valuable and
-extensive collection at the Parsonage, Farnham Royal, near Windsor,
-Bucks. The genus Lachnæa has hitherto, with us, remained in obscurity;
-as the L. Conglomerata has not as yet flowered, and the L. Eriocephala
-was not in our collections till within these five years; about which
-time it was introduced by Mess. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, from the
-Cape of Good Hope. It differs but little in habit from Passerina
-Grandiflora, and until it flowered this year, was considered as a
-variety of that plant. May be propagated with ease by cuttings, and
-continues to flower from March till August. A mixture of peat and loam
-is the soil it most approves; but it is very susceptible of damps.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CV.
-
-VACCINIUM CRASSIFOLIUM.
-
-_Thick-leaved Whortle-berry._
-
-
-CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
-
-_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX superus. Corolla monopetala. Filamenta receptaculo inserta.
-     Bacca quadri-locularis, polysperma.
-
-     CUP superior. Blossom of one petal. Threads fixed to the
-     receptacle. A berry with four cells, and many seeds.
-
-     Sec Vol. I. Pl. XXX. VACCINIUM ARCTOSTAPHYLLUS.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Vaccinium foliis ovatis, serratis, rigidis crassiusculis; floribus
-     sub-umbellatis, terminalibus; calycibus adpressis; corollis
-     campanulatis; stamina decem.
-
-     Whortle-berry with oval leaves sawed at the edges, stiff, and
-     thickish; flowers grow nearly in umbels, at the end of the
-     branches; cups pressed to the blossom; blossoms bell-shaped; ten
-     chives.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. Cup and Seed-bud, natural size.
-2. A Blossom cut open.
-3. The Chives and Seed-bud, the leaflets of the cup cut off, magnified.
-4. The Pointal, magnified.
-
-This species of Whortle-berry was introduced from Carolina, about the
-year 1794, by Mr. J. Fraser, nurseryman. It is another of those with ten
-chives, five cells in the berry, and five segments in the borders of the
-cup and blossom. It is an evergreen, and will live through a mild
-winter, on a warm border; but cannot resist the cold of a severe one,
-though a small degree of protection is sufficient for its preservation.
-As a greenhouse plant, it is very decorative, flowering about June; in
-which month this year our drawing was made, at the Hammersmith nursery,
-from a plant in that collection. The pabulum best calculated to preserve
-it in a flourishing state, is a mixture composed of sandy peat two
-parts, and light loam one part. To propagate it, the younger branches
-should be laid down about the end of May, and they will be rooted by the
-ensuing spring.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CVI.
-
-HOUSTONIA COCCINEA.
-
-_Scarlet Houstonia._
-
-
-CLASS IV. ORDER I.
-
-_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium minimum, quadridentatum, erectum, persistens.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala, infundibuliformis; tubus cylindraceus, longus;
-     limbus quadripartitus, patens, laciniis subrotundis.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quatuor, in collo corollæ, minima. Antheræ
-     simplices.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen superum, subrotundum, compressum. Stylus simplex,
-     staminibus brevior. Stigma bifidum, acutum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula subrotunda, didyma, supra transverse
-     dehiscens, bilocularis, bivalvis; valvulis dissepimento oppositis.
-
-     SEMINA pauca, parva, ovata, dissepimento adhærentia.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup very small, with four teeth, upright, and
-     remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM one petal, funnel-shaped; tube cylindrical, long; border of
-     four divisions, spreading, segments roundish.
-
-     CHIVES. Four threads, fixed to the neck of the blossom, very small.
-     Tips simple.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud above, roundish, and flattened. Shaft simple,
-     shorter than the chives. Summit split in two and sharp.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule roundish, double, splitting transversely from
-     the upper part, two cells, two valves; the valves opposite to the
-     partition.
-
-     SEEDS a few, small, oval, adhering to the partition.
-
-     SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Houstonia foliis ovatis, glabris, subternis; caulis debilis,
-     suffruticosus; floribus terminalibus, coccineis.
-
-     Houstonia with oval, smooth leaves, growing mostly by threes; stem
-     weak, rather shrubby; flowers terminate the branches, and are
-     scarlet.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement and Pointal, the Blossom taken off.
-2. The Blossom cut open, to shew its interior structure.
-3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, the leaflets of the cup being removed, magnified.
-
-The Houstonia coccinea has been placed, by some late botanical authors,
-under the genus Hedyotis; but such authorities can have no weight with
-us, when opposed to an established name, a nearly general conformity in
-the essential generic characters; and though last, not the least in our
-estimation, the corroborating testimony of Sir J. Banks, Bart. P.R.S.
-&c. by whom it was sent to the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1793. It is a
-native of Mexico, South America; and like the Hemimerises,[A] Fuchsias,
-Chelones, &c. of that country, is very subject to damp; but being partly
-herbaceous, the root is most frequently preserved, although the upper
-part has perished. Though it requires the protection of a greenhouse in
-winter, it may be made an ornamental plant for the flower borders in
-autumn, by putting single cuttings, in small pots filled with rich
-earth, into the heat of a hotbed, early in March, they will be fit to
-transplant into the open ground the latter end of June, and will flower
-about August, continuing to blossom till destroyed by the frost; or if
-taken up and put into large pots, will flower till Christmas. Our figure
-was taken from a beautiful plant, in the collection of R. H. James, Esq.
-Grosvenor-place, in 1799.
-
-[A] _These are the two species of an old genus, introduced into the
-Bot. Mag. of Curtis, under the titles of Celsia liniaris and C.
-urticifolia._
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CVII.
-
-ALLIUM GRACILE.
-
-_Sweet-scented Garlic._
-
-
-CLASS VI. ORDER I.
-
-_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Spatha communis, subrotunda, marcescens, multiflora.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala sex, oblonga.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta sex, subulata, longitudine sæpe corollæ. Antheræ
-     oblongæ, erectæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen superum, breve, subtrigonum, angulis linea
-     insculptis. Stylus simplex. Stigma acutum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula brevissima, lata, triloba, trilocularis,
-     trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA pauca, subrotunda.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Spath common, roundish, withering, inclosing many
-     flowers.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Petals six, oblong.
-
-     CHIVES. Six threads, awl-shaped, often the length of the blossom.
-     Tips oblong, upright.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud above, short, nearly three-sided, the angles
-     marked by a line. Shaft simple. Summit pointed.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule very short, broad, of three lobes, three
-     cells, and three valves.
-
-     SEEDS a few, roundish.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Allium scapo nudo, tereti, longissimo; foliis canaliculatis,
-     linearibus; umbella multiflora; corollis albidis; staminibus
-     subulatis, ad basin cum petalis desinentibus in tubum.
-
-     Garlic with a naked flower-stem, cylindrical, and very long; leaves
-     channelled, and linear; umbel many flowered; blossoms white; chives
-     awl-shaped, terminating with the petals at the base in a tube.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Blossom cut open.
-2. One Petal of the Blossom and its Chive, magnified.
-3. The Pointal and Seed-bud.
-4. A Capsule with ripe Seeds.
-
-From a plant in the collection of J. Vere, Esq. Kensington Gore, our
-drawing was made, this year, early in the month of May; and from an
-accurate scrutiny, are inclined to think it might be considered as a new
-genus; for certainly it does not well affine to the one here assigned
-it, in several instances; but as our professed principles are, as rarely
-as possible, to increase the number of genera, we have retained it under
-Allium. The flowers of this plant are fragrant in the extreme, at night;
-so much so, that one is sufficient to scent a large room; the flavour
-something like the Heliotrope. Being a native of Barbadoes, from whence
-it was sent by Mr. J. Ellcock in 1791, to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy,
-Hammersmith, it requires the heat of a hothouse, where, without the
-assistance of the bark bed, it will flower, and increase from the bulb
-abundantly.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CVIII.
-
-GERANIUM RENIFORME.
-
-_Kidney-shape-leaved Geranium._
-
-
-CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. _Of Suppl. system. Veget. 1781._
-
-_MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinque.
-
-     FRUCTUS rostratus, penta-coccus.
-
-     One POINTAL. Five Summits.
-
-     FRUIT furnished with long awns, five dry berries.
-
-     See GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM. Pl. XII. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Geranium foliis reniformibus, crenato-dentatis, tomentosis;
-     floribus heptandris, subquaternis, purpureis; caule fruticoso,
-     sub-carnoso.
-
-     Geranium with kidney-shaped leaves, between scolloped and toothed
-     at the edges, and downy; flowers with seven fertile tips, grow
-     mostly by fours, and are purple; stem shrubby, and almost fleshy.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement cut open, to shew its hollow structure.
-2. The Chives and Pointal,  natural size.
-3. The Threads cut open, to shew their number, as well as the general number
-    of fertile tips, magnified.
-4. The Pointal and Seed-buds, magnified.
-
-From the Hort. Cantab. published this year, by the accurate Mr. J. Donn,
-we learn that this fine species of Geranium was introduced to the Royal
-Gardens, Kew, about nine years since; yet, till within these two years,
-it has not been seen in any other collection. Our drawing was made in
-July 1799, from a plant in the Clapham collection. This Geranium must be
-treated rather as a dry-stove than as a common greenhouse plant, for it
-affines much to G. Fulgidum, and a few others, which are inhabitants of
-the sandy deserts of the more interior parts of Africa, and which
-require more heat than is proper for those from Table Mountain, or the
-vicinity of the Cape. It is propagated by cuttings made about the month
-of March, and placed under a small glass, either in a hotbed, or in the
-bark bed of the hothouse: it may be increased by the root likewise, and
-from seed which is sometimes perfected. A compost of cow dung, at least
-two years old, one part, sea sand one part, and light loam two parts, is
-the most proper for many of the tenderer sorts of this genus.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CIX.
-
-CHRYSANTHEMUM TRICOLOR.
-
-_Three-coloured Corn-Marygold._
-
-
-CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
-
-_SYNGENESIA, POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Communis hæmisphæricus, imbricatus; squamis arcte
-     incumbentibus; interioribus per gradus majoribus, margine
-     scariosis; intimis terminatis squama scariosa.
-
-     COROLLA. Composita radiata. Corullulæ hermaphroditæ tubulosæ,
-     numerosæ, in disco; femineæ duodenis plures, in radio.
-
-     _Propria_ hermaphroditis infundibuliformis, quinquefida, patula,
-     longitudine calycis.
-
-     _Femineis_ ligulata, oblonga, tridentata.
-
-     STAMINA. Hermaphroditis filamenta quinque, capillaria, brevissima.
-     Anthera cylindracea, tubulosa, corolla fere brevior.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Hermaphroditis, germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis,
-     staminibus longior. Stigmata duo, revoluta.
-
-     _Femineis_ germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, cum hermaphroditis
-     æqualis. Stigmata duo, obtusa, revoluta.
-
-     PERICARPIUM nullum. Calyx immutatus.
-
-     SEMINA. Hermaphroditis solitaria, oblonga. Pappus nullus.
-
-     _Femineis_ simillima hermaphroditis.
-
-     RECEPTACULUM nudum, punctatum, convexum.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Common, hemispherical, tiled; scales lying close upon
-     each other; the inner ones becoming gradually larger, skinny at the
-     edge; the innermost terminating in a skinny substance.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Compound radiate. Florets with chives and pointals, of the
-     centre, tubular and numerous; those with only pointals, of the ray,
-     twelve or more.
-
-     _Individuals_ with chives and pointals, funnel-shaped, five-cleft,
-     open, the length of the cup.
-
-     _Individuals_ with only pointals, ligulate, oblong, with three
-     teeth.
-
-     CHIVES. Those with chives and pointals have five, hair-like, very
-     short threads. Tips cylindrical and tubular, scarcely shorter than
-     the blossom.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud, where there are chives and pointals egg-shaped.
-     Shaft thread-shaped, longer than the chives. Summits two, rolled
-     back.
-
-     _Seed-bud_ where there are only pointals egg-shaped. Shaft
-     thread-shaped the length of those where there are chives and
-     pointals Summits two, blunt and rolled back.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL none. Cup unchanged.
-
-     SEEDS of those with chives and pointals solitary, oblong. Feather
-     none.
-
-     Those where there are only pointals like the others.
-
-     RECEPTACLE naked, dotted, and convex.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Chrysanthemum erithmi foliis; squamis exterioribus calycis
-     carinatis; floribus solitariis, tricoloratis.
-
-     Corn-Marygold with samphire-like leaves; the outer scales of the
-     cup keel-shaped; the flowers grow solitary and are three-coloured.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. An outer Scale of the Empalement.
-2. An inner Scale of the Empalement.
-3. A female Floret of the Circumference, with its Pointal.
-4. An hermaphrodite Floret of the Center.
-5. The above, magnified.
-6. The Chives of an hermaphrodite Floret, magnified.
-7. The Pointal of an hermaphrodite Floret, magnified.
-8. The Receptacle, natural size.
-
-Mr. James Donn, Curator of the Botanic Gardens, Cambridge, through whose
-medium we possess this new species of Crysanthemum, informs us, in his
-catalogue for 1800, that it is a native of the coast of Barbary, and
-from whence it was first received in 1797. The C. Tricolor is but of
-annual growth, should be raised on gentle heat about March, and may be
-either kept in pots, or planted in the open borders, where it will
-flower from July till October; but much of the brilliancy of the flowers
-will be lost, if treated in the last manner, as the least wet, or even
-the dew, will affect their colours. The seeds are perfected in less than
-a week, after the decay of the flower, and are produced in abundance.
-Our figure was taken from a plant in the Hammersmith nursery, which had
-been raised from seed, communicated by Mr. Donn to Messrs. Lee and
-Kennedy.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CX.
-
-PROTEA SPECIOSA, _latifolia_.
-
-_Broad-leaved shewy Protea._
-
-
-CLASS IV. ORDER I.
-
-_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 4-fida, seu 4 petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis
-     infra apicem. Calyx proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria.
-
-     BLOSSOM 4-cleft, or of 4 petals. Tips linear, inserted into the
-     petals below the ends. Cup, proper, none. Seeds solitary.
-
-     See PROTEA FORMOSA, Pl. XVII. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Protea foliis lanceolato-ovatis; squamæ calycinæ interiores
-     barbatæ, apice incurvatæ, incarnatæ.
-
-     Protea with leaves between oval and lance-shaped; the inner scales
-     of the empalement are bearded, turned inward at the ends, and flesh
-     coloured.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom complete, as it stands in the Empalement.
-2. The same opened, to shew the situation of the Chives.
-3. The Seed bud and Pointal.
-
-The drawing of this magnificent plant was made at the nursery of Messrs.
-Grimwood and Wykes, Kensington, this year, early in the month of August;
-as we were informed by Mr. Wykes it was then in flower for the first
-time in England. In the year 1786 it was sent, in seeds, to the royal
-gardens, Kew, by Mr. F. Masson, from the Cape of Good Hope; where
-certainly its beauty must be great; as, even there, amidst that world of
-beauties, it should be honoured with such a specific title; in which,
-considering it as only a variety of our P. speciosa _nigra_, we entirely
-agree with Willdenow; where the last synonim of that species, copied by
-him in his Sp. Pl. from Ray’s Historia Plantarum of 1719, must have been
-taken from a plant of this variety. The treatment, and culture of this,
-and P. Speciosa nigra, are exact in every thing.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXI.
-
-GLADIOLUS STRIATUS.
-
-_Streaked-flowered Gladiolus._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA sexpartita, ringens. Stamina adscendentia.
-
-     BLOSSOM six divisions, gaping. Chives ascending.
-
-     See GLADIOLUS ROSEUS, Plate XI. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gladiolus foliis lanceolato ensiformibus, scapo æquantibus; scapo
-     subtrifloro, erecto; floribus erectis; corolla ringente, laciniis
-     acutis, undulatis, medio striatis.
-
-     Gladiolus with leaves between lance and sword-shaped, the length of
-     the flower-stem; generally three flowers on the stem; flowers grow
-     upright; blossom gaping, the segments pointed, waved, and streaked
-     in the middle.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.
-2. A Flower cut open with the Chives attached.
-3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, natural size, one Summit detached, magnified.
-
-This species of Cape Gladiolus was brought to us, from Holland, about
-the year 1788; it is a very hardy bulb, the flowers continuing perfect
-more than a week, and are not easily injured either by wind or rain. But
-the greatest merit of this plant is, that the blossoms are only produced
-when most of the other species of Ixiæ, Gladioli, &c. have done
-flowering; which is generally about the end of July. Before the stem
-decays, the bulb should be taken from the pot, and dried. The increase
-of this plant is not great, as seldom more than two roots are produced
-from the old one. Our drawing was made at the Hammersmith nursery, in
-1799. Willdenow has a Gladiolus from Jacquin’s Icon. Rar. under the
-specific title here given to this, undoubtedly not the same plant; but
-as our name is that by which this species is in general known, and by
-which it came from Holland, we have not thought fit to alter it.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXII.
-
-VACCINIUM DUMOSUM.
-
-_Bushy Whortle-berry._
-
-
-CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
-
-_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX superus. Corolla monopetala. Filamenta receptaculo inserta.
-     Bacca quadrilocularis, polysperma.
-
-     CUP superior. Blossom of one petal. Threads fixed to the
-     receptacle. A Berry with four cells and many seeds.
-
-     See VAC. ARCTOSTAPHYLLOS, Pl. XXX. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Vaccinium foliis ovatis, acutis, glabris; floribus solitariis,
-     axillaribus; pedunculis longissimis, bracteatis; corollis
-     urceolatis subalbidis; stamina decem.
-
-     Whortle-berry with oval, pointed, smooth leaves; flowers grow
-     solitary from the foot-stalk of the leaves, close to the stem;
-     foot-stalks of the flowers are very long, having floral leaves;
-     blossoms pitcher-shaped, nearly white; ten chives.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Flower complete.
-2. The Cup and its Foot-stalk, with the floral Leaves.
-3. The Seed-bud, Pointal, and Chives.
-4. The same, magnified.
-5. The Shaft and its Summit, magnified.
-
-This species of Whortle-berry is a neat, compact, bushy shrub; and like
-all the rest of those which have ten chives, and the other parts
-consonant, can scarcely be considered as a hardy plant; for although it
-will live through a mild winter, if planted in a warm and dry situation,
-on an open border; yet it will in general be destroyed, by the severe
-frosts which happen late in spring. It should be planted in sandy peat
-earth, with a small portion of light loam; may be propagated by layers,
-which do not commonly root, sufficiently to be taken off, under two
-years from the time of their being put down. As a hardy green-house
-plant it is best preserved in a flourishing state, and will flower about
-the month of June; in which month, this year, our drawing was made, at
-the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, by whom it was introduced from
-North America in the year 1783.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXIII.
-
-STRUTHIOLA IMBRICATA.
-
-_Tiled-leaved Struthiola._
-
-
-CLASS IV. ORDER I.
-
-_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX, nullus; _nisi bracteas sub germine pro calyce assumas_.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala, marcescens; tubus filiformis, elongatus; limbus
-     quadripartitus, planus, tubo brevior; laciniis ovatis.
-
-     _Nectarium_, glandulæ quatuor, seu octo, ovatæ, fauci circumpositæ,
-     penicillo proprio cinctæ.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quatuor, brevissima, intra tubum ocultata.
-     Antheræ lineares.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine tubi.
-     Stigma capitatum, hispidum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM coriaceum, ovatum, uniloculare.
-
-     SEMEN unicum, acutiusculum.
-
-     EMPALEMENT, none; _unless you take the floral leaves at the base of
-     the seed-bud for the cup_.
-
-     BLOSSOM one petal, withering; tube thread-shaped, lengthened;
-     border of four divisions, flat, shorter than the tube; segments
-     egg-shaped.
-
-     _Honeycup_, four or eight oval glands, placed round the mouth of
-     the blossom, each being surrounded by its brush of hairs.
-
-     CHIVES. Four threads, very short, hid within the tube. Tips linear.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of
-     the tube. Summit, a hairy knob.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL leathery, egg-shaped, of one cell.
-
-     SEED One, a Little Pointed.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Struthiola foliis ovato-acuminatis, concavis, imbricatis, glabris,
-     margine ciliatis; glandulæ quatuor supra faucem.
-
-     Struthiola with oval leaves, tapering to a point, concave, tiled,
-     smooth, and hairy at the edges; four glands upon the mouth of the
-     blossom.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Flower with its floral leaves, or cup.
-2. The floral Leaves or Cup, magnified.
-3. A Flower cut open, magnified.
-4. The Seed-bud, Chives, and Pointal, magnified.
-
-The Genus Struthiola, from the few species yet known, has been but
-slightly considered. Linnæus, at the end of his Generic Character,
-affines it to Passerina; it is true, the habits of S. virgata, and S.
-erecta, which are undoubtedly only varieties of the same stock, and the
-only two he had seen, might lead to such a comment; but, from the seven
-species of which we have drawings, all taken from living plants, and
-which will be brought forward in due course, we consider them, as
-perfectly distinct, in more essential characters than merely the number
-of chives. The acute and diligent Willdenow, in his new edition of Sp.
-Plant. enumerates five species from Thunberg, &c.; but from his notes of
-observation, prefixed to each, he had not seen either living or dried
-specimens of any, but the two above named. The characters in which we
-observe this genus to differ from Gnidia and Passerina, are, first, a
-cup of two leaves, constant in every species we have examined, for they
-cannot be considered as floral leaves, being attached to the base of the
-blossom, and joined together at the bottom; secondly, the honeycup
-forming a complete cincture to the mouth of the flower, and upon which
-are seated, four, or eight, upright glands. This species of Struthiola
-was first raised in England, at the nursery, Hammersmith, from the Cape
-of Good Hope, in the year 1794. It is a tender green-house plant, and
-very subject to be destroyed by wet; therefore, should be protected from
-too much rain in summer, and kept in an airy part of the house in
-winter. It is propagated by cuttings made in the month of May, or June,
-and should be planted in light, sandy peat, mixt with about one sixth
-part of loam. The flowers of this, as well as all the species we have
-seen, are extremely fragrant in the evening, beginning to smell with the
-setting sun, and continuing their flavour till morning. An agreeable
-peculiarity attendant on most plants of this natural order, and on every
-species of this genus, in particular, is, that they flower twice in the
-year, about the month of March, and again in September; in which month,
-last year, our drawing was made, from the Hibbertian collection, Clapham
-Common.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXIV.
-
-GERANIUM QUINQUEVULNERUM.
-
-_Variegated flowered Geranium._
-
-
-CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. _Of Suppl. System. Veget. 1781._
-
-_MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinque.
-
-     FRUCTUS rostratus, penta-coccus.
-
-     ONE POINTAL. Five summits.
-
-     FRUIT furnished with long awns, five dry berries.
-
-     See GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM, Pl. XII. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Geranium foliis hispidis, multifidis; floribus heptandris;
-     pedunculis multifloris; petala atropurpurea, margine pallido; caule
-     suffruticoso, spithamæo.
-
-     Geranium with hairy leaves many-cleft; flowers with seven fertile
-     chives; foot-stalk, many flowers; petals dark purple, pale at the
-     margin; stem half shrubby, grows a span high.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement, cut open as far as to the solid part.
-2. The Chives and Pointal.
-3. The Chives cut and spread open, magnified.
-4. The Pointal, magnified.
-
-This beautiful species of Geranium was raised by Mr. J. Armstrong,
-nurseryman of Northwarmborough, Hants, from seeds received by him, in
-1796, from the Cape of Good Hope. From a branch, in fine flower, brought
-to us, this year, in the month of June, by Mr. Dickinson, our drawing
-was made; who informs us, that the ordinary treatment of common
-Geraniums, is all that is required for this; that it is increased by
-cuttings, or from a division of the root, in spring. It has not, as yet,
-produced any perfect seed; although it has flowered abundantly these two
-years, from May till October. It has something the habit of G. triste,
-or the Night-smelling Geranium; but differs from that species, in having
-a short shrubby stem, the leaves shorter and harsher, and the flowers
-entirely without smell.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXV.
-
-GERANIUM TOMENTOSUM.
-
-_Downy-leaved Geranium._
-
-
-CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. _of Suppl. System. Veg._ 1781.
-
-_MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
-
-_See Geran. Grandiflorum. Pl. XII. Vol. I._
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinque.
-
-     FRUCTUS rostratus, penta-coccus.
-
-     One POINTAL. Five Summits.
-
-     FRUIT furnished with long awns, five dry berries.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Geranium foliis ovatis, plicatis, erectis, serratis, tomentosis;
-     floribus pentandris; filamentia duobus superioribus revolutis,
-     ciliatis.
-
-     Geranium with egg-shaped leaves, plaited, upright, sawed, and
-     downy; flowers with five fertile chives; the two upper threads
-     rolled back and fringed.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.
-3. The Chives cut open, magnified.
-4. The Pointal, and Seed-bud.
-
-The Downy-leaved Geranium, according to the Hort. Cantab. of Mr. Donn,
-introduced from the Cape of Good Hope, in the year 1794, is a dwarf
-growing, and rather delicate species, of this extended and very mutable
-tribe of plants; producing its flowers about the month of August. It is
-to be increased from the seeds, which sometimes ripen; or by cuttings,
-taken off in the month of March, and placed on a gentle hotbed; but if
-delayed to be made till much later, it will be found difficult to
-propagate by this mode. Less of dung and more loam, than is necessary
-for most Geraniums, will preserve this plant best through the winter; in
-which season, it should be kept in a dry and airy part of the
-greenhouse, to avoid the damps, which otherwise, often prove fatal to
-it.
-
-That the charm of novelty, however erroneous or absurd, has found at all
-times its votaries, we have daily experience; therefore cannot wonder
-at, though we may regret its consequent influence on the many, who wish
-to signalize themselves, under its delusive banner. This observation
-naturally obtruded on our imagination, upon the perusal of the last
-Number of the Bot. Mag. where the Kidney-leaved _Crane’s-bill_ is
-mentioned as “_one of the rarest of the Geranium tribe_;” are we to
-understand Geranium in this place as a new title for a natural order of
-plants; or, as solely confined to one Genus? Poor Geranium! although
-thou hast been so long excluded from thy station, in scientific English,
-yet shalt thou not lose thy due weight, against all thy opponents, in
-pure descriptive English prose; and perhaps some day may be deemed, by
-the learned, worthy a place amongst English Genera. With Mr. Donn, we
-humbly conceive the old title Crane’s-bill, as ill adapted to the three
-Genera of M. L’Heritier; and that, if new Latin names are to be foisted
-on us, for plants already well known, and settled, by that great master
-of the science, Linnæus; to whose opinion ours shall ever bow, English
-ones consonant, should be likewise adopted; and that Heron’s-bill for
-Erodium, Stork’s-bill for Pelargonium, and Crane’s-bill for Geranium,
-will prove no greater puzzle to the English Botanist. Unfortunately we
-are, and have been, so attached to old fashions, that we still mean to
-continue the title Geranium, as it is apparently best understood;
-whether, in English or Latin, descriptive, or scientific; as long as the
-public shall continue so honourably to patronize the Botanist’s
-Repository.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXVI.
-
-GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS.
-
-_Trailing Gaultheria._
-
-
-CLASS X. ORDER I.
-
-_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium duplex, approximatum, persistens.
-
-     _P. exterius_ diphyllum, brevius; foliolis semiovatis, concavis,
-     obtusis.
-
-     _P. interius_ monophyllum, quinquesidum campanulatum; segmentis
-     semiovatis.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala, ovata, semiquinquesida; limbo parvo, revoluto.
-
-     _Nectarium_ corpusculis decem, subulatis, erectis, brevissimis,
-     cingentibus germen intra stamina.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta decem, subulata, incurva, corolla breviora;
-     receptaculo inserta. Antheræ bicornes; corniculis bifidis.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, depressum. Stylus cylindricus,
-     longitudine corollæ. Stigma obtusum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula subrotunda, obtusa, pentagona, depressa,
-     quinque locularis, quinque valvis, undique tecta perianthio
-     interiore transformato et enato in baccam subrotundam, coloratam,
-     apice perviam.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, subovata, angulata, ossea.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup double, close together, remaining.
-
-     _Outer Cup_ two leaved, shorter; leaflets half egg-shaped, concave,
-     and blunt.
-
-     _Inner Cup_ one leaf, five-cleft, bell-shaped; segments half
-     egg-shaped.
-
-     BLOSSOM one leaf, egg-shaped, slightly five-cleft; border small,
-     rolled back.
-
-     _Honey-cup_ ten small substances, awl-shaped, upright, very short,
-     surrounding the seed-bud within the chives.
-
-     CHIVES. Ten threads, awl-shaped, turned inwards, shorter than the
-     blossom; fixed into the receptacle. Tips two-horned; horns two
-     cleft.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish and flattened; Shaft cylindrical, the
-     length of the blossom. Summit obtuse.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule roundish obtusely five-sided, flattened, five
-     cells, five valves; covered on all sides by the inner cup,
-     transformed and swelled to a roundish berry, coloured, open at top.
-
-     SEEDS many, nearly egg-shaped, angular and hard.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gaultheria foliis ovatis, obtuse-dentatis, apice confertis; caulis
-     flexuosus, filiformis.
-
-     Gaultheria with egg-shaped leaves, bluntly toothed, and crowded
-     together at the top; stem grows zigzag and thread-shaped.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom complete.
-2. The Empalement, natural size.
-3. The Empalement, magnified.
-4. The Chives as they stand on the receptacle, magnified.
-5. The Pointal and seed-bud, with the surrounding honey-cup, magnified.
-6. The inner Cup of the Empalement, when the fruit is ripe, natural size.
-7. A seed vessel of the natural size when ripe, detached from its cup.
-8. A ripe capsule, cut open transversely.
-
-From the eighth Ed. of Miller’s Dictionary, we learn that, this plant
-was cultivated at the Physic Gardens, Chelsea, in the year 1765. That so
-ornamental, and so easily propagated a plant as the Gaultheria, should
-have been so little noticed, or cultivated in our gardens, is rather
-singular; as, it is perfectly hardy in every exposure, an evergreen, and
-from the beautiful appearance of the fruit and flowers, which come in
-succession nearly through the whole year; must be considered, as one of
-our prettiest creeping or dwarf shrubs, for the front of the shrubbery
-borders, &c. as it never rises higher than six, or eight inches; forming
-a compact matted clump, which may be made to spread to a considerable
-extent, if planted in light sandy peat earth. The very curious
-conformation of the fruit, which is eatable, differing from every known
-Genus of plants; as well as, the peculiar property of the leaves; point
-out the Gaultheria, as a particular object for observation, and comment,
-to the experimental Botanist. In Canada, North America, where it is
-native, an infusion of the leaves is used as a substitute for tea; or a
-few of them, either dried, or plucked fresh from the plant, when mixt
-with the commonest bobea, communicate to it a flavour, equal to fine
-Hyson.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXVII.
-
-GENTIANA PURPUREA.
-
-_Purple flowered Gentian._
-
-
-CLASS V. ORDER II.
-
-_PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA._ Five Chives. Two Pointals.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium quinquepartitum, acutum, persistens; laciniis
-     oblongis.
-
-     COROLLA. Petalum unicum, inferne tubulatum, imperforatum, superne
-     quinquefidum, planum, marcescens; figura varia.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, subulata, corolla breviora. Antheræ
-     simplices.
-
-     PISTILLA. Germen oblongum, cylindraceum, longitudine staminum.
-     Styli nulli. Stigmata duo, ovata.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblonga, teres acuminata, apice leviter
-     bifida, unilocularis, bivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA numerosa, parva. Receptacula duo, singula valvulæ
-     longitudinaliter adnatæ.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup five divisions, sharp and permanent; segments
-     oblong.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Petal only one, lower part tubular, and close; upper part
-     five-cleft, flat, withering, and variously shaped.
-
-     CHIVES. Five threads, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom. Tips
-     simple.
-
-     POINTALS. Seed-bud oblong, cylindrical, as long as the chives.
-     Shafts none. Summits two, egg-shaped.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oblong, cylindrical, tapering, slightly cleft
-     at the end, one-celled, and two valves.
-
-     SEEDS numerous and small. Receptacles two, joined to each valve
-     longitudinally.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gentiana corollis campanulatis, 6-7 fidis, atropurpureis,
-     punctatis, verticillatis; calycibus membranaceis, sub-spathaceis,
-     truncatis.
-
-     Gentian with bell-shaped blossoms, 6-7 cleft, deep purple, dotted
-     and whorled; empalement skinny, almost sheathed, and appearing cut
-     off at the ends.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Blossom, complete.
-3. The same cut open, to shew the situation of the Chives.
-4. Half the Seed-bud split longitudinally, to shew its interior structure.
-5. A Seed-vessel, nearly ripe.
-
-As a native of the Helvetian Alps, the Purple flowered Gentian is
-consequently, a hardy plant with us, requiring only to be planted in a
-light soil; may be increased from the seeds, which are produced in
-abundance, or by parting the root in autumn. The seeds are perfected,
-within a fortnight after the flower is decayed; and should be sown on
-light sandy peat, covering them very slightly, as soon as possible after
-they have been dried.
-
-There appears a strange variety of opinions amongst Botanists concerning
-this, and two other species of Gentian, the Punctata and the Pannonica;
-which, as many have observed, although denied by others, are only
-varieties of each other; surely, a slight variation in height, the shape
-of the divisions of the border, or what is of less consequence, (as they
-vary, in that regard so much, on the same plant) their number; are not
-of sufficient weight to form a specific distinction.
-
-This plant is said, in the Hort. Kew. to have been introduced in the
-year 1768 by Professor de Saussure: from what cause, we cannot judge, if
-it is so old an inhabitant, why it should not be more plentiful with us;
-as at present few collections possess it, and it is sold at a very high
-price. Our drawing was made at the Nursery, Hammersmith.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXVIII.
-
-GLADIOLUS GRANDIFLORUS.
-
-_Large flowered Gladiolus._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA sexpartita, ringens.
-
-     STAMINA adscendentia.
-
-     BLOSSOM, six divisions, gaping.
-
-     CHIVES ascending.
-
-See GLADIOLUS ROSEUS, Pl. XI. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gladiolus foliis ensiformibus nervosis; scapo subtrifloro,
-     longitudine foliorum; floribus erectis, maximis; laciniis corollæ
-     emarginatis, undulatis, striatis, sub-æqualibus.
-
-     Gladiolus with sword-shape leaves, nerved; flower-stem having
-     mostly three flowers, and of the length of the leaves; flowers grow
-     upright, and very large; the segments of blossom are notched at the
-     ends, waved, striped, and nearly of an equal length.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.
-2. The Blossom cut open, with the Chives attached.
-3. The Pointal, and Seed bud.
-
-From the figures in the Collect. and Ic. rar. of Jacquin, we were led to
-think, this must be the same, or a strong variety of his G. florabundus;
-but, as his trivial name and specific character so ill accord with our
-plant, we have continued it under that, by which it was sent to England
-in 1788. It is a very free blowing bulb, and will live through the
-winter, with very little protection; flowering about June or July, and
-does not require to be removed from the pot, to prevent its rotting. Our
-drawing was taken in June this year, at the Hammersmith Nursery.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXIX.
-
-STRUTHIOLA OVATA.
-
-_Oval-leaved Struthiola._
-
-
-CLASS IV. ORDER I.
-
-_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
-
-_See Struthiola imbricata, Pl. CXIII. Vol. II._
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     PERIANTHIUM diphyllum. Corolla tubulosa 4-fida; nectarium, glandulæ
-     octo fauci circumpositæ. Sem. 1. subbaccatum.
-
-     CUP two-leaved. Blossom tubular, 4-cleft; honey-cup, 8 glands
-     placed round the mouth of the blossom. One seed like a berry.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Struthiola foliis ovatis, glabris; ramis glabris, rugosis.
-
-     Struthiola with egg-shaped, smooth leaves; branches smooth and
-     wrinkled.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom, complete.
-2. The Empalement, magnified.
-3. The Blossom cut open, with the Chives attached, magnified.
-4. The Pointal and seed-bud, magnified.
-
-This species of Struthiola is described by Thunberg, in his Prodromus,
-under the specific title it here bears, and was first introduced to us
-in the year 1794, in seeds received from the Cape of Good Hope, by
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith. It is a very tender greenhouse
-plant, and very subject to be destroyed by damps, or too much moisture,
-even in summer; the flowers, (as are most of this natural order,) are
-extremely fragrant and continue in full perfection from March till June.
-The mode of propagation is by cuttings, made in May, which should be
-placed under a hand-glass in a pot of light loam, and shaded from the
-mid-day sun. It thrives best in a mixture of half peat and half loam.
-The drawing was made in the spring of 1798, from a plant in the
-Hibbertian Collection, Clapham; then in flower, for the first time in
-England.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXX.
-
-FUCHSIA LYCIOIDES.
-
-_Box Thorn-like Fuchsia._
-
-
-CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
-
-_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum. Infundibuliforme, coloratura,
-     superum marcescens; limbus quadripartitus.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quatuor, sessilia, ore calycis inserta.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta octo, inæqualia, filiformia, erecta, tubo
-     calycis inserta. Antheræ ovatæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inserum, ovatum. Stylus filiformis, erectus,
-     longitudine staminum. Stigma tuberculatum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Bacca carnosa, ovata, quadri-locularis.
-
-     SEMINA plura, parva, receptaculo columnari affixa.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, funnel-shaped, coloured, above and
-     withering; border four divisions.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Four petals, sitting close on the mouth of the cup, into
-     which they are inserted.
-
-     CHIVES. Eight threads, unequal, thread-shaped, upright, fixed into
-     the tube of the cup. Tips egg-shaped.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath, egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped,
-     upright, the length of the chives. Summit composed of small knobs.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. A fleshy berry, egg-shaped, and four valves.
-
-     SEEDS many, small, affixed to a pillar-shaped receptacle.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Fuchsia foliis ovatis undulatis, subternis; pedunculis unifloris,
-     axillaribus; laciniis calycis reflexis.
-
-     Fuchsia with egg-shaped leaves, waved, and growing mostly by
-     threes; foot-stalks with one flower growing from the insertion of
-     the leaf, the segments of the cup reflexed.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Flower cut open, to expose the insertion of petals and chives into the cup.
-2. The Pointal, complete.
-3. A ripe berry, natural size.
-
-No plant perhaps ever excited such universal admiration, as the Scarlet
-Fuchsia; wherefore, the addition of a second species to our collections,
-of so fine a Genus, must be considered as a very agreeable acquisition.
-The Box Thorn-like Fuchsia, is a native of the North-west coast of
-America; and was first brought to England, in the year 1796: it is
-certainly, much more tender than the Scarlet Fuchsia, as the plant
-constantly perishes, as low as to the earth, if not preserved in the
-hothouse; but whether it is herbaceous the root surviving, we have not
-sufficient experience to determine. The increase is certain and easy, if
-cuttings are made, from the young shoots, early in March, and plunged in
-a hotbed, or in the bark of the hothouse, six or eight in a pot; from
-which they may be removed, about June, into large pots for flowering,
-which will be from August till November. Loam, with a small portion of
-rotten dung, is the soil it most approves.
-
-The specific title we have adopted, is from the very great resemblance
-the plant bears to Lycium afrum, or the Box-Thorn; although we have some
-doubts, whether this species may not be the F. triphylla of Father
-Plumier. But as the F. coccinea, as well as this plant, has frequently
-the leaves growing by threes; we thought that, as it as yet had no
-specific title with us, the character of the plant would be best
-distinguished, by the name we have chosen.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXI.
-
-GERANIUM CORTUSÆFOLIUM.
-
-_Cortusa-leaved Geranium._
-
-
-CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. _of Suppl. System. Veg._ 1781.
-
-_MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.
-
-     One POINTAL. Five summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
-     berries.
-
-     See GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM, Pl. XII. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Geranium foliis cordatis, sublobatis, serratis, tomentoso-sericeis;
-     petiolis longissimis, erectis; floribus umbellatis, odoratissimis,
-     stipulis subulatis; caule robusto, subcarnoso.
-
-     Geranium with heart-shaped leaves, slightly lobed, sawed, and
-     covered with a downy pile; footstalks very long and upright;
-     flowers grow in umbels, and are very sweet scented; leaf-props awl
-     shaped; stem stout, and rather fleshy.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement cut open.
-2. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.
-3. The same, magnified.
-4. The Chives cut open, magnified.
-5. The Seed-bud, and Pointal, magnified.
-
-The Cortusa-leaved Geranium is a tender plant, seldom growing to more
-than a foot in height; producing its blossoms, which are extremely
-fragrant, in erect bunches, from the summit of the branches, and must be
-protected, through the depth of winter, in the hothouse. The propagation
-is both slow and difficult, as it rarely perfects any seeds, and forms
-but few branches. The cuttings when taken off, which ought to be done
-about the end of May, should be exposed to the sun, till the part where
-cut has formed a tough coat over the wound, which will take place in two
-or three days; when they will not be so subject to rot from the moisture
-of the earth, as if planted when just taken from the plant. These
-instructions are necessary to be observed, in the propagation of all the
-thick-stemmed Geraniums, by cuttings. A mixture of sandy peat, with a
-small quantity of old rotten dung, will prove the best compost for
-preserving this plant. Our drawing was taken this year, in July, at the
-Hammersmith nursery. A mistake has arisen with regard to the name of
-this species of Geranium; which was evidently not known to any botanist,
-antecedent to its being brought to England in 1786 by Mr. A. Hove, a
-native of Poland, from the south west coast of Africa, and found by him
-in about the 23d degree of south latitude. Professor Martyn, in his new
-edition of Miller’s Dictionary, article Pelargonium 43, has taken for
-granted that this is the plant designed by Professor Jacquin, where he
-treats of G. cortusæfolium; giving the G. tabulare of Burman, Linnæus,
-&c. as synonymous to it; but undoubtedly, no such intention could be in
-the Professor, as the uniting these two plants, which are so entirely
-dissimilar; but only an unfortunate inclination to alter an old
-established name, for one, which he conceived more appropriate to a well
-known, common species; whence the confusion; the constant consequence of
-such useless alterations, whether generic or specific.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXII.
-
-GLADIOLUS GALEATUS.
-
-_Helmet-flowered Gladiolus._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA sexpartita, ringens.
-
-     STAMINA adscendentia.
-
-     BLOSSOM six divisions, gaping.
-
-     CHIVES ascending.
-
-See GLADIOLUS ALATUS, Vol. I. Pl. VIII.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gladiolus foliis sub-ovatis, costatis, mucronatis; spathis
-     carianatis, tubo longioribus; lacinia summa concava, sub-erecta.
-
-     Gladiolus with leaves nearly egg-shaped, ribbed, and pointed at the
-     ends; sheaths keeled, and longer than the tube of the blossom; the
-     upper segment concave, and almost upright.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.
-2. The Chives, with part of the tube of the Blossom, to which they are attached.
-3. The Pointal and seed-bud.
-
-We are certainly led to think with Thunberg, that this plant is not a
-species, but a very singular and beautiful variety, of G. alatus, of
-which we have seen above six or seven. Nevertheless, upon the authority
-of Prof. Jacquin, who in his Icones 2. tab. 258, has figured it under
-this name specifically; and as it has been continued as such, by the
-accurately discriminating and indefatigable Willdenow; (to whose
-labours, all lovers of the science are so much indebted, for his
-invaluable, and copious new Edition of the Species plantarum,) we have
-thought it but right to acquiesce, without alteration in the name
-adopted by them. For the management of this plant we must refer our
-readers to the G. alatus, Pl. VIII. Vol. I. of this work.
-
-The Helmet-flowered Gladiolus was not seen in England, till the spring
-of the year 1800; when the roots were received at Clapham, from the Cape
-of Good Hope, sent by the Collector there, for the Hibbertian
-collection, amongst an infinite number of others; many having flowered
-this year, of which we have drawings, by permission of the proprietor,
-and are destined to enrich the Bot. Rep. being perfectly new to this
-country. The figure of this plant was taken in August, but the regular
-season of its flowering, must be much earlier (if planted with the other
-Cape bulbs in October,) that is to say, about the month of May or June.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXIII.
-
-THUNBERGIA FRAGRANS.
-
-_Twining Thunbergia._
-
-
-CLASS XIV. ORDER II.
-
-_DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA._ Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium duplex; _exterius_, diphyllum, foliolis ovatis,
-     concavis, longitudine fere tubi; _interius_, monophyllum,
-     multipartitum, laciniis circiter duodecim, subulatis, perianthio
-     exteriori triplo brevioribus.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala; tubus sensim ampliatus; limbus quinquefidus;
-     laciniis æqualibus, ovatis, obtusissimis, tubo triplo brevioribus.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quatuor, tubo supra basin inserta, inæqualia;
-     duobus inferioribus brevioribus; duobus superioribus tubo breviora.
-     Antheræ ovatæ, adnatæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen superum. Stylus filiformis, tubo paullo brevior,
-     erectus. Stigma bilobum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula globosa, rostrata, glabra, bilocularis,
-     longitudinaliter dehiscens; rostrum compressum, sulcatum, lineare,
-     obtusum; dissepimentum obovatum, emarginatum, sub apice foramine
-     perforatum, lateribus membranaceum, persistens.
-
-     SEMINA in singulo loculamento bina, reniformia, rugosa, hinc
-     convexa, inde concava sulco longitudinali.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup double; the _outer one_ two-leaved; leaflets
-     egg-shaped and concave, nearly the length of the tube; the _inner_
-     one-leaved, many divisions, the segments about twelve, awl-shaped,
-     thrice as short as the outer cup.
-
-     BLOSSOM, one petal; tube widening gradually; border five-cleft;
-     segments equal, egg-shaped, very blunt, three times as short as the
-     tube.
-
-     CHIVES. Four threads, fixed into the lower part of the tube,
-     unequal; the two lower-most the shortest; the two uppermost shorter
-     than the tube. Tips egg-shape, pressed to the threads.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud above. Shaft thread-shape, a little shorter than
-     the tube, and upright. Summit two lobed.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL globular, beaked, smooth, two celled, and splits
-     longitudinally; beak flattened, awl-shaped, linear, and blunt;
-     partition inversely egg-shaped, notched at the end, pierced with a
-     hole at the top, skinny at the edges, and remaining.
-
-     SEEDS two in each cell, kidney-shaped, rough, convex on one side,
-     and concave on the other by a longitudinal furrow.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Thunbergia foliis ovato-acuminatis, sub-dentatis; corolla alba,
-     hypocrateriformis, tubo compresso; caule volubili.
-
-     Thunbergia with egg-shaped, tapering leaves, a little toothed;
-     blossom white, salver-shaped, the tube flattened; stem twining.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The outer cup of the Empalement.
-2. The inner cup of the same, magnified.
-3. A Blossom cut open, to shew the situation of the Chives.
-4. The Shaft and Summit, natural size.
-5. The Seed-bud, magnified.
-6. A ripe Capsule.
-7. A ripe Seed.
-
-The Thunbergia, here figured, is a native of the East Indies, from the
-Coromandel coast; was introduced to Britain in the year 1796, at the
-same time with the Ixora pavetta, by the Hon. Lady Dowager De Clifford.
-It is easily propagated, by cuttings, or from the seeds, which ripen
-with us: it should be kept in light, rich earth in the hothouse; where
-it will flower from May, till September; in which month this year our
-drawing was taken at Kensington Gore from a plant in the collection of
-James Vere, Esq. But although Dr. Roxburgh’s reason for adopting the
-specific character he has given it, that the place where it grows is
-sweet scented, though the plant is not, seems rather a little strained,
-we have not thought it right to alter it; as unquestionably, any name
-would have been equally appropriate, since neither the flowers, or any
-part of the plant, root or branch, has the least scent.
-
-The plant from which this genus was originally formed by the younger
-Linnæus in his Sup. Plant. P. 46, is a native of the Cape of Good Hope;
-and we have our doubts, whether this plant ought to be placed with it;
-for although it accords in the essential character, of a double cup, the
-only one thought necessary, by Linnæus, to divide it from Barleria; yet,
-from the number of parts in which it differs from his generic character,
-such as the shape of the blossom, the length of the pointal, the
-situation and shape of the chives, the very different shape of the
-seeds, &c. we are led to think, it ought to be considered as a distinct
-Genus. But in following such good authority as the able and learned Dr.
-Roxburg, it is to be hoped, we shall stand excused in continuing the
-same name he has assigned it, without alteration at least, if not
-without comment.
-
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-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXIV.
-
-HELICONIA PSITTACORUM.
-
-_Parrot-billed Heliconia._
-
-
-CLASS V. ORDER I.
-
-_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Spathæ communes partialesque alternæ, distinctæ,
-     persistentes.
-
-     Perianthium nullum.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala tria, oblonga, canaliculata, erecta, acuta,
-     æqualia.
-
-     _Nectarium_ diphyllum; foliolo altero petalis subæquali; altero
-     brevissimo, canaliculato, uncinato, opposito.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, linearia. Antheræ erectæ, longæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen inferum, triquetrum. Stylus staminibus fere
-     brevior. Stigma longum, gracile, curvatum, capitulo terminali.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblonga, truncata, triquetra, trilocularis,
-     trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA solitaria, oblonga.
-
-     CALYX. Sheaths common and partial alternate, distinct, remaining.
-
-     Cup none.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Petals three, oblong, channelled, upright, pointed, equal.
-
-     _Honeycup_ two leaved; one leaflet nearly the length of the petals;
-     the other very short, channelled, hooked and opposite to the
-     larger.
-
-     CHIVES. Five threads, linear. Tips upright and long.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath, three-sided. Shaft scarcely shorter than
-     the chives. Summit long, slender, curved, and terminating in a
-     small head.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oblong, appearing cut off at the end,
-     three-sided, three cells, three valves.
-
-     SEEDS solitary, oblong.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Heliconia. Foliis glaberrimis, lanceolatis; inflorescentia
-     glaberrima; spadice terminali flexuoso; spathis multifloris,
-     marginibus revolutis; nectario lanceolato, concavo, integro.
-
-     Heliconia with very smooth, lance-shaped leaves; the inflorescence
-     quite smooth; stem terminating in a zig-zag form; sheaths
-     containing many flowers and rolled back; honey-cup lance-shaped,
-     concave, and entire.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Blossom, with the three petals detached from the upper part of the Honey-cup, which is
-      shewn in front with the smaller leaf inclosed within the larger.
-2. The Chives, with the lower part of the Honey-cup, to shew their insertion at its base, and
-      the smaller leaf of the Honey-cup in its place.
-3. The smaller leaf of the Honey-cup, magnified.
-4. The Shaft and Summit, the Summit detached magnified.
-5. The Seed-bud, natural size.
-6. The Seed-bud cut transversely, magnified.
-
-The Parrot-billed Heliconia, a native of the continent of South America,
-as well as most of the West India Islands, was first received, in
-plants, from the island of St. Vincents, in the year 1797, by Thomas
-Evans, Esq. of Stepney; in whose collection it first flowered, in
-September 1798, when our drawing was taken. This plant requires a
-considerable degree of moisture and heat, as well as much root room and
-rich earth, to make it flower in perfection; as it seldom opens its
-blossoms freely without such treatment, and even with such assistance,
-they are to be seen but for a few hours in that state. It propagates
-from the roots, throwing up a number of suckers from the joints, which
-are formed at a considerable distance from the plant. The younger
-Linnæus in his Sup. Plant. of 1781, p. 158, has described this plant
-under our specific title, but different in some few points; which appear
-to arise more from his ideas of the various parts, than from any real
-difference in the plant itself. Swartz in his Obs. 98, gives sheaths to
-his plant, which Linnæus, we presume, denominates flower stem leaves,
-&c. yet we have no doubt, but they have both described the same plant;
-and perfectly agree with Willdenow and Martyn, that the H. psittacorum
-of both authors is the same, and have as little of this being the
-plant.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXV.
-
-VACCINIUM PARVIFLORUM.
-
-_Small flowered Whortle-berry._
-
-
-CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
-
-_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX superus. Corolla monopetala.
-
-     FILAMENTA receptacula inserta. Bacca quadrilocularis, polysperma.
-
-     CUP superior. Blossom one petal.
-
-     THREADS fixed to the receptacle. A berry with four cells, and many
-     seeds.
-
-     See VACCINIUM ARCTOSTAPHYLLOS, Pl. XXX. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Vaccinium foliis lanceolatis, undulatis, venosis; floribus
-     racemosis; pedunculis longissimis, bracteatis; corolla conica,
-     striata. Stamina decem.
-
-     Whortle-berry, with lance-shaped, waved, and veined leaves; flowers
-     grow in long bunches; foot stalks of the flowers very long, having
-     floral leaves; blossom cone-shaped, and streaked. Ten Chives.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom.
-2. The Chives magnified.
-3. The Seed-bud, Cup, and Pointal, the Summit detached, magnified.
-
-This species of Whortle-berry was first brought, from North America, in
-the year 1784. It is one of those with ten chives, &c. and of the same
-nature with those we have already figured; for its treatment, and
-increase, we must therefore refer our readers to V. formosum, Pl. XCVII.
-Vol. II. The drawing was taken in May 1799, at the Hammersmith nursery.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXVI.
-
-HIBBERTIA VOLUBILIS.
-
-_Twining Hibbertia._
-
-
-CLASS XIII. ORDER V.
-
-_POLYANDRIA PENTAGYNIA._ Many Chives. Five Pointals.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium pentaphyllum; foliolis coriaceis, sub-ovatis,
-     concavis, acutis, persistentibus.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quinque, obcordata, calyce longiora.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta numerosa, filiformia, receptaculo
-     fructificationis inserta. Antheræ lineares, erectæ, emarginatæ.
-
-     PISTILLA. Germina quinque, ovato-oblonga, desinentia in stylos
-     flexuosos, longitudine fere staminum. Stigmata simplicia, apice
-     concava. Corpusculum subulatum, membranaceum in medio germinum,
-     eorumque longitudine.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsulæ quinque ovatæ, trigonæ, uniloculares,
-     distinctæ.
-
-     SEMINA plurima, subrotunda.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup five leaves; leaflets tough, nearly egg-shaped,
-     concave, sharp, and remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Five petals, inversely heart-shaped, longer than the cup.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads numerous, thread-shaped, fixed into the receptacle
-     of the fructification. Tips linear, upright, notched at the ends.
-
-     POINTALS. Five seed-buds, between oblong and egg-shaped,
-     terminating in zig-zagged shafts, nearly the length of the chives.
-     Summits, simple, and hollowed at the top. A small awl-shaped,
-     skinny substance in the middle of the seed-buds, and of their
-     length.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Five capsules, egg-shaped, three-sided, one celled,
-     and distinct.
-
-     SEEDS many, roundish.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Hibbertia foliis obtuse-serratis, obovato-lanceolatis, floribus
-     solitariis, sessilibus, fœtidissimus.
-
-     Hibbertia with obtusely sawed leaves, between lance and inversely
-     egg-shaped; flowers grow solitary, sitting close on the stem; very
-     fœtid.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A leaf of the blossom.
-3. The Chives and Pointals.
-4. One Chive, magnified.
-5. Pointals apart, as they stand in the center of Chives.
-6. The Pointals spread open, with the skinny substance which stands in their center.
-7. One of the Pointals, magnified.
-8. A Seed-bud, cut transversely.
-9. A half ripe seed, magnified.
-
-
-The Hibbertia volubilis, (as are the three species of which we have seen
-specimens,) is from New Holland, near Port Jackson; was raised from
-seeds in many different collections near London in the year 1792. It is
-a hardy green-house plant, and makes a very handsome climber, for
-trellis, or pillars in a conservatory. Its growth is very rapid, and its
-flowers which are very brilliant and specious, continue in succession
-from May till September. The increase is certain and easy from cuttings,
-made in the month of May, and placed on a gentle hotbed, or plunged in
-the bark-bed of the hothouse. It delights in a light sandy peat soil.
-Our drawing was made from a plant, in the collection of the Hon. Lady
-Dowager De Clifford, Paddington.
-
-As hitherto this tribe of Plants has not been given to the public by any
-truly established name; (the different species having been erroneously
-titled Dillenias, which have many pointals,) and as we find it to
-differ, from any yet described Genus, we have named it after G. Hibbert,
-Esq. of Clapham Common, Surry; whose knowledge and fervor in botanical
-pursuits, as well as liberality in his endeavours to enrich our
-collections, from every quarter of the globe, but especially from the
-Cape of Good Hope, has not been exceeded by any; and we are well
-assured, no name deserves a place, on botanical record, more than that
-of HIBBERT.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXVII.
-
-JASMINUM GRACILE.
-
-_Slender-stemmed Jasmine._
-
-
-CLASS II. ORDER I.
-
-_DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum, oblongum; ore
-     quinquedentato, erecto; persistens.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala, hypocrateriformis; tubus cylindraccus, longus;
-     limbus quinquepartitus, planus.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta duo, brevia. Antheræ parvæ, intra tubum corollæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum. Stylos filiformis, longitudine
-     staminum. Stigma bifidum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Bacca ovalis, glabra, bilocularis seu bicapsularis.
-
-     SEMINA duo, magna, ovato-oblonga, arillata, hinc convexa, inde
-     plana.
-
-     _Obs._ Figura floris acuminata et obtusa variat. Bacca in aliis
-     simplex, in aliis dicocca.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup one-leaved, tubular, oblong; five-toothed at the
-     mouth, and upright; remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM, one petal, salver-shaped; tube cylindrical, long; border
-     five divisions, flat.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads two, short. Tips small, within the tube of the
-     blossom.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the
-     chives. Summit two-cleft.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Berry oval, smooth, two-celled or two-capsuled.
-
-     SEEDS two, large, oblong egg-shaped, each in its proper seed-coat,
-     convex on one side, and flat on the other.
-
-     _Obs._ The flower varies in its character of tapering to a point,
-     or in being blunt-ended. In some the berry is simple, in others
-     double-seeded.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Jasminum petiolis foliorum geniculatis; foliis ovatis, oppositis,
-     nitidis, simplicibus; floribus umbellatis; laciniis corollæ
-     obtusis, undulatis.
-
-     Jasmine with the foot-stalks of the leaves jointed; egg-shaped
-     leaves, growing opposite, shining and simple; flowers grow in
-     umbels; the segments of the blossom are blunt and waved.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Cup.
-2. A Blossom spread open, to expose the situation of the Chives.
-3. The Shaft and Summit.
-4. A ripe Berry.
-5. The same cut transversely, to shew the cells and seeds.
-
-The plant here figured, we consider as a distinct species from the J.
-simplicifolium of Forster, which he describes as a native of the
-Friendly Isles, in the South Seas; and likewise from the J. oblongum of
-Burman, which is given (but with a query) as a synonim to the J.
-simplicifolium of the former Author by Willdenow, in his Sp. Plant. p.
-38, Part I. In the year 1792, the seeds of this plant were received by
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, with the Bignonia pandorana, and
-many others, communicated by Colonel Paterson, then commanding a
-detachment stationed for a time on Norfolk Island, where it is native.
-To the green-house it is a considerable acquisition, either for a
-climber, or otherwise, as it is rarely without blossoms from July, till
-the end of November; being rather more tender than many of its
-congeners, which are in general destined to that station; it should be
-placed as nigh the flue, in as dry and airy a part of it as possible. A
-light, sandy peat soil, without mixture, is the most congenial to its
-growth; and it is increased by cuttings, made in the month of March,
-put, from 12 to 20, according to the size of the pot, under a small
-bell-glass, in the before-named earth, and plunged either in the
-bark-bed of the hot-house, or in the heat of a common hot-bed.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXVIII.
-
-IXIA POLYSTACHIA. _Var. incarnata._
-
-_Many-spiked Ixia. Var. flesh-colour._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 6-petala, patens, æqualis.
-
-     STAMINA tria, erectiusculo-patula.
-
-     BLOSSOM 6-petals, spreading, equal.
-
-     SUMMITS three, nearly upright and spreading.
-
-See IXIA REFLEXA, Pl. XIV. Vol. I.
-
-
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Ixia foliis linearibus; scapo spicis pluribus; corollæ laciniis
-     subreflexis, incarnatis.
-
-     Ixia with linear leaves; flower-stem with many spikes of flowers;
-     segments of the blossom a little bent backwards, and
-     flesh-coloured.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.
-2. A Blossom spread open.
-3. The Pointal natural size, with one of the Summits detached, and magnified.
-
-This fine variety of the Many-spiked Ixia was introduced to our
-collections from the Cape of Good Hope, about the year 1795, with the
-Reflex-flowered Ixia and many others, in bulbs, communicated by J.
-Pringle, Esq. to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith; where our drawing
-was taken in April 1799. No particular care is required, for the culture
-or increase of this, other, than what is required for the generality of
-Cape Ixias.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXIX.
-
-GLORIOSA SUPERBA.
-
-_Superb Gloriosa._
-
-
-CLASS V. ORDER I.
-
-_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX nullus.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala sex, oblongo-lanceolata, undulata, longissima,
-     totaliter reflexa.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta sex, subulata, corolla breviora, recto-patula.
-     Antheræ incumbentes.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen globosum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus longior,
-     inclinatus. Stigma triplex, obtusum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula ovalis, triloba, trilocularis, trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plura, globosa, baccata, duplici serie disposita.
-
-     _Obs._ Affinis Erythronio.
-
-     EMPALEMENT, none.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Petals six, oblong-lance-shaped, waved, very long, totally
-     bent back.
-
-     CHIVES. Six threads, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom,
-     spreading out at straight angles from the seed-bud. Tips sideways
-     on the threads.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud globular. Shaft thread-shaped, longer than the
-     threads, inclined. Summit triple, blunt.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oval, three-lobed, three-celled, three-valved.
-
-     SEEDS many, globular, like berries, disposed in two rows.
-
-     _Obs._ The genus has an affinity to Erythronium, or Dog’s-tooth
-     Violet.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gloriosa soliis cirrhiferis.
-
-     Gloriosa with tendril-bearing leaves.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A leaf of the Blossom, with its Chive, as they are fixed together at the base.
-2. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit; the petals of the blossom being cut off.
-
-The Gloriosa superba, a native of Guinea, as well as the coast of
-Malabar in the East Indies, is said to be every part poisonous. It is
-herbaceous, and the roots, which are formed upon the decay of the old
-one, should be taken from the pot in November, and kept in dry sand till
-the end of February, when they must be planted in rich earth, composed
-of one part old rotten dung, and two parts leaf mould or peat earth,
-then plunged in the bark-bed of a hot-house which is kept at pine heat,
-to insure their flowering the ensuing August.
-
-Having received a most beautiful branch, of this magnificent plant from
-the collection of the Hon. the Marchioness of Rockingham, at Hillingdon,
-near Uxbridge; the impulse was too strong to be resisted, of giving a
-figure of it in the Bot. Rep. although against our general proposals, as
-this is certainly, neither a new, or rare plant; having been introduced
-so early as 1690, by Mr. Bentick. We therefore beg the indulgence of our
-friends, in this instance; for although the flower is common, and there
-are many figures of it, in different works, as, Rheede’s Hort. Malab.
-Vol. 7. frut. scand. 107. t. 57. Plukenet’s alma. 249. t. 116. f. 3.
-Commelin’s hort. 1. p. 69. t. 35. &c. &c.; yet, as these may not be in
-the possession of many of the purchasers of our work, we hope it may
-prove agreeable.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXX.
-
-CERBERA UNDULATA.
-
-_Waved-leaved Cerbera._
-
-
-CLASS V. ORDER I.
-
-_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium pentaphyllum, acuminatum; foliolis
-     ovato-lanceolatis.
-
-     COROLLA monopetala, infundibuliformis; tubus clavatus; limbus
-     magnus, quinquepartitus; laciniis obliquis, obtusis, latere altero
-     magis gibbis; os tubi quinquangulare, quinquedentatum,
-     stellato-connivens.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, subulata, in medio tubi. Antheræ
-     erectæ, conniventes.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum. Stylus filiformis, brevis. Stigma
-     capitatum, bilobum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Drupa maxima, subrotunda, carnosa, a latere sulco
-     longitudinali excavata, punctisque duobus.
-
-     SEMEN. Nux bilocularis, quadrivalvis, retusa.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup five leaved, tapering to a point; leaflets between
-     egg- and lance-shaped.
-
-     BLOSSOM one petal, funnel-shaped; tube club-shaped; border large,
-     five divisions; segments oblique, obtuse, thicker edged on one
-     side; mouth of the tube five-angled, five toothed, approaching
-     together in the form of a star.
-
-     CHIVES. Five threads, awl-shaped, in the middle of the tube. Tips
-     upright, and approaching.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish. Shaft thread-shaped, and short. Summit
-     headed, two-lobed.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. A large pulpy fruit, nearly round, fleshy, hollowed on
-     the side by a longitudinal furrow, and with two punctures.
-
-     SEED. Nut two cells, four valves, and bluntly dented at the end.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Cerbera foliis lanceolatis, utrinque attenuatis, undulatis; cymis
-     ramosis, divaricatis, axillaribus.
-
-     Cerbera with lance-shaped leaves tapered to both ends, and waved;
-     tufts of flowers branching into various directions, and growing
-     from the foot-stalks of the leaves close to the stem.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement, magnified.
-2. The Blossom cut open, with the Chives as they stand in the tube, magnified.
-3. The Empalement, with the pointal after the blossom has fallen off, magnified.
-4. The Seed-bud, magnified.
-
-This conspicuously handsome plant was introduced by W. Forsyth, Esq. to
-the Chelsea Gardens in the year 1782, from the island of Bourbon, now
-the Isle de la Revolution, near the coast of Madagascar, in the Indian
-Ocean. It grows to a very considerable height, perfectly straight, and
-polished in the stem, something like the Bamboo Cane, from which
-appearance, till it flowered, it had gone by the name of the fishing rod
-plant. It must be kept in the bark-bed of the hothouse in rich mould,
-and should be removed from its pot but seldom, the roots being extremely
-tender and brittle. The propagation is slow and difficult, as well from
-the great tendency the part has to rot, where cut, as from the
-unfrequency of its throwing out any side shoots from the stem. Our
-drawing was made in July this year, at the Hammersmith nursery; though
-we understand it flowered in the extensive collection of the Right Hon.
-the Earl of Tankerville at Walton-upon-Thames, some years since.
-
-Having followed Willdenow, rather than Jacquin, in the Generic name of
-this plant, our reason is, each species which has hitherto been thrown
-to this Genus, since its first formation, might well make a distinct
-one; if every generic or even essential, character, was to be critically
-attended to. The fruit forming the principal essential character, a
-specimen of which we have seen, containing two large seeds like C.
-Manghas, determined us in our adoption.
-
-The descriptions and figures of the two plants, given by Professor
-Jacquin in his Icon. rar. 2, and Collect. 4, under the genus Ochrosia,
-are, we conceive, only different specimens of our plant; and are both,
-as well as Dryander’s critique on Gmelin (see Linn. Trans. Vol. II. p.
-227) defective; neither of them having seen but _dried_ specimens,
-without the fruit; as in this natural order of plants, the flowers being
-mostly fleshy, many of the principal characters are destroyed in the
-process of drying; and of course, in such case, must lead to error.
-Jacquin’s character of _maculata_, quoted by Willdenow as a specific
-title, though he has rejected the Generic, we suppose, must have been
-taken from the small blotches on the lower, and which sometimes pervade
-the upper surface of the leaves, but found only when in the last state
-of decay, or when artificially dried to preserve them; as by the
-pressure necessarily employed to that end, the waved, and most
-ostensible character of the living plant, is done away. As to the C.
-parviflora of Forster being the same, as either, the Ochrosia borbonica
-or O. maculata of Jacquin, we must beg leave to dissent from the severe
-criticiser of Gmelin; upon whose authority, nevertheless, Willdenow has
-been led to exclude, even as a synonim, the O. borbonica of Prof.
-Jacquin, which perhaps, if it were not for the increasing of Genera,
-ought to be the name of the plant.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXXI.
-
-GERANIUM LACINIATUM.
-
-_Ragged-leaved Geranium._
-
-
-CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. _of Suppl. System. Veg._ 1781.
-
-_MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.
-
-     ONE POINTAL. Five Summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
-     berries.
-
-See GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM, Pl. XII. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Geranium foliis radicalibus, integris laciniatisque, petiolis
-     filiformibus; calycibus monophyllis; Staminibus quinque fertilibus;
-     radice tuberosa.
-
-     Geranium with leaves growing from the root, entire and jagged,
-     foot-stalks thread-shaped; cups one leaved; five fertile chives;
-     root tuberous.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement, with its tubular part laid open.
-2. The Chives and Pointal, as they stand in the blossom, magnified.
-3. The same cut open, and detached from the Pointal, magnified.
-4. The Pointal, magnified.
-
-The Ragged-leaved Geranium may be considered as an herbaceous plant, for
-it rarely retains its leaves longer than September; and when in a state
-of inaction, should be watered but sparingly, otherwise the root will be
-subject to rot. It may be increased by parting the roots about March,
-which should be afterwards planted in rich mould, and placed on a shelf
-in the hot-house; where they will flower in May or June. From an
-imported plant, in the Hibbertian collection, our drawing was made this
-year.
-
-A continual harping on the same subject, may perhaps appear rather
-tiresome; but, as almost every real new species of Geranium, which falls
-under our observation, seems to add a fresh proof of the futility of the
-new arrangement, we cannot forbear noticing it. This species, for
-instance, has every other essential generic character of Monsieur
-L’Heritier’s Pelargonium, but unfortunately the most essential. Upon an
-accurate examination of a number of flowers, before they had expanded,
-(the only time when it can be truly ascertained), in no one instance,
-was there more than five tips to be found. Where to place it, with
-Erodium, or Pelargonium?
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXXII.
-
-PROTEA LONGIFOLIA. _Nigra._
-
-_Long-leaved Protea. Black flower._
-
-
-CLASS IV. ORDER I.
-
-_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 4-fida seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis
-     infra apicem. Calyx proprius nullus. Semina solitaria.
-
-     BLOSSOM 4-cleft or 4 petals. Tips linear, inserted into the petals
-     below the point. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.
-
-See PROTEA FORMOSA, Pl. XVII. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Protea foliis sublinearibus, angustis, obliquis, rigidis,
-     longissimis; squamis interioribus, calycis lanceolatis, erectis;
-     florum plumis atro-purpureis.
-
-     Protea with leaves nearly linear, narrow, oblique, harsh and very
-     long; the inner scales of the cup are lance-shaped and upright; the
-     plume of flowers of a black-purple.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom complete, with the seed-bud attached.
-2. The Petals of the flower opened, to shew the situation of the Tips.
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit.
-
-This species of Protea, from the Cape of Good Hope, of which we have
-drawings of three varieties, is as yet, very scarce in this kingdom. The
-variety here figured, as well as the others of this species, have been
-hitherto considered as varieties of P. speciosa; with which, however,
-they have less connexion, than with P. mellifera; but from both they
-stand quite distinct. Wherefore, we have given them the specific title
-of longifolia, from the extreme length of their leaves, which are
-considerably longer, than could be expressed in the figure. We believe
-this is the first year it has flowered in England, or in any other
-collection, than the nursery, Hammersmith; where our drawing was made in
-November. It is most difficult, or indeed almost impracticable, to
-increase it, as it puts out no side shoots, and certainly damps off, if
-laid down, where it touches the earth.
-
-From Boerhaave’s having arranged this species of Protea, (See his Index
-to the Leyden Garden, Part 2. from P. 185 to 189,) with his
-Lepidocarpodendrons, after _fig. 187_, which is our P. mellifera;
-Willdenow has been led into an error; since he has given this plant, the
-188 Fig. of Boerhaave, as a synonim to P. speciosa, which ought not to
-be so taken, unless we understand, that he meant all his
-Lepidocarpodendrons as only varieties of each other; the principal
-distinguishing feature, in P. speciosa, being the incurved and fringed
-character, of the inner scales of the empalement.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXXIII.
-
-PROTEA LONGIFOLIA. _Ferruginoso-purpurea._
-
-_Long-leaved Protea. Rusty-purple flower._
-
-
-CLASS IV. ORDER I.
-
-_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 4-fida seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis
-     infra apicem. Calyx proprius nullus. Semina solitaria.
-
-     BLOSSOM 4-cleft or four petals. Tips linear inserted into the
-     petals below the point. Cup proper none. Seeds solitary.
-
-See PROTEA SPECIOSA. Pl. XVII. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Protea foliis sub-linearibus, angustis, obliquis, rigidis,
-     longissimis; squamis interioribus calycis lanceolatis erectis;
-     florum plumis ferruginoso-purpureis; conus subglobosus.
-
-     Protea with nearly linear leaves, narrow, oblique, harsh and very
-     long; the inner scales of the cup are lance-shaped and upright; the
-     plume of flowers are of a rusty-purple; the cone nearly
-     globe-shaped.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom complete, with the seed-bud attached.
-2. The Petals of the flower spread open, to expose the situation of the Tips.
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit.
-
-That the attention of the scientific and other collectors and
-cultivators of exotics, in this kingdom, may be brought to a better
-acquaintance, with this fine, very extended, yet much neglected Genus;
-the species of which, now in Britain, amount to more than seventy, has
-been our chief aim, in endeavouring to lay before them, figures of some
-of the most rare and beautiful; one of which we deem the present.
-
-This variety of Long-leaved Protea, is figured in Boerhaave’s Index to
-the Leyden garden, Part 2. p. 186, as one of his Lepidocarpodendrons,
-and has been given, by Willdenow in his Sp. plant. Tom. I. p. 531, as a
-synonim of P. speciosa, quoted from Thunberg’s prod. 27. Diss. de Prot.
-
-The culture and treatment of this plant, is the same as P. speciosa, to
-which we refer our readers.
-
-From a fine plant, in the Hibbertian collection, our drawing was taken
-in the month of July this year. It was introduced to us from the Royal
-Gardens at Schonbrun in Germany, communicated by the superintendant to
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, the seeds having been received
-from the collector for the Emperor, at the Cape.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXXIV.
-
-IXIA CROCATA. _Var. nig. maculata._
-
-_Crocus flowered Ixia. Var. black spotted._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 6-petala, patens, æqualis.
-
-     STAMINA tria, erectiusculo-patula.
-
-     BLOSSOM 6-petals, spreading, equal.
-
-     CHIVES three, upright and spreading.
-
-See IXIA REFLEXA. Pl. XIV. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Ixia foliis falcatis, flaccidis; floribus alternis, sessilibus;
-     petalis tribus exterioribus basi gibbis maculatisque.
-
-     Ixia with scimitar-shaped limber leaves; flowers grow alternate and
-     close to the stem; the three outer petals are gouty and spotted at
-     the base.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The two Spaths of the Empalement.
-2. The Flower cut open and expanded, with the Chives attached.
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summits, the Summits detached and magnified.
-
-This variety of Crocus-flowered Ixia was introduced, according to the
-Kew Catalogue, Vol. I. p. 60, in the year 1774, by Mr. F. Masson, from
-the Cape of Good Hope, and there, is treated as a distinct species,
-under the name of I. deusta. From the number of drawings we possess of
-this tribe of plants, having nineteen distinct varieties of this one
-species, and in the close investigation we have given them, in their
-flowering, for a number of years; having found them to sport in colour,
-&c. from the same root, but much more so from seed; enables us
-decisively to place this plant as a variety to I. crocata. It is one of
-the most hardy of the Genus, and propagates itself by the root. The
-flowers are produced about May, in which month 1799, our drawing was
-taken, at the Hammersmith nursery; since, we have not seen it in any
-collection; which leads us to think it is not a free blower, as the
-roots are not scarce.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXXV.
-
-MALVA REFLEXA.
-
-_Reflex-flowered Mallow._
-
-
-CLASS XVI. ORDER VI. _of Schreb. Gen. Plant. 1789._
-
-_MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA._ Threads united. Many Chives.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium duplex; _exterius_ triphyllum, angustius;
-     foliolis cordatis, acutis, persistentibus; _interius_ monophyllum,
-     semiquinquefidum, majus, latius, persistens.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala quinque, obcordata, præmorsa, plana, tubo staminum
-     basi affixa.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta numerosa, inferne coalita in tubum, in hujus
-     apice et superficie secedentia et libera. Antheræ reniformes.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen orbiculatum. Stylus cylindraceus, brevis.
-     Stigmata plurima, setosa, longitudine styli.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula subrotunda, composita e loculamentis pluribus,
-     (tot quot stigmata) bivalvibus, virticillatim inarticulatis circum
-     receptaculum columnare, tandem dilabentibus.
-
-     SEMINA solitaria, rarius duo seu tria, reniformia.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup double; the _outer_ three-leaved, narrower;
-     leaflets heart-shaped, sharp, and remaining; the _inner_ one-leaf,
-     half five-cleft, larger, broader, and remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Five petals; inversely heart-shaped, appearing bit at the
-     ends, flat, fixed to the tube of the chives at the base.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads numerous, united below into a tube, at its top and
-     surface parted and loose. Tips kidney-shaped.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud orbicular. Shaft cylindrical and short. Summits
-     many, bristle-shaped, the length of the shaft.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule roundish, composed of many cells (as many as
-     there are tips) two-valved, forming a whorl round a columnar
-     receptacle not jointed, at length falling off.
-
-     SEEDS solitary, seldom two or three, kidney-shaped.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Malva foliis cuneiformibus, inequaliter incisolobatis; petalis
-     reflexis.
-
-     Mallow with wedge-shaped leaves, unequally gashed into lobes;
-     petals reflexed.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement, the inner and outer Cup separated from the Blossom.
-2. A Blossom spread open.
-3. The Chives and Pointal.
-4. The Chives, the connecting tube cut open.
-5. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit, magnified.
-
-Some light doubts, at first, arose in our minds, that this plant might
-be M. virgata, the 15th in Professor Martyn’s new arrangement of
-Miller’s Dictionary, vide art. Malva. But, from the extraordinary length
-of the branches of M. virgata, there described to be six feet and a half
-long, and only the thickness of a wheat straw at the base! with dark
-purple flowers; we cannot but consider this, which never rises to more
-than a foot and a half or two feet in the stem, with white flowers,
-excepting a small streak of red at the base of the petals, as a distinct
-and new species. It is a native of the Cape, and was received in seeds,
-from thence, in the year 1794. As a hardy green-house plant it is most
-ornamental; the blossoms, which are quite reflexed when full blown,
-being produced in succession from March till November, upon every part
-of the plant. It is increased by cuttings made in May, and placed under
-a hand-glass on a shady border. Light loam with a small mixture of peat,
-it the best soil to make it flourish.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXXVI.
-
-GERANIUM CRASSIFOLIUM.
-
-_Thick-leaved Geranium._
-
-
-CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. _of Suppl. System. Veg. 1781._
-
-_MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     MONOGYNA. Stigmata 5. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.
-
-     ONE POINTAL. Five summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
-     berries.
-
-     See GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM, Pl. XII. Vol. 1.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Geranium foliis acuminatis, lobato-pinnatis, sub-carnosis, laciniis
-     inequaliter dentatis; pedunculis subquadrifloris; floribus
-     pentandris; petalis æqualibus, purpureis.
-
-     Geranium with leaves tapering to the point, winged in lobes and
-     rather fleshy, the segments unequally toothed; foot-stalks
-     generally four flowers; the flowers have five fertile tips; petals
-     equal and purple.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. One Petal of the Blossom.
-3. The Chives and Pointal.
-4. The Chives, spread open.
-5. The same, magnified.
-6. The Pointal, magnified.
-
-The thick-leaved Geranium is a native of the island of Cyprus, and was
-introduced by Dr. Sibthorpe, on his return from visiting the Grecian
-islands, in the year 1788. It is, we think, no more than a biennial
-plant at best, as it seldom survives the second winter, and but rarely
-the first. If the seeds are sown in the month of March, the plants will
-flower the ensuing autumn, and generally produce ripe seeds, if kept in
-a sheltered and warm situation. This plant is unquestionably the true
-Erodium of L’Heritier, and those who admit of that innovation, being the
-one, apparently, upon which he formed his Generic distinction; as we
-believe, no other species, so denominated, has every constituent
-Essential part necessary to his Genus.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXXVII.
-
-GLADIOLUS NANUS.
-
-_Dwarf Gladiolus._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA sexpartita, ringens. Stamina adscendentia.
-
-     BLOSSOM six divisions, gaping. Chives ascending.
-
-See GLADIOLUS ROSEUS. Plate XI. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gladiolus foliis lanceolatis, plicatis, pilosis; scapo toto
-     florigero longitudine foliorum; corolla ringente, laciniis
-     longissimis, divaricatis, undulatis; spatha trivalvi.
-
-     Gladiolus with lance-shaped leaves, plaited and hairy; flower-stem
-     quite covered with flowers the length of the leaves; blossom
-     gaping, the segments very long, spreading different ways and waved;
-     sheath three valved.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The three valved Sheath.
-2. A Blossom cut open and expanded, the Chives remaining attached.
-4. The Seed-bud, Shaft and its Summits, one of them detached and magnified.
-
-The Hibbertian collection has furnished us with this extraordinarily
-handsome Gladiolus. Our drawing was taken at Clapham, in August this
-year, when we were informed by Mr. Hibbert that he had received the
-bulbs but a few months before, from his collector at the Cape. It has
-little likeness to any one of the Genus yet in England; but from the
-character of the leaves, we should incline to think, the treatment
-required for Ixia plicata, (of which species we have drawings of more
-than twenty varieties, known under the names of I. villosa, I.
-rubro-cyanea, I. punicea, I. purpurea, &c. &c.) that is to say, to be
-kept through the winter months, in more heat than is required for the
-generality of Ixias and Gladioluses.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXXVIII.
-
-VACCINIUM AMOENUM.
-
-_Broad-leaved Whortle-berry._
-
-
-CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
-
-_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX superus. Corolla monopetala.
-
-     FILAMENTA receptaculo inserta. Bacca quadrilocularis, polysperma.
-
-     CUP superior. Blossom one petal.
-
-     THREADS fixed into the receptacle. A Berry with four cells and many
-     seeds.
-
-     See VAC. ARCTOSTAPHYLLOS, Pl. XXX. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Vaccinium foliis utrinque acuminatis, subserrulatis, deciduis;
-     floribus racemosis, pedunculis bracteatis, calycibus reflexis,
-     corollis cylindraceis. Stamina decem.
-
-     Whortle-berry with leaves tapering to both ends, a little sawed at
-     the edges and falling off; flowers grow in long bunches,
-     foot-stalks with floral leaves, cups reflexed, blossoms
-     cylinder-shaped. Ten Chives.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Flower complete.
-2. The Empalement, with the floral leaves.
-3. The Chives, magnified.
-4. The Shaft and its Summit, magnified.
-5. A nearly ripe Berry.
-6. The same, cut transversely, magnified.
-
-This very handsome species of Whortleberry was introduced, from North
-America, in the year 1765, by Mr. John Cree, Nurseryman, of Addlestone,
-amongst many others. It is a hardy plant, in our climate. This species
-inclines to a loamy, rather than a peat soil, and is propagated by
-suckers, which it throws up from the root, or from layers; which may be
-put down in May, and taken off the succeeding year. Its time of
-flowering is about June or July, in which latter month our drawing was
-made last year, at Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s, Hammersmith.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXXXIX.
-
-STRUTHIOLA CILIATA. _Var. flore rubro._
-
-_Fringed-leaved Struthiola. Var. red flowered._
-
-
-CLASS IV. ORDER I.
-
-_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     PERIANTHIUM diphyllum. Corolla tubulosa, 4-fida; Nectarium,
-     glandulæ octo fauci circumpositæ.
-
-     SEMEN unum, subbaccatum.
-
-     CUP two-leaved. Blossom tubular, 4-cleft; Honey-cup, 8 glands
-     placed round the mouth of the blossom.
-
-     ONE SEED, like a berry.
-
-     See STRUTHIOLA IMBRICATA, Pl. CXIII. Vol. II.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Struthiola foliis ovato-lanceolatis, mucronatis, ciliatis,
-     concavis, quadrifariam imbricatis; glandulæ octo supra faucem;
-     corolla rubra.
-
-     Struthiola with leaves between egg and lance-shaped, pointed,
-     fringed, concave and tiled in four rows; eight glands upon the
-     mouth of the blossom, which is red.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A leaf, natural size, from one of the younger branches.
-2. A Blossom, with its Cup, or floral leaves.
-3. The Cup, magnified.
-4. A Blossom cut open, and magnified.
-5. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified.
-
-The two varieties of this species of Struthiola, the other with a white
-flower being intended for our next number, were introduced at the same
-time with the Struthiola imbricata, to which they much affine, in
-general habit. But, the strong distinction in the number and character
-of the glands, induced us to consider them of a distinct species; in
-this, they are eight, in S. imbricata there are but four; the leaves
-likewise not so closely set upon the stem, and they are much more
-fringed. For the culture and treatment of this, we must refer our
-readers to the directions, for managing the above named plant. We had
-our specimen, for the figure, from the Clapham collection in May 1800.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXL.
-
-VACCINIUM FRONDOSUM.
-
-_Obtuse-leaved Whortle-berry._
-
-
-CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
-
-_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX superus. Corolla monopetala. Filamenta receptaculo inserta.
-     Bacca quadrilocularis, polysperma.
-
-     CUP superior. Blossom one petal. Threads fixed into the receptacle.
-     A berry with four cells and many seeds.
-
-     See VAC. ARCTOSTAPHYLLOS, Pl. XXX. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Vaccinium racemis foliosis; pedicellis bracteatis; corollis
-     campanulatis; foliis obtusis, oblongis, subtus sub-glaucis,
-     deciduis. Stamina decem.
-
-     Whortle-berry with small leaves on the flower-stems; foot-stalks of
-     the flowers with leaflets; blossoms bell-shaped; leaves, obtuse,
-     oblong, rather glaucous underneath and deciduous. Ten Chives.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement, natural size.
-2. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.
-3. A nearly ripe Berry cut transversely.
-
-The Obtuse-leaved Whortle-berry was introduced, according to the Kew
-Catalogue, Vol. II. p. 12, from North America, in the year 1770 by Mr.
-William Young; but nevertheless, although said to be an inhabitant of
-our gardens so long as 20 years, it is, we believe, known to very few
-cultivators. It is a deciduous shrub, growing to the height of about two
-or three feet; and will, in general, survive the inclemency of our
-winters.
-
-It is increased with difficulty by layers, and the berries seldom ripen
-with us; light peat earth, with a small mixture of loam, it thrives in
-most. The drawing for our figure was taken, from the Hibbertian
-collection, in July 1800. This species has likewise ten Chives, five
-divisions of the cup, &c.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXLI.
-
-CYANELLA CAPENSIS.
-
-_Cape Cyanella._
-
-
-CLASS VI. ORDER I.
-
-_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA_. Six Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX nullus.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala sex, unguibus cohærentia, oblonga, concava, patula;
-     tribus interioribus propendentibus.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta sex, basi contigua, brevissima, patentiuscula;
-     infimo declinato. Antherarum quinque oblongæ, curvatæ, erectæ,
-     apice dehiscentes, dentibus quatuor obtusis; altera vero declinata,
-     maxima, apice bifida.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen trigonum, obtusum. Stylus filiformis, declinatus,
-     longitudine infimi staminis. Stigma acutiusculum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Capsula subrotunda trisulcata, trilocularis,
-     trivalvis.
-
-     SEMINA plura, oblonga.
-
-     EMPALEMENT, none.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Six petals, adhering by the claws, oblong, concave,
-     spreading; the three interior ones hanging forwards.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads six, contiguous at the base, very short, spreading
-     a little; the lower one bent down. Five of the tips are oblong,
-     curved, upright, splitting at the end, with four obtuse teeth; but
-     the other is bent down, very large, and two-cleft at the end.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed-bud three-sided, obtuse. Shaft thread-shaped, bent
-     downward, and the length of the lower chive. Summit rather
-     sharp-pointed.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. Capsule roundish, three-furrowed, three cells, three
-     valves.
-
-     SEEDS many, oblong.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Cyanella caule folioso, paniculato; racemis divaricatis; foliis
-     lanceolatis, undulatis; floribus cæruleis.
-
-     Cyanella with a leafy stem growing into a panicle; branches
-     straddling; leaves lance-shaped, and waved; flowers blue.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Chives and Pointal, natural size, the petals of the blossom cut away.
-2. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.
-3. The same thrown open, to shew their connection at the base.
-4. The Pointal and Seed-bud, magnified.
-
-The Cape Cyanella has been long known in many herbariums, and to most
-botanists by name, but we much question whether a living plant has, till
-now, been seen in our gardens. The description, in his dictionary, of a
-plant cultivated by Miller in 1768, where he says, “the leaves are long,
-narrow, with a groove on the upper side, the peduncle arising
-immediately from the root, supporting one flower, of a fine blue
-colour;” surely can have no connection with our plant, but in the colour
-of its blossom. From every appearance of the plant, even in an abortive
-specimen, more than one flower must be produced, if any. It is
-enumerated, in the Kew Catalogue, as one of the species of Cyanella;
-but, we suppose, only from an accepted idea, that the plant described by
-Miller was the C. capensis; and, as having been cultivated in Britain,
-might be therefore introduced with propriety into the book, though it
-had never graced the garden; otherwise, if this plant, which is
-incontestibly the true C. capensis of Linnæus, had ever been seen in the
-Royal Gardens, no affinity would have been traced to that of Miller.
-
-A few small inaccuracies occur in the generic character of this Genus,
-which we have rectified; one is, that the inner, and not the outer
-petals, are those which hang forward; the others may be observed by
-those, who may consider them worthy notice. This species is a
-bulbous-rooted plant, flowering freely in the green-house; although the
-roots had been received, late in the season, from the collector for the
-Hibbertian Collection now at the Cape; which, perhaps, is the reason the
-flowers are produced at this time of the year (February). Mr. Allen
-informs us, that, it has had no other treatment, than what is given to
-Cape bulbs in general. From the swelled appearance of the seed-vessels
-we have little doubt of ripe seeds being produced.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXLII.
-
-GLADIOLUS CRISPUS.
-
-_Curled-leaved Gladiolus._
-
-
-CLASS III. ORDER I.
-
-_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA sexpartita, ringens. Stamina adscendentia.
-
-     BLOSSOM six divisions, gaping. Chives ascending.
-
-     See GLADIOLUS ROSEUS. Plate XI. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Gladiolus foliis ensiformibus, ad oras crispus; floribus secundis,
-     palidè rubris; laciniis corollæ rotundatis; tubo gracili,
-     longissimo.
-
-     Gladiolus with sword shaped leaves, curled at the edges; flowers
-     point all one way, and are of a pale red; segments of the blossom
-     rounded; tube slender, and very long.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement.
-2. A Flower cut open, the Chives remaining attached.
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit.
-
-A Figure of this Gladiolus may be found in the Ic. rar. 2. of Professor
-Jacquin, t. 267, by those who possess that elegant and invaluable work.
-The plant from which our drawing was taken, and we believe the first
-that has been seen in Britain, flowered in the collection of G. Hibbert,
-Esq. Clapham Common, last year in the month of July. We do not perceive
-that the treatment of this plant, should differ from the rest of its
-congeners.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXLIII.
-
-LIMONIA TRIFOLIATA.
-
-_Three-leafletted Limonia._
-
-
-CLASS X. ORDER I.
-
-_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, tri-seu quinquefidum, acutum,
-     minimum, persistens.
-
-     COROLLA. Petala tria ad quinque, oblonga, obtusa, erecta, apice
-     patentia.
-
-     STAMINA. Filamenta sex ad decem, subulata, erecta, corolla
-     breviora. Antheræ lineares, erectæ.
-
-     PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum, superum. Stylus cylindraceus,
-     longitudine staminum. Stigma capitatum, planum.
-
-     PERICARPIUM. Bacca ovata seu globosa, trilocularis; dissepimentis
-     membranaceis.
-
-     SEMINA solitaria, ovata.
-
-     EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, three or five-cleft, pointed, very small,
-     and remaining.
-
-     BLOSSOM. Petals from three to five, oblong, obtuse, upright,
-     spreading at the end.
-
-     CHIVES. Threads from six to ten, awl shaped, upright, shorter than
-     the blossom. Tips linear, and upright.
-
-     POINTAL. Seed bud oblong and superior. Shaft cylindrical, the
-     length of the Chives. Summit headed, and flat.
-
-     SEED-VESSEL. An oval, or globular berry with three cells;
-     partitions skinny.
-
-     SEEDS solitary, and egg-shaped.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Limonia foliis ternatis; spinis geminis, axillaribus.
-
-     Limonia with leaves composed of three leaflets; spines grow by
-     pairs at the footstalks of the leaves close to the stem.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. The Empalement, magnified.
-2. The Chives and Pointal, magnified, as they stand in the Blossom.
-3. The Pointal natural size.
-4. The same, magnified.
-5. A ripe berry.
-6. A Seed.
-
-This plant, a native of China, has since its introduction, as are most
-plants coming from thence, been cultivated with us as a hot-house plant;
-but from every natural affinity, we should be led to suppose it would
-endure our winters, in the green-house. As yet it is in few collections
-and scarce; therefore, till it becomes more plenty, it will, most
-likely, not undergo that ordeal. Our drawing was taken from a branch in
-high perfection, communicated by Mr. Anderson, from the collection of J.
-Vere, Esq. Kensington Gore, last year 1800, in the month of July; who
-informs us, he has been enabled to propagate it by cuttings, and that he
-keeps it in a mixture of loam and rotten dung.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE CXLIV.
-
-PROTEA LONGIFOLIA. _Var. cono turbinato._
-
-_Long-leaved Protea. Var. top-shaped cone._
-
-
-CLASS IV. ORDER I.
-
-_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
-
-
-ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
-
-     COROLLA 4-fida seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis
-     infra apicem. Calyx proprius nullus. Semina solitaria.
-
-     BLOSSOM 4-cleft or 4 petals. Tips linear, inserted into the petals
-     below the point. Cup proper none. Seeds solitary.
-
-See PROTEA FORMOSA, Pl. XVII. Vol. I.
-
-
-SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
-
-     Protea foliis sublinearibus, angustis, obliquis, rigidis,
-     longissimis; squamis interioribus calycis lanceolatis, erectis;
-     florum plumis atro-purpureis; conus turbinatus.
-
-     Protea with nearly linear leaves, narrow, oblique, harsh and very
-     long; the inner scales of the cup are lance-shaped and upright; the
-     plume of flowers are of a dark purple; the cone top-shaped.
-
-
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
-
-1. A Blossom complete, with the seed-bud attached.
-2. The Petals of the flower spread open, to shew the situation of the Tips.
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit.
-
-This is the third variety of Long-leaved Protea, as mentioned p. 132,
-and equally scarce with the preceding ones. It was raised from seed at
-the same time with the other two, which were received by Messrs. Lee and
-Kennedy, Hammersmith, from the superintendant of the Imperial Gardens at
-Schonbrun. This variety, at present, is in no collection, that we know
-of, in England, but that of G. Hibbert, Esq. where our drawing was made,
-in the month of January 1801. The same unfortunate character attaches to
-this, as to the other varieties, from the great difficulty of increasing
-it; although, it flourishes in growth, if planted in a light, loamy
-soil.
-
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-
-
-
-
-INDEX
-
-TO THE PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOL. II.
-
-
-Plate  73  Daphne pontica.                               | Pontic Spurge Laurel.                           | Har.  | Shrub. | March, April.
-       74  Persoonia lanceolata.                         | Lance-shape-leaved Persoonia.                   | G. H. | Shrub. | All Summer.
-       75  Physalis prostrata.                           | Trailing Winter cherry.                         | H. H. | Ann.   | July, August.
-       76  Protea pinifolia.                             | Pine-leaved Protea.                             | G. H. | Shrub. | July, August.
-       77  Persoonia linearis.                           | Linear-leaved Protea.                           | G. H. | Shrub. | August, Sept.
-       78  Ixora Pavetta.                                | Sweet Ixora.                                    | H. H. | Shrub. | August, Sept.
-       79  Crowea saligna.                               | Willow leaved Crowea.                           | G. H. | Shrub. | July till Nov.
-       80  Buchnera fœtida.                              | Stinking Buchnera.                              | G. H. | Ann.   | August, Sept.
-       81  Sowerbia juncea.                              | Rush-like Sowerbia.                             | G. H. | Herb.  | All Summer.
-       82  Banksia serrata.                              | Sawed-leaved Banksia.                           | G. H. | Shrub. | March, April.
-       83  Moræa tricolor.                               | Three-coloured Moræa.                           | G. H. | Bulb.  | May, June.
-       84  Buchnera pedunculata.                         | Solitary-flowered Buchnera.                     | G. H. | Shrub. | July till Nov.
-       85  Mahernia odorata.                             | Sweet Mahernia.                                 | G. H. | Shrub. | All the year.
-       86  Bignonia pandorana.                           | Norfolk Island Trumpet Flower.                  | G. H. | Shrub. | March till June.
-       87  Ixia aristata. _Var. atro-purpurea._          | Ragged sheathed Ixia. _Var. dark purple._       | G. H. | Bulb.  | May, June.
-       88  Eranthemum pulchellum.                        | Blue-flowered Eranthemum.                       | H. H. | Shrub. | Jan. till May.
-       89  Gnidia lævigata.                              | Shining-leaved Gnidia.                          | G. H. | Shrub. | July, August.
-       90  Septas capensis.                              | Cape septas.                                    | G. H. | Herb.  | May till August.
-       91  Camellia japonica. _Var. flo. pl. variegato._ | Double-striped Camellia.                        | G. H. | Shrub. | August till May.
-       92  Crinum spirali.                               | Spiral-stalked Asphodel Lily.                   | G. H. | Bulb.  | Jan. till April.
-       93  Aster reflexus.                               | Reflex-leaved Starwort.                         | G. H. | Shrub. | All the year.
-       94  Galaxia ovata.                                | Oval-leaved Galaxia.                            | G. H. | Bulb.  | June, July.
-       95  Amaryllis radiata.                            | Rayed Lily Daffodil.                            | H. H. | Bulb.  | Feb. March.
-       96  Punica granatum. _Var. flo. albo._            | White Pomegranate.                              | G. H. | Shrub. | April, May.
-       97  Vaccinium formosum.                           | Red-twigged Whortle-berry.                      | Har.  | Shrub. | May, June.
-       98  Pultenæa daphnoides.                          | Daphne-like Pultenæa.                           | G. H. | Shrub. | May, June.
-       99  Gladiolus blandus.                            | Large white-flowered Gladiolus.                 | G. H. | Bulb.  | May.
-      100  Embothrium sericeum.                          | Silky Embothrium.                               | G. H. | Shrub. | All the year.
-      101  Hypoxis stellata.                             | Star-flowered Hypoxis.                          | G. H. | Bulb.  | June, July.
-      102  Epigæa repens.                                | Creeping Epigæa.                                | Har.  | Shrub. | April, May.
-      103  Protea speciosa, _nigra_.                     | Black-flowered Protea.                          | G. H. | Shrub. | July, August.
-      104  Lachnæa Eriocephala.                          | Woolly-headed Lachnæa.                          | G. H. | Shrub. | March till Aug.
-      105  Vaccinium crassifolium.                       | Thick-leaved Whortle-berry.                     | Har.  | Shrub. | June, July.
-      106  Houstonia coccinea.                           | Scarlet Houstonia.                              | G. H. | Shrub. | August till Dec.
-      107  Allium gracile.                               | Sweet-scented Garlic.                           | H. H. | Bulb.  | March till June.
-      108  Geranium reniforme.                           | Kidney-shape-leaved Geranium.                   | G. H. | Shrub. | July, August.
-      109  Chrysanthemum tricolor.                       | Three-coloured Corn-Marygold.                   | G. H. | Ann.   | July till October.
-      110  Protea speciosa, _latifolia_.                 | Broad-leaved shewy Protea.                      | G. H. | Shrub. | August.
-      111  Gladiolus striatus.                           | Streaked-flowered Gladiolus.                    | G. H. | Bulb.  | July, August.
-      112  Vaccinium dumosum.                            | Bushy Whortle-berry.                            | Har.  | Shrub. | June.
-      113  Struthiola imbricata.                         | Tiled-leaved Struthiola.                        | G. H. | Shrub. | March and Sept.
-      114  Geranium quinquevulnerum.                     | Variegated-flowered Geranium.                   | G. H. | Shrub. | June, July.
-      115  Geranium tomentosum.                          | Downy-leaved Geranium.                          | G. H. | Shrub. | August.
-      116  Gaultheria procumbens.                        | Trailing Gaultheria.                            | Har.  | Shrub. | March till Aug.
-      117  Gentiana purpurea.                            | Purple-flowered Gentian.                        | Har.  | Herb.  | July, August.
-      118  Gladiolus grandiflorus.                       | Large-flowered Gladiolus.                       | G. H. | Bulb.  | June.
-      119  Struthiola ovata.                             | Oval-leaved Struthiola.                         | G. H. | Shrub. | March till June.
-      120  Fuchsia lycioides.                            | Box Thorn-like Fuchsia.                         | G. H. | Shrub. | August till Nov.
-      121  Geranium cortusæfolium.                       | Cortusa-leaved Geranium.                        | G. H. | Shrub. | July.
-      122  Gladiolus galeatus.                           | Helmet-flowered Gladiolus.                      | G. H. | Bulb.  | May, June.
-      123  Thunbergia fragrans.                          | Twining Thunbergia.                             | H. H. | Shrub. | May till Sept.
-      124  Heliconia psittacorum.                        | Parrot billed Heliconia.                        | H. H. | Shrub. | September.
-      125  Vaccinium parviflorum.                        | Small-flowered Whortle-berry.                   | Har.  | Shrub. | May, June.
-      126  Hibbertia volubilis.                          | Twining Hibbertia.                              | G. H. | Shrub. | May till Sept.
-      127  Jasminum gracile.                             | Slender-stemmed Jasmine.                        | G. H. | Shrub. | July till Nov.
-      128  Ixia polystachia.                             | Many-spiked Ixia.                               | G. H. | Bulb.  | April.
-      129  Gloriosa superba.                             | Superb Gloriosa.                                | H. H. | Bulb.  | August.
-      130  Cerbera undulata.                             | Waved-leaved Cerbera.                           | H. H. | Shrub. | July.
-      131  Geranium laciniatum.                          | Ragged-leaved Geranium.                         | G. H. | Shrub. | May, June.
-      132  Protea longifolia. _Nigra._                   | Long-leaved Protea. _Black flower._             | G. H. | Shrub. | Novem. Decem.
-      133  Protea longifolia. _Ferruginoso-purpurea._    | Long-leaved Protea. _Rusty purple flower._      | G. H. | Shrub. | July, August.
-      134  Ixia crocata. _Var. nigra maculata._          | Crocus-flowered Ixia. _Var. black spotted._     | G. H. | Bulb.  | May, June.
-      135  Malva reflexa.                                | Reflex-flowered Mallow.                         | G. H. | Shrub. | March till Nov.
-      136  Geranium crassifolium.                        | Thick-leaved Geranium.                          | G. H. | Ann.   | August, Sept.
-      137  Gladiolus nanus.                              | Dwarf Gladiolus.                                | G. H. | Bulb.  | May, June.
-      138  Vaccinium amœnum.                             | Broad-leaved Whortle-berry.                     | Har.  | Shrub. | June, July.
-      139  Struthiola ciliata. _Var. flore rubro._       | Fringed-leaved Struthiola. _Var. red-flowered._ | G. H. | Shrub. | August.
-      140  Vaccinium frondosum.                          | Obtuse-leaved Whortle-berry.                    | Har.  | Shrub. | June, July.
-      141  Cyanella capensis.                            | Cape Cyanella.                                  | G. H. | Bulb.  | May, June.
-      142  Gladiolus crispus.                            | Curled leaved Gladiolus.                        | G. H. | Bulb.  | June, July.
-      143  Limonia trifoliata.                           | Three-leaved Limonia.                           | H. H. | Shrub. | August.
-      144  Protea longifolia. _Var. cono turbinato._     | Long-leaved Protea. _Var. cone top-shaped._     | G. H. | Shrub. | Nov. Dec.
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-ERRATA.
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-
-Plate  73, Sp. Ch. pedunculus, lege, _pedunculis_.
-       74, Gen. Ch. Nectariæ, lege, _Nectaria_.
-       76, See P. speciosa, read,  _formosa_.
-       79, Gen. Ch. Pointal, for Seed-buds, read, _Seed-bud_.
-       81, Gen. Ch. Chives, for bear two chive, each parted, read, _bear two tips each, parted_, &c.
-       84, Descr. line 7, for plotted, read, _potted_.
-       90, Gen. Ch. Pericarp. Capsula, lege, _Capsulæ_.
-       91, English name, for Double-striped, read, _Double Striped_.   Class, lege, _Monadelphia_.
-       96, Seed-vessel, for five-celled, read, _nine-celled_.
-      106, Descr. line 5,  for Hememeris, read, _Hemimeris_.
-      120, Gen. Ch. Calyx, monophyllum.   Infundibuliforme, lege, _monophyllum_, _infundibuliforme_. Post _superum_, adde (,)
-      130, Descr. line penult, for O borbonica, read, _O. borbonica_.
-      131, Class, Monodelphia, lege, _Monadelphia_. From a singular oversight, in transcribing, this Erratum has been overlooked, and continued, with every Geranium.
-      133, Sp. Ch. line 3, post _lanceolatis_, adde, (,)
-      137, Sp. Ch. line 5, for three valved, read, _three-valved_. Descrip. line 4, after _but_, put (,)
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-<a href="#INDEX-vol1"><b>Index to Volume I</b></a><br>
-<small><a href="#ERRATA1"><b>Errata Volume I.</b></a><br></small>
-<a href="#INDEX-vol2"><b>Index to Volume II</b></a><br>
-<small><a href="#ERRATA2"><b>Errata Volume II.</b></a><br></small>
-</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_2">[Pg 2]</a></span></p>
-
-<h1>
-<a href="images/title-1.jpg">
-<img src="images/title-1.jpg"
-height="550"
-alt=""></a><br>
-<i>Vol. 1.</i><br><br>
-
-<i>of the</i><br>
-Botanist’s Repository</h1>
-
-<p class="c"><i>Comprising<br>
-Colour’d Engravings</i><br><br>
-
-of<br><br>
-
-<i>New and Rare Plants</i><br><br>
-
-ONLY<br>
-<br>
-With Botanical Descriptions &amp;c.<br>
-
-<br>&#8212;&#8212;<i>in</i>&#8212;&#8212;<br><br>
-
-<i>Latin and English</i>,<br><br>
-
-<i>after the</i><br><br>
-
-Linnæan System.<br><br>
-
-<i>by</i><br><br>
-
-<i>H. Andrews</i><br><br>
-<i>Botanical Painter Engraver, &amp;c.</i></p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_3">[Pg 3]</a></span>&#160; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_4">[Pg 4]</a></span>&#160; </p>
-
-<h2><a id="PREFACE"></a>PREFACE.</h2>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> utility of this undertaking at a crisis, when the taste for
-Botanical pursuits so universally prevails, will, it is presumed, be
-readily admitted by all those engaged in them, whether as theorists,
-collectors, or cultivators. Such a work, under the immediate direction
-of some principal leader in the science, of this country, has been a
-desideratum of long expectance; but either from the great expence
-necessarily incurred, before any adequate return could be made, or from
-the trouble attendant on publications, where colouring forms so
-considerable a part, as yet, every similar attempt has proved abortive.
-The Bot. Mag. of Mr. Curtis, a work of singular merit in its way, has
-occasionally furnished, it is true, a few specimens of new plants; but
-the greatest part, as its title-page indicates, consists of those well
-known, common plants, long cultivated in our gardens; the direct reverse
-of the proposals and intentions of the author, in the prosecution of
-this. From a wish to prevent confusion, it was a determined principle at
-the outset of the work, not to give any generic or specific synonims;
-but to follow the most generally accepted names, of known and named
-plants, without a cavil, of our best English botanists, or cultivators,
-if no flagrant error was perceptible, according to the Linnæan system:
-being satisfied, nothing contributed so much to repress the ardour of
-young botanists as the difficulty of affixing the right name to those
-plants, which, (from a captious desire in every publisher, to foist in
-something of his own coinage, upon the most trifling supposed
-difference,) have undergone several changes of title. If the plant was a
-certain novelty, with us, to have followed the sexual system, without a
-schism; upon that truly grand and comprehensive scale of nature; when
-the formation of a new genus was necessary; if not, to refer it to some
-one already made, if such was to be found, in any orthodox author: the
-specific name to be formed from some opposed, leading feature, in the
-habits of the different species of the genus. But although such were the
-Author’s intentions, when he entered on this business, yet, from a wish
-to oblige many of the supporters of the work, who have signified a wish
-that synonims should be given, an alphabetical Index, with all the
-various Synonims collated from the best authorities, shall be printed
-separate for the use of those who may wish for such an addition.</p>
-
-<p>As a fair excuse for the Author, (who throws himself upon the candour of
-the Public,) in extenuation of the inaccuracies which have, and will
-necessarily occur in the prosecution of the work, it is just to say,
-that the difficulties to be encountered, and of which none but those
-engaged in similar concerns can form any adequate idea, are
-incalculable; arising chiefly from the nature of a monthly publication,
-composed entirely of novelty, which cannot be anticipated, and of
-course, so very little time can be allotted for revisal or correction.
-To remedy as far as possible such slips, a list of Erratæ will be given,
-with the Index, at the close of each volume.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_5">[Pg 5]</a></span></p><p><span class="smcap">Knightsbridge</span>, Oct. 1799.</p>
-
-<h2><a id="ERRATA1"></a>ERRATA, VOL. I.</h2>
-
-<table>
-<tr><td rowspan="19">Plate</td><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_2">2.</a></td><td>Springalia, lege, <i>Sprengelia</i>. Bloss. one leaf, read, <i>one petal</i>.</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td>&#160;</td><td>Peri. 4-valvis, 4-locul. l. 5-val. 5-loc. S. V. 4 val. 4 cells, r. 5 val. 5 cells.</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_3">3.</a></td><td>Cor. æquila, l. <i>æqualia</i>. Emp. Sheath, r. <i>Sheaths</i>.</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_7">7.</a></td><td>Calyx, multiflorium, l. <i>multiflorum</i>.</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_9">9.</a></td><td>Calyx, diciduis, l. <i>deciduis</i>. Stam. acumenatæ, l. <i>acuminatæ</i>.</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_11">11.</a></td><td>Sp. Ch. post roseis, ins. (,).</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_12">12.</a></td><td>Ord. II. r. IV. Seeds, become, r. <i>becomes</i>.</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_14">14.</a></td><td>Emp. cup, r. <i>sheath</i>. Poin. put (,) after beneath.</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_15">15.</a></td><td>Standard, cut, r. <i>cup</i>.</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_20">20.</a></td><td>Sem. acumenatæ, l. <i>acuminatæ</i>.</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_23">23.</a></td><td>Bloss. after spreading, put (,). No. 2 of Ref. put (<i>the</i>) before chives.</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_25">25.</a></td><td>Sp. Ch. post plenis, ins. (,).</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_27">27.</a></td><td>Ord. II. r. IV.</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_30">30.</a></td><td>Line 6th of Descr. leave out (<i>not</i>).</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_37">37.</a></td><td>Ord. II. r. IV.</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_41">41.</a></td><td>Bloss. one leaf, r. <i>one petal</i>; divided into six, r. <i>with six divisions</i>.</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_47">47.</a></td><td>Stam. post subulata, ins. (,).</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_65">65.</a></td><td>Emp. fruit-stalks, r. <i>fruit-stalk</i>.</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_67">67.</a></td><td>Descr. line 2d, for makes an addition to, r. <i>makes one of</i>.</td></tr>
-</table>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_6">[Pg 6]</a></span></p>
-
-<p class="cb">
-<small>THE</small><br><br><span class="lspc">
-<span class="big">
-BOTANIST’S REPOSITORY,</span></span><br>
-<br>
-<small>FOR</small><br>
-<br><span class="big">
-<i>NEW, AND RARE PLANTS</i>.</span><br>
-<br>
-CONTAINING<br>
-<br><span class="big">
-COLOURED FIGURES</span><br>
-<br>
-OF SUCH PLANTS, AS HAVE NOT HITHERTO APPEARED<br>
-IN ANY SIMILAR PUBLICATION;<br>
-<br><small>
-WITH ALL THEIR ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS, BOTANICALLY ARRANGED,<br>
-AFTER THE SEXUAL SYSTEM OF THE CELEBRATED LINNÆUS;</small><br>
-<br>
-<i>IN ENGLISH, AND LATIN</i>.<br>
-<br><small>
-TO EACH DESCRIPTION IS ADDED,</small><br>
-<br>
-A SHORT HISTORY OF THE PLANT,<br>
-<br><small>
-AS TO ITS TIME OF FLOWERING, CULTURE, NATIVE PLACE OF GROWTH,<br>
-WHEN INTRODUCED, AND BY WHOM.</small><br>
-<br><small>
-THE WHOLE EXECUTED BY</small><br>
-<br><span class="big"><span class="lspc">
-<i>HENRY ANDREWS</i>,</span></span><br>
-<br>
-AUTHOR OF THE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS OF HEATHS, IN FOLIO.<br>
-<br>
-<br>
-LONDON:<br>
-<br>
-<i>PRINTED BY T. BENSLEY</i>,<br>
-AND PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, Nº 5, KNIGHTSBRIDGE.<br>
-<br><small>
-To be had of <span class="smcap">J. White</span>, Fleet-street, and all the Booksellers.<br>
-<br></small>
-1797.<br>
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_1"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> I.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">CORTUSA MATTHIOLI.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Alpine Sanicle.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium quinquefidum, persistens; laciniis obtusis,
-concavis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala, rotata, quinquepartita, laciniis sub-rotundis,
-ad quarum basin prominent tubercula quinque.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque brevia. Antheræ bipartitæ, oblongæ,
-erectæ, exteriori parte affixæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma simplex.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpuim.</span> Capsula ovata-oblonga, utrinque longitudinaliter
-sulcata, unilocularis, apice quinquevalvi, valvularum marginibus
-involutis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, oblonga, scabra.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup with five divisions, permanent; the segments blunt,
-and concave.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One leaf, wheel-shaped, five divisions, segments nearly
-round, having five prominent tubercles at their base.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five short threads. Tips divided in two, oblong, upright,
-and fixed to the blossom by their backs.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit simple.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong egg-shaped, channelled on each side, of
-one cell, the top has five valves, which are turned inward at their
-margins.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, oblong, and rough.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Cortusa, foliis cordatis, laciniatis, petiolatis; calycibus corolla
-brevioribus.</p>
-
-<p>Sanicle, with heart-shaped jagged leaves that have foot-stalks;
-empalements shorter than the blossoms.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">
-1. The Empalement, and Fruit-stalk.<br>
-2. The Blossom cut, and spread open, to expose the situation of the Chives.<br>
-3. The Pointal, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> beautiful little herbaceous plant, a native of the Germanic Alps,
-was known to, and described by all the elder, as well as modern
-botanical theorists; yet till this time, has there not been one good
-representation of it. Having been nearly lost to us for a number of
-years, it may be considered as deserving a place amongst those plants we
-deem rare; as a specimen of such it has been given. It delights much in
-shade; is perfectly hardy; thrives best in a light but pure soil; as
-dung, or other mixtures, are apt to rot the roots when in a state of
-inaction; flowering in May and June, and producing seeds. But the surest
-mode of propagation is by the root, which may be divided with success
-about September.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 1<br>
-<a href="images/ill_001.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_001.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span>
-
-<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_2"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> II.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">SPRINGALIA INCARNATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Star-flowered Springalia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIX. ORDER VI.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>SYNGENESIS MONOGAMIA.</i> Tips united. Flowers simple.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quinquefidum, persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala, quinquefida, rotata, laciniis acumenatis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, lineares, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ
-pilosæ, erectæ, conatæ in cylindrum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum, turbinatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma
-obtusum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarfium.</span> Capsula quadrivalvis, quadrilocularis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, minima, rotunda.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, cut into five segments, and remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One leaf, cut into five segments, wheel-shaped, the
-divisions sharp pointed.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, linear, fixed into the receptacle. Tips
-hairy, upright, united into a cylinder.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above, turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit
-blunt ended.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule four valves, four cells.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, small, and round.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Springalia, foliis alternis, amplexicaulibus, mucronatis; corollis
-sub-solitariis, incarnatis, rigidis, micantibus.</p>
-
-<p>Springalia, with alternate leaves, embracing the stem, and sharp
-pointed; blossoms mostly single, flesh-coloured, harsh, and
-shining.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, (natural size).<br>
-2. The Blossom divided from the Empalement.<br>
-3. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud, (magnified).<br>
-4. The Seed-vessel, and Pointal, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Springalia, must certainly rank among the most beautiful of the
-various new genera which have been introduced from New Holland; the
-delicacy, brilliancy, and number, of its blossoms render it particularly
-attractive, whilst their extreme permanency adds greatly to its merits;
-the flower being of such singular durability, as to retain nearly the
-same appearance when the seeds are perfected, as at their first opening.
-The figure before us, was taken from a plant in the nursery garden of
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, who raised it from seeds about
-three years since, and where it has flowered these two successive years.
-The Botany-bay plants, (as they are generally called) are best preserved
-in the greenhouse; but although this is sufficiently hardy for such
-treatment, yet its situation must be dry, being very susceptible of
-damps, flourishing best in sandy peat earth; continues flowering through
-the whole summer; and propagates easily by cuttings. The characters, and
-habit of this genus, like almost all the plants from New Holland, being
-perfectly new, there was a necessity to form a fresh generic name for
-it; which has been done by the deservedly eminent Dr. J. E. Smith,
-botanical professor, and president of the Linnæan Society.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 2<br>
-<a href="images/ill_002.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_002.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_3"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> III.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">NEOTTIA SPECIOSA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Flesh-coloured Neottia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XX. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA.</i> Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ vagæ. Spadix simplex</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, longitudine æquila, anguste-lanceolata,
-erecta.</p>
-
-<p><i>Nectarium</i> monophyllum, indivisum, acuminatum, intra petala
-interiora positum, basin styli semiamplectens, erectum, superne
-patulum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta duo, ex limbo styli dorsali orta, lanceolata.
-Antheræ duæ, lineares, longæ, locatæ in loculum filamenti.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum, curvatum, sulcatum, inferne attenuatum.
-Stylus crassus, adnatus labio superiori nectarii. Stigma obsoletum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula unilocularis, carnosa, longissima, trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, minutissima.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheath scattered. Fruit-stalk simple.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals five, of equal length, of a narrow spear-shape, and
-upright.</p>
-
-<p><i>Honey-cup</i> one leaf, undivided, sharp pointed, placed between the
-two inner petals, half embracing the base of the shaft, upright,
-spreading at the top.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Two threads, rising out of the back of the shaft,
-spear-shaped. Tips two, linear, long, placed in the cells of the
-threads.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath, curved, furrowed, tapering at the base.
-Shaft thick, growing to the upper lip of the honey-cup. Summit
-indistinct.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule with one cell, fleshy, very long, three
-valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous, very small.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Neottia, foliis radicalibus, undulatis, lato-lanceolatis, basi
-attenuatis; floribus confertis, spicatis, incarnatis,
-speciocissimis.</p>
-
-<p>Neottia, with leaves growing from the root, waved, of a broad
-spear-shape, tapered at the base; flowers pressed together in a
-spike, flesh-coloured, and most beautiful.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Blossom, Seed-bud, and Sheath, (natural size).<br>
-<br>
-2. The Seed-bud, and three Petals of the Blossom; the two inner cut out, to shew the position<br>
-of the Honey-cup, (natural size).<br>
-<br>
-3. Seed-vessel, and Honey-cup magnified; shewing the situation, and shape of the Chives,<br>
-within the Honey-cup.<br>
-<br>
-4. The same magnified; shewing the situation of the Pointal, at the back of the Honey-cup.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Professor</span> Jacquin of Vienna, having figured the Neottia in the third
-volume of his Collectanea, with justice has determined it a new genus,
-and given it the name it here bears; the whole habit of the plant being
-entirely dissimilar to any old genera. It certainly must be placed
-somewhere near Limodorum, or Epidendron, from either of which, however,
-it stands perfectly distinct. This is the only species yet in England,
-and was introduced from the island of Jamaica, about the year 1793, by
-the Hon. Mrs. Barrington. The drawing from which the present figure is
-taken, was made (by her kind permission) from a plant in the extensive
-collection of the Hon. Lady Archer, Ham-common. Like all plants from
-that island, it requires the heat of a pine-stove, and rich earth, to
-make it flourish; is increased by the root, and flowers in the early
-part of the year.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 3
-<br><a href="images/ill_003.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_003.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_4"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> IV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">RHODODENDRON DAURICUM.</span></h2>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>Dauric Rhododendron.</i></p>
-
-<h3>CLASS X. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Ten Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> quinquepartitus, persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala, rotato-infundibuliformis: limbo patente;
-laciniis rotundatis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem, filiformia, longitudine corollæ,
-declinata. Antheræ ovales.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen pentagonum, retusum. Stylus filiformis,
-longitudine corollæ. Stigma obtusum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula ovata, quinquelocularis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, minima, lineares.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> of five divisions, and remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One leaf, of a roundish funnel-shape: the limb spreading;
-and its segments rounded.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Ten hair-like threads, the length of the blossom, bent
-downward. Tips oval.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud five-sided, and dented. Shaft thread-shaped, the
-length of the blossom. Summit blunt-ended.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oval, five-celled.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, small, and linear.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Rhododendron, foliis glabris utrinque nudis, petiolis longissimis;
-corollæ violaceæ, foliis ampliores, rotatæ.</p>
-
-<p>Rhododendron, with smooth leaves, naked on both sides, and long
-foot-stalks; the blossoms light purple, larger than the leaves, and
-wheel-shaped.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Blossom, (natural size).<br>
-2. The Chives, and Pointal, (natural size); one tip detached, (magnified).<br>
-3. The Seed-vessel, and Pointal, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Although</span> this shrub has been described, and is well known to botanists,
-it has not, till within these very few years, been seen in Great
-Britain. It is a perfectly hardy plant, being a native of the coast of
-the Black and Caspian seas, and parts adjacent; from whence it has been
-conveyed to Petersburg by Dr. P. Pallas, and figured by him in his Flora
-Russica. Mr. Bush was the person who brought it to England, on his
-return from Russia. The flowers begin to appear in the month of March,
-continuing through April and May. As yet (from its scarcity) the best
-method of cultivating it can scarcely be known; but it seems to like a
-sheltered situation, and light soil, like most of the genus; and has
-been increased by layers. The drawing was made from a plant, at the
-nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_22">[Pg 22]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 4
-<br><a href="images/ill_004.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_004.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_25">[Pg 25]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_24">[Pg 24]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_23">[Pg 23]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_5"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> V.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS LONGIFLORUS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Long-flowered Gladiolus.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, sexpartita, ringens. Petala oblonga, omnia unguibus in
-tubum conata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, subulata, divisuris alternis petalorum
-inserta. Antheræ oblongæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminium.
-Stigma trifidum, concavum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, obtusa, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, subrotunda.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheath two valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, cut into six segments, and gaping. Petals oblong, having
-all their claws connected into a tube.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three threads, awl-shaped, fixed into each alternate
-division of the petals. Tips oblong.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives.
-Summit divided in three, and concave.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, obtuse, three cells, three valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly round.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<p>Gladiolus, foliis ensiformibus, plicatis, villosis; corollis
-tubiformus, longissimis; petalis undulatis, reflexis.</p>
-
-<p>Gladiolus, with sword-shaped, plated, hairy leaves; blossoms
-trumpet-shaped, and very long; petals waved, and bent back.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p>1. A Blossom cut open, to shew the situation, and insertion of the
-Threads; the Threads, and Tips, remaining attached.</p>
-
-<p>2. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and its Summit.</p>
-
-<p>This species of Gladiolus, (as are most of the genus) is a native of the
-Cape of Good Hope, about Table Mountain; where the roots of Ixia,
-Antholyza, Gladiolus, &amp;c. form a chief part of the food of the
-inhabiting monkies. It came to England amongst many other roots and
-seeds of beautiful and rare plants, collected by J. Pringle, Esq. of the
-island of Madeira, when on an excursion at the Cape; and sent by him to
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, of Hammersmith. Like most bulbs, it has its
-period of rest; during which, it should be kept without moisture, but
-whilst growing, requires abundance; flowering about June, or July, and
-producing good seeds. It should be treated as a greenhouse plant, and
-planted in light sandy earth. Like the Crocus, the old root perishing, a
-number of fresh ones are produced, which may, (if thought necessary) be
-kept out of the ground two or three months.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 5
-<br><a href="images/ill_005.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_005.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_29">[Pg 29]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_28">[Pg 28]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_27">[Pg 27]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_6"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> VI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">HEMEROCALLIS CÆRULEA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Blue Day Lily.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Nullus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, sexpartita, infundibuli-campanulata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, subulata, longitudine corollæ, declinata;
-superiora breviora. Antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes, assurgentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen sulcatum, superum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine
-et situ staminium. Stigma obtuse-trigonum, assurgens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula trigona, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, subrotunda.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> None.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, has six segments, of a funnel bell-shape.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Six awl-shaped threads, the length of the blossom, bent
-downwards; the upper ones the shortest. Tips oblong, fixed by their
-sides, and turned up at the ends.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud furrowed, and above. Shaft thread-shaped, of the
-length and position of the chives. Summit bluntly three-cornered,
-turned up at the point.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule three-sided, three cells, three valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly round.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Hemerocallis, foliis cordatis, petiolatis; corollis cæruleis.</p>
-
-<p>Day Lily, with leaves that are heart-shaped, and have foot-stalks;
-the blossoms blue.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Chives, and Pointal, as placed in the Blossom.<br>
-2. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit.<br>
-3. A Seed of the shape and size when ripe.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> variety of character exhibited in this new species of Hemerocallis,
-so different from its congeners, in foliage, flower, and seed; would
-almost induce us to think like Gærtner, a generic division necessary; if
-we were not withheld, by that strong rule of Linnæus, (from which, it
-will be a leading feature of this work, not to swerve) not to increase
-the number of genera, but where absolutely necessary. This species, as
-well as a white variety, which has been figured by Kæmpfer; and
-continued since him by Welldenow, in his new Species Plantarum, under
-its present denomination; is a native of China, and introduced to our
-gardens from thence by G. Hibbert. Esq. of Clapham, from whose most
-extensive and beautiful collection this specimen was taken. It is as yet
-cultivated as a hothouse plant, where it flowers in the spring months,
-perfecting its seeds: perhaps when better known, it may be found, like
-many Chinese plants, to bear our climate. It is propagated as well by
-parting its roots, as from the seeds.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_30">[Pg 30]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 6
-<br><a href="images/ill_006.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_006.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_33">[Pg 33]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_31">[Pg 31]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_7"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> VII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">PRIMULA CORTUSOIDES.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Siberian Primrose.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Involucrum polyphyllum, multiflorium, minimum. Perianthium
-monophyllum, tubulatum, pentagonum, quinquedentatum, acutum,
-erectum, persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala. Tubus cylindraceus, longitudine calycis,
-terminatus colo parvo hemisphærico. Limbus patens,
-semi-quinquefidus; laciniis obcordatis, obtusis. Faux pervia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, brevissima, intra collum corollæ.
-Antheræ acumenatæ, erectæ, conniventes, inclusæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen globosum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine calycis.
-Stigma globosum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula teres, longitudine fere perianthii,
-unilocularis, dehiscens apice decem dentato.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, subrotunda. Receptaculum ovato-oblongum, liberum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Fence of many leaves, including several flowers, and
-small. Cup one leaf, tubular, five-sided, five-toothed, sharp,
-upright, and remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One petal. Tube cylindrical, the length of the cup,
-terminated by a short hemispherical neck. Border spreading, half
-cut into five divisions; the segments are inversely heart-shaped,
-and blunt. Mouth open.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, very short, within the neck of the blossom.
-Tips pointed, upright, approaching, within the tube.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud globular. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the
-cup. Summit globular.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule cylindrical, nearly as long as the cup, of one
-cell, opening at the top, with ten teeth.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous, and roundish. Receptacle oblong egg-shaped, and
-loose.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Primula, foliis petiolatis, cordatis, sub-lobatis, crenatis;
-corollis lætè purpureis.</p>
-
-<p>Primrose, whose leaves have foot-stalks, are heart-shaped, slightly
-lobed, and scolloped; blossoms of a bright purple.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Cup, and Fruit-stalk.<br>
-2. A Blossom cut open, to shew the situation of the Chives, and its internal formation.<br>
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Primrose is figured by Gmelin, in his Flora Siberica. It
-was in the year 1794, that the seeds of this plant were sent by
-Professor P. Pallas, from Siberia, to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, of
-Hammersmith; at whose nursery the drawing of this most charming plant
-was made: though a native of so cold a clime, it seems with difficulty
-to endure the severity of ours; thriving best in a pot, under any flight
-shelter, or a very dry situation if planted out: it is increased by the
-root, which should be parted in March; and flowers in June, and July.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_34">[Pg 34]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 7
-<br><a href="images/ill_007.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_007.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_37">[Pg 37]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_36">[Pg 36]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_35">[Pg 35]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_8"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> VIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS ALATUS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Wing-flowered Gladiolus.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, sexpartita, ringens. Petala oblonga, omnia unguibus in
-tubum conata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, subulata, divisuris alternis petalorum
-inserta. Antheræ oblongæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminium.
-Stigma trifidum, concavum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, obtusa, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, subrotunda.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheath two valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, of six divisions, and gaping. Petals oblong, having their
-claws formed into a tube.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three awl-shaped threads, fixed into the alternate
-divisions of the petals. Tips oblong.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives.
-Summit cut into three, and concave.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, blunt ended, three cells, three
-valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly round.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus, foliis ensiformibus, costatis; petalis lateralibus
-latissimis.</p>
-
-<p>Gladiolus, with sword-shape, ribbed leaves; the side petals of the
-blossom the broadest.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p>1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement, with the Chives, detached from the
-Petals, as they stand in the Blossom, and apparently attached to each
-other; with the natural position of the Pointal.</p>
-
-<p>2. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud; one of the divisions of the Summit
-magnified.</p>
-
-<p>This species of Gladiolus, although so scarce with us, is certainly one
-of the most common found near Cape Town; and, notwithstanding its
-extreme beauty, has been overlooked by most collectors; who, from its
-great frequency, have generally considered it as forming, undoubtedly,
-part of every collection of exotics. It is of an extreme delicate
-nature, and overmuch wet easily destroys it; differing from most Cape
-bulbs, in requiring a light loamy earth, and the assistance of a dry
-stove, to make it flower well; which it will do by such aid, about May,
-or June; seldom producing seeds, and propagating but slowly by the root.
-From the fugitive character of this plant, it is difficult to ascertain
-the first cultivator; for although it does not appear amongst the
-Gladiolus in the Hortus Kewensis, it must undoubtedly have come into
-that immense collection at different periods, but never flowered; which
-is the reason we do not find it there described, which has been done by
-Linnæus, in his Species Plantarum, under the name it here bears; as well
-as by Plukenet, in his Phyto graphia, and others under various synonims.
-This figure was taken from a plant that flowered at Messrs. Lee and
-Kennedy’s in 1796.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_38">[Pg 38]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 8
-<br><a href="images/ill_008.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_008.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_41">[Pg 41]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_40">[Pg 40]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_39">[Pg 39]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_9"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> IX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">ATRAGENE CAPENSIS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Cape Atragene.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIII. ORDER VII.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>POLYANDRIA POTYGYNIA.</i> Many Chives. Many Pointals.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis ovalibus, patentibus,
-obtusis, deciduis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala duodecim, linearia, basi angustissima, obtusa,
-patula.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta plurima, brevissima. Antheræ oblongæ, acumenatæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germina plurima oblonga. Styli villoli. Stigmata
-simplicia, longitudine antherarum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Nullum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, desinentia in caudam pilosam.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup four-leaved, which are oval, spreading, blunt, and
-deciduous.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals twelve, linear, narrowest at base, blunt, and
-spread open.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads many, very short. Tips oblong, pointed.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-buds numerous, oblong. Shafts hairy. Summits simple,
-the length of the tips.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> None.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, terminating in a hairy tail.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Atragene, foliis ternatis; foliolis incisis, dentatis, rigidis;
-flore incarnato, semipleno.</p>
-
-<p>Atragene, with three divisions; the smaller divisions jagged,
-toothed, and harsh; the flower flesh-coloured, and semidouble.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p>1. A Petal cut off close to the receptacle.</p>
-
-<p>2. The Fruit-stalk, Chives, and Pointals; the Chives thrown to one side,
-to expose the situation of the Pointals; one tip magnified.</p>
-
-<p>3. A Seed of the size when ripe.</p>
-
-<p>This plant has been considered by Burmann, Hermann, and other Cape
-botanists, as an Anemone, to which genus it certainly may as easily be
-referred as Atragene: but as it has been clearly described by Linnæus,
-under that genus, we have not hardiness enough to dispute his authority.
-It is (as the trivial name implies) a native of the Cape of Good Hope,
-but at some considerable distance within land; whence it requires a dry
-stove to preserve it, suffering much from damps. It is only since the
-year 1795, that this plant has been found in our greenhouses; being then
-introduced by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, nurserymen, where it has flowered
-and perfected seeds; which seems to be the only means of propagating it:
-the soil it prefers is a mixture of peat and loam; flowering about
-March, or April.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_42">[Pg 42]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 9
-<br><a href="images/ill_009.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_009.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_45">[Pg 45]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_44">[Pg 44]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_43">[Pg 43]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_10"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> X.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">ARISTEA CYANEA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Blue-flowered Aristea.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves, laceræ, persistentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, hexapetala, oblonga, æqualia, obcordata, persistentia,
-patens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, erecta, subulata. Antheræ sub-simplices,
-magnæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus filiformis, erectus. Stigma
-trifidum, concavum, reflexum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, triquetra, trilocularis, loculis
-compressis, trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, compressa, scabrida, sub-semicircularia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheath two valves, ragged, and, remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, of six petals, oblong, equal, inversely heart-shaped,
-remaining, spreading.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three threads, upright, awl-shaped. Tips almost simple, and
-large.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft thread-shaped and erect. Summit
-cut into three, concave and reflected.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, three-sided, three cells, cells
-compressed, three valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, flat, rough, nearly semicircular.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Aristea, foliis ensiformibus, radicalibus; floribus capitatis,
-cyaneis.</p>
-
-<p>Aristea with sword-shaped leaves growing from the root; the flowers
-grow in heads, and are of a bright blue.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Valve of the Sheath spread open.<br>
-2. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud, (magnified.)<br>
-3. A perfect Seed, (magnified.)<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Aristea is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and has been described
-under various synonyms, by Plukenett as a Gramen, by Petiver as
-Bermudiana Capensis, and by Van Royen, Burmann, and Linnæus, as an Ixia.
-But although differing from Linnæus is against the fixed intention of
-this undertaking, where there is a possibility of avoiding it; yet in
-this instance of alteration he must have acquiesced, having undoubtedly
-never seen the plant himself. The blossom, seed-vessel, seeds, habit,
-root, and growth, of the plant, so totally differ from the character of
-Ixia, &amp;c. that we have not hesitated, in accepting the name given it in
-the Hortus Kewensis; where, it is said to have been introduced, to that
-collection, by Mr. F. Masson in 1774; though no specific description is
-given of it; from which we may conjecture, it never flowered there. The
-figure here given, was taken from a plant which flowered at Messrs. Lee
-and Kennedy’s, in 1797. The Aristea being rather a delicate plant,
-requires an airy, warm situation in the greenhouse, flowering readily
-about the month of July, or August; requiring to be kept in a small pot,
-the soil a light loam. It propagates by seeds, and slips.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_46">[Pg 46]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 10
-<br><a href="images/ill_010.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_010.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_49">[Pg 49]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_48">[Pg 48]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_47">[Pg 47]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_11"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS ROSEUS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Rose-coloured Gladiolus.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, sexpartita ringens. Petala oblonga, omnia unguibus in
-tubum conata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, subulata, divisuris alternis petalorum
-inserta. Antheræ oblongæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminium.
-Stigma trifidum, concavum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, obtusa, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, subrotunda.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> Sheath two valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, of six divisions, and gaping. Petals oblong, having their
-claws formed into a tube.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three awl-shaped threads fixed into the alternate divisions
-of the petals. Tips oblong.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives.
-Summit cut into three, and concave.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, blunt-ended, three cells, three
-valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly round.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus, foliis lanceolatis, tortis, rubro marginatis,
-pubescentibus; floribus roseis odoratissimis.</p>
-
-<p>Gladiolus, with spear-shaped leaves, twisted, red-edged, and downy;
-blossoms rose colour, and sweet scented.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The two Valves of the Sheath.<br>
-2. A Flower cut open, to expose the insertion of the Threads, the Threads, and Tips remaining attached.<br>
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit magnified.<br>
-4. A Seed natural size, inclosed in its Tunic.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> most beautiful species of Gladiolus, is but of very recent date in
-England; in the year 1795 it was seen first to blow here, in the
-collection of J. Ord, Esq. Purser’s-cross, Fulham; but has since,
-repeatedly, at the nursery, Hammersmith, from whence this figure was
-taken. Professor Jacquin has figured this plant, in his last Fasciculus;
-but, undoubtedly, from a dried specimen, as his figure gives no idea of
-the brilliancy of this delightful plant. The fragrance of its flowers,
-added to the singularity and beauty of its leaves, must place it in the
-foremost rank of its congeners. To preserve the bulb of this delicate
-Gladiolus, as soon as the stem begins to decay, it should be taken from
-the pot, and kept dry till October; when it should be replanted, and
-treated as other Cape bulbs. It increases by offsets, and flowers about
-the month of May, or June.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_50">[Pg 50]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 11
-<br><a href="images/ill_011.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_011.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_53">[Pg 53]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_52">[Pg 52]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_51">[Pg 51]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_12"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Largest flowered Crane’s-bill.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XVI. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium pentaphyllum: foliolis ovatis, acutis, concavis,
-persistentibus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, obcordata, seu ovata, patentia, magna.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem, subulata, corolla breviora. Antheræ
-oblongæ, versatiles.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen quinquangulare, rostratum. Stylus subulatus,
-staminibus longior, persistens. Stigmata quinque, reflexa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Fructus pentacoccus, rostratus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria, reniformia, sæpe arillata; Arista longissima,
-demum spirali.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup five leaves: leaves egg-shaped, sharp pointed,
-concave, and permanent.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals, inversely heart-shaped, or egg shaped,
-spreading, and large.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Ten threads, awl-shaped and shorter than the blossom. Tips
-oblong, easily turned round.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud five-angled, and beaked. Shaft awl-shaped, longer
-than the chives and remaining. Five reflexed summits.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. Fruit five dry berries, beaked.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span>, solitary, kidney-shaped, often furnished with a dry husky
-coat, and a very long awn, which become spiral.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium, calycibus monophyllis, foliis quinque-lobis, glabris,
-dentatis; floribus amplissimis. sub-albidis.</p>
-
-<p>Geranium, empalements of one leaf; leaves five-lobed, smooth, and
-toothed; the flowers very large, nearly white.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement cut open, to shew its tubular structure.<br>
-2. The Chives, and Pointal, as placed in the flower, (natural size.)<br>
-3. The Shaft, Summits, and Seed-bud, (magnified.)<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Of</span> all the species of this numerous tribe, introduced to us, from the
-Cape of Good Hope, this stands singularly pre-eminent; whether for
-delicacy of foliage, or beauty of flower, of which, the most finished
-drawing would convey but a faint idea. The figure before us, was taken
-from a plant in the valuable collection of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham;
-from whom we understand, that it was sent in 1794 to the Royal Gardens
-at Kew, by Mr. F. Masson. To keep this plant in a flourishing condition,
-it should be kept in a window of the stove, in winter, as the heat of a
-greenhouse is scarce sufficient at that season. It flowers in July, or
-August, and requires the soil generally used for Geraniums, a mixture of
-rotten dung, and loam; being easily propagated by cuttings.</p>
-
-<p>To dissent from most of the late publications on the science of Botany,
-may seem presuming; yet, when it shall be considered, that we take
-Linnæus for our sole guide, where that great master has incontestibly
-fixed a Generic character, to a tribe of plants, which undoubtedly, came
-clearly under his inspection; from his dictates, ours must emanate,
-although his authority may be questioned by others. If any good reasons
-had been found, to disunite a Genus, which nature has so palpably
-distinguished throughout all its numerous species; he certainly, who had
-minutely examined so many, would not in his factitious System have
-allied them; though nature had apparently so done. We must therefore,
-after him, think no Generic division necessary. For the sake of
-correctness, where a Genus is so extended in its species as Geranium,
-Erica, &amp;c. are; the conformity of particular parts, may form a secondary
-arrangement, as we find it constantly in Linnæus; the Heaths, from the
-shape of their tips, the Geraniums, from the number of fertile Chives;
-which a French Botanist of the name of L’Heritier, has thought of
-sufficient moment to create two new Genera on, Erodium and Pelargonium,
-retaining the old name Geranium for those only, with ten perfect Chives.
-Mons. L’Heritier and his followers must, therefore, forgive us for
-ranking one of his Pelargoniums under the old standard.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_54">[Pg 54]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 12
-<br><a href="images/ill_012.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_012.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_57">[Pg 57]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_56">[Pg 56]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_55">[Pg 55]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_13"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">EPIDENDRUM COCHLEATUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Purple flowered Epidendrum.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XX. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA.</i> Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ vagæ. Spadix simplex. Perianthium nullum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, oblonga, longissima, patentissima.</p>
-
-<p><i>Nectarium</i> basi tubulatum, turbinatum, intra petala deorsum
-positum, ore obliquo, bifido: superiori labio brevissimo, trifido;
-inferiori in acumen producto.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta duo, brevissima, pistillo insidentia. Antheræ
-tectæ labio superiore nectarii.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen tenue, longum, contortum, inferum. Stylus
-brevissimus, adnatus labio superiori nectarii. Stigma obsoletum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Siliqua longissima, teres, carnosa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, minutissima.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheaths scattered. Fruit-stalk simple. Cup none.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals, oblong, of a great length, and spreading
-much.</p>
-
-<p><i>Honey-cup</i> tubular at the base, turban-shaped, placed between the
-lower petals, mouth oblique and divided: the upper lip very short,
-cut into three divisions; the lower terminating in a point.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Two very short threads, fixed on the pointal. Tips covered
-by the upper lip of the honey-cup.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud slender, long, twisted, and beneath. Shaft very
-short, fixed to the upper lip of the honey-cup. Summit blunt.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Pod very long, round, and fleshy.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous, extremely small.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Epidendrum foliis oblongis, geminis, glabris, bulbo innatis; scapo
-multifloro; nectario cordato, purpureo.</p>
-
-<p>Epidendrum with oblong leaves growing by pairs, smooth, rising from
-the bulb; stalk many flowered; honey-cup heart-shaped and purple.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p>1. The Blossom, without the Honey-cup; disposed to shew the situation of
-the Chives, and Pointal, which are covered by the Honey-cup.</p>
-
-<p>2. The Honey-cup.</p>
-
-<p>3. The Tips.</p>
-
-<p>4. The Summits.</p>
-
-<p>Of all plants, none furnish a more agreeable speculation to the
-Botanist, than those of this class; the singular construction of the
-whole flower, leads the observer to form analogous comparisons from it
-to animal life: particularly amongst the Orchis, and Ophris, of our own
-country; where bees, flies, lizzards, and butterflies are accurately
-shaped in the honey-cup. The Genus Epidendrum, takes its Generic title
-from its place of growth, being what Botanists term parasitical, that
-is, growing on another plant; which is the case, with most of the
-species of this Genus: yet is cultivated here with success, by planting
-it in a mixture of rotten wood, and loam. A plant, from which this
-figure was taken, was a present to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy from the
-Honourable Mrs. Barrington, who received it from Dr. Dancer’s botanical
-garden Jamaica, of which island it is a native; therefore must be kept
-in the stove. It is propagated by dividing the bulbs.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_58">[Pg 58]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 13
-<br><a href="images/ill_013.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_013.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_61">[Pg 61]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_60">[Pg 60]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_59">[Pg 59]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_14"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XIV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">IXIA REFLEXA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Reflex flowered Ixia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves, oblongæ, persistentes, germina
-distinguentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala sex, oblonga, æqualia, lanceolata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, subulata, corolla breviora, situ æqualia.
-Antheræ simplices.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum, ovatum, triquetrum. Stylus simplex,
-erectus, longitudine staminum. Stigma trifidum, crassiusculum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula subovata, triquetra, trilocularis, loculis
-compressis, trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> subrotunda, plurima.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup two valves, oblong, remaining, and dividing the
-seed-buds.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Six oblong petals of an equal length, and spear-shaped.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three awl-shaped threads, shorter than the blossom, placed
-equally. Tips simple.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath egg shaped, and three-sided. Shaft
-simple, upright, the length of the chives. Summit cut into three,
-and thickish.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule, nearly egg-shaped, three-sided, three cells,
-pressed together, three valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly round.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia floribus spicatis, reflexis; foliis ensiformibus, glabris.</p>
-
-<p>Ixia, with flowers growing in a spike, and bent backward; leaves
-sword-shaped, and smooth.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement (magnified).<br>
-2. The Blossom.<br>
-3. The Chives (magnified).<br>
-4. The Pointal (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">No</span> genus exhibits greater diversity, either in the figure, or colour of
-the blossoms, of its various species than Ixia; the extreme delicacy of
-their colours, rendering it absolutely necessary to protect them both
-from wind and rain; even watering them over their heads (as is usual
-with greenhouse plants), at once destroys their brilliancy. The bulbs of
-this species were gathered at the Cape, by J. Pringle, Esq. from whom
-they were sent to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy in 1795, at whose nursery they
-flowered the ensuing spring, when this figure was taken. No particular
-treatment is necessary for this plant, other than what is given to Cape
-bulbs in general, viz., an airy situation, and light soil. Is propagated
-by seeds, and by the roots.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_62">[Pg 62]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 14
-<br><a href="images/ill_014.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_014.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_65">[Pg 65]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_64">[Pg 64]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_63">[Pg 63]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_15"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">ANTHYLLIS ERINACEA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Blue Broom of Spain.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XVII. ORDER III.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Chives in two sets. Ten Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, ovato-oblongum, parum inflatum,
-villosum; ore quinquedentato, inæquali; persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> papilionacea:</p>
-
-<p>Vexillium longius, lateribus reflexis, ungue longitudine calycis.</p>
-
-<p>Alæ duæ, oblongæ, vexillo breviores.</p>
-
-<p>Carina compressa, longitudine alarum, alis similis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem, connata, assurgentia. Antheræ simplices.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen oblongum. Stylus simplex, adscendens. Stigma
-obtusum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Legumen subrotundum, tectum intra calycem, minimum,
-bivalve.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semen</span> unum, alterumve.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup of one leaf, oblong egg-shaped, a little swelled,
-and hairy; mouth cut into five unequal teeth; permanent.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, butterfly-shaped.</p>
-
-<p>Standard longer, sides bent back, the claws as long as the cut.</p>
-
-<p>Wings two, oblong, shorter than the standard.</p>
-
-<p>Keel compressed, as long as the wings, and like them.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Ten threads, connected, rising upwards. Tips simple.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud oblong. Shaft simple, ascending. Summit blunt.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Pod roundish, covered by the cup, very small, of two
-valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds.</span> One or two.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Anthyllis fruticosa, spinosa; foliis simplicibus; floribus ex
-cæruleo purpurascentibus.</p>
-
-<p>Broom, shrubby, and covered with prickles; leaves simple; blossoms
-of a purplish blue.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Cup.<br>
-2. A Blossom, the cup taken off to shew the exact situation and shape of its various parts.<br>
-3. The Chives, as they inclose the pointal (natural size.)<br>
-4. The Threads magnified, and cut open, to shew their tubular shape.<br>
-5. The Pointal, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Owing</span> to the difficulty in propagating and preserving some plants,
-although frequently introduced to us, and well known; yet are they more
-scarce to be found, in our best collections, than plants of seemingly
-more difficult acquisition. This species of Anthyllis has been mentioned
-under various synonyms by most botanical authors from Clusius downwards.
-Mr. T. Johnson, in his edition of Gerard of 1633, has given a
-description of this plant from Clusius, and a cut; both of which are
-excellent (considering the then infant state of the art of engraving),
-under the title of Genista spinosa humilis; Dwarf Furze. It is termed
-Erinacea by Clusius (says he), from the Spanish name of the hedge-hog,
-Erizo, of which country it is a native, in the kingdom of Valencia: from
-which we might infer, that, like other plants of that country, it would
-live through our winters; which is not the case. It must be kept as a
-greenhouse plant, and watered but sparingly. The soil it prefers is a
-light loam; is propagated by cuttings, and flowers in April, or May.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_66">[Pg 66]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 15
-<br><a href="images/ill_015.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_015.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_69">[Pg 69]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_68">[Pg 68]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_67">[Pg 67]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_16"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XVI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">AZALEA PONTICA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Yellow Pontic Azalea.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quinque-partitum, acutum, erectum,
-parvum, persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala, campanulata, limbus quinquefidus: laciniarum
-lateribus inflexis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, filiformia, receptaculo inserta,
-libera. Antheræ simplices.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine corolla,
-persistens. Stigma obtusum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula ovata, quinquelocularis, quinquevalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, compressa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Obs.</span> Figura petali in aliis infundibuliformis, in aliis
-campaniformis est; stamina in quibusdam declinata longissima.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf with five divisions, sharp pointed,
-upright, small, and permanent.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One petal, bell-shaped, margin five-cleft: segments with
-the edges bent inwards.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads five, thread-shaped, fixed to the receptacle, and
-loose. Tips simple.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of
-the blossom, permanent. Summit blunt.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule egg-shaped, with five cells, and five valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, and flat.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Obs.</span> The shape of the petal in some is funnel-shaped, in others
-bell-shaped; the chives in some are bent downward, and very long.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Azalea, foliis ovato-oblongis, pilosis, alternis; floribus
-amplissimis, luteis; staminibus longissimis, declinatis.</p>
-
-<p>Azalea, with oblong egg-shaped leaves, hairy, and alternate;
-flowers very large, and yellow; chives very long, and bent
-downward.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, (natural size.)<br>
-2. The Chives as they appear within the blossom.<br>
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit.<br>
-4. A Capsule cut horizontally, exposing the number of its cells.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">America</span> has furnished our gardens with an extensive variety of beautiful
-shrubs; amongst them, the Azaleas hold a distinguished place; some for
-the beauty, others for the fragrance, of their blossoms: the present
-species far surpasses all of them for both. It is a native of the coast
-of the Black Sea, or Pontus Euxinus, through the whole of its extent, on
-the Asiatic side, from the city of Trebisonde; from whence its trivial
-name. That a plant of such extreme beauty, and sweetness, should so long
-have been a stranger to our European gardens, though known to, and
-described by, so many botanical travellers, must seem matter of wonder;
-but still it is an uncontested fact. Mons. Tournefort, in his Voyage to
-the Levant, has given an ample description of it, under the title of
-Chamærhododendros Pontica maxima, mespili folio, flore luteo; where he
-says, it grows to the height of seven or eight feet, and that the
-flowers are of a most exquisite flavour. Dr. P. Pallas, in his Flora
-Rossica, has likewise figured, and described it, under the name it here
-bears; but apparently his drawing was made from a dried specimen, as the
-brilliancy of the flower is by no means preserved; but it is to him we
-are indebted for this fine plant. In his voyage to the Crimea and
-countries adjacent, in 1792, he procured the seeds of this, amongst many
-other valuable and rare plants; parcels of most of which were sent by
-him to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy. Hammersmith; by whom plants were raised
-of it, and many other sorts, the next year. It is a deciduous shrub,
-extremely hardy, and blows early in the spring; is propagated, like
-other Azaleas, by layers and seeds; grows best in peat earth, with a
-small portion of loam.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_70">[Pg 70]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 16
-<br><a href="images/ill_016.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_016.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_73">[Pg 73]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_72">[Pg 72]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_71">[Pg 71]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_17"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XVII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">PROTEA FORMOSA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Coronet Protea.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium commune, imbricatum; squamis inæqualibus,
-persistentibus.</p>
-
-<p><i>Proprium</i> nullum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> tetrapetala. Petala sæpe cohærentia, sæpius divisa,
-lineari-oblonga: unguibus erectis, limbo patenti.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta nulla. Antheræ quatuor, lineares, vel oblongæ,
-sub apice limbi corollæ; insertæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum, oblongum. Stylus filiformis, corolla
-longior. Stigma simplex, clavatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Calyx patens, induratus, vix mutatus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria, subrotunda, vel compressa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Receptaculum</span> commune nudum, villosum, paleaceum, vel conus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup common, sealed; scales unequal, and remaining.</p>
-
-<p><i>Proper</i> none.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> four-leaved. Petals frequently adhering, oftener divided,
-of a linear oblong shape: claws upright, border spreading.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads none. Tips four, linear, or oblong, fixed within
-the border of the blossom.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above, and oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, longer
-than the blossom. Summit simple, and club-shaped.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. Cup spreading, hard, and scarcely changing.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> solitary, nearly round, or flat.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Receptacle</span> the common, is naked, hairy, chaffy, or a cone.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Protea, foliis lanceolatis, pubescentibus; caule villoso; flore
-aurantio flavo; semine sub-rotundo, glabro, magnitudine pisi
-majoris.</p>
-
-<p>Protea, with lance-shape downy leaves; stem hairy; blossom orange
-yellow; seed nearly round, smooth, the size of a large pea.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Flower complete, as it stands on the Receptacle.<br>
-2. The Blossom expanded, to shew the situation of the Chives.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Of</span> all the varied genera of plants which decorate that mine of botanical
-riches, the Cape of Good Hope, and the adjacent country, no one stands
-more conspicuous than Protea. Few travellers who have not noticed the
-singularity and beauty of their foliage; indeed they are of such extreme
-brilliancy, that no one, however indifferent to botanical researches,
-can pass them unobserved; forests of them being so numerous, the Protea
-Argentea, or Silver Tree, produces almost the only wood of the country;
-growing to the height of thirty or forty feet. But although the leaves
-of this numerous tribe are mostly beautiful, many of their blossoms are
-but trifling, except in the eye of the botanist: the Protea Formosa,
-however, is one amongst many which stand as powerful exceptions: the
-great beauty of this charming plant has induced us to adopt the trivial
-name it here bears. It has been introduced to the Royal Gardens at Kew
-by Mr. F. Masson, botanical collector to his present Majesty; from whose
-liberal patronage the science of Botany has of late been brought into
-such general estimation. This species, from the downy character of the
-whole plant, is apt to damp, if not kept in an airy situation in winter;
-though the warmth of a common greenhouse is quite sufficient for its
-protection. It is with difficulty propagated by cuttings; and has not
-hitherto perfected its seeds in this kingdom. Our drawing was made from
-a plant which flowered in the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, in the
-year 1796, about the month of August.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_74">[Pg 74]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 17
-<br><a href="images/ill_017.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_017.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_77">[Pg 77]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_76">[Pg 76]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_75">[Pg 75]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_18"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XVIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">CORREA ALBA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>White Correa.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quadridentatum, campanulatum,
-erectum, persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quatuor, oblonga, concava, apice reflexa,
-marginibus crassis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta octo, erecta, filiformia, receptaculo inserta.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen turbinatum, superum. Stylus filiformis,
-longitudine staminium. Stigma obtusum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula coriatea, lanata, quadrilocularis,
-quadrivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> quatuor, solitaria, subrotunda.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup of one leaf, five-toothed, bell-shaped, upright,
-and permanent.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Four petals, oblong, concave, reflexed at the end, and
-thick at the edges.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Eight threads, upright, thread shaped, and fixed into the
-receptacle.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud turban-shaped, and above. Shaft thread-shaped,
-the length of the chives. Summit blunt.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule leathery, and woolly, four cells, four valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span>, four, solitary, and nearly round.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Correa, foliis subrotundis, supra tomentosis, subtus lanigeris;
-floribus terminalibus, quaternis, albidis.</p>
-
-<p>Correa, with leaves nearly round, downy on the upper surface,
-woolly on the under surface; flowers terminate the branches by
-fours, and are white.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. The Chives, and Pointal.<br>
-3. A Thread, and Tip, (magnified.)<br>
-4. The Shaft and Summit, (magnified.)<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Correa is a native of Port Jackson, in New Holland, and commonly
-termed a Botany-bay plant: it was first raised in the year 1793, from
-seeds which were given by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. to J. Vere, Esq. of
-Kensington-gore, and from a plant in whose collection our figure was
-taken. It receives its generic title from Mr. Joseph Correa de Serra, a
-native of Portugal; a gentleman of very distinguished talents as a man
-of science in general, and botany in particular. Of this genus there are
-as yet but few species discovered; the Alba grows to a shrub of the
-height of four or five feet, woody and tough; both stem and leaves are
-covered with a thick flannelly substance, particularly the under side of
-the leaves, which gives the whole plant a whitish appearance. It
-continues to flower through the months of April, May, and June; may be
-propagated easily by cuttings, should be kept as a hardy greenhouse
-plant, and thrives best in peat earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_78">[Pg 78]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 18
-<br><a href="images/ill_018.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_018.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_81">[Pg 81]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_80">[Pg 80]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_79">[Pg 79]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_19"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XIX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS VERSICOLOR.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Changeable Gladiolus.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, sexpartita, ringens. Petala oblonga, omnia unguibus in
-tubum connata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, subulata, divisuris alternis petalorum
-inserta. Antheræ oblongæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminum.
-Stigma trifidum concavum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, obtusa, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, subrotunda.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheath two valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, of six divisions, and gaping. Petals oblong, having their
-claws formed into a tube.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three awl-shaped threads, fixed into the alternate
-divisions of the petals. Tips oblong.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives.
-Summit cut into three, and concave.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, blunt-ended, three cells, three
-valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly round.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus, foliis lineari-cruciatis; floribus maximis,
-versicoloribus.</p>
-
-<p>Gladiolus, with linear cross-shaped leaves; flowers very large, and
-changeable.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.<br>
-2. The Pointal, and Seed-bud; one of the divisions of the Summit magnified.<br>
-3. A ripe Seed, natural size, in its tunic.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">That</span> colour bears the character given it by Sir Isaac Newton, our
-present subject (as did the prism) adds another proof. The Gladiolus
-versicolor might, like the camelion, equally be a subject of contention,
-to those who have seen its blossom at different periods of the same day;
-for, strange to tell! it is brown in the morning, and continues to
-change from that colour till it becomes light blue by night. During the
-night it regains its pristine colour; and this change is effected
-diurnally, whilst the flower is in its vigour; but upon the decay, the
-change is less powerful, gradually fixing in a dark brown; which,
-however, does not take place in less than nine or ten days. This is the
-only flower, we have ever noticed, to regain the colour that has once
-forsook it. A drawing was began about ten o’clock in the morning, but
-before it was finished the plant was so totally altered in colour that
-there was an absolute necessity for taking a second day to complete it.
-The bulbs of this plant were sent from the Cape of Good Hope by J.
-Pringle, Esq. of Madeira, in 1794, amongst many others, to Messrs. Lee
-and Kennedy, of Hammersmith, where the drawing was made. It flowers
-about the month of June; is increased by the root or seed; and thrives
-best in peat earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_82">[Pg 82]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 19
-<br><a href="images/ill_019.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_019.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_85">[Pg 85]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_84">[Pg 84]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_83">[Pg 83]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_20"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">ECHIUM GRANDIFLORUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Large-flowered Viper’s Bugloss.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium quinquepartitum, erectum persistens; laciniis
-subulatis erectis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala, campanulata. Tubus brevissimus. Limbus
-erectus, sensim ampliatus, quinquefidus obtusus; laciniis sæepius
-inæqualibus; superioribus duabus longioribus, infirnis minoribus,
-acutis, reflexis. Faux pervia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, subulata, longitudine corollæ,
-declinata, inæqualia. Antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Gemina quatuor. Stylus filiformis, longitudine staminum.
-Stigma obtusum, bifidum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Calyx rigidior, in sinu semina fovens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> quatuor, subrotunda, oblique acumenata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup with five divisions, upright, permanent; segments
-awl-shaped, upright.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One petal, bell-shaped. Tube very short. Border gradually
-widening, with five clefts, blunt. Segments oftenest unequal, the
-two upper ones the longest; the lower ones smaller, sharp, and
-reflexed. The mouth open.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, awl-shaped, the length of the blossom,
-declined, and unequal. Tips oblong, fixed sideways to the threads.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-buds four. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the
-chives. Summit blunt, and two-cleft.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. The cup growing more harsh, contains the seeds.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> four, roundish, obliquely tapering.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Echium, foliis nitidis, lanceolatis, hispidis; caule fruticoso;
-corollis maximis, æqualibus, rubris.</p>
-
-<p>Viper’s Bugloss, with shining, lance-shaped, hairy leaves; stem
-shrubby; blossoms very large, equal, and red.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Blossom cut open, to expose the situation of the Chives.<br>
-3. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.<br>
-4. A ripe seed.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Echium Grandiflorum is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, was sent
-from thence by Mr. F. Masson to the Royal Gardens at Kew, about the year
-1791. The superior beauty of this species to the rest of its congenors
-makes it considered as a valuable greenhouse plant, although its
-intrinsic merit is sufficient to ensure it that character; the rich
-green of its foliage, contrasted to the colour of the blossoms, gives to
-each a singular brilliancy. It is rather a tender greenhouse plant,
-grows about two feet high, and becomes naked at the lower part of the
-stem; is with difficulty propagated by cuttings, seldom perfecting its
-seeds; thrives best in rich earth, and flowers in April and May. The
-drawing was made from a plant in the collection of the Marquis of
-Blandford, Bill-hill, Berks.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_86">[Pg 86]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 20
-<br><a href="images/ill_020.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_020.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_89">[Pg 89]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_88">[Pg 88]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_87">[Pg 87]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_21"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">VEREIA CRENATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Scolloped-leaf Vereia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER IV.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA TETRAGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. Four Pointals.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, concavis,
-erectis, acutis, persistentibus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, ventricosa; limbus patens, revolutus
-quadripartitus; laciniis ovatis, acuminatis.</p>
-
-<p><i>Nectaria</i> quatuor; singulum squamula debilia, minima, singulo
-germini ad basin extrorsum inserta.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta octo, brevia, quorum quatuor medio, quatuor vero
-ad basin corollæ adnatæ. Antheræ subrotundæ simplices.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germina quatuor, oblonga, definentia in stylos
-subulatos. Stigmata obtusa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsulæ quatuor, ovatæ acuminatæ, rectæ, trigonæ,
-longitudinaliter sutura introrsum dehiscentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima minima.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup four leaved, which are lance-shaped, concave,
-upright, sharp-pointed, and permanent.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> of one leaf, big bellied; border spreading, rolled back,
-and divided into four egg-shaped, pointed segments.</p>
-
-<p><i>Honey-cups</i> four, each consisting of a small slight scale, fixed
-on the outside the base of each seed-bud.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Eight short threads, four of which are fixed to the middle,
-and four to the base of the blossom. Tips nearly round, and simple.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Four seed-buds, oblong, ending in awl-shaped shafts.
-Summits blunt.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Four capsules, egg-shaped, tapering, upright and three
-sided, opening inwards along the seam.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, very small.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Vereia, foliis oppositis, crenatis, patentibus; racemis longissimis
-laxis; floribus luteis.</p>
-
-<p>Vereia, with opposite, scolloped, spreading leaves; very long loose
-spikes, and yellow flowers.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p>1. The Empalement, (natural size.)</p>
-
-<p>2. A Blossom cut open to shew the situation of the Chives.</p>
-
-<p>3. The Seed-vessel, Shafts, and Summits, with the scales of the
-Honey-cups, as they stand in the blossom, (magnified.)</p>
-
-<p>4. One Capsule of the Seed-vessel detached.</p>
-
-<p>This genus of Plants must class with Linnæus’s natural order of
-Succulents, nearly approaching Crassula in habit; but as the Sexual
-System is the basis of our theory, we cannot admit it under that or any
-other yet described genus; we have therefore named it after James Vere,
-Esq. long and well known for his extended and liberal patronage to the
-professors and cultivators of the science; in whose beautiful and select
-collection at Kensington Gore, the present species, has for the first
-time, flowered in this kingdom. Mr. Anderson the gardener informs us,
-that this plant is a native of Sierra Leone; from whence it was sent to
-England, by Professor Eld. Elfzelius, in the year 1793; that he has
-treated it as a tender hot-house plant, keeping it constantly in the tan
-bed, by which means he has made it flower; but from every appearance of
-the plant, we should be led to think the common treatment of hot-house
-Succulents would answer for this. It is easily propagated by cuttings;
-grows to the height of three or four feet, having when in flower the
-appearance of a middle sized shrub; blows in the winter months, and
-thrives best in rich mould.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_90">[Pg 90]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 21
-<br><a href="images/ill_021.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_021.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_93">[Pg 93]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_92">[Pg 92]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_91">[Pg 91]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_22"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GOODENIA CALENDULACEA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Cape Marygold-leaved Goodenia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium quadrifidum, superum, persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, supra longitudinaliter fissa, genitalia
-exferens; limbo quinquefido, secundo.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ lineares.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus simplex. Stigma urceolatum,
-ciliatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, bilocularis, bivalvis; dissepimento
-parallelo.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, scabrida.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup four-cleft, above, and remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> of one leaf, cleft longitudinally on the upper side,
-exposing the organs of fructification; border five-cleft, leaning
-one way.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads fixed into the receptacle. Tips linear.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple. Summit pitcher-shaped, and
-fringed.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, with two cells, and two valves;
-partition parallel to the valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many and rough.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Goodenia, foliis obovatis, crassis, scabridis; floribus axilaribus,
-cæruleis.</p>
-
-<p>Goodenia with inversely egg-shaped, thick rough leaves; flowers
-sitting close to the stem, and blue.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Flower with all its parts complete.<br>
-2. A Blossom without the organs of fructification.<br>
-3. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Goodenias are all natives of New Holland, and received their generic
-name of Dr. J. E. Smith, President of the Linnæan Society; in honour of
-the Rev. Dr. Goodenough, whose valuable dissertation on the British
-species of Carex, does him the highest honour, as a botanist. The
-species of this genus (as yet discovered) are ten, from which we may
-infer that they are numerous; those only yet introduced to Britain are,
-the lævigata, ovata, and the present species; the others are described
-by the President, in the second volume of the Linnæan Transactions. This
-plant, though not to be ranked amongst the handsomest productions of
-that country, so replete with novelty, is yet possessed of sufficient
-merit to give it a place in our collections of greenhouse plants,
-flowering about the month of August; delighting most in an airy
-situation, and light soil. It is easily propagated by cuttings. Our
-figure was taken from a plant which flowered at the Hammersmith nursery,
-in 1797; where it had been raised from seeds, communicated by Colonel
-Paterson, then commanding at Port Jackson; to whose assiduous labours in
-collecting seeds, &amp;c. the cabinets and collections of our natural
-historians are so very much indebted.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_94">[Pg 94]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 22
-<br><a href="images/ill_022.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_022.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_97">[Pg 97]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_96">[Pg 96]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_95">[Pg 95]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_23"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">IXIA CAPITATA. <i>Var. ovata.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Bunch-flowering Ixia.</i> <i>Var. Egg-shaped purple Petals.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6 petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata 3, erectiusculo-patula.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six petals, spreading equal. Summits three, nearly upright,
-spreading.</p>
-
-<p>See Ixia reflexa, Plate XIV.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia, foliis radicalibus, ensiformibus; floribus capitatis,
-consertis, purpureis, petalis basi obscuris.</p>
-
-<p>Ixia with leaves growing from the root, and sword-shaped; blossoms
-in close bunches, purple, and dark at the base.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.<br>
-2. A flower cut open, to shew the insertion of Chives.<br>
-3. The Chives as attached to the tubular part of the blossom, the border cut off (magnified).<br>
-4. The Shaft, Summits, and Seed-bud (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> fine species of Ixia, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, was
-introduced to our collections about the year 1795, by Messrs. Lee and
-Kennedy, nurserymen; they having raised it from seeds received by them,
-from the Royal Gardens at Vienna; is certainly amongst the tenderest of
-its tribe: the root, being extremely subject to injury by wet, it should
-be dried as soon as it has done flowering. It is one of the earliest
-Ixias in bloom, being in high perfection about the middle of April; is
-increased but slowly by the root, thriving best in very sandy peat, or
-sand only. The figure here given was drawn from a plant which flowered
-at the nursery, Hammersmith, in 1798, for the first time.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_98">[Pg 98]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 23
-<br><a href="images/ill_023.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_023.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_101">[Pg 101]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_100">[Pg 100]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_99">[Pg 99]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_24"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXIV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">CINERARIA AURITA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Two-coloured-leaved Cineraria.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIX. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA.</i> Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Communis, simplex; polyphyllus; foliolis æqualibus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Composita, radiata. Corollulæ hermaphroditæ, æquales;
-numerosæ, in disco. Femineæ ligulatæ;, numero foliorum calycis in
-radio.</p>
-
-<p><i>Propria</i> hermaphroditi, infundibuliformis; limbo quinquefido,
-erecto.</p>
-
-<p><i>Feminea</i> ligulata, lanceolata, apice denticulata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, filiformia brevia. Antheræ cylindracea,
-tubulosa, apice quinquefida.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum</span>, hermaphroditis. Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis,
-longitudine staminum. Stigmata duo erectiuscula.</p>
-
-<p><i>Femineis</i>: Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, brevis. Stigmata
-duo, oblonga, obtusiuscula, revoluta.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Calyx immutatus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> hermaphroditis solitaria, linearia, quadrangula. Pappus
-pilosus, copiosus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Receptaculum</span> nudum, planiusculum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Common, simple; of many leaves; small leaves equal.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Compound, radiate. Florets with chives and pointals equal;
-numerous in the centre. Florets with only pointals ligulate; equal
-in number to the leaves in the circumference of the empalement.</p>
-
-<p><i>Individuals</i> with chives and pointals funnel-shaped; border five
-cleft, upright.</p>
-
-<p><i>Individuals</i> with pointals only, liguiate, lance-shaped, toothed
-at the point.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, thread-shaped and short. Tips forming a
-hollow cylinder, with five clefts at the top.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal</span> of florets with chives and pointals. Seed-bud oblong. Shaft
-thread-shaped, the length of the chives. Summits two, a little
-upright.</p>
-
-<p>Of florets with pointals only. Seed bud oblong. Shaft
-thread-shaped, and short. Summits two, oblong, rather blunt, and
-rolled back.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. Cup not changing.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> of florets with chives and pointals, solitary, linear and
-four-sided. Feather, hairy, abundant.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Receptacle</span> naked, rather flat.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Cineraria, foliis cordatis, dentatis, pilosus, subtus
-purpurascentibus; petiolis auritis: floribus purpureis.</p>
-
-<p>Cineraria with heart-shaped, indented, hairy leaves, purple
-underneath; the footstalks having lobes: the flowers purple.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement (natural size).<br>
-2. A floret of the ray (magnified).<br>
-3. A floret of the disk (magnified).<br>
-4. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud of a floret of the disk (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">In</span> the Sert. Anglic. of Mons. L’Heritier, this species of Cineraria has
-been described and figured under the specific character of Cruenta, from
-the botanic garden at Kew; where, according to the catalogue, it was
-first introduced by Mr. F. Masson, from the Canary Islands, about 1777;
-and by which specific it has hitherto been titled: but from what
-appearance or part of the plant, he could denominate it bloody, will not
-be easy to determine; from our idea of colour, he might as well have
-named it blue. Finding, therefore, a specific character certainly more
-fixed in the leaf, we have taken the liberty of altering Cruenta to
-Aurita; though that would not have been done, (as nothing is more
-contrary to our sentiments, than altering any published name) if there
-had been any glimpse of affinity to the plant in that title. This is
-unquestionably the handsomest species of Cineraria yet known, growing to
-the height of near three feet if encouraged. The specimen from which
-this figure was taken, and which was sent last March to the author, by
-Mr. James Colville, King’s road, Chelsea, had attained that size. By
-night it is extremely fragrant, continuing its blossoms from the month
-of February, till August; seeding abundantly, by which it may be
-propagated, producing many varieties; or by the suckers which are thrown
-up from the roots; thriving best in light mould or peat.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_102">[Pg 102]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 24
-<br><a href="images/ill_024.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_024.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_105">[Pg 105]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_104">[Pg 104]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_103">[Pg 103]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_25"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">CAMELLIA JAPONICA. <i>Var. Flore albo pleno.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Double white Camellia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XVI. ORDER V.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>MONODELPHIA POLYANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Many Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> imbricatus, polyphyllus: foliolis interioribus majoribus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> tiled, of many
-leaves: the inner leaves the largest.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER OF <i>VAR.</i></p>
-
-<p>Camellia floribus amplissimis, plenis albidis.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">Camellia with large double white flowers.</p>
-
-<p>Though it may be considered by some, as deviating from the botanical
-rule we prescribed to ourselves, at the outset of this work, not to
-figure any flower, but what could be systematically ascertained; double
-flowers, &amp;c. having lost those constituent characters necessary to the
-Sexual System; yet having seen this most delightful plant in bloom last
-year, the temptation was too powerful to be resisted, for giving a
-figure of it in the Botanist’s Repository. This fine variety of the
-Camellia, was first imported from China about the year 1793, by Captain
-Connor of the Carnatic East-indiaman, for the gardens of the late I.
-Slater, Esq. a gentleman of most indefatigable spirit, for the
-introduction of new plants to this kingdom; indeed, it is to him we owe
-most of the plants received from China within these few years; he having
-procured a catalogue to be printed of all the described Chinese plants
-in that language, with the descriptions translated, and by various hands
-transmitted it to that country. The finest plants in this kingdom, of
-the double white Camellia, are now in the collection of Sir Joseph
-Banks, Bart. P.R.S. This, like the others of this genus, we may consider
-of sufficient hardiness to resist our winters; being a native of the
-Japanese isles, where, as well as in China, it was seen by Thunberg. As
-yet (from its scarcity) that cannot be ascertained; but from the easy
-method by which it is propagated by cuttings, we are in hopes it soon
-may. It is at present cultivated as a hot-house plant, where certainly
-it will be always seen in the greatest perfection; the flowers being of
-so delicate and brilliant a white, their beauty is easily destroyed,
-even by watering. Flowers in the autumnal months, and thrives best in
-rich loam.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_106">[Pg 106]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 25
-<br><a href="images/ill_025.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_025.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_107">[Pg 107]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_26"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXVI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">CRASSULA ODORATISSIMA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Sweet-scented Crassula.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS V. ORDER V.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. Five Pointals.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium pentaphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis,
-canaliculato-concavis, erectis, acutis, conniventibus in tubum,
-persistentibus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, unguibus longis, linearibus, rectis,
-conniventibus, reflexo-patentibus.</p>
-
-<p><i>Nectaria</i> quinque; singulum squamula minima, emarginata basi
-germinis extrorsum annexa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, subulata, longitudine tubi, unguibus
-corollæ inserta. Antheræ simplices.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germina quinque, oblonga, acuminata, desinentia in
-stylos subulatos, longitudine staminum. Stigmata obtusa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsulæ quinque, oblongæ, acuminatæ, rectæ, compressæ,
-longitudinaliter introrsum dehiscentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, parva.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup of five leaves; the small leaves are lance-shaped,
-concave and channelled, upright, sharp, formed into a tube, and
-remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals five, claws long, linear, upright, joined together,
-bent back, and spreading.</p>
-
-<p><i>Honey-cups</i> five, each consisting of a small scale notched at the
-end, and fixed on the outside the base of each seed-bud.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, awl-shaped, the length of the tube, fixed
-into the claws of the blossom. Tips simple.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-buds five, oblong, pointed, ending in awl-shaped
-shafts, the length of the chives. Summits blunt.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Five capsules, oblong, pointed, upright, pressed
-together, and opening inwards along the seam.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span>, many, small.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Crassula foliis oppositis, amplexicaulibus, ciliatis, linearibus;
-floribus capitatis, odoratissimis, luteis.</p>
-
-<p>Crassula with opposite leaves that embrace the stem, fringed and
-linear; the flowers grow in bunches, are sweet-scented and yellow.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p>1. The Empalement.</p>
-
-<p>2. A Blossom cut open to shew the insertion of the threads.</p>
-
-<p>3. One Petal of the blossom.</p>
-
-<p>4. The five Pointals as they stand in the blossom, with their honey-cups
-attached to the bottom of the Seed-buds.</p>
-
-<p>5. One Pointal (magnified).</p>
-
-<p>The Crassula Odoratissima is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, was
-introduced to our gardens about the year 1794, but did not flower till
-1796. The scent of this plant at night is so very powerful, that by many
-it may be deemed almost offensive, though by others it is considered as
-most agreeable; the flavour is nearly affined to the tuberose. This is
-not a very shewy plant, growing about a foot high, and flowers from
-March, till May or June. It is most easily propagated by cuttings, lives
-in the common greenhouse with very little care, and in almost any sort
-of earth. This figure was taken at Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s,
-nurserymen, Hammersmith, where the plant was first raised.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_108">[Pg 108]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 26
-<br><a href="images/ill_026.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_026.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_111">[Pg 111]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_110">[Pg 110]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_109">[Pg 109]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_27"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXVII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS RINGENS. <i>Var. cinereo odorato.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Gaping Ash-coloured sweet Gladiolus.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-partita, ringens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> adscendentia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six divisions, gaping.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives</span> ascending.</p>
-
-<p>See Plate XI.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis linearibus, costatis; floribus ringentibus,
-cineriis, odoratissimis.</p>
-
-<p>Gladiolus with linear, ribbed leaves; the blossoms gaping,
-ash-coloured, and very sweet-scented.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.<br>
-2. A Blossom cut open to expose the insertion of the Chives.<br>
-3. The Pointal (one Summit magnified).<br>
-4. A Seed in its coat.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> most desirable Gladiolus, is not a perfect novelty in the
-greenhouse; although extremely scarce, it has been introduced to us
-constantly from the Cape of Good Hope, but from its great delicacy has
-been repeatedly lost. The plants now in England, have been imported from
-Holland, from the collection of Messrs. Voorhelm and Co. who about the
-year 1793, purchased the largest collection ever formed at the Cape,
-from a Frenchman who had been many years resident there. The Gladiolus
-ringens about mid-day has the flavour of violets so powerfully, that a
-single plant is sufficient to scent a whole greenhouse. It is with
-difficulty preserved from rotting at the root; therefore should be grown
-in very sandy peat, and should be exposed to dry as soon as the flower
-is gone. Is propagated by the root, or by seed, which may be procured by
-great care not to over-water the bulb after flowering; but herein there
-is great danger.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_112">[Pg 112]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 27
-<br><a href="images/ill_027.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_027.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_113">[Pg 113]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_28"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXVIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GERANIUM ELEGANS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Round-leaved Geranium.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XVI. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata 5. Fructus rostratus, 5-coccus.</p>
-
-<p>One <span class="smcap">Pointal</span>. Five Summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, 5 dry
-berries.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Geranium Grandiflorum</span>, Plate XII.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium pedunculis multifloris; calycibus monophyllis, foliis
-orbiculatis, ferratis rigidis, petiolis longissimis; caule
-herbaceo.</p>
-
-<p>Geranium, the fruit-stalks supporting many flowers; cups of one
-leaf; the leaves round, sawed, and harsh, with very long
-foot-stalks; stem herbaceous.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement cut open, to shew its tubular shape to its base.<br>
-2. The Chives, and Pointal, natural size.<br>
-3. The Pointal, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> truly elegant species of Geranium was introduced to us from the
-Cape of Good Hope, in the year 1795; being raised from seeds, received
-from thence, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, in whose collection it flowered
-for the first time this year, about the latter end of May, and from
-which specimen this figure was taken. It is one of those that have in
-general seven fertile tips, and, therefore, must be placed under Mr.
-L’Heritier’s genus Pelargonium, by those who follow his new arrangement.
-It is a hardy plant, and requires only a common greenhouse for its
-protection, where it will seed; which seems to be the readiest mode of
-propagating it, as it produces but very few branches; thriving best in
-rich earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_114">[Pg 114]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 28
-<br><a href="images/ill_028.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_028.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_117">[Pg 117]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_116">[Pg 116]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_115">[Pg 115]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_29"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXIX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">IXIA SPICATA. <i>Var. viridi nigra.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Sea-green spiked Ixia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6 petala, patens, æqualis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stigmata 3</span>, erectiusculo-patula.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six petals, spreading, equal.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Summits</span> three, nearly upright, spreading.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Ixia reflexa</span>, Plate XIV.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis linearibus, costatis; corolla viridi, petalis basi
-obscuris; spicis longissimis.</p>
-
-<p>Ixia with linear, ribbed leaves; green blossom, the base of the
-petals dark; spikes very long.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p>1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.</p>
-
-<p>2. A Blossom cut open, to shew its tubular character, and the insertion
-of the Chives at the mouth.</p>
-
-<p>3. The Pointal complete, one of its Summits magnified.</p>
-
-<p>The singularity of colour exhibited in this very fine species of Ixia,
-the extraordinary length of the spikes, the flowers of which are mostly
-all expanded at the same time; and which grow sometimes to the length of
-a foot, or more; will certainly entitle it to a place in every
-collection of exotics. We are indebted to the Hollanders for this plant,
-as they first introduced it from the Cape; and it is from them we
-received it but a few years since. It is amongst the hardiest, and
-easiest propagated of this genus; requiring a small degree of heat when
-near blowing, to make the flowers expand with lustre; thriving best in
-peat earth; propagating itself by the bulb; and flowering during the
-months of May and June.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_118">[Pg 118]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 29
-<br><a href="images/ill_029.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_029.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_121">[Pg 121]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_120">[Pg 120]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_119">[Pg 119]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_30"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">VACCINIUM ARCTOSTAPHYLLUS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Madeira Whortle-berry.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium minimum, superum, persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala, campanulata, quadrifida; laciniis revolutis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta octo, simplicia. Antheræ bicornes, dorso aristis
-duabus patentibus instructæ, apice dehiscentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, staminibus longior.
-Stigma obtusum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca globosa, umbilicata, quadrilocularis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> pauca, parva.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup very small, above, and permanent.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One petal, bell-shaped, four-cleft; segments rolled back.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Eight threads, simple. Tips with two horns, and furnished
-with two spreading awns at the back, opening at the points.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, longer than the chives.
-Summit blunt.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A globular berry, with a hollow dimple, and four
-cells.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> few, and small.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Vaccinium, floribus racemosis; foliis crenulatis, ovatis, acutis;
-caule arboreo.</p>
-
-<p>Whortle-berry, with flowers growing in bunches; leaves slightly
-scollopped, egg-shaped, and pointed; stem woody.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, Pointal, and Chives; the blossom removed.<br>
-2. A Chive (magnified).<br>
-3. The Shaft, and its Summit (magnified).<br>
-4. A ripe Berry (natural size).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Numerous</span> are the difficulties which occur in arranging plants according
-to any yet invented system; and although the sexual fails in the fewest
-instances, yet that is sometimes the case. The plant before us, although
-in habit, fruit, &amp;c. seemingly perfectly allied to Vaccinium, and, from
-which characters, it has been placed under that genus, yet we doubt
-whether if Linnæus had examined the flower himself, (as he has accepted
-it under the name it here bears, and we have no doubt of its being the
-plant intended;) he would not have classed it in Octandria; for
-certainly it has in every instance ten chives, with the border of the
-blossom of five segments; the threads attached to the blossom. But, as
-it is the professed intention of this work as little as possible to
-confuse, by the introduction of new names for plants already known by
-established, and generally accepted ones; though erroneous from
-incorrectness, or otherwise, in the author who first published them; we
-shall attempt an alteration but rarely, and that cautiously, or for very
-glaring reasons; being thoroughly convinced of the difficulty of
-retaining only one name for each plant. The Vaccinium Arctostaphyllus is
-a native of the island of Madeira, where it grows to a considerable
-height: it has not been many years cultivated in our gardens; having
-been introduced to us first by Mr. F. Masson about the year 1786. The
-winters in common of this climate are too severe for it, therefore
-should be protected, although it will survive a mild one: it is best
-preserved in a pot, and kept as a greenhouse plant, where it is very
-ornamental; flowering about the months of July and August; thriving best
-in light mould, or peat; and is propagated by cuttings, or the seed,
-which it produces in abundance.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_122">[Pg 122]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 30
-<br><a href="images/ill_030.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_030.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_125">[Pg 125]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_124">[Pg 124]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_123">[Pg 123]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_31"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">BORBONIA CORDATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Heart-shape leaved Borbonia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XVII. ORDER IV.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads in two sets. Ten Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quinquefidum, turbinatum, corolla
-dimidio brevius; laciniis lanceolatis, acuminatis, subæqualibus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> pentapetala papilionacea.</p>
-
-<p><i>Vexillum</i> reflexum, obtusum, ungue calycis longitudine.</p>
-
-<p><i>Alæ</i> semicordatæ, vexillo paulo breviores.</p>
-
-<p><i>Carina</i> dipetala, lunulata, obtusa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem, coalita in cylindrum, superne
-longitudinaliter dehiscentem, apicibus assurgentia. Antheræ parvæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subulatum. Stylus brevissimus, adscendens. Stigma
-obtusum, emarginatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Legumen subrotundum, acuminatum, uniloculare, spina
-mucronatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> reniformia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, cut into five segments, turban-shaped,
-shorter by half than the blossom; segments lance-shaped, pointed,
-nearly of the same length.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> of five leaves, butterfly-shaped.</p>
-
-<p><i>Standard</i> bent back, blunt, the claw the length of the cup.</p>
-
-<p><i>Wings</i> half heart-shaped, a little shorter than the standard.</p>
-
-<p><i>Keel</i> of two leaves, half moon-shaped, and blunt.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads ten, joined in a cylinder, splitting at the upper
-side, turned up at the ends. Tips small.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud awl-shaped. Shaft short, turned up at the end.
-Summit blunt, and bordered.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Shell roundish, pointed, of one cell, and pointed with
-a spine.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> kidney-shaped.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Borbonia foliis cordatis, multinerviis, integerrimis.</p>
-
-<p>Borbonia with heart-shaped leaves, many-nerved, and very entire.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. The Standard, or upper petal of the Blossom.<br>
-3. A Wing, or side petal of the Blossom.<br>
-4. The Keel, or lower petals of the Blossom.<br>
-5. The Pointal and Chives, natural size.<br>
-6. The Seed-vessel, attached to the Empalement.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Borbonia cordata, with its various synonyms, may be found in the
-second volume of Linnæus’s Species Plantarum, page 994, from whence our
-specific character is copied. This plant, as well as most of the genus,
-are subject to lose their leaves from the lower part of the stem, which
-gives it rather a naked appearance when not in flower; but that is amply
-compensated by the very handsome appearance of its magnificent bunch of
-yellow blossoms. It grows to the height of three or four feet, producing
-but few branches. This figure was taken from a plant sent to the author,
-about the beginning of July, in full bloom, by Mr. Colville, nurseryman,
-of the King’s Road, Chelsea; who informs him that he raised it about the
-year 1795, from seeds which he had received from the Cape of Good Hope.
-The Borbonias are mostly hardy greenhouse plants, and delight in light
-earth; either peat, or very light dungy earth: they are in general
-difficult to propagate by cuttings; the surest method is by the seed,
-which they for the most part perfect in this climate.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_126">[Pg 126]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 31
-<br><a href="images/ill_031.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_031.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_129">[Pg 129]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_128">[Pg 128]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_127">[Pg 127]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_32"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">ANTHOLYZA RINGENS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Gaping Antholyza.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves, alternatæ, flores distinguentes,
-persistentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petalum unicum e tubo sensim dilatatum in faucem
-compressam ringentem.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, longa, tenuia, sublabio superiori. Antheræ
-acutæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus filiformis, situ et longitudine
-stamimun superiorum. Stigma trifidum, capillare, reflexum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula subrotunda, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, triangularia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheath of two valves, alternate, dividing the flowers,
-and abiding.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One petal, widening in the tube, flattened at the mouth,
-and gaping.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three threads, long, thin, and placed under the upper lip
-of the blossom. Tips sharp.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft thread-shaped, in the same place,
-and of the same length of the upper chives. Summit cut into three
-hair-like divisions, which are bent back.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule nearly round, three cells, three valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, triangular.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Antholyza corollæ labiis divaricatis; fauce compressa.</p>
-
-<p>Antholyza with the lips of the blossom in various directions; the
-mouth flattened.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Blossom cut open, to shew the insertion of the Chives.<br>
-3. The Pointal (natural size).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Although</span> this species of Antholyza is not new in our gardens, yet has it
-been seen in flower but by few, as it blows so seldom; though the roots
-are by far the largest of any of the genus. The bulb from which this
-figure was taken, had received a little assistance from heat early in
-the season, and by that means was (apparently) brought into flower. It
-is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, has much the appearance of a
-common flag in the foliage, growing to the height of three feet, or
-more; requires the same earth as Ixias, propagates by the root, or seed,
-and flowers in the month of June; at which time a drawing was made from
-a plant then in bloom at the Hammersmith nursery.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_130">[Pg 130]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 32
-<br><a href="images/ill_032.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_032.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_133">[Pg 133]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_132">[Pg 132]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_131">[Pg 131]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_33"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">DIOSMA LATIFOLIA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Broad-leaved Diosma.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium quinquepartitum; laciniis tenuibus, acutis,
-persistentibus; basi plana.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, ovata, obtusa, sessilia, erecto-patula.</p>
-
-<p><i>Nectarium</i> coronæ forma, excavatum, quinquesidum, obtusum, germini
-impositum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, subulata. Antheræ subovatæ, erectæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen coronatum nectario. Stylus simplex, longitudine
-staminum. Stigma obsoletum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsulæ quinque, ovato-acuminatæ, compressæ, margine
-introrsum coalitæ, apicibus distantes, sutura superiori
-dehiscentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria, oblonga.</p>
-
-<p><i>Arillus</i> elasticus, hinc dehiscens; singulum involvens semen.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup of four divisions; segments thin, sharp, and
-permanent; smooth at the base.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals, egg-shape, blunt, fitting close, erect, and
-open.</p>
-
-<p><i>Honey-cup</i> crown-shaped, hollow, with five divisions, blunt, fixed
-on the seed-buds.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, awl-shaped. Tips nearly egg-shaped, upright.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud crowned by the honey-cup. Shaft simple, the
-length of the chives. Summit blunt.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Five capsules, egg-shaped, pointed, flattened, joined
-together by the inner edge, the points standing apart, splitting at
-the upper suture.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> solitary, oblong.</p>
-
-<p><i>Seed-coat</i> elastic, splitting from hence, and inclosing a single
-seed.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Diosma, foliis oppositis, serratis, ovalibus, latissimis; floribus
-terminalibus, albidis, sessilibus.</p>
-
-<p>Diosma with opposite leaves, sawed, oval, and very broad; flowers
-terminal, white, and sitting close to the branches.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete.<br>
-2. The Chives and Pointal, with the surrounding Seed-buds and Honey-cups.<br>
-3. The Pointal, natural size, with the Empalement attached.<br>
-4. The same magnified.<br>
-5. A Seed taken from its coat.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">There</span> are few genera of plants more deserving our notice than Diosma;
-the fragrance of the leaves of most of the species, and the beauty of
-the flowers of others, has rendered them so common, (being easily
-propagated by cuttings) that few collections but have a number of the
-different species. They are all very hardy greenhouse plants, the
-present species excepted; this, requiring a dry situation, and rather
-more warmth than the rest. It was sent to the royal gardens at Kew,
-about the year 1791, by Mr. F. Masson, to whose industry botany stands
-so much indebted. Of all the Diosmas this is the highest grower,
-aspiring to three or four feet, or more, if encouraged; delights in peat
-earth, and flowers about the month of August.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_134">[Pg 134]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 33
-<br><a href="images/ill_033.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_033.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_137">[Pg 137]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_136">[Pg 136]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_135">[Pg 135]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_34"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXIV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">CHELONE RUELLIOIDES.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Scarlet Chelone.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIV. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.</i> Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quinquepartitum, brevissimum,
-persistens; laciniis erectis, ovatis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, ringens; tubus cylindraceus, brevissimus; faux
-inflata, oblonga, supra convexa, infra plana; limbus clausus
-parvus; labium superius obtusum, emarginatum; limbus inferius cum
-superiori fere æquale, lævissime trifidum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, sub dorso corollæ recondita, quorum duo
-lateralia paulo longiora; antheræ incumbentes.</p>
-
-<p>Rudimentum quinti filamenti, mucronis instar, intra superius
-staminum par.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, situ, et longitudine
-staminum. Stigma obtusum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula ovata, bilocularis, calyce longior.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, sub rotunda, margine membranaceo cincta.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, five divisions very short, permanent;
-segments upright and egg-shaped.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One petal, gaping; tube cylindrical, very short; mouth
-swelled, oblong, rounded on the upper, and flat on the lower part;
-border shut, and small; upper lip blunt, bordered; lower lip nearly
-as long as the upper, slightly divided into three at the end.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads four, hid under the upper part of the blossom; of
-which the two side ones are a little longer than the others. Tips
-fixed sideways to the threads.</p>
-
-<p>The rudiment of a fifth thread, like a sharp point is placed equal
-with, and between the upper chives.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-vessel egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, of the same
-length, and place as the chives. Summit blunt.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule egg-shaped, two cells longer than the
-empalement.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly round, bound at the edge by a thin skin.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Chelone foliis inferioribus spathulatis, glabris; superioribus
-lanceolatis, oppositis; corollis cernuis, coccineis; labiis
-inferioribus barbatis.</p>
-
-<p>Chelone with spathulate, smooth leaves on the lower part of the
-stem; and lance-shaped, opposite ones on the upper; blossoms
-hanging down, and scarlet; the lower lips bearded.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Leaf from the lower part of the Stem.<br>
-2. The Empalement.<br>
-3. A Blossom cut open, to shew the situation of the Chives, and the imperfect rudiments of a fifth.<br>
-4. The Seed-vessel, and Pointal, (natural size).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Chelone Ruellioides is a native of Chili, South America, and was
-introduced to the royal gardens at Kew in the year 1793, by Mr.
-Boutelow, the son of the gardener to the King of Spain, who was then in
-England pursuing his botanical studies. It is (apparently) a hardy
-plant, and fit to endure the open borders, but, as yet, we have not had
-a sufficient trial to ascertain it; hitherto it has been treated as a
-greenhouse plant. Being herbaceous, it is propagated by parting the
-roots, which should be done in spring, about the month of March. The
-proper season of its flowering cannot well be determined, as it has
-undergone such various treatment. The plant from which this figure was
-made was in full bloom at the gardens of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham, in
-the month of June 1797, where it was seen to flower, for the first time
-in this country. The soil it seems to thrive in most, is a composition
-of loam, and rotten dung.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_138">[Pg 138]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 34
-<br><a href="images/ill_034.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_034.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_141">[Pg 141]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_140">[Pg 140]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_139">[Pg 139]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_35"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">IXIA CRISPIFOLIA. <i>Var. flore cæruleo.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Crisped-leaved Ixia. Blue Variety.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata 3, erectiusculo-patula.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six petals, spreading equal. Summits three, nearly upright,
-and spreading.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Ixia reflexa</span>, Plate XIV.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis crispis; scapus ramosus, flexuosus, spithamæus;
-floribus sub-umbellatis, cæruleis.</p>
-
-<p>Ixia with crisped leaves; flower-stem branched, waved, and a span
-high; flowers grow in partial umbels, and are blue.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.<br>
-2. A Blossom cut open, to shew the insertion of the Chives.<br>
-3. A Chive (magnified).<br>
-4. The Pointal, one of the divisions of the Summit detached, and magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> singular species of Ixia, is one amongst the many given by the
-Dowager Lady De Clifford to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy Hammersmith, in the
-year 1794; at which time, her ladyship had just received the bulbs in a
-present from the Cape. It is described by Thunberg, in his Dissertatio
-de Ixia, published in 1783. The root of this plant is of a most curious
-shape, having the appearance of being the half, rather than the whole;
-it is very delicate, is easily destroyed by moisture, therefore (except
-when in flower) should be kept very dry; it propagates by the root, the
-old one generally producing two; flowering about the month of June, or
-July, but requires the warmth of a moderate hothouse to expand its
-blossoms. Like other Cape bulbs, it should be planted in sandy peat.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_142">[Pg 142]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 35
-<br><a href="images/ill_035.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_035.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_145">[Pg 145]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_144">[Pg 144]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_143">[Pg 143]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_36"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXVI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">RHODODENDRON PUNCTATUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Dotted-leaved Rhododendron.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS X. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Ten Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> 5-partitus. Corolla rotato-infundibuliformis. Stamina
-declinata. Capsula 5-locularis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> of five divisions. Blossom of a rounded funnel-shape.
-Chives bent downward. Capsule of five cells.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Rhododendron Dauricum</span>, Plate IV.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Rhododendron foliis glabris, subtus punctatis; viminibus laxis;
-corollis crispis, violaceo-purpureis.</p>
-
-<p>Rhododendron with smooth leaves, dotted on the under part; slender
-loose branches; blossoms crisped, and of a blueish purple.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Blossom.<br>
-2. The Chives, and Pointal (natural size); one tip detached (magnified).<br>
-3. The Seed-vessel, and Pointal, (natural size).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">It</span> is to the industrious researches of J. Frasier, nurseryman, of the
-King’s Road, Chelsea, we are indebted for this charming species of
-Rhododendron, who introduced it in the year 1792 from the back
-settlements of Carolina, North America, where it is native. This species
-is by far the most delicate of any yet discovered on that continent;
-grows to the height of three, or four feet, and of sufficient hardiness
-to resist our winters in the open ground; a slight protection insures
-its flowering, as our late frosts are apt to injure the buds, which are
-very often without that assistance destroyed. The best method of
-propagating this shrub is by layers, which should be taken off in
-autumn, and protected the first winter. It flowers about the month of
-July, at which season this year a drawing was made from a plant, in the
-nursery of Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith. It (like most American plants)
-delights in sandy peat.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_146">[Pg 146]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 36
-<br><a href="images/ill_036.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_036.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_149">[Pg 149]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_148">[Pg 148]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_147">[Pg 147]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_37"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXVII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GERANIUM FRAGILE.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Brittle-stalked Geranium.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XVI. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata 5. Fructus rostratus, 5-coccus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">One Pointal.</span> Summits five. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
-berries.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Geranium Grandiflorum</span>, Plate XII.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis carnosis, pinnatis; caulis fruticosus, ramosus,
-fragilis; petalis linearibus, pedunculis erectis.</p>
-
-<p>Geranium with fleshy winged leaves; stem shrubby, branched and
-brittle; petals linear, fruit-stalks upright.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement cut open, to shew its tubular shape to its base.<br>
-2. The Chives, and Pointal, (natural size).<br>
-3. The Pointal, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Geranium fragile has in general seven fertile tips, and thus comes
-under Linnæus’s first arrangement; and Mons. L’Heritier’s Genus
-Pelargonium. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced
-by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy in the year 1792. This plant seldom grows
-more than a foot high, but during the months of July, August, and
-September, it is covered with blossoms, which are of a pale yellow,
-striped at the bottom with red, standing nearly upright. It is rather a
-tender plant, requiring a dry stove, or hothouse, to preserve it in
-winter, being very subject to damp in the leaves; is easily propagated
-by cuttings, and thrives best in rich mould.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_150">[Pg 150]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 37
-<br><a href="images/ill_037.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_037.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_153">[Pg 153]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_152">[Pg 152]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_151">[Pg 151]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_38"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXVIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS PRÆCOX. <i>Var. flore rubro.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Red early-flowering Gladiolus.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-partita, ringens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> adscendentia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six divisions, gaping.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives</span> ascending.</p>
-
-<p>See Plate XI. <span class="smcap">Gladiolus roseus.</span></p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis ensiformibus, apicibus tortis, lineari-cruciatis;
-corollis sub-campanulatis, rubris; petalis acuminatis.</p>
-
-<p>Gladiolus with sword-shaped leaves, twisted at the ends, linear,
-and cross-shaped; blossoms nearly bell-shaped, and red; petals
-sharp-pointed.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.<br>
-2. A Blossom cut open, to expose the situation of the Chives.<br>
-3. The Pointal, one of the Summits magnified.<br>
-4. A Seed.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Of</span> all the species of this numerous Genus, this is the first to expand
-its blossoms, seldom flowering later than April; is extremely hardy,
-scarce requiring the warmth of a greenhouse for its protection, although
-a native of the Cape. About the year 1791, the bulbs of this plant were
-purchased of Messrs. Voorhelm, and Co. of Haarlem, in Holland, by
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, at whose nursery it has repeatedly
-flowered, and where this figure was taken. It is propagated by the root,
-as other Gladiolus, and requires the same earth, a light sandy peat.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_154">[Pg 154]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 38
-<br><a href="images/ill_038.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_038.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_157">[Pg 157]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_156">[Pg 156]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_155">[Pg 155]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_39"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXIX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">ECHIUM FEROCISSIMUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Prickly Viper’s Bugloss.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> irregularis, fauce nuda.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> irregular, mouth naked.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Echium grandiflorum</span>, Plate XX.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Echium caule fruticoso; ramis, foliisque aculeatis; floribus
-spicatis, violaceis; corollis sub-æqualibus.</p>
-
-<p>Viper’s Bugloss, with a shrubby stem; branches and leaves covered
-with sharp prickles; flowers growing in spikes, and violet
-coloured; blossoms nearly equal.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Blossom cut open, to shew the insertion of the Chives in the tube.<br>
-3. The Shaft and its Summit, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Although</span> there are few species of this genus, but are rough, or hairy;
-yet this by far exceeds any of them, or almost any other plant not
-actually spiny, for its extreme coarseness to the touch; nevertheless it
-is a very handsome shewy greenhouse plant, growing to the height of two
-feet, and blowing freely. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and
-was introduced by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy in 1794; at whose nursery it
-flowered for the first time, this year, in the month of July. The only
-method of propagating the Cape Echiums is by cuttings, and that is done
-with great difficulty; of course, this, as well as the other species,
-are very scarce: they delight most in rich light mould.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_158">[Pg 158]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 39
-<br><a href="images/ill_039.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_039.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_161">[Pg 161]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_160">[Pg 160]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_159">[Pg 159]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_40"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XL.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">CHELONE CAMPANULOIDES.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Bell-flowered Chelone.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIV. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.</i> Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> 5-partitus. Rudimentum filamenti quinti inter suprema
-stamina. Capsula bilocularis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> of five divisions. The rudiment of a fifth thread is
-found placed between the upper chives. Capsule of two cells.</p>
-
-<p>See Plate XXXIV. <span class="smcap">Chelone Ruellioides.</span></p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Chelone foliis oppositis, sessilibus, acuminatis, profunde
-serratis; corollis campanulatis, purpureis.</p>
-
-<p>Chelone with opposite leaves fitting close to the stem, tapering to
-the point, and deeply sawed; blossoms bell-shaped, and purple.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Blossom cut open, to shew the situation of the four Chives, and station of the fifth imperfect thread.<br>
-2. The Pointal, (natural size).<br>
-3. The Seed-vessel, with the Empalement and Shaft still remaining attached.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Chelone is of the same date in our gardens as the
-Chelone Ruellioides, and was introduced through the same medium: it is a
-native of Mexico in South America; will make a pretty addition to our
-greenhouse exotics; and is described and engraved by A. J. Cavanilles,
-in his first volume of Spanish plants. It seems to thrive best in rich,
-dungy earth, and is easily propagated by cuttings, or seeds; of which
-latter it produces abundance; but does not appear to be long lived. The
-plant from which this figure was taken, flowered (as we suppose for the
-first time in England) in the collection of B. Robertson, Esq. of
-Stockwell in Surry, and kindly communicated by him to the author.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_162">[Pg 162]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 40
-<br><a href="images/ill_040.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_040.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_165">[Pg 165]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_164">[Pg 164]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_163">[Pg 163]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_41"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">LACHENALIA PENDULA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Drooping-flowered Lachenalia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span>, nullus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, cylindracea, sexpartita; tubus gibbus; laciniis
-tribus exterioribus brevioribus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, subulata, longitudine corollæ, inserta basi
-laciniarum corollæ. Antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen trigonum, trisulcum. Stylus simplex, corolla
-paulo longior. Stigma obtusum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula triquetra, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, globosa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, none.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one leaf, cylindrical, divided into six; tube gouty; the
-three outer divisions the shortest.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads six, awl-shaped, the length of the blossom, fixed
-into the base of the divisions of the blossom. Tips oblong, laying
-on the threads.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud three-sided, three-furrowed. Shaft simple, a
-little longer than the blossom. Summit blunt.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule three-sided, three cells, three valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, globular.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Lachenalia foliis longissimis, ovato-oblongis, immaculatis;
-corollis speciocissimis, maximis, tricoloratis, pedunculatis,
-cernuis.</p>
-
-<p>Lachenalia with very long egg-shaped oblong leaves, without spots;
-blossoms very shewy, large, three-coloured, having foot-stalks, and
-nodding.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Flower spread open, to shew the insertion of the Chives.<br>
-2. The same, exhibiting the character of the outer Petals.<br>
-3. The Pointal, natural size.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> genus Lachenalia is certainly an infringement on Hyacinthus; the
-small distinction on which this new genus is founded can, at most, be
-considered but of sufficient consequence to form a specific character,
-so thought Linnæus: the son of Professor Jacquin has thought otherwise,
-having called it after a botanist of the name of De la Chenal; and under
-which it is now generally known; therefore we have not replaced it under
-its old title, though we have authority of such weight to corroborate
-our opinion. The Lachenalias are natives of the Cape of Good Hope, yet
-are of so hardy a nature as to require no farther protection than
-shelter from the severe frosts. Our species is the handsomest yet known,
-flowering about September; was, according to the Kew catalogue,
-introduced there by Mr. F. Masson in the year 1774. It was from a plant
-in the extensive collection of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham Common (to whose
-kind communications the author acknowledges himself much indebted), that
-this figure was taken, the latter end of September this year. No plant
-is more easy or certain to increase than this; the young offsets are
-produced in such abundance from the old bulb, which delights in a light
-soil; but its flowering is not so certain.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_166">[Pg 166]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 41
-<br><a href="images/ill_041.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_041.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_169">[Pg 169]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_168">[Pg 168]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_167">[Pg 167]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_42"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">ORCHIS CILIARIS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Fringed Orchis.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XX. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA.</i> Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ vagæ. Spadix simplex. Perianthium nullum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque; tria exteriora; duo interiora sursum
-conniventia in galeam.</p>
-
-<p><i>Nectarium</i> monophyllum, a latere inferiore inter divisuram
-petalorum receptaculo affixum. Labio superiore erecto, brevissimo.
-Labio inferiore magno, patente, lato. Tubo postice corniformi,
-nutante.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta duo, tenuissima, brevissima, pistillo
-insidentia. Antheræ obovatæ, erectæ, tectæ duplicatura biloculari
-labii superioris nectarii.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen oblongum, contortum, inferum. Stylus adnatus
-labio superiori nectarii, brevissimus. Stigma compressum, obtusum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, unilocularis, tricarinata, trivalvis;
-sub carinis trifariam dehiscens, apice et basi cohærens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, minima.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheaths scattered. Fruit-stalk simple. Cup none.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals five; three outer ones; two inner ones approaching
-upwards in form of a helmet.</p>
-
-<p><i>Honey-cup</i> one leaf, fixed by the lower side to the receptacle
-betwixt the division of the petals. Upper lip upright, and very
-short. Lower lip large, spreading, broad. Tube standing behind,
-shaped like a horn, and hanging down.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Two threads, very slender, and very short, fixed on the
-pointal. Tips inversely egg-shaped, upright, covered by a folding
-of the upper lip of the honey-cup, forming two cells.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud oblong, twisted, and beneath. Shaft fixed to the
-upper lip of the honey-cup, very short. Summit flattened, and
-blunt-ended.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, of one cell, three keels, three
-valves; splitting in three places under the keels; fastened at the
-point, and the base.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous, very small.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<p>Orchis radicibus subpalmatis, expansis; nectarii labio lanceolato,
-ciliato, cornu torto, longissimo; floribus luteis.</p>
-
-<p>Orchis with roots nearly hand-shaped, spreading; lip of the
-honey-cup lance-shaped, and fringed, horn twisted, very long;
-flowers yellow.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Honey-cup with its Horn.<br>
-2. The upper Petal.<br>
-3. A side Petal.<br>
-4. One of the inner Petals.<br>
-5. The Chives, and Pointal attached to the horn of the Honey-cup.<br>
-6. The Chives, and Pointal, magnified; with the Chives drawn from their cells.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> handsome Orchis is a native of North America, and is found in all
-the states from Virginia as far north as Canada: it has been treated of
-by Ray, Morison, Gronovius, Royen, Linnæus, and others; but although so
-long known by name, it was not introduced to our gardens before the year
-1796; having been sent that year from Philadelphia by Mr. J. Lyons, from
-the gardens of J. Hamilton, Esq. to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy,
-Hammersmith; at whose nursery it flowered this year, in the month of
-July, when the drawing was made. It is a hardy herbaceous plant,
-thriving best in a shady border, and should be planted in a mixture of
-loam and peat earth. The propagation of this plant, like most of the
-genus, is difficult, the seeds being too small to be collected, and the
-root seldom producing more than one bud.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_170">[Pg 170]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 42
-<br><a href="images/ill_042.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_042.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_173">[Pg 173]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_172">[Pg 172]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_171">[Pg 171]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_43"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">BIGNONIA LEUCOXYLON.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Oleander-flowered Trumpet Flower.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIV. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.</i> Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, erectum, cyathi-forme,
-quinquefidum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, campanulata; tubus minimus, longitudine
-calycis; faux longissima, subtus ventricosa; limbus quinque
-partitus; laciniis duabus superioribus reflexis; inferioribus
-patulis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, subulata, corolla breviora, quorum duo
-reliquis longiora. Antheræ reflexæ, oblongæ, velut duplicatæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, situ et figura
-staminum. Stigma capitatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Siliqua bilocularis, bivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, imbricata, compressa, utrinque membranaceo alata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, upright, cup-shaped, and cut into five
-divisions.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> of one bell-shaped petal; tube small, the length of the
-cup; mouth very long, swelled at the bottom; border of five
-divisions; the two upper segments reflexed, the lower ones
-spreading.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads four, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom, two of
-which are longer than the others. Tips bent back, oblong, and
-appear doubled.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, of the same
-situation and shape as the chives. Summit headed.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Pod of two cells, and two valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, laying one over the other, flat, and winged at each
-side.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Bignonia foliis digitatis; foliolis integerrimis, ovatis,
-acuminatis; caule erecto, arboreo; floribus nerii; alato semine.</p>
-
-<p>Trumpet Flower with fingered leaves; the small leaves entire,
-egg-shaped, tapered; stem upright, growing to a tree; with flowers
-like the oleander; seed winged.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Blossom cut open, shewing the proportionate length of the Chives to the Blossom, and their insertion; one of the Tips detached, and magnified.<br>
-3. The Pointal, (natural size); the Summit detached, and magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Bignonia is well known in most collections of hothouse
-plants, and was first introduced to the Chelsea gardens by Mr. P.
-Miller, the then gardener, in 1759, and may be found described in his
-Dictionary; but, notwithstanding its frequency, few have seen its
-blossoms. Owing to the naked appearance of the stem, and its growing to
-so considerable a height before it flowers, and that but rarely, has
-rendered it a plant but of little consideration; though perhaps, from
-the great beauty of its blossoms, it deserves more attention. Being a
-native of the West Indies, it does not flourish without the assistance
-of tan heat; but will live in any situation of the hothouse; thriving
-best in a mixture of loam and peat, and is readily propagated by
-cuttings. It was from a plant in the select and valuable collection at
-Paddington, belonging to the Hon. Dowager Lady De Clifford (to whom the
-author, as well as all the cultivators and professors of the science,
-stand much indebted for the zeal and patronage which her ladyship has
-shewn, in her endeavours to promote it), that this figure was taken in
-July this present year 1798.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_174">[Pg 174]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 43
-<br><a href="images/ill_043.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_043.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_177">[Pg 177]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_176">[Pg 176]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_175">[Pg 175]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_44"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLIV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">IXIA CINNAMOMEA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Cinnamon-smelling Ixia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria, erectiusculo
-patula.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six petals, spreading, and equal. Summits three, nearly
-upright, spreading.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Ixia reflexa</span>, Plate XIV.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis falcatis, crispis; floribus alternis, noctiflorens,
-cinnamomi odore.</p>
-
-<p>Ixia with scimitar-shaped leaves, waved at the edge; flowers
-alternate, blowing at night, and smelling of cinnamon.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.<br>
-3. The Chives, attached to the tubular part of the Blossom, the border cut off, (magnified).<br>
-4. The Shaft, Summit, and Seed-bud, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Amongst</span> this most extensive genus no species stands more distinct than
-this. The extreme sweetness and delicacy of its blossoms, which expand
-only by night, and close in the morning, give it a decided superiority
-over many of its congeners. Thunberg, who saw it at the Cape, has
-described it under the name it here bears; but till the year 1792 we had
-no knowledge of it, when it was first introduced by Messrs. Lee and
-Kennedy, Hammersmith, from the Cape of Good Hope; at whose nursery it
-flowered the following year; where it continues to blow annually, and
-whence this figure was taken. It is rather a tender bulb, small, and
-easily rotted; should therefore be placed in the warmest part of the
-greenhouse, and kept dry when out of flower; is rather difficult to
-increase, as each bulb seldom produces more than one offset, nor that
-always, and rarely seeds.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_178">[Pg 178]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 44
-<br><a href="images/ill_044.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_044.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_181">[Pg 181]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_180">[Pg 180]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_179">[Pg 179]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_45"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">IRIS LONGIFOLIA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Long-leaved Iris.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves, flores distinguentes, persistentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> sexpartita; petala oblonga, obtusa, tria exteriora reflexa,
-tria interiora erecta, acutiora; omnia unguibus conata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, subulata, petalis reflexis incumbentia.
-Antheræ oblongæ, rectæ, depressæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum, oblongum. Stylus simplex, brevissimus.
-Stigma maximum, tripartitum, laciniis petala mentientibus, latis,
-reflexis, stamina et petala alterna deprimentibus, apicibus
-bifidis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, angulata, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, ovata, glabra.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheaths of two valves, separating the flowers,
-permanent.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> with six divisions; petals oblong, blunt, the three outer
-ones reflexed, the three inner ones upright, and sharper; all
-connected by the claws.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads three, awl-shaped, laying on the reflexed petals.
-Tips oblong, straight, depressed.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath, oblong. Shaft simple, very short. Summit
-very large, divided into three segments, resembling petals, broad,
-bent back, and alternately pressing down the chives and petals,
-cleft at the ends.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, angular, of three cells, and three
-valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, egg-shaped, and smooth.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Iris foliis linearibus, canaliculatis, longissimis, glaucis; scapus
-teres, multiflorus; radix bulbosus.</p>
-
-<p>Iris with linear, channelled leaves, very long, and bluish;
-flower-stem cylindrical, with many flowers; the root bulbous.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.<br>
-2. The Chives as attached to the Seed-bud.<br>
-3. The Pointal complete.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> Iris is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced to us
-from the collection of Messrs. Voorhelm and Schnevoght, of Haarlem in
-Holland, about the year 1792. The leaves of this delicate Iris grow
-sometimes to the length of three feet, giving it a very singular
-appearance: it should be treated like the Cape Ixias, and protected from
-the weather, whilst in bloom, as the flower is injured by the lightest
-wind, and the duration of each blossom is but a few hours; there is,
-however, a good succession, which rise diurnally from the same sheath,
-seldom more than one at a time. This figure was taken in the month of
-June 1797 at the Hammersmith nursery. It has a singular mode of
-propagating itself; the old root dying, two young ones are formed above
-it, from whence the flower-stem arises: seldom ripe seeds are produced.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_182">[Pg 182]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 45
-<br><a href="images/ill_045.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_045.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_185">[Pg 185]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_184">[Pg 184]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_183">[Pg 183]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_46"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLVI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">MASSONIA VIOLACEA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Purple-flowered Massonia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span>, nullus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> sex-petala. Petala nectario imposita, lanceolata, patentia.</p>
-
-<p><i>Nectarium</i> inferum, cylindricum, membranaceum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, nectarii dentibus inserta, filiformia
-declinata, petalis paulo longiora. Antheræ ovatæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen (respectu nectarii) superum. Stylus subulatus,
-declinatus, longitudine, staminum. Stigma simplex, acutum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula triquetra, glabra, trilocularis, trivalvis,
-angulis dehiscens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, globosa, glabra, magnitudine seminum sinapios.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> none.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six-petals. Petals placed on the honey-cup, are
-lance-shaped and spreading.</p>
-
-<p><i>Honey-cup</i> beneath, cylindrical and skinny.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Six threads, fixed into the teeth of the honey-cup,
-thread-shaped, bent downward, and a little longer than the petals.
-Tips egg-shaped.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud (with regard to the honey-cup) above. Shaft
-awl-shaped, and bent downward the length of the chives. Summit
-simple, and pointed.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule three-sided, and smooth, of three cells and
-three valves, splitting at the angles.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, globular, smooth, the size of a mustard seed.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Massonia, foliis spathulatis, glabris; scapus filiformis, erectus,
-bipollicaris; flores pedunculati, violacei, sparsi, pedunculi
-uniflori.</p>
-
-<p>Massonia with spatula-shaped, and smooth leaves; flower-stalk
-thread-shaped, upright, two inches high; the flowers have
-foot-stalks, are of a violet colour, and grow scattered; the
-foot-stalks have each but one flower.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Flower complete.<br>
-2. The same cut open, to shew the insertion of the Chives.<br>
-3. The Pointal.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> genus of plants perpetuates the name, as a botanist, (would it
-could likewise the mild, unassuming, and universally allowed amiableness
-of character) of Mr. Francis Masson, botanical collector to his Majesty;
-now exploring the untrod regions of North America, to add to the
-extensive collections of his royal and munificent Master, which stand so
-much indebted to his indefatigable industry for their present splendour.
-The Massonias are all rather tender, and require the same situation as
-Hæmanthus &amp;c; that is, a dry stove; they are natives of the Cape of Good
-Hope, or, at least, grow within that point of Africa generally so
-called, but at some distance from the Cape town, near a mountain
-(according to Thunberg) of the name of Bocklands Berg. The root of this
-species is very subject to rot when the leaves are decayed, if watered
-at that time; therefore, like the Ixias, should be put aside, or taken
-out of the pot for two or three months, after flowering. It is very
-difficult to propagate, as the seeds are seldom perfected, and rarely
-makes any offsets; flowering in September, about the beginning of which
-month this figure was taken, from a plant in the collection of G.
-Hibbert, Esq. Clapham Common. It appears to thrive best in a mixture of
-peat and sandy loam.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_186">[Pg 186]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 46
-<br><a href="images/ill_046.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_046.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_189">[Pg 189]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_188">[Pg 188]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_187">[Pg 187]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_47"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLVII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">MUSA COCCINEA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Scarlet-flowered Plantain-tree.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XXIII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>POLYGAMIA MONOECIA.</i> Various dispositions. Upon one Plant.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><i>Hermaphroditi feminei flores.</i></p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spatha partialis ovato-oblonga, plano-concava, magna.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> inæqualis, ringens; petalo constituente labium superins,
-nectario vero labium inferius.</p>
-
-<p><i>Petalum</i> erectum, ligulatum, quinquedentatum, basi antice
-connivens.</p>
-
-<p><i>Nectarium</i> monophyllum, naviculare, petalo, brevius, intra sinum
-petali insertum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, subulata erecta, petalo dimidio breviora.
-Antheræ abortivæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen infra receptaculum floris, maximum, longissimum.
-Stylus erectus, longitudine petali. Stigma capitatum, subrotundum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca carnosa, corio tecta, longissima, pulpa
-trifariam, absque dissepimentis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, globosa.</p>
-
-<p><i>Hermaphroditi masculi flores.</i></p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> ut in feminæo.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> ut in feminæo.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta ut in feminæo, at longiora, tenuiora. Antheræ
-lineares, sulcatæ, erectæ, magnæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ut in feminæo, ut minus. Stylus, et stigma ut in
-fæmineo, at minora.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> abortit.</p>
-
-<p><i>Hermaphrodite flowers, where the female parts are perfect.</i></p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Partial sheath oblong, egg-shaped, smoothly-concave,
-and large.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> unequal and gaping; the petal forming the upper lip, the
-honey-cup the under.</p>
-
-<p><i>Petal</i> upright, ligulate, five-toothed, and meeting at the base in
-front.</p>
-
-<p><i>Honey-cup</i> one leaf, ship-shaped, shorter than the petal, and
-inclosed within it.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads six, awl-shaped, upright, shorter by half than the
-petal. Tips abortive.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud below the receptacle of the flower, large and
-very long. Shaft upright the length of the petal. Summit headed,
-nearly round.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A fleshy berry, covered with a tough skin, very long,
-the pulp laying three ways, without partitions.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, round.</p>
-
-<p><i>Hermaphrodite flowers, where the male parts are perfect.</i></p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> as in the female flower.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> as in the female flower.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads as in the female flower, but longer, and thinner.
-Tips linear, channelled, upright, and large.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud the same as in the female, but smaller. Shaft and
-summit like the female, but smaller.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> is abortive.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Musa spadice erecto; floribus capitatis; spathis confertis,
-coccineis, maximis, apicibus luteis.</p>
-
-<p>Plantain-tree with an upright fruit-stalk; flowers growing in
-heads; sheaths crowded together, scarlet, very large, points
-yellow.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The upper lip of the blossom, shewn in front, as cut off close to the seed-bud.<br>
-2. The same, shewing the hinder parts, with the three small claws on the border.<br>
-3. The honey-cup, which forms the lower lip of the blossom.<br>
-4. The seed-bud, chives, style, and summit, of a female hermaphrodite flower.<br>
-5. A seed-bud cut obliquely, to expose the situation character of the seeds.<br>
-6. The chives, seed-bud, shaft, and summit, of a male hermaphrodite flower.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> honour of having introduced this supremely beautiful plant, pertains
-to, Thomas Evans Esq. of Stepney; a gentleman to whose zeal for the
-introduction of new plants our stoves are of late much beholden; he
-having received it, amongst many others, about the year 1792 from China,
-where, as well as in Cochin-China, Sumatra, Java, &amp;c. it is very
-commonly found. Our figure was taken, in part, from a plant which
-flowered at James Vere’s, Esq. Kensington Gore, last December, and
-partly, from one in blossom about the same time, at the Hon. Lady
-Archer’s, Ham Common. The Musa Coccinea grows to the height of about
-three, or four feet before it blows, and without question, has no rival
-but Strelitzea Regina in the hothouse, where its brilliancy, tends in
-some degree, to dispel the gloom of winter, for at least three months.
-It increases itself by suckers, which are thrown up in abundance from a
-vigorous plant; may be taken off at any time, and will arrive at a
-flowering size in twelve months; if planted in rich earth, and kept
-growing in pine heat, or on a strong hotbed.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_190">[Pg 190]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 47
-<br><a href="images/ill_047.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_047.jpg"
-width="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_191">[Pg 191]</a></span></p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_193">[Pg 193]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_192">[Pg 192]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_48"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLVIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">IXIA BULBIFERA. <i>Var: flore luteo.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Bulb-bearing Ixia. Var: yellow-flowered.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria, erectiusculo
-patula.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six petals, spreading, and equal. Summits three, nearly
-upright, and spreading.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Ixia reflexa</span>, Plate XIV.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis falcatis, glabris, scapo brevioribus, axillis
-bulbiferis; floribus alternis, luteis.</p>
-
-<p>Ixia with scimitar-shaped leaves, smooth, and shorter than the
-flower-stem, bearing bulbs at their insertion into the stalk;
-flowers alternate, and yellow.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.<br>
-3. The Shaft, Summit, and Seed-bud, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> singular sporting of Nature in the Ixia bulbifera is not uncommon;
-its viviparous character (if it may be so called) constitutes a specific
-difference in many genera; Lilium, Lysimachia, &amp;c. partake of it. The
-bulbs produced from the stem blow the second year, whereas those from
-seeds do not till the third. The flowers of this variety are the first
-that open, amongst the numerous species yet introduced, of this
-extensive genus; they are of a brilliant yellow, and seldom expand more
-than one at a time. The usual treatment of other Cape Ixias is suitable
-for this. The drawing was made at Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s, in the
-month of March 1798, they having introduced it about the year 1784.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_194">[Pg 194]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 48
-<br><a href="images/ill_048.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_048.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_197">[Pg 197]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_196">[Pg 196]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_195">[Pg 195]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_49"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLIX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">MALPIGHIA CRASSIFOLIA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Thick-leaved Malpighia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS X. ORDER III.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA.</i> Ten Chives. Three Pointals.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium pentaphyllum, erectum, minimum, persistens,
-connivens. Glandulæ melliferæ duæ, ovales gibbæ, foliolis calycinis
-externe inferneque adnatæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, reniformia, magna, plicata, ciliata,
-patentia, concava; unguibus longis, linearibus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem latiuscula, erecta, in cylindrum posita,
-parva. Antheræ cordatæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subrotundum, minimum. Styli tres, filiformes.
-Stigmata obtusa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca globosa, torulosa, magna, unilocularis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> tria, ossea, oblonga, obtusa, angulata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup five leaves, upright, very small, remaining and
-closing at the points. Two honey-bearing glands, oval and gouty,
-are fixed to the outer and lower part of the leaves of the cup.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals five, kidney-shaped, large, plaited, lashed,
-spreading, and concave; claws long, linear.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads ten, rather broad, upright, placed cylindrically,
-and small. Tips heart-shaped.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud nearly round, very small. Shafts three,
-thread-shaped. Summits blunt.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Berry globular, knobby, large, of one cell.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> three, bony, oblong, blunt, and angulated.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Malpighia foliis lanceolato ovatis, subtus tomentosis,
-integerrimis; floribus terminalibus, spicatis, pallide-luteis.</p>
-
-<p>Malpighia with oval spear-shaped leaves, downy beneath, and entire;
-flowers terminate the branches in spikes, and are pale yellow.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, Chives, and Pointal, (natural size).<br>
-2. The Empalement, (magnified).<br>
-3. The Chives spread open, (natural size).<br>
-4. A Thread, and its Tip, (magnified).<br>
-5. The Pointal complete, (natural size).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Although</span>, we have given to this species of Malpighia, the specific name
-under which it has been introduced; yet, there is much doubt, whether it
-is not the Verbascifolium of Linnæus; or indeed if they are not both the
-same plant, named from different specimens. Our species makes a very
-handsome hothouse plant, growing to the height of five, or six feet,
-before it flowers. It is a native of Jamaica, and most of the adjacent
-islands, and was introduced by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy about the year
-1792. From the extreme tenderness of the young leaves, and shoots, it
-must be kept in a strong growing pine heat during the winter months;
-otherwise, they are subject to damp off. It is raised by cuttings, and
-seems to delight in a rich soil. The figure was made from a specimen
-communicated by the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Courtenay, in whose most
-superb collection at Powderham Castle, near Exeter, it flowered, for the
-first time in England, in the month of September 1798.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_198">[Pg 198]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 49
-<br><a href="images/ill_049.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_049.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_201">[Pg 201]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_200">[Pg 200]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_199">[Pg 199]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_50"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> L.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">IXIA CAPITATA. <i>Var: flore aurantio.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Bunch-flowering Ixia. Var: Blossom gold colour.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria,
-erectiusculo-patula.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six petals, spreading, and equal. Summits three, nearly
-upright, and spreading.</p>
-
-<p>See Plate XIV. <span class="smcap">Ixia reflexa.</span></p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis radicalibus, ensiformibus; floribus capitatis,
-confertis, aurantiis, petalis basi obscuris.</p>
-
-<p>Ixia with leaves growing from the root, and sword-shaped; blossoms
-grow in a close bunch, gold coloured, and the petals dark at the
-base.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.<br>
-2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.<br>
-3. The Shaft, Summit, and Seed-bud, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> variety of Ixia capitata was introduced at the same time as the
-Ixia bulbifera, flore luteo, viz. in 1784, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy,
-Hammersmith, from the Cape of Good Hope, and requires the same
-treatment. It flowers the latter end of May, or beginning of June;
-propagating itself abundantly by the root, which produces annually
-numerous young bulbs.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_202">[Pg 202]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 50
-<br><a href="images/ill_050.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_050.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_205">[Pg 205]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_204">[Pg 204]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_203">[Pg 203]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_51"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">XERANTHEMUM SPECIOCISSIMUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Largest-flowering Everlasting Flower.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIX. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA.</i> Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Communis imbricatus; squamis lanceolatis, quarum intimæ
-disco longiores, membranaceæ, nitidæ, radium constituentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Composita inæqualis; corollulæ hermaphroditæ plurimæ,
-tubulosæ in disco. Femineæ pauciores, tubulatæ, in ambitu.</p>
-
-<p><i>Propria</i> hermaphroditis infundibuliformis, calyce longe brevior;
-limbo quinquefido, patulo.</p>
-
-<p><i>Femineis</i> tubulosa, longitudine hermaphroditi, quinquefida, minus
-æqualis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Hermaphroditis filamenta quinque, brevissima. Antheræ
-cylindracea, tubulosa, longitudine fere corollulæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Hermaphroditis germen breve. Stylus filiformis,
-staminibus longior. Stigma bifidum.</p>
-
-<p>Femineis germen ut in hermaphroditis. Stylus filiformis,
-longitudine hermaphroditorum. Stigmata duo, oblonga reflexa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Calyx vix mutatus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> oblonga, coronata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Receptaculum</span> nudum, planiusculum, punctatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Common tiled; scales spear-shaped, the inner ones
-longer than the disk, skinny, shining, and forming the ray of the
-flower.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Compound, unequal; florets with chives and pointals
-numerous and tubular in the disk. Female florets fewer, and tubular
-in the circumference.</p>
-
-<p><i>Individuals</i> with chives and pointals funnel-shaped, much shorter
-than the empalement; border with five clefts, spreading.</p>
-
-<p><i>Individuals</i> with only pointals, tubular the length of the
-hermaphrodites, five cleft, and rather smaller.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> The threads in the hermaphrodites are five, and very small.
-Tips forming a cylinder, tubular almost the length of the florets.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud of the hermaphrodites short. Shaft thread-shaped,
-longer than the chives. Summit cloven.</p>
-
-<p>Seed-bud of the female florets the same as the hermaphrodites.
-Shaft thread-shaped the length of the hermaphrodites. Summits two,
-oblong and bent back.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. Empalement scarcely changing.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> oblong, and crowned with a feather.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Receptacle</span> naked, flatish, and dotted.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Xeranthemum fruticosum, erectum; foliis amplexicaulibus,
-lanceolatis, trinerviis; ramis unifloris, subundis.</p>
-
-<p>Everlasting flower with an upright shrubby stem; leaves embracing
-the stem, lance-shaped, and three-nerved; branches with one flower,
-and nearly naked.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. An Hermaphrodite floret, (natural size).<br>
-2. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud, (magnified).<br>
-3. The Pointal, and Seed-bud from a female floret, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> handsome species of Xeranthemum was introduced, according to the
-Kew catalogue, by Mr. F. Masson from the Cape of Good Hope, in the year
-1787; it is, nevertheless, a very scarce plant, being subject to decay
-from our winter damps; therefore requires a dry stove for its
-protection. The blossoms (or rather the flower-cups, for they are the
-persistent parts) are easily preserved for many years, in all their
-brilliancy, by cutting them, when they first expand; but our atmosphere
-seems uncongenial to the ripening of their seeds, and is with great
-difficulty increased by cuttings. The soil it most approves is sandy
-peat, with a small portion of loam. Our figure was taken in September
-last year, at the Hammersmith nursery.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_206">[Pg 206]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 51
-<br><a href="images/ill_051.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_051.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_209">[Pg 209]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_208">[Pg 208]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_207">[Pg 207]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_52"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GNIDIA PINIFOLIA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Pine-leaved Gnidia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, infundibuliforme, coloratum; tubo
-filiformi, longissimo; limbo quadripartito, plano.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quatuor, sessilia, plana, calyce breviora, eique
-inserta.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta octo, setacea, erecta, longitudine ferme floris.
-Antheræ simplices.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, germinis lateri
-insertus, longitudine staminum. Stigma capitatum, hispidum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Fructus in fundo calycis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semen</span> unicum, ovatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, funnel-shaped and coloured; tube
-thread-shaped, very long; border of four segments, which are flat.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals four, sitting close to the cup, flat, shorter than
-the cup, and fixed within it.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads eight, awn-like, upright, scarcely the length of
-the flower. Tips simple.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, fixed into the
-side of the seed-bud, and of the length of the chives. Summit
-headed, and hairy.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. Fruit in the lower part of the cup.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed</span> one, egg-shaped.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gnidia, foliis sparsis, lineari-subulatis; ramis verticillatis;
-floribus aggregatis, terminalibus.</p>
-
-<p>Gnidia with scattered, linearly awl-shaped leaves; branches grow in
-whorls; the flowers terminating the branches in clusters.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Flower with its seed, (natural size).<br>
-2. The same cut open, to shew the situation and insertion of the Chives into the tube of the Empalement.<br>
-3. The Pointal, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> essential distinguishing character, in Passerina, Gnidia,
-Struthiola, and Lachnæa, must certainly be considered as amongst the
-slightest generic divisions made by Linnæus. It is no small difficulty
-to distinguish the blossom in Gnidia, and Lachnæa, from the empalement
-in Passerina, and Struthiola; the same exact natural structure being
-alike in them all; and to us, appear noticeable in their small
-variations, rather as forming specific, than generic distinctions. As
-our plan is not to alter, upon any terms, what has been determinately
-settled by that great master in the arcana of nature, let our opinions
-be what they will; we are determined to prevent confusion (which has
-been but little attended to of late), to give it only as such, without
-presuming upon alteration. But as in the present instance, when a plant
-long named, but otherwise unknown to cultivators, has unfortunately been
-foisted from its rank by another, no ways answering to the characters of
-the describer; we shall consider it as our particular province to
-rectify the mistake, however generally the error may have obtained.&#8212;The
-Gnidia pinifolia is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, the seeds having
-been received from thence in 1795, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy,
-Hammersmith, at whose nursery it has flowered, for the first time in
-England, in the month of February this year, and where the drawing was
-taken. It is a hardy greenhouse plant, but is propagated with difficulty
-by cuttings; growing to the height of eighteen inches, being most
-exquisitely scented by night, continuing in flower at least three
-months, and thriving best in a light peat soil.</p>
-
-<p>A figure of the plant generally known by the name of G. pinifolia, will
-be given with the next number, to the end our assertions may be properly
-investigated.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_210">[Pg 210]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 52
-<br><a href="images/ill_052.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_052.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_213">[Pg 213]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_212">[Pg 212]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_211">[Pg 211]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_53"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">MIMOSA STRICTA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Harsh-leaved upright Mimosa.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XXIII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>POLYGAMIA MONOECIA.</i> Various dispositions. Upon one Plant.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Perianthium</span> monophyllum, quinquedentatum, minimum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petalum unicum, infundibuliforme, semiquinquesidum,
-parvum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta capillaria, longissima. Antheræ incumbentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, flaminibus brevior.
-Stigma truncatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Legumen longum, dissepimentis transversis, pluribus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima; figura varia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> One leaf, five-toothed, and very small.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One petal, funnel-shaped, cut half way down into five
-divisions, and small.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads like fine hairs, and very long. Tips laying on the
-threads.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, shorter than the
-chives. Summit appearing cut off.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A long pod, the partitions run across the pod, and are
-numerous.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many; of different shapes.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Mimosa foliis simplicibus, utrinque venosis, linearibus, obtusis;
-ramis strictissimis; capituli geminati, oppositi, ex alis foliorum.</p>
-
-<p>Mimosa with simple leaves, veiny on both sides, linear, and blunt
-ended; branches growing close and upright; flower heads grow by
-pairs, opposite, and at the insertion of the leaf into the stem.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Floret, (natural size).<br>
-2. The Empalement, (magnified).<br>
-3. The Blossom, (magnified).<br>
-4. One Thread and its Tip, (magnified).<br>
-5. The Pointal, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of New Holland Mimosa, has as yet, escaped even the
-indefatigable, and accurate Dr. Smith; it is from Port Jackson, whence
-the seeds were transmitted by Colonel Paterson in the year 1793. Being
-easily raised, it is found in most collections; the seeds preserving
-their vegetative quality many years, and striking readily by cuttings.
-It has the peculiar character attached to the Mimosas of that country,
-viz. winged seed-leaves, which are lost after the first year’s growth.
-This species has no smell, and grows to the height of three or four feet
-before it flowers; perfectly straight and compact, from which
-circumstance we have taken its trivial name.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_214">[Pg 214]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 53
-<br><a href="images/ill_053.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_053.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_217">[Pg 217]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_216">[Pg 216]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_215">[Pg 215]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_54"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LIV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">ALETRIS SARMENTOSA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Creeping-rooted Bastard Aloe.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span>, nullus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, monopetala, oblonga; limbi laciniis lanceolatis,
-acuminatis, erectis; persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, subulata, longitudine corollæ, inserta basi
-laciniarum corollæ. Antheræ oblongæ, erectæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum. Stylus subulatus, longitudine staminium.
-Stigma trifidum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula ovata, triquetra, acuminata, trilocularis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, none.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, one leaf, oblong; the segments of the border are
-lance-shaped, tapering, and upright; remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads six, awl-shaped, the length of the blossom, and
-inserted into the divisions of it, at the base. Tips oblong,
-upright.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft awl-shaped, the length of the
-chives. Summit three-cleft.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule egg-shaped, three-sided, tapered, and of three
-cells.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Aletris, acaulis; foliis ensiformibus, laxis; floribus spicatis,
-suave rubentibus; radicibus sarmentosis.</p>
-
-<p>Bastard Aloe, without a stem; having sword-shaped, weak leaves;
-flowers grow in spikes of a soft red colour; roots producing
-suckers from the joints.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Flower.<br>
-2. The Chives, and Pointal.<br>
-3. The Pointal.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Aletris was introduced to us, from the Cape of Good
-Hope, about the year 1789; it is a hardy plant, requiring the same
-management as Aletris Capensis, that is, to be kept in a dry part of the
-greenhouse; although the plant should be frequently watered when in
-bloom, as should mostly all plants, notwithstanding (as in the present
-instance is the case) their flowering in the winter months. This caution
-we have thought necessary, as it is a general rule with gardeners during
-that season, to put as little moisture as possible to their plants,
-whether in flower or not, to avoid damps. The little difficulty in
-propagating this handsome species of Aletris, will render it soon
-common; the roots grow nearly horizontally, and from their joints
-numberless young plants are produced; which character we were desirous
-of expressing in the figure, as from thence we have taken our trivial
-name; but from the size of the work, it was found impracticable. The
-drawing was made in December 1798, from a plant then in flower, at the
-Hammersmith nursery: we are nevertheless informed, that from being
-planted in a light, rich soil, it may be made to grow to the height of
-three feet; with a spike of flowers, one fourth the length of the
-flower-stem.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_218">[Pg 218]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 54
-<br><a href="images/ill_054.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_054.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_221">[Pg 221]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_220">[Pg 220]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_219">[Pg 219]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_55"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">ZINNIA VIOLACEA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Purple Zinnia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIX. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA.</i> Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Communis ovato-cylindricus, lævis, imbricatus; squamis
-plurimis, obtusis, erectis, persistentibus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Composita radiata; corollulæ hermaphroditæ plures in disco
-elevato. Femineæ plurimæ in radio.</p>
-
-<p><i>Propria</i> hermaphroditi infundibuliformis, quinquefida intus
-villosa.</p>
-
-<p><i>Feminea</i> ligulata, subrotunda, retusa, persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Hermaphroditis; filamenta quinque, brevissima. Anthera
-cylindracea, tubulosa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Hermaphroditis; germen oblongum, triquetrum. Stylus
-filiformis, semibifidus. Stigmata duo, obtusa.</p>
-
-<p>Femineis; germen oblongum, triquetrum. Stylus capillaris,
-semibifidus. Stigmata duo, recurvata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Calyx immutatus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina.</span> Hermaphroditis solitaria, oblonga, tetragono-ancipitia.
-Pappus muconibus duobus.</p>
-
-<p>Femineis solitaria, mutica, coronata petalo persistente.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Receptaculum</span> paleaceum; paleis lingulatis, canaliculatis,
-longitudine calycis, deciduis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Common cylindrically egg-shaped, smooth, and tiled;
-scales many, blunt, upright, and remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Compound radiate; florets with chives and pointals, are
-numerous in the center, which is elevated; florets with only
-pointals, many in the circumference.</p>
-
-<p><i>Individuals</i> with chives and pointals funnel-shaped, five-cleft,
-and hairy within.</p>
-
-<p><i>Individuals</i> with pointals only, ligulate, roundish, dented at the
-end, and remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Hermaphrodites; five short threads. Tips forming a hollow
-cylinder.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Hermaphrodites; seed-bud oblong, three-sided. Shaft
-thread-shaped, split nearly half way down. Summits two, blunt.</p>
-
-<p>Females; seed-bud oblong, three-sided. Shaft hair-like, split half
-way down. Summits two, bent backward.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Cup not changing.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds.</span> Hermaphrodites; solitary, oblong, three-sided, but sharp at
-two edges. Feather of two sharp points.</p>
-
-<p>Females, solitary, without points, being crowned with the
-persistent petal.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Receptacle</span> chaffy; chaff tongue-shaped, channelled, the length of
-the cup, and falling off.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Zinnia foliis oppositis, amplexicaulibus, lato-lanceolatis,
-scabris; floribus pedunculatis, purpureis, solitariis.</p>
-
-<p>Zinnia with opposite leaves, embracing the stem, broadly
-lance-shaped, and rough; flowers have foot-stalks, are purple, and
-grow solitary.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Floret of the ray with the seed attached, (natural size).<br>
-3. A Floret of the disk with the seed attached, (magnified).<br>
-4. The Chives and Pointal of an hermaphrodite floret.<br>
-5. The chaffy substance dividing the florets.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> elegant new species of Zinnia, is described and figured by J. A.
-Cavanilles, in his first volume of Spanish plants; where he says, it is
-a native of Mexico, South America, and was transmitted from thence to
-the royal gardens, where it perfected its seeds. In the year 1796, the
-Marchioness of Bute received it amongst many other curious seeds, from
-Madrid, through the medium of Professor Ortega. Being rather a tender
-annual, it should be sown in March, on a gentle hotbed; and transplanted
-into the open borders the beginning of May. The plant grows to the
-height of three feet or more, and makes in the months of August and
-September, a very considerable addition to the splendor of the flower
-garden. The seeds ripen freely, though the flower should be plucked
-before it appears decayed.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_222">[Pg 222]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 55
-<br><a href="images/ill_055.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_055.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_225">[Pg 225]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_224">[Pg 224]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_223">[Pg 223]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_56"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LVI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">ANTHOLYZA SPICATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Spike-flowered Antholyza.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> tubulosa, irregularis, recurvata. Capsula infera.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> tubular, irregular, and bent backward. Capsule beneath.</p>
-
-<p>See Plate XXXII. <span class="smcap">Antholyza ringens.</span></p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Antholyza, floribus infundibuliformibus, spicatis,
-incarnato-pallidis; foliis falcatis, brevissimis.</p>
-
-<p>Antholyza with funnel-shaped, spiked flowers, of a pale flesh
-colour; leaves scimitar-shaped, and very short.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Blossom cut open, to shew the insertion of the Chives.<br>
-3. The Pointal, (natural size).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">There</span> are few species of this genus but furnish beautiful flowers; this
-is certainly among the most handsome, from the softness of its colour,
-and the regularity of the spike: what adds considerably to its merit,
-is, that the blossoms remain a considerable time before they fall, which
-unfortunately, is seldom the case with the flowers of this genus. It was
-received from the Cape of Good Hope in bulbs, sent by J. Pringle, Esq.
-of Madeira, in 1794, to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy of Hammersmith; the
-drawing was made in the month of June 1797 at their nursery. Not being
-easily injured by damp, there is no necessity for removing it from its
-pot, as is necessary for most bulbs, but to increase it; one, or two
-young bulbs being annually produced, in addition from the old one. The
-best soil is a sandy peat, with a small proportion of loam.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_226">[Pg 226]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 56
-<br><a href="images/ill_056.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_056.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_229">[Pg 229]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_228">[Pg 228]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_227">[Pg 227]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_57"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LVII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">MESEMBRYANTHEMUM GLABRUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Smooth-leaved annual Fig Marygold.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XII. ORDER IV.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.</i> Twenty Chives. Five Pointals.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, semiquinquesidum, superum, patens,
-persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala; petala lanceolato-linearia, numerosissima,
-serie multiplici nata, calyce longiora, unguibus læviter connatis
-in unum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta numerosa, capillaria, longitudine calycis.
-Antheræ incumbentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum, angulis quinque, obtusis. Styli quinque
-sæpius, subulati, erecto-reflexi. Stigmata simplicia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula carnosa, subrotunda, loculamentis numero
-stylorum respondentibus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, subrotunda.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, cut nearly half way down into five
-divisions, above, spreading, and remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One petal; petals linearly lance-shaped, very numerous,
-rising in a number of rows, longer than the cup, slightly joined
-together by their claws.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads numerous, hair-like, the length of the cup. Tips
-laying on the threads.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath, with five obtuse angles. Shafts mostly
-five, awl-shaped, upright, and a little bent outwards. Summits
-simple.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A fleshy capsule, nearly round, the cells answering to
-the number of the chives.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly round.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Mesembryanthemum foliis amplexicaulibus, glaberrimis, spathulatis;
-pedunculis longitudine foliorum; calycibus hemisphæricis; corollis
-luteis.</p>
-
-<p>Fig Marygold with leaves embracing the stem, very smooth, and
-spatula-shaped; the foot-stalks the length of the leaves; cups
-hemispherical; blossoms yellow.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Seed-bud; the Blossom, Cup and Chives, cut off, the Pointals remaining.<br>
-2. The same, with the Cup and Chives.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">As</span> the extreme brilliancy of this plant cannot be done justice to in
-painting, we must rest satisfied with having done our best; every person
-in the least acquainted with the art, must know, that in yellow the
-shining colour existing in nature cannot be retained in a drawing. This
-species is annual, and according to the Kew Catalogue, was introduced to
-the royal gardens by Mr. F. Masson in the year 1787. The seeds should be
-sown on a hotbed in the month of February, and by the end of August the
-plants will flower, and continue to blossom till the end of October;
-never failing to perfect their seeds.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_230">[Pg 230]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 57
-<br><a href="images/ill_057.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_057.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_233">[Pg 233]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_232">[Pg 232]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_231">[Pg 231]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_58"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LVIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">BORONIA PINNATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Hawthorn-scented Boronia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium quadripartitum; laciniis acutis, persistentibus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quatuor, ovata, sessilia.</p>
-
-<p><i>Nectarium</i> coronæ forma, excavatum, glandulosum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta octo, plana, ciliata, incurvata, receptaculo
-inserta. Antheræ infra apicem filamentorum pedicillatæ,
-incumbentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum, conicum, quadrisulcatum. Stylus
-brevissimus, simplex. Stigma capitatum, glabrum, sulcatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsulæ quatuor, ovato-acuminatæ, compressæ, margine
-introrsum coalitæ, apicibus distantibus, sutra superiori
-dehiscentes, bivalves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria sæpius, nitida, reniformia, arillata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup with four divisions; segments sharp pointed, and
-remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals four, egg-shaped, sitting close to the cup.</p>
-
-<p><i>Honey-cup</i> of the shape of a crown, hollowed, and glandular.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Eight threads, flat, fringed, turned inwards, and fixed
-into the receptacle. Tips fixed below the ends on the inside of the
-threads, on short foot-stalks, and lying on them.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above, conical, and four-furrowed. Shaft very
-short, and simple. Summit headed, smooth, and furrowed.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsules four, of a pointed egg-shape, flattened,
-joined by the interior edge, the points standing separate,
-splitting from the upper suture, two-valved.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> mostly solitary, shining, kidney-shaped, and covered with an
-elastic coat.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Boronia foliis impari-primatis, integerrimis; pedunculis
-axillaribus, dichotomis; filamentis apice obtusis, glandulosis.</p>
-
-<p>Boronia with leaves abruptly winged, entire; flower-stalks growing
-from the base of the leaves, forked; end of the threads blunt, and
-glandular.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, (natural size).<br>
-2. The Chives, and Pointal.<br>
-3. One Chive, (magnified).<br>
-4. The Pointal, and Honey-cup, (natural size).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> is the only species yet in our gardens, of a most beautiful new
-genus of plants, natives of New South Wales, first named, described, and
-with three other species, figured in the <i>Tracts relating to Natural
-History by Dr. J. E. Smith, F.R.S. P.L.S. &amp;c.</i> Thus eternizing the name
-of an esteemed and faithful servant, who by his ardour in botanical
-pursuits, had merited the honour; rejecting the usual considerations,
-riches, or learning, does the Dr. no less credit as a man, for the
-kindness of his heart, than what his distinguished talents have gained
-him, by placing him in the first botanical seat in this kingdom. In the
-short history of the unfortunate end of Borone, the Dr. informs us, he
-had resigned him to Dr. Sibthorpe, as a most fit person to attend him in
-his last journey through Greece; where, at Athens, he met his death, by
-an accidental fall from a balcony: the Dr. did not long survive him.</p>
-
-<p>The Boronia pinnata has much of the aromatic flavour of Diosma in its
-leaves and stem; the flowers, which appear about February, and continue
-till May, have the scent of the Hawthorn flower; it grows to a shrub of
-the height of eighteen inches, is propagated with difficulty by
-cuttings, and has not hitherto perfected its seeds in this country;
-requiring a dry situation in the greenhouse, and flourishes most in
-light sandy peat. The figure was taken from a plant which flowered last
-year, in the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, where it
-was raised from seeds in 1794.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_234">[Pg 234]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 58
-<br><a href="images/ill_058.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_058.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_235">[Pg 235]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_59"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LIX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">IXIA FISTULOSA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Hollow-leaved Ixia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-petala, patens æqualis. Stigmata tria,
-erectiusculo-patula.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six petals, spreading, equal. Summits three, nearly
-upright, and spreading.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Ixia reflexa</span>. Plate XIV.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis linearibus, fistulosis; floribus secundis, noctu
-fragrantes; bulbus campanulatus, margine acuto-fibroso.</p>
-
-<p>Ixia with linear, hollow leaves; flowers pointing one way, and
-fragrant by night; bulb bell-shaped, the margin edged with sharp
-fibres.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The outer spath of the Empalement.<br>
-2. The inner spath of the Empalement.<br>
-3. A Flower cut open.<br>
-4. The Pointal, and Chives.<br>
-5. The Pointal.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> Ixia is of a very delicate nature, the root being subject to rot
-soon after the flower decays, if not then removed from its pot, and
-dried; the flowers expand about four o’clock in the afternoon, and are
-so extremely fragrant that they are smelt at a considerable distance.
-For this plant, our gardens are indebted to the Dowager Lady De
-Clifford, who received the bulbs from the Cape of Good Hope in the year
-1794. The drawing was made from a plant, which flowered last year at
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s, Hammersmith, who had some of them in a
-present from her ladyship. Like other Ixias, it should be planted in
-light peat, and watered but seldom; its propagation is but slow, as
-seldom more than one new bulb is produced, upon the decay of the old
-one.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_236">[Pg 236]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 59
-<br><a href="images/ill_059.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_059.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_239">[Pg 239]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_238">[Pg 238]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_237">[Pg 237]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_60"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GERANIUM PUNCTATUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Dotted-flowered Geranium.</i></span></h2>
-
-<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. <i>Suppl. System. Veget.</i> 1781.</p>
-
-<p><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata 5. Fructus rostratus, 5-coccus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">One Pointal.</span> Five summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
-berries.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Geranium grandiflorum</span>, Plate XII.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis radicalibus; floribus umbellatis, diandris; petalis
-duobus superioribus punctatis; stigmata quatuor.</p>
-
-<p>Geranium with leaves growing from the root; flowers grow in umbels,
-two fertile chives; the two upper petals being dotted; summits
-four.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement cut open, with the Chives and Pointal left on, (natural size).<br>
-2. The Threads cut open, to shew their number, and the situation of the two fertile ones, (magnified).<br>
-3. The Pointal, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Perhaps</span> amongst plants, there is no genus exhibits such varied and
-numerous species as Geranium; no one, in which the species are so allied
-in natural character, or so unfavourable to the sexual system, if some
-deviation from general rules was not allowed: the founder thought such
-licence necessary, and we implicitly follow him. Thus far we have
-thought proper to extenuate in the present instance; for should we
-follow Mons. L’Heritier, (as most of the modern correctors of Linnæus
-have done,) a new genus must inevitably be formed for this plant. Upon a
-close examination of the flowers, from a dozen different plants,
-invariably, only seven threads were found; two only with tips, and those
-placed immediately behind the shaft, whose summits were but four. This
-Geranium is rather tender, and requires a dry-stove heat to make it
-flower, which it will readily do with such assistance, in April; about
-the beginning of which month, this year, a drawing was made from a plant
-in the collection of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy. The roots or bulbs of this
-plant were first received in England by Thomas Johnes, Esq. in the year
-1794, in whose magnificent conservatory at Havod they flowered the next
-year.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_240">[Pg 240]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 60
-<br><a href="images/ill_060.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_060.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_243">[Pg 243]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_242">[Pg 242]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_241">[Pg 241]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_61"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">ASTER DENTATUS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Toothed-leaved Starwort.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIX. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA.</i> Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> <i>Communis</i> squamoso-imbricatus; squamis interioribus apice
-prominulis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Composita radiata; corollulæ hermaphroditæ numerosæ in
-disco; femineæ ligulatæ, decem plures in radio.</p>
-
-<p><i>Propria</i> hermaphroditi infundibuliformis; limbo quinquefido,
-patulo.</p>
-
-<p><i>Femineæ</i> ligulata, lanceolata, tridentata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, capillaria, brevissima. Anthera
-cylindracea, tubulosa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Hermaphroditis; germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis,
-longitudine staminum. Stigma bifidum, patens.</p>
-
-<p>Femineis; germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine
-hermaphroditi. Stigmata duo, oblonga, revoluta.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Calyx vix mutatus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina.</span> Hermaphroditis solitaria, oblonga, ovata. Pappus pilosus.</p>
-
-<p>Femineis similia hermaphroditis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Receptaculum</span> nudum, planiusculum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> <i>Common</i>, scales tiled; the inner scales standing a
-little out at the points.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Compound, radiate; florets with chives and pointals, many
-in the center; florets with only pointals, ligulate, ten or more in
-the circumference.</p>
-
-<p><i>Individuals</i> with chives and pointals, funnel-shaped; border with
-five-clefts, spreading.</p>
-
-<p><i>Individuals</i> with only pointals, ligulate, spear-shaped, with
-three teeth.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five hair-like threads, very short. Tips forming a hollow
-cylinder.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> To those with chives and pointals, seed-bud oblong. Shaft
-thread-shaped, the length of the chives. Summit two-cleft,
-expanding.</p>
-
-<p>Seed-bud to those with pointals only, oblong. Shaft thread-shaped,
-the length of the hermaphrodites. Summits two, oblong, bent back.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. Cup scarcely changing.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> to the hermaphrodites solitary, oblong, egg-shaped. Feather
-hairy.</p>
-
-<p>Females the same as hermaphrodites.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Receptacle</span> naked, almost flat.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Aster caulis fruticosus; foliis dentatis, subtus ferrugineis;
-floribus terminalibus; pedunculis unifloris, bracteatis.</p>
-
-<p>Starwort with a shrubby stem; leaves toothed, iron colour beneath;
-flowers terminate the branches; fruit-stalks having but one flower,
-with floral leaves.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Floret of the circumference.<br>
-2. The Pointal of the preceding.<br>
-3. A Floret of the center, (magnified).<br>
-4. The Chives and Pointal of the preceding, (magnified).<br>
-5. The Shaft and Summit of the same, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> plant cannot undoubtedly be considered as amongst the most
-beautiful of the vegetable productions of New Holland; but nevertheless,
-from the continuance of its flowering, is very desirable as a greenhouse
-plant, as it begins to expand its blossoms about December, and from that
-time till August is seldom seen without flowers. It is a low-growing
-shrub, seldom exceeding a foot in height, and very branching. Like most
-plants from Botany Bay, it delights in a light sandy peat soil, is
-easily propagated by cuttings, and seeds. The drawing was made from a
-plant in the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, who raised it first
-from seeds in the year 1793.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_244">[Pg 244]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 61
-<br><a href="images/ill_061.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_061.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_247">[Pg 247]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_246">[Pg 246]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_245">[Pg 245]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_62"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS GRAMINEUS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Grass-like Gladiolus.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> sexpartita, ringens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> adscendentia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> with six divisions, gaping.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives</span> ascending.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Gladiolus longiflorus</span>. Plate V.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus polystachyus, scapo laxo, spicis capillaribus, flexuosis;
-foliis ensiformibus; corollæ sexpartitæ, absque tubo.</p>
-
-<p>Gladiolus with many spikes, upon a flexible flower stem, spikes
-hair-like, growing zigzag; leaves sword-shape; blossom of six
-divisions, without a tube.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.<br>
-2. The Seed-bud, Chives, and Pointal (magnified).<br>
-3. The Pointal, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Gladiolus has been described by Thunberg, and from him
-by Linnæus, in his Suppl. Plant. p. 95, under the specific name it here
-bears. It is a little straining on the genus to introduce this species
-into it; as it is deficient in most of the essential characters; having
-a blossom without a tube, and the petals equal. From the Kew Catalogue
-we learn it was introduced in the year 1787, by Mr. F. Masson, to the
-royal gardens; is there said to flower most part of the year: a plant of
-such character is most desirable, but unfortunately we have never seen
-it in blossom but at the usual season for the flowers of this tribe;
-that is, from April till June. The capsules of this plant bear a strong
-resemblance to those of the Euonymus: generally perfecting their seeds.
-It is a very hardy bulb, blows early, and may be kept in a pit protected
-from the frost.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_248">[Pg 248]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 62
-<br><a href="images/ill_062.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_062.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_251">[Pg 251]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_250">[Pg 250]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_249">[Pg 249]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_63"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">USTERIA SCANDENS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Climbing Usteria.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIV. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.</i> Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quinquepartitum, persistens;
-laciniis erectis, subulatis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala, ringens, tubus ventricosus, basi arcta; limbus
-bilabiatus, labium <i>superius</i> bifidum, rotundatum, reflexum; labium
-<i>inferius</i> trifidum, laciniis rotundatis, intermedia minore.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, sub labio superiori recondita, quorum
-duo lateralia longiora, fundo corollæ inserta, basi incrassata,
-lanata, apice incurvata. Antheræ erectæ, versatiles, approximatæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen sub-rotundum. Stylus filiformis, persistens;
-longitudine staminum. Stigma obtusum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula sub-rotunda, bilocularis, calyce longior,
-obtusa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, sub-rotunda, scabrida.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, five divisions, permanent; segments
-upright, and awl-shaped.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One leaf, gaping, tube swelled out in the middle, and
-pinched in at the base; border with two lips, the <i>upper</i> divided
-into two lobes, which are rounded, and bent back; the <i>lower</i> has
-three divisions, the segments rounded, the middle one the smallest.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads four, hid under the upper lip, of which the two
-side ones are the longest, fixed into the bottom of the blossom,
-thickened at the base, woolly, and turned inward at the point. Tips
-upright, slightly fixed by the middle, and approaching.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud nearly round. Shaft thread-shaped, remaining, the
-length of the chives. Summit blunt.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule nearly round, of two cells, longer than the
-cup, blunt ended.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, almost round, and very rough.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Usteria caulis volubilis; foliis hastatis; floribus solitariis,
-purpureis; pedunculis tortis, longissimis.</p>
-
-<p>Usteria with a climbing stem; leaves halbert-shaped; flowers
-solitary, and purple; fruit-stalks twisted, very long.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Blossom cut open, to expose the situation of the Chives.<br>
-2. One Chive, (magnified).<br>
-3. The Pointal, (natural size).<br>
-4. The Empalement, and Seed-vessel nearly ripe, of its natural size.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> is another of those plants raised in the year 1797 by the
-Marchioness of Bute, at her charming little villa, Brompton, from seeds,
-sent to her ladyship from Spain by Dr. Ortega. It is a native of Mexico,
-North America, and will live through our winters with the protection of
-a greenhouse, to which it forms a beautiful ornament as a creeper;
-flowering from May till September, but does not appear to be a
-long-lived plant; is easily propagated by cuttings, or from seeds, which
-are ripened by November, or earlier; thriving best in light rich earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_252">[Pg 252]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 63
-<br><a href="images/ill_063.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_063.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_255">[Pg 255]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_254">[Pg 254]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_253">[Pg 253]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_64"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXIV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">PÆONIA ALBIFLORA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>White Pæony.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIII. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>POLYANDRIA DIGYNIA.</i> Many Chives. Two Pointals.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium pentaphyllum, parvum, persistens; foliolis
-subrotundis, concavis, reflexis, inequalibus magnitudine et situ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, subrotunda, concava, basi angustiora,
-patentia, maxima.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta numerosa, capillaria. Antheræ oblongæ,
-quadrangulæ, erectæ, quadriloculares, magnæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germina duo, ovata, erecta, tomentosa. Styli nulli.
-Stigmata compressa, obtusa, colorata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsulæ oblongæ, acuminatæ, reflexo-patentes,
-tomentosæ, uniloculares, univalves, longitudinaliter introrsum
-dehiscentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, ovalia, nitida, colorata, saturæ dehiscenti affixa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup five-leaved, small, and remaining; leaves roundish,
-concave, bent back, and unequal both in size and situation.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals five, roundish, concave, smaller at the base,
-spreading, and very large.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads numerous, and hair-like. Tips oblong, four-sided,
-upright, with four cells, and large.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-buds two, egg-shaped, upright, and downy. Shaft none.
-Summits flattened, oblong, blunt, and coloured.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsules oblong, tapered, bent back, and spreading,
-downy, of one cell, and one valve, splitting lengthways from the
-inner part.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, oval, shining, coloured, and fixed to the suture where
-it splits.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Pæonia foliis lobatis, nitentibus; corollis albidis; germinibus
-ternis, vel quaternis.</p>
-
-<p>Pæony with leaves divided into lobes, and shining; blossoms white;
-seed-buds three, or four.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, Chives, and Pointals.<br>
-2. A Thread and its Tip (magnified).<br>
-3. The Seed-vessels.<br>
-4. A Seed.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> new species of Pæony is a native of Mongol Tartary, and the parts
-adjacent; of course, is sufficiently hardy to endure our severest
-winters. It has been described by Gmelin, in his Flora Sibirica; and
-figured by Dr. Pallas, in his Flora Rossica, under the specific title it
-here bears. J. Bell, Esq. of Isleworth, procured some plants of it from
-St. Petersburg, about the year 1791; where it had been introduced by Dr.
-Pallas some time before, when on his travels through Tartary. It forms a
-handsome, upright growing, herbaceous plant; the flowers standing much
-above the foliage, are much handsomer before they are expanded, than
-when fully so; as the under part of the petals are tinged with red,
-which contrasted with the purity of the white of the other parts,
-renders them at that period extremely beautiful. The figure was taken at
-the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, this year, in the month of June,
-during which month it is in perfection. Like the rest of the Pæonies, it
-is easily propagated by the root; requiring little attention in its
-cultivation, as it will live in almost any soil or situation.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_256">[Pg 256]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 64
-<br><a href="images/ill_064.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_064.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_259">[Pg 259]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_258">[Pg 258]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_257">[Pg 257]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_65"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">OPHRYS LILIFOLIA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Lily-leaved Ophrys.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XX. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA.</i> Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ vagæ. Spadix simplex. Perianthium nullum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, oblonga, sursum conniventia, æqualia; duo
-horum exteriora.</p>
-
-<p><i>Nectarium</i> petalis longius, dependens; postice tantum carinatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta duo, brevissima, pistillo insidentia. Antheræ
-erectæ, tectæ margine interiore nectarii.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen oblongum, contortum, inferum. Stylus margini
-interiori nectarii adnatus. Stigma obsoletum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula subovata, trigona, obtusa, striata, trivalvis,
-unilocularis, angulis carinatis dehiscens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, scobiformia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Receptaculum</span> lineare, adnatum singulæ valvulæ pericarpii.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheaths scattered. Fruit-stalks simple. Cup none.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals, oblong, approaching upwards, equal; two of
-them placed outwards.</p>
-
-<p><i>Honey-cup</i> longer than the petals, hanging down; only keeled on
-the back part.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Two threads, very short, fixed to the pointal. Tips
-upright, covered by the inner edge of the honey-cup.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath, oblong, twisted beneath. Shaft fixed to
-the inner edge of the honey-cup. Summit imperfect.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule nearly egg-shaped, three-sided, blunt,
-channelled, three-valved, and one cell, opening at the keel-shaped
-angles.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous, like saw-dust.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Receptacle</span> linear, growing to each valve of the seed-vessel.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Ophrys bulbo subrotundo; scapo nudo; foliis ovato-oblongis,
-radicalibus; nectarii labio integro; petalis dorsalibus linearibus.</p>
-
-<p>Ophrys with roundish roots; stem naked; leaves oblong, egg-shaped,
-growing from the root; the two back petals linear.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Honey-cup cut off the blossom.<br>
-2. The Seed-bud and Pointal (natural size) shewn sideways.<br>
-3. The same (magnified) shewn in front, with the cup lifted up, to expose the parts of fructification.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Gronovius</span>, in his arrangement of the plants discovered by Mr. J. Clayton
-in Virginia, P. i, page 185, has described this plant; and Linnæus after
-him, in his second edition of the Species Plantarum, page 1341, has it
-likewise, but thought it only a large variety of a species found in
-marshy grounds in Sweden; however that may be, it is perfectly new to
-Britain, as a plant in our gardens. This species of Ophrys seems much
-more easy to preserve than most of its congeners, as, since its
-introduction, the bulbs seem to acquire additional size, and the spikes
-of flowers to grow larger each year. Our drawing was taken from a plant
-in the extensive collection of the Right Hon. the Marquis of Blandford,
-Bill-hill, Berkshire, in the year 1797, about the beginning of the month
-of July; having been sent the preceding year from Philadelphia, by J.
-Lyons, gardener to William Hamilton, Esq. of that State. It is a hardy
-plant, and will thrive in a sheltered border, if planted in light earth,
-and kept moist; is propagated but slowly by the root, which seems the
-only method; as the seeds are too small of all this natural order to
-raise them by that means.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_260">[Pg 260]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 65
-<br><a href="images/ill_065.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_065.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_263">[Pg 263]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_262">[Pg 262]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_261">[Pg 261]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_66"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXVI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS POLYSTACHIUS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Branching Gladiolus.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-partita, ringens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> adscendentia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> of six divisions, and gaping.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives</span> ascending.</p>
-
-<p>See Plate XI. <span class="smcap">Gladiolus roseus.</span></p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis falcatis; caule polystachio; corollis
-sub-regularibus, carneis.</p>
-
-<p>Gladiolus with cymitar-shaped leaves; stem many branches; blossoms
-nearly regular, and flesh colour.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Blossom cut open, with the Chives attached.<br>
-3. The Pointal and Seed-bud, one summit magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Gladiolus has been long known in herbariums, as it is
-very common about Table mountain, at the Cape of Good Hope; Jacquin,
-Thunberg, Gmelin, Welldenow, &amp;c. have it under the tribe of Ixia, with
-the specific names of Scillaris, Fabricii, &amp;c. but notwithstanding, we
-have no hesitation in placing it under its true genus Gladiolus. The
-upright character of the chives, their insertion into the tube of the
-blossom, and not at the mouth, the difference in the shape of the
-petals, the situation of the summits behind the chives, &amp;c. leave no
-room for doubt where its station should be. Although plentiful at the
-Cape, it has not been long an inhabitant of this clime; having flowered
-for the first time in the year 1797, at Bulstrode, the seat of his Grace
-the Duke of Portland. What contributes much to the value of this plant
-is, that it continues in flower at least two months, from the beginning
-of June till the end of July; propagates itself abundantly by the roots,
-which are not subject to rot, though not removed from the pots in which
-they have flowered. Thrives in peat earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_264">[Pg 264]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 66
-<br><a href="images/ill_066.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_066.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_267">[Pg 267]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_266">[Pg 266]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_265">[Pg 265]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_67"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXVII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GERANIUM INCISUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Jagged-leaved Geranium.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XVI. ORDER IV.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, 5-coccus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">One Pointal.</span> Five summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
-berries.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Geranium grandiflorum</span>, Plate XII.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis multifidis, crassis, confertis; floribus
-umbellatis, pedunculis longissimis; caule erecto, fruticoso.</p>
-
-<p>Geranium with leaves of many clefts, thick, and crowded together;
-flowers grow in bunches, on very long foot-stalks; stem upright,
-and shrubby.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. The Chives and Pointal, (natural size).<br>
-3. The Chives cut open.<br>
-4. The Pointal, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> pretty species of Geranium, from the Cape of Good Hope, is one of
-those having seven fertile tips; therefore a Pelargonium of Mons.
-L’Heritier. It is a low growing plant, seldom exceeding eight or nine
-inches in height, keeping very compact; but is subject to damp in the
-leaves, if kept moist in winter, though otherwise pretty hardy. Mr. C.
-Lodiges, of Hackney, first raised it from seeds which he received from
-Vienna, about the year 1793. It is readily propagated by cuttings, or
-seeds, and continues to flower all the summer mouths; requiring light
-rich earth to make it flourish.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_268">[Pg 268]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 67
-<br><a href="images/ill_067.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_067.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_271">[Pg 271]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_270">[Pg 270]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_269">[Pg 269]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_68"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXVIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GOODENIA OVATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Oval-leaved Goodenia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> supra longitudinaliter fissa, genitalia exserens,
-quinquefida. Stigma urceolatum, ciliatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> longitudinally cloven on the upper side, exposing the
-organs of generation, and five-cleft. Summit cup-shaped, and
-fringed.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Goodenia calendulacea</span>. Plate XXII.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Goodenia foliis ovatis, serratis; corollis luteis, laciniis duobus
-exterioribus erectis.</p>
-
-<p>Goodenia with egg-shaped leaves, sawed at the edges; blossoms
-yellow, the two outer segments grow upright.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement and Seed-bud.<br>
-2. A Blossom, with the parts of fructification attached.<br>
-3. The Chives, and Pointal (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">In</span> the second volume of the Linnæan Transactions, Dr. Smith enumerates
-ten species of the genus Goodenia; this species makes an addition to the
-number. The oval-leaved Goodenia is a half woody plant, making long
-willow-like branches, which mostly decay in the winter, though a great
-part of the plant remains; it is a hardy greenhouse plant, requiring
-little trouble either to keep or propagate; the latter of which is done
-by cuttings. About the year 1793, a parcel of seeds was received by
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, sent to them by Colonel Paterson from Port
-Jackson, New Holland; amongst them, the seeds of this plant; it
-nevertheless did not flower till the year 1798, about the month of June.
-It is certainly a desirable plant, never failing to flower from June
-till September, if kept growing in vigour, which it will surely do if
-planted in light peat earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_272">[Pg 272]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 68
-<br><a href="images/ill_068.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_068.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_275">[Pg 275]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_274">[Pg 274]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_273">[Pg 273]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_69"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXIX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">LAMBERTIA FORMOSA. <i>Var. longifolia.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Red-flowered Lambertia. Long-leaved variety.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium commune, imbricatum, squamis interioribus,
-longioribus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> <i>Universalis</i> uniformis, septem-florus.</p>
-
-<p><i>Propria</i> monopetala, tubulosa, limbus quadrifidus, laciniis
-revolutis, stameniferis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, subulata, brevissima, inserta limbo
-corollæ, intra singulam laciniam singula. Antheræ lineares, erectæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subrotundum, apice pilosum. Stylus setaceus,
-erectus. Stigma subulatum, sulcatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula tricornuta, unilocularis, disperma.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> bina, alata, scabra, nigra.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Common cup tiled, the inner scales the longest.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> <i>General</i> regular composed of seven flowers.</p>
-
-<p><i>Individuals</i> of one petal, tubular, border four-cleft, the
-segments rolled back, and supporting the chives.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads four awl-shaped, very short, fixed into the border
-of the blossom, one within each segment. Tips linear, and upright.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud nearly round, the upper part hairy. Shaft
-awn-like, upright. Summit awl-shaped, and furrowed.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule three-horned, of one cell, and two seeds.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> two, winged, rough, and black.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Lambertia foliis ternis, apice mucronato-pungentibus; corollis
-striatis, extus suave rubentibus; antheris cæruleis.</p>
-
-<p>Lambertia with leaves growing by threes, the ends terminating in
-sharp points; blossoms striped, of a light red without; tips blue.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Blossom cut open, with the Pointal as it stands in the blossom.<br>
-3. One segment of a Flower, with the Chive attached.<br>
-4. The Pointal (magnified).<br>
-5. A Capsule.<br>
-6. A Seed.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Of</span> all the plants yet introduced from New Holland, that have hitherto
-flowered with us, this unquestionably takes the lead for beauty,
-considering the plant altogether. It is a hardy greenhouse plant,
-growing to the height of six or eight feet before it flowers; when the
-blossoms break from the ends of almost every branch. The seeds of this
-plant were among the first which arrived from Botany Bay, in the year
-1788; when two varieties of it were raised by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy,
-at their nursery, who were fortunate enough to procure all the seeds
-which came home that season. This fine genus has received its title,
-(under the sanction of Dr. Smith, <i>see the Linn. Trans. page 214, vol.
-3</i>.) from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Esq. fellow of the Royal and Linnæan
-Societies; a gentleman whose zeal for the advancement of the science is
-unbounded, and whose labours to that end, as well as his endeavours to
-render botany of universal benefit, by combining the useful with the
-pleasing; (witness his work on the Cinchonas, or Jesuits’ Barks) do him
-the greatest credit. Our drawing was made from a plant which flowered
-for the first time in this kingdom, in the collection of J. Robertson,
-Esq. of Stockwell, Surrey, in July 1798. It is without difficulty raised
-by cuttings, and thrives in peat earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_276">[Pg 276]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 69
-<br><a href="images/ill_069.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_069.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_279">[Pg 279]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_278">[Pg 278]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_277">[Pg 277]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_70"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GNIDIA SIMPLEX.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Heath-leaved Gnidia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> infundibuliformis, quadrifidus. Petala quatuor, calyci
-inserta. Semen unicum, subbaccatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> funnel-shaped, and four-cleft, Petals four, inserted
-into the empalement. One seed, something like a berry.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Gnidia pinifolia</span>, Plate LII.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gnidia, foliis linearibus, acutis, lævibus; floribus terminalibus,
-sessilibus, luteis.</p>
-
-<p>Gnidia, with linear, pointed, smooth leaves; flowers terminating
-the branches, sitting close upon them, and yellow.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Flower, (natural size).<br>
-2. The same cut open, and magnified.<br>
-3. The Pointal, (natural size).<br>
-4. The same magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> flowers of this species of Gnidia, like most plants of this natural
-order, are fragrant, which increases much towards night. It is one of
-those delicate Cape plants requiring a dry stove, or an airy warm
-situation in the greenhouse; where it continues to flower through the
-months of April and May, and frequently will blossom a second time in
-September and October. It is easily propagated by cuttings; delighting
-most in peat earth, and seldom grows more than a foot high. Our drawing
-was made, (by his kind permission) at the beautiful and unique
-conservatory of R. James, Esq. Grosvenor-place, from a plant in his
-valuable and select collection, in May this year.</p>
-
-<p>Unfortunately the G. Simplex having been introduced to our gardens
-before the G. Pinifolia, (see our figure, Pl. LII.) it was found in most
-collections under that title; but we have no hesitation in placing this
-plant under the specific name given it by Linnæus, in his Mantissa
-Plantarum of 1767, page 67; where, to the usual specific character, he
-has superadded an accurate description of it.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_280">[Pg 280]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 70
-<br><a href="images/ill_070.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_070.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_283">[Pg 283]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_282">[Pg 282]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_281">[Pg 281]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_71"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">CLEMATIS VIORNA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Blue thick-petal’d Virgin’s Bower.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIII. ORDER VII.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA.</i> Many Chives. Many Pointals.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Perianthium.</span> Calyx nullus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quatuor, oblonga, laxa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta plurima, subulata, corolla breviora. Antheræ
-lateri filamentorum adnatæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germina plurima, subrotunda, compressa, desinentia in
-stylos subulatos, staminibus longiores. Stigmata simplicia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Receptaculum capitatum, parvum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, subrotunda, compressa, stylo (figura varia)
-instructa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup none.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals four, oblong, flexible.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads many, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom. Tips
-fixed to the sides of the threads.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-buds many, nearly round, flattened, ending in
-awl-shaped shafts, longer than the chives. Summits simple.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. Receptacle forming a round head, and small.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, roundish, flattened, retaining the shaft, which is
-variously shaped.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Clematis foliis compositis decompositisque; foliolis quibusdam
-trifidis; floribus violaceis, coriaceis.</p>
-
-<p>Virgin’s Bower, with compound and doubly compound leaves; some of
-the little leaves split into three; flowers blue, and tough.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Chives, and Pointals; the petals being removed.<br>
-2. The Pointals.<br>
-3. A Chive, (magnified).<br>
-4. A Pointal, (magnified).<br>
-5. A Seed nearly ripe, (natural size).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Doubts</span> have been entertained, among some botanists, whether this plant
-is the Clematis viorna of Linnæus, as given by him, with various
-synonims, in his Sp. Plan. By collating the different specific
-characters from the synonims adopted by him, we have no hesitation in
-our decision. Being a native of Virginia and Carolina, it is not so
-hardy as some others from the northern parts of Europe or America; but,
-nevertheless, is not killed by our winters, as it is herbaceous, and not
-making its shoots till late. In a warm situation against a wall or
-trellis, it will begin to blossom in July, and continue to flower till
-destroyed by the frost. As yet it is rather scarce in our gardens, being
-but of a late introduction, though long known by description. Our figure
-was taken at the Hammersmith nursery, where it is in high perfection,
-being planted in a mixture of loam and peat earth: it is most readily
-increased, by parting the roots in spring; as the seeds seldom come to
-maturity in this climate.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_284">[Pg 284]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 71
-<br><a href="images/ill_071.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_071.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_287">[Pg 287]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_286">[Pg 286]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_285">[Pg 285]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_72"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">STYPHELIA TRIFLORA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Three-flowered Styphelia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Perianthium.</span> Calyx imbricatus, persistens; foliolis interioribus
-longioribus, acutis, erectis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> tubulosa, quinquefida; laciniis revolutis, hirsutis.</p>
-
-<p><i>Nectarium</i> membranaceum, lacerum, germen cingens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, tubo inserta. Antheræ apice bifidæ,
-versatiles.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen globosum, sulcatum, nectario cinctum. Stylus
-capillaris. Stigma capitatum, quinquepartitum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Drupa quinquelocularis, subrotunda, glabra.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span>, bina.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup tiled, and remaining; the inner leaves the longest,
-sharp-pointed, and upright.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> tubular, five-cleft; the segments rolled back, and hairy.</p>
-
-<p><i>Honey-cup</i> skinny, torn, and surrounding the seed-bud.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, fixed into the tube of the blossom. Tips
-split at the top, and loosely fixed by the middle to the threads.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud globular, furrowed, encircled by the honey-cup.
-Shaft hair-like. Summit headed, and of five divisions.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A pulpy fruit with five cells, roundish, and smooth.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span>, two together.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Styphelia, foliis imbricatis, sparsis, glaucis, ovato-mucronatis;
-floribus axillaribus, ternis.</p>
-
-<p>Styphelia, with leaves tiled, scattered, bluish, egg-shaped, and
-sharp-pointed; flowers growing from the lower part of the leaves by
-threes.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives remaining attached, to shew their insertion into the tube of the Blossom.<br>
-3. The Pointal, (natural size,) the Summit detached, and magnified.<br>
-4. The Honey-cup, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Styphelias constitute a very extended tribe of plants, indigenous
-only to New Holland; we are indebted to the pupil of Linnæus, the
-celebrated Dr. Solander, for this generic title, which, (as Dr. Smith
-has fairly observed) is expressive of the habit of this whole genus,
-having its origin in στυφελὸς, harsh, or hard; a character which seems
-invariable in every species that has come under our notice. The S.
-tubiflora, although set off by Dr. Smith, in his fourth number of New
-Holland Botany, with so much grace, must, (and we have no doubt of his
-concurrence) give place to S. triflora, which undoubtedly claims the
-palm from all its congeners hitherto discovered. The only specimen alive
-or dead, and from which our figure was taken, of this plant, which has
-come to our knowledge, is to be found in the extensive collection of G.
-Hibbert, Esq. Clapham-common; from whose exertions the exotic
-collections of this kingdom, are likely to acquire such considerable
-additions.</p>
-
-<p>The S. triflora was raised from seed at Clapham in 1796, but did not
-flower till this year, in the month of June, continuing in blossom
-through July, and part of August. It grows to the height of near three
-feet, branching but little; the whole stem being hid by the leaves. Mr.
-Allen the gardener, to whose kind communications we are much indebted,
-informs us he has kept it in peat earth, and that he thinks it is to be
-raised by cuttings.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_288">[Pg 288]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 72
-<br><a href="images/ill_072.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_072.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_290">[Pg 290]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_289">[Pg 289]</a></span></p>
-
-<h2><a id="INDEX-vol1"></a>INDEX<br><br>
-<span class="chead2">TO THE PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOL. I.</span></h2>
-
-<table style="font-size:75%;">
-<tr><td rowspan="72">Plate</td> <td class="rt"><a href="#plt_1">1</a></td><td> Cortusa Matthioli. </td><td>Alpine Sanicle. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Herb. </td><td>May, June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_2">2</a></td><td>Sprengelia incarnata. </td><td>Star-flowered Sprengelia.</td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>All Summer.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_3">3</a></td><td>Neottia speciosa. </td><td>Flesh-coloured Neottia. </td><td>H. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>March, April.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_4">4</a></td><td>Rhododendron Dauricum. </td><td>Dauric Rhododendron. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Shrub.</td><td>April, May.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_5">5</a></td><td>Gladiolus longiflorus. </td><td>Long-flowered Gladiolus. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>June, July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_6">6</a></td><td>Hemerocallis cærulea. </td><td>Blue Day Lily. </td><td>H. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>Septem. or Feb.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_7">7</a></td><td>Primula Cortusoides. </td><td>Siberian Primrose. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Herb. </td><td>June, July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_8">8</a></td><td>Gladiolus alatus. </td><td>Wing-flowered Gladiolus. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>May, June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_9">9</a></td><td>Atragene Capensis. </td><td>Cape Atragene. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>March, April.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_10">10</a></td><td>Aristea cyanea. </td><td>Blue-flowered Aritlea. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>July, August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_11">11</a></td><td>Gladiolus roseus. </td><td>Rose-coloured Gladiolus. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>May, June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_12">12</a></td><td>Geranium grandiflorum. </td><td>Largest-flowered Geranium. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>July, August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_13">13</a></td><td>Epidendrum cochleatum. </td><td>Purple-flowered Epidendrum. </td><td>H. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_14">14</a></td><td>Ixia reflexa. </td><td>Reflex-flowered Ixia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>May, June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_15">15</a></td><td>Anthyllis erinacea. </td><td>Blue Broom of Spain. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>April, May.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_16">16</a></td><td>Azalea Pontica. </td><td>Yellow Pontic Azalea. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Shrub.</td><td>May, June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_17">17</a></td><td>Protea formosa. </td><td>Coronet Protea. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_18">18</a></td><td>Corræa alba. </td><td>White Correa. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>April, May.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_19">19</a></td><td>Gladiolus versicolor. </td><td>Changeable Gladiolus. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_20">20</a></td><td>Echium grandiflorum. </td><td>Large-flowered Viper’s Bugloss. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>April, May.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_21">21</a></td><td>Vereia crenata. </td><td>Scolloped-leaf Vereia. </td><td>H. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_22">22</a></td><td>Goodenia calendulacea. </td><td>Cape Marygold-leaved </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_23">23</a></td><td>Ixia capitata. Var. ovata. </td><td>Bunch-flowering Ixia. Var. egg-shaped. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>April.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_24">24</a></td><td>Cineraria aurita. </td><td>Two-coloured-leaved Cineraria. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>All Summer.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_25">25</a></td><td>Camellia Japonica. Var. flo. albo pleno.</td><td>Double white Camellia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>Octob. Novem.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_26">26</a></td><td>Crassula odoratissima. </td><td>Sweet-scented Crassula. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>April, May.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_27">27</a></td><td>Gladiolus ringens.Var. cinereo odorato.</td><td> Gaping Ash-coloured sweet Gladiolus. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_28">28</a></td><td>Geranium elegans. </td><td>Round-leaved Geranium. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>May.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_29">29</a></td><td>Ixia spicata. Var. viridi nigra. </td><td>Sea-green spiked Ixia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>May, June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_30">30</a></td><td>Vaccinium Arctos taphyllus. </td><td>Madeira Whortle-berry. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Shrub.</td><td>July, August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_31">31</a></td><td>Borbonia cordata. </td><td>Heart-shape-leaved Borbonia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_32">32</a></td><td>Antholyza ringens. </td><td>Gaping Antholyza. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_33">33</a></td><td>Diosma latifolia. </td><td>Broad-leaved Diosma. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_34">34</a></td><td>Chelone Ruellioides. </td><td>Scarlet Chelone. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Herb. </td><td>August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_35">35</a></td><td>Ixia crispifolia. Var. flo. cæruleo. </td><td>Crisped-leaved Ixia, blue variety. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_36">36</a></td><td>Rhododendron-punctatum. </td><td>Dotted-leaved Rhodo dendron. </td><td> Har. </td><td>Shrub.</td><td>July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_37">37</a></td><td>Geranium fragile. </td><td>Brittle-stalked Geranium. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_38">38</a></td><td>Gladiolus præcox. Var. flore rubro. </td><td>Red early-flowering Gladiolus. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>April.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_39">39</a></td><td>Echium ferocissimum. </td><td>Prickly Viper’s Bugloss. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_40">40</a></td><td>Chelone campanuloides. </td><td>Bell-flowered Chelone. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Herb. </td><td>August, Septem.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_41">41</a></td><td>Lachenalia pendula. </td><td>Drooping-flowered Lachenalia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>September.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_42">42</a></td><td>Orchis ciliaris. </td><td>Fringed Orchis. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Herb. </td><td>July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_43">43</a></td><td>Bignonia Leucoxylon. </td><td>Oleander-flowered Trumpet Flower. </td><td>H. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_44">44</a></td><td>Ixia cinnamomea. </td><td>Cinnamon-smelling Ixia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_45">45</a></td><td>Iris longifolia. </td><td>Long-leaved Iris. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_46">46</a></td><td>Massonia violacea. </td><td>Purple-flowered Massonia.</td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>September.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_47">47</a></td><td>Musa coccinea. </td><td>Scarlet-flowered Plantain-tree. </td><td>H. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>Decem. Jan.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_48">48</a></td><td>Ixia bulbifera. Var. flo. luteo. </td><td>Bulb-bearing Ixia Var. yellow-flowered. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>May.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_49">49</a></td><td>Malpighia crassifolia. </td><td>Thick-leaved Malpighia. </td><td>H. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>September.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_50">50</a></td><td>Ixia capitata. Var. flore aurantio. </td><td>Bunch-flowering Ixia. Var. gold color. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>May.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_51">51</a></td><td>Xeranthemum speciocissimum. </td><td>Largest-flowering Everlasting Flower. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>September.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_52">52</a></td><td>Gnidia pinifolia. </td><td>Pine-leaved Gnidia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>Feb. March.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_53">53</a></td><td>Mimosa stricta. </td><td>Harsh-leaved upright Mimosa. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>March, April.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_54">54</a></td><td>Aletris sarmentosa. </td><td>Creeping-rooted Bastard Aloe. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>Decem. Jan.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_55">55</a></td><td>Zinnia violacea. </td><td>Purple Zinnia. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Ann. </td><td>August, Sept.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_56">56</a></td><td>Antholyza spicata. </td><td>Spike-flowered Antholyza. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_57">57</a></td><td>Mesembryanthemum glabrum. </td><td>Smooth-leaved annual Fig Marygold. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Ann. </td><td>July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_58">58</a></td><td>Boronia pinnata. </td><td>Hawthorn-scented Boronia.</td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>All Summer.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_59">59</a></td><td>Ixia fistulosa. </td><td>Hollow-leaved Ixia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_60">60</a></td><td>Geranium punctatum. </td><td>Dotted-flowered Geranium.</td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>April.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_61">61</a></td><td>Aster dentatus. </td><td>Toothed-leaved Starwort. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>All Summer.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_62">62</a></td><td>Gladiolus gramineus. </td><td>Grass-like Gladiolus. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>May, June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_63">63</a></td><td>Usteria scandens. </td><td>Climbing Usteria. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Bien. </td><td>All Summer.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_64">64</a></td><td>Pæonia albiflora. </td><td>White Pæony. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Herb. </td><td>June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_65">65</a></td><td>Ophrys lilifolia. </td><td>Lily-leaved Ophrys. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Herb. </td><td>July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_66">66</a></td><td>Gladiolus polystachius.</td><td>Branching Gladiolus. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_67">67</a></td><td>Geranium incisum. </td><td>Jagged-leaved Geranium. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>All Summer.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_68">68</a></td><td>Goodenia ovata. </td><td>Oval-leaved Goodenia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>August, Sept.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_69">69</a></td><td>Lambertia formosa. Var. longifolia. </td><td>Red-flowered Lambertia. Long-leaved var. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>August, Sept.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_70">70</a></td><td>Gnidia simplex. </td><td>Heath-leaved Gnidia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>April, Sept.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_71">71</a></td><td>Clematis viorna. </td><td>Blue thick-petal’d Virgin’s Bower. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Herb. </td><td>All Summer.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_72">72</a></td><td>Styphelia triflora. </td><td>Three-flowered Styphelia.</td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>June.</td></tr>
-</table>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_291">[Pg 291]</a></span></p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_292">[Pg 292]</a></span></p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_293">[Pg 293]</a></span></p>
-
-<h1>
-<a href="images/title-2.jpg">
-<img src="images/title-2.jpg"
-height="550"
-alt=""></a><br>
-<i>Vol. II.</i><br><br>
-
-<i>of the</i><br>
-Botanists Repository</h1>
-
-<p class="c"><i>Comprising<br>
-Colour’d Engravings</i><br><br>
-
-of<br><br>
-
-<i>New and Rare Plants</i><br><br>
-
-ONLY<br>
-<br>
-With Botanical Descriptions &amp;c.<br>
-
-<br>&#8212;&#8212;<i>in</i>&#8212;&#8212;<br><br>
-
-<i>Latin and English</i>,<br><br>
-
-<i>after the</i><br><br>
-
-Linnæan System.<br><br>
-
-<i>by</i><br><br>
-
-<i>H. Andrews</i><br><br>
-<i>Botanical Painter Engraver, &amp;c.</i></p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_295">[Pg 295]</a></span></p><p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_294">[Pg 294]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_73"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">DAPHNE PONTICA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Pontic Spurge-Laurel.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span>, nullus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, infundibuliformis. Tubus cylindraceus,
-imperforatus, limbo longior. Limbus quadrifidus; laciniis ovatis,
-acutis, planis, patentibus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta octo, brevia, tubo inserta; alterna inferiora.
-Antheræ subrotundæ, erectæ, biloculares.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum. Stylus brevissimus. Stigma capitatum,
-depresso-planum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca subrotunda, unilocularis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semen</span> unicum, subrotundum, carnosum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, none.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one petal, funnel-shaped. Tube cylindrical, closed at the
-base, longer than the border. Border four-cleft; segments
-egg-shaped, sharp, flat, and spreading.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Eight short threads, fixed to the tube; four alternately
-lower than the others. Tips roundish, upright, with two cells.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft very short. Summit a low,
-smooth knob.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A roundish berry, of one cell.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed</span>, single, roundish, and fleshy.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Daphne, pedunculus axillaribus, bifloris; foliis obovatis, nitidis.</p>
-
-<p>Spurge-laurel, the fruit stalks growing from the base of the
-leaves, with two flowers each; leaves inversely egg-shaped, and
-shining.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Flower cut open, to shew the situation of the Chives.<br>
-2. The Pointal, (natural size).<br>
-3. A ripe Seed.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Tournefort</span> in his Voyage to the Levant, Vol. III. has described this
-plant under the name of, Thymelæa Pontica Citrei foliis; Dr. P. Pallas
-in his Flora Rossica, has likewise figured and described it, under the
-title it bears in the Sp. Plan. p. 511; from both of whom we learn, that
-it is a native of the coast of the Black Sea, and therefore perfectly
-hardy, at least sufficiently so to endure our climate. It is the
-handsomest in foliage of any species of the genus, having, like most of
-them, fragrant flowers; which begin to shew themselves with the first
-budding of the plant in spring, about the first week in March. Like our
-common Spurge-laurel it delights in shade, making a pretty evergreen
-shrub, about two feet in height; and grows best in a light loamy soil.
-Although this plant has been long known by name, it had not been seen in
-England till 1795, a year subsequent to its being sent in seeds to
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith. It flowered for the first time
-here, in 1798; but our drawing was not made till this year, about the
-middle of April. It is propagated by the seed, or cuttings.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_297">[Pg 297]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 73
-<br><a href="images/ill_073.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_073.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_300">[Pg 300]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_299">[Pg 299]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_298">[Pg 298]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_74"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXIV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">PERSOONIA LANCEOLATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Lance-shaped leaved Persoonia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span>, nullus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quatuor, basin versus staminifera, reflexa, apice
-incrassata.</p>
-
-<p><i>Nectariæ.</i> Glandulæ quatuor globosæ, ad basin germinis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor brevia, singula ex singuli petali medio
-enata. Antheræ lineares, conniventes, demum reflexæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum, ovatum. Stylus subulatus, glaber,
-persistens. Stigma obtusum, declinatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Drupa subrotunda, monosperma.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semen.</span> Nux ossea, subrotunda, compressa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, none.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Four petals, supporting the chives near the bottom, bent
-back, and thickened at the point.</p>
-
-<p><i>Honey-cups.</i> Four round glands at the base of the seed-bud.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Four short threads, one growing out of each petal about the
-middle. Tips linear, and approaching each other, then reflexed.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped, and above. Shaft awl-shaped, smooth,
-and remaining. Summit blunt, and bent downward.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A pulpy berry, roundish, with one seed.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed.</span> A hard, roundish nut, flattened.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Persoonia foliis lanceolatis, acutis, enerviis, utrinque glabris;
-petiolis tortis; floribus axillaribus, flavis.</p>
-
-<p>Persoonia with lance-shaped leaves, sharp pointed, without nerves,
-and smooth on both sides; foot-stalks twisted; the flowers grow at
-the lower part of the leaves, close to the stem, and yellow.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Blossom.<br>
-2. One division of the Blossom with its Chive.<br>
-3. The Pointal (natural size).<br>
-4. The same (magnified).<br>
-5. The Receptacle, with the Honey-cups (magnified).<br>
-6. A Berry cut in two, the Seed taken out.<br>
-7. A ripe Seed.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Every</span> step we make in the examen of plants, from that endless source for
-botanical research, New Holland; nature almost as constantly, presents
-us with a perfectly new face; such is the object of our present
-consideration. Dr. Smith, P. L. S. in the Linnæan Transactions, Vol.
-IIII. p. 215, considering a new Genus as necessary for this tribe of
-plants, has named it in honour of C. H. Persoon, much noted for his
-works on the fungi. This is a handsome, spreading greenhouse plant,
-growing about five feet high, and covering itself with deep yellow
-blossoms. It is propagated by cuttings, or seeds, which come to maturity
-with us, and are produced in great numbers. J. Willson, Esq. of
-Islington, raised this species from seeds about the year 1791; from a
-specimen in whose collection our figure was taken, this year in July,
-and where it flowered for the first time last year, in the month of
-August, and is still in bloom, although many seeds are already
-perfected, from the flowers of last year.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_301">[Pg 301]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 74
-<br><a href="images/ill_074.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_074.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_304">[Pg 304]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_303">[Pg 303]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_302">[Pg 302]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_75"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">PHYSALIS PROSTRATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Trailing Winter-cherry.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, ventricosum, semi quinquefidum,
-pentagonum; laciniis acuminatis; persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala, rotata. Tubus brevissimus. Limbus
-semiquinquefidus, magnus, plicatus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, subulata, minima, conniventia. Antheræ
-erectæ, conniventes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subrotundum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus fere
-longior. Stigma obtusum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca sub-globosa, bilocularis, intra calycem maximum,
-inflatum, clausum, pentagonum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, reniformia, compressa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, bellied, half five-cleft, and five-sided;
-the segments are tapered; permanent.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, one petal, wheel-shaped. Tube very short. Border half
-five-cleft, large, and plaited.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, awl-shaped, very small, and approaching. Tips
-upright, and approaching.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud roundish. Shaft thread-shaped, hardly longer than
-the chives. Summit blunt.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A roundish berry, two-celled, within a large, swelled,
-close-mouthed, five-sided cup.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, kidney-shaped, and flat.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Physalis, ramosissima, prostrata, hispida; foliis subcarnosis;
-corollis cæruleis.</p>
-
-<p>Winter Cherry, very branching, trailing, and hairy; leaves nearly
-fleshy; blossoms blue.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.<br>
-3. The Pointal (natural size).<br>
-4. A ripe Seed-vessel.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> beautiful species of Physalis, as a tender annual, should be sown
-early in March, on a strong hotbed; and kept, when potted, in the
-greenhouse, being impatient of cold or wet, and perishes if exposed to
-either. It is a native of Peru, South America, and has been figured by
-Professor Jacquin in his Ic. Rar. I. t. 38; likewise by Mons. l’Heritier
-in his Stirp. Nov. p. 43. t. 22; and was first transmitted to England in
-the year 1782, by Mons. Thoin, from France. Although it has been
-cultivated here some years, it is but little known, owing to its great
-delicacy when young, being very liable to damp off in the hotbed.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_305">[Pg 305]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 75
-<br><a href="images/ill_075.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_075.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_308">[Pg 308]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_307">[Pg 307]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_306">[Pg 306]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_76"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXVI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">PROTEA PINIFOLIA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Pine-leaved Protea.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis
-infra apicem. Calyx proprius nullus. Sem. solitaria.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> four-cleft or of four petals. Tips linear, inserted into
-the petals below the ends. Cup. Proper, none. Seeds solitary.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Protea Speciosa</span>. Plate XVII.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Protea floribus simplicibus, racemoso-spicatis, glabris; foliis
-filiformibus, sparsis, glabris.</p>
-
-<p>Protea with simple flowers, growing in branching spikes, and
-smooth; leaves thread-shaped, scattered, and smooth.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete.<br>
-2. One Petal of the Blossom, (magnified), with its Chive attached.<br>
-3. The Pointal and Seed-bud, (magnified).<br>
-4. A ripe Seed.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Pine-leaved Protea from the Cape of Good Hope, is rather a delicate
-plant; and is subject to be killed, if not kept in the driest, and
-warmest part of the greenhouse, being very susceptible of damps. It
-makes a very fine appearance when in bloom, growing to the height of two
-feet or more upright, and with few branches; every part of the plant,
-(which is uncommon in this genus,) is quite smooth and shining. This
-species of Protea is an inhabitant of our gardens, since the year 1780;
-when it was first introduced by William Forsyth, Esq. of Kensington, but
-has been rarely seen to flower, as it is found but in few collections;
-owing to the difficulty of propagating it, by the only possible method
-in this country, cuttings. The soil it approves most, as do most of the
-Proteas, is a light loam. The drawing was taken at the Hammersmith
-nursery, from a plant which flowered there in August this year.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_309">[Pg 309]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 76
-<br><a href="images/ill_076.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_076.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_312">[Pg 312]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_311">[Pg 311]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_310">[Pg 310]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_77"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXVII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">PERSOONIA LINEARIS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Linear-leaved Persoonia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> nullus. Petala 4, basin versus staminifera. Glandulæ 4, ad
-basin germinis. Stigma obtusum. Drupa monosperma.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> none. Petals four, supporting the chives near the
-bottom. Four glands at the base of the seed-bud. Summit blunt. A
-pulpy berry with one seed.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Persoonia lanceolata</span>. Pl. LXXIV.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Persoonia foliis linearibus, sub-villosis; floribus flavis.</p>
-
-<p>Persoonia with linear leaves, a little hairy; flowers yellow.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A flower complete.<br>
-2. One Petal of the flower, with its Chive, (magnified).<br>
-3. The Pointal, (natural size).<br>
-4. The same, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Linear-leaved Persoonia, is indigenous to the same clime as the
-Lance-shaped leaved, given in our last number; grows to nearly the same
-height, and makes a handsome greenhouse plant, continuing to flower
-through the autumnal months; and producing good seeds. J. Robertson,
-Esq. of Stockwell, Surry, raised this species from seeds in the year
-1794; with whom it flowered last year, for the first time in England;
-and for whose kind communication of a specimen in flower, (from which
-our drawing was made,) we beg our grateful acknowledgment. It is raised
-by seeds, or cuttings; and should be planted in peat earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_313">[Pg 313]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 77
-<br><a href="images/ill_077.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_077.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_316">[Pg 316]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_315">[Pg 315]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_314">[Pg 314]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_78"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXVIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">IXORA PAVETTA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Sweet Ixora.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium quadripartitum, minimum, erectum, persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, infundibuliformis. Tubus cylindraceus,
-longissimus, tenuis. Limbus quadripartitus, planus; laciniis
-ovatis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, brevissima, in divisuris corollæ.
-Antheræ oblongæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subrotundum, intra basin calycis. Stylus
-filiformis, longitudine tubi. Stigma bifidum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca subrotunda, bilocularis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> duo, hinc convexa, inde angulata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup with four divisions, very small, upright, and
-remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> of one petal, funnel-shaped. Tube cylindrical, very long,
-and small. Border of four divisions and flat; the segments
-egg-shaped.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Four threads, very short, placed in the divisions of the
-blossom. Tips oblong.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud roundish, in the bottom of the cup. Shaft
-thread-shaped, the length of the tube. Summit two-cleft.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A roundish berry, with two cells.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span>, two, hollow on the inside, and angled without.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixora foliis obtusis, undulatis, petiolatis, floribus fasciculatis,
-odoratis, sordide luteis.</p>
-
-<p>Ixora with blunt, waved, leaves, having foot-stalks; flowers grow
-in bunches, are sweet scented, and of a dirty yellow.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, (magnified).<br>
-2. A Blossom with the seed-bud attached, (natural size).<br>
-3. The same with the Empalement, (magnified).<br>
-4. The Pointal, (natural size).<br>
-5. The same, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">To</span> the Lady Dowager de Clifford are we indebted, for the introduction of
-this new species of Ixora, a native of the East Indies; her Ladyship
-having received it from thence, in the year 1796. It is a tender
-hot-house plant, growing to the height of a foot, or more, and very
-bushy; the bunches of flowers are very large, covering nearly the whole
-upper part of the plant, and are exceedingly fragrant. The blossoms
-begin to expand about the beginning of August, and continue to blow in
-succession, till the end of October. The only plant we have yet heard
-of, in England, is in her Ladyship’s collection at Paddington; where it
-has flowered for the first time this year, and where our drawing was
-made. It is propagated like the other species of Ixora, by cuttings, and
-should be kept in rich earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_317">[Pg 317]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 78
-<br><a href="images/ill_078.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_078.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_320">[Pg 320]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_319">[Pg 319]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_318">[Pg 318]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_79"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXIX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">CROWEA SALIGNA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Willow-leaved Crowea.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS X. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Ten Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quinquepartitum, laciniis ovatis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, ovata, sessilia, erecto-patula.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem, plana, subulata, pilis intertextis
-connexa, pistillum obvolventia. Antheræ longitudinaliter filamentis
-e parte interiori adnatæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum. Stylus erectus, cylindricus,
-brevissimus, e basi germinis. Stigma capitatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsulæ quinque, ovato-acuminatæ, extrorsum coalitæ,
-apicibus distantes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria, reniformia, glabra, arillata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, with five divisions, the segments
-egg-shaped.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals, egg-shaped, sitting close in the cup, upright
-and spreading.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Ten threads, flat and awl-shaped, interwove together by
-hairs, covering the pointal. Tips growing longitudinally from the
-inner part of the threads.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above. Shaft upright, cylinder-shape, and very
-short, growing from the base of the seed-buds. Summit a knob.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Five capsules, pointedly-egg-shaped, joined on the
-outside, and distant at the ends.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> solitary, kidney-shape, smooth, and covered by an elastic
-coat.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Crowea, foliis lanceolatis, utrinque glabris, integerrimis;
-floribus solitariis, axilaribus.</p>
-
-<p>Crowea, with lance-shaped leaves, smooth on both sides, quite
-entire; flowers grow solitary from the bottom of the leaves close
-to the stem.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. The Chives.<br>
-3. One Chive detached, natural size.<br>
-4. The same magnified to shew the situation of the Tip.<br>
-5. The Pointal, natural size.<br>
-6. The same magnified.<br>
-7. A ripe Seed.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> number of handsome flowering plants from New Holland, already
-figured in the Botanist’s Repository; leads us to hope, the first, and
-indeed most generally prevailing opinion, that the insignificance of the
-flowers produced by the plants of that country, rendering them scarcely
-worth cultivation for ornament; must be nearly, if not quite done away:
-and we have reason to think, when farther explored, few countries will
-be able to stand a competition with it, for the singularity, variety, or
-beauty of its vegetable productions. The Willow-leaved Crowea we
-consider as one amongst the many strong arguments, to favour our
-opinion; it is rather a delicate plant, and should be kept in a dry and
-warm part of the greenhouse, where it will flower from the month of
-July, till November; growing three feet high, if planted in light sandy
-peat; and is easily propagated by cuttings. Although, this is the only
-species at present, in cultivation with us; there is little doubt from
-the number of handsome specimens of other species, which we have seen,
-in the different herbariums from Botany Bay; and from the character of
-the seeds, much resembling those of the Diosma, which are not subject to
-rapid decay; but we shall very soon be possessed of many more of this
-very beautiful Genus. Our drawing was made from the nursery at
-Hammersmith, where it was raised from seeds, in the year 1790. The
-generic title of this plant, is derived from the name of an English
-botanist at Norwich, Mr. James Crowe, F. L. S. see Linn. Tran. Vol. IV.
-page 222.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_321">[Pg 321]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 79
-<br><a href="images/ill_079.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_079.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_324">[Pg 324]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_323">[Pg 323]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_322">[Pg 322]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_80"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">BUCHNERA FŒTIDA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Stinking Buchnera.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIV. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.</i> Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quinquedentatum, scabrum,
-persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, monopetala; tubus longissimus, filiformis, arcuatus;
-limbus planus, quinquefidus, æqualis; laciniis duabus superioribus
-reflexis, tribus inferioribus cordatis, subæqualibus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, brevissima, in fauce corollæ, quorum
-duo superiora extra prominentia. Antheræe oblongæ, obtusæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovato-oblongum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine
-tubi. Stigma obtusum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula ovato-oblonga, acuminata, tecta, bilocularis,
-apice bifarium dehiscens; dissepimentum contrarium.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, angulata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Receptaculum</span> medio dissepimenti adnatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, five-toothed, rough, and remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one petal; tube very long, thread-shaped, and arched;
-border flat, five-cleft, equal; the two upper divisions reflexed,
-the three under ones heart-shaped, nearly equal.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads four, very short, in the mouth of the blossom, of
-which the two upper protrude without. Tips oblong, blunt.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed bud oblong-egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, the
-length of the tube. Summit blunt.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong-egg-shaped, tapered, covered, two
-cells, and splitting at the point in two; the partition opposite to
-the valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous, and angular.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Receptacle</span> fixed to the middle of the partition.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Buchnera, foliis laciniatis, oppositis, fœtidissimis; flores
-umbellulati, terminales.</p>
-
-<p>Buchnera, with leaves appearing torn, opposite and very stinking;
-flowers terminate the branches in small umbels.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Flower cut open, to expose the situation of the Chives.<br>
-3. The Pointal magnified.<br>
-4. A ripe Seed-vessel.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Buchnera is an annual, and a native of the Cape of Good
-Hope; from whence, it was introduced to England in the year 1795, by
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy. It should be raised with other tender annuals
-in spring, and kept, either to ornament the greenhouse with them in
-pots, or planted in a warm part of the flower border, about the
-beginning of June. It will begin to flower about July, and generally has
-perfected seeds by September; although, it will continue to bloom till
-destroyed by the frost, as there is a constant succession of blossoms.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_325">[Pg 325]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 80
-<br><a href="images/ill_080.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_080.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_328">[Pg 328]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_327">[Pg 327]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_326">[Pg 326]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_81"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">SOWERBIA JUNCEA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Rush-like Sowerbia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Involucrum hexaphyllum, multiflorum; foliolis erectis,
-scariosis, persistentibus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala sex, infera, persistentia; laciniis ovatis,
-concavis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, sub-globosa, carnosa, germen cingens; ex
-quibus tria biantherifera, sterilibus tribus interstinctis. Antheræ
-geminæ, lineares, erectæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine staminum.
-Stigma simplex.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula obtusetrigona, oblonga, trilocularis,
-trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, angulata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Fence six-leaved, containing many flowers; the small
-leaves are upright, skinny, and permanent.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Six petals, beneath and remaining; segments egg-shape, and
-concave.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Six threads almost round, fleshy, surrounding the seed bud;
-of which three bear two chives, each parted by three sterile ones.
-Tips double, linear, and upright.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the
-chives. Summit simple.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule bluntly three-sided, oblong, three-celled,
-three-valved.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, angular.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Sowerbia, foliis teretibus, mucronatis; scapo nudo, flexuoso;
-umbella globosa; floribus petiolis longissimis.</p>
-
-<p>Sowerbia, with cylindrical leaves pointed at the ends; flower-stem
-naked and crooked; the umbel globular; flowers with very long
-foot-stalks.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Fence.<br>
-2. A Blossom complete.<br>
-3. The Chives expanded.<br>
-4. The Pointal.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> very great resemblance this plant bears in habit, to some species of
-the garlick and rush, led us, at first sight, to consider it of one of
-those Genera: but as Dr. Smith has in the fourth Volume of the Linn.
-Trans. p. 220, constituted it a new genus, from the construction of the
-chives, we make no scruple to follow such good authority. It is named
-after Mr. James Sowerby, so well known for his numerous botanical
-engravings, as attached to different works; but especially, for his
-excellent coloured plates of English plants. Messrs. Lee and Kennedy of
-Hammersmith, were the first, who raised this plant from seeds, received
-in 1792 from Botany Bay. Our drawing was taken in May 1798, the first
-time it flowered there; it is the full size of the plant, the
-flower-stem cut off, it being twice the length of the leaves. There is
-no smell to any part of the plant; but nevertheless, it is very
-desirable in the greenhouse, from the character of the flowers, which
-retain their colour with little change, till the seeds are perfected. To
-increase it, the roots may be parted early in spring, and should be
-planted in peat earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_329">[Pg 329]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 81
-<br><a href="images/ill_081.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_081.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_332">[Pg 332]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_331">[Pg 331]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_330">[Pg 330]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_82"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">BANKSIA SERRATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Sawed-leaved Banksia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p>GENERIC CHARACTER. <i>Schreb. Gen. Plant. 191.</i></p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quadrifidum, inferum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala; tubus cylindraceus, brevissimus; limbus
-longissimus, quadripartitus; laciniis linearibus, apice
-lanceolatis, interne foveola excavatis, acutis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta nulla. Antheræ quatuor, lanceolatæ, in foveola
-laciniarum corollæ sessiles.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum, minutum. Stylus filiformis, rigidus,
-corolla longior. Stigma pyramidatum, acutum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula ovata, seu globosa, lignosa, unilocularis,
-bivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> duo, obovata hinc convexa inde plana, ala membranacea
-terminata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Obs.</span> In quibusdam speciebus seminibus interjectum est dissepimentum
-liberum, figura et magnitudine cavitatis loculamenti,
-coriaceo-lignosum, semibifidum. <i>Grætner de fruct.</i></p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup of one leaf, four-cleft and beneath.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> of one petal; tube cylindrical, and very short; border very
-long, of four divisions; segments linear, lance-shaped at the ends,
-having small holes on the inside, which are hollowed out and sharp.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads none. Tips four, lance-shaped, sitting close within
-the small holes of the segments of the blossom.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above and very small. Shaft thread-shaped, stiff,
-and longer than the blossom. Summit pyramidal, and sharp pointed.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed vessel.</span> Capsule egg-shaped or globular, woody, one cell, two
-valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> two, inversely egg-shaped, convex on the one side and flat on
-the other, having a skinny wing at the end.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Obs.</span> In some species there is found between the seeds a loose
-partition, the shape and size of the hollow of the cell, tough,
-woody, and half cleft in two. <i>Grætner on fruits and seeds.</i></p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Banksia foliis linearibus, in petiolum attenuatis, æqualiter
-serratis, apice truncatis cum mucrone.</p>
-
-<p>Banksia with linear leaves, tapering to the foot-stalks, equally
-sawed at the edge, appearing cut off at the end with a sharp point.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Flower, the summit not yet escaped from the Chives.<br>
-2. The same with the summit relieved; magnified, to shew more clearly the shape of the<br>
-<span style="margin-left: 2em;">petals, and the singular situation of the Chives.</span><br>
-3. The Pointal, natural size.<br>
-4. A ripe Seed.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Banksia, was the first to vegetate amongst the number of
-different seeds, which were received by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, from
-Botany Bay in 1788; thus, has the pre-eminence of seniority here, to all
-the plants which have been introduced from thence, to Great Britain.
-From the living and dead specimens we have already seen, this Genus bids
-fair to rival Protea in the number of its different species; from which,
-nature seems to have marked but a slight line for Generic distinction.
-Our figure was taken from a plant now in flower in the greenhouse, (we
-believe for the first time in Europe,) at the agreeable retreat of J.
-Ord, Esq. Purser’s-cross, Fulham, being nearly seven feet high; indeed,
-we have seen specimens which have attained to twelve feet, and more. It
-is increased by cuttings, and will grow in almost any earth. The cones
-to which the seed-vessels are fixed, something resemble those of the
-stone pine, but much larger, and the wood more hard: the seeds are
-inclosed in capsules which are placed at a considerable distance from
-each other, at irregular intervals; the spaces filled up with long harsh
-threads, and apparently abortive seed-vessels.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_333">[Pg 333]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 82
-<br><a href="images/ill_082.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_082.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_336">[Pg 336]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_335">[Pg 335]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_334">[Pg 334]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_83"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">MORÆA TRICOLOR.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Three-coloured Moræa.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> hexapetala, patens; petala tria interiora patentia,
-angustiora.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, brevia. Antheræ oblongæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum, oblongum. Stylus simplex, brevissimus.
-Stigmata tria, bifida.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula trigona, trisulcata, trilocularis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, rotunda.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheaths of two valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six petals, spreading; the three innermost petals are more
-spread out and narrower.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three short threads. Tips oblong.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath and oblong. Shaft simple, and very short.
-Summits three, two-cleft.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule three sided, three-furrowed, three cells.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, and round.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Moræa scapo teriti; foliis radicalibus, lanceolatis, canaliculatis,
-scapo longiores; floribus terminalibus, tricoloratis.</p>
-
-<p>Moræa with a round flower-stem; the leaves grow from the root, are
-lance-shaped, channelled, and longer than the flower stem; the
-flowers are terminal, and three-coloured.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. An outer Petal of the Blossom.<br>
-2. An inner Petal of the same.<br>
-3. The Chives and Pointal; the petals being cut off, to expose the situation of the Chives hid<br>
-<span style="margin-left: 2em;">under the summits.</span><br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">To</span> G. Hibbert, Esq. of Clapham Common, we owe the introduction of this
-beautiful little Moræa, he having received it from his collector at the
-Cape, in the spring of 1799. It is certainly a perfectly new species
-here, and we believe has not been seen to flower in Europe before, as it
-is not in the extensive Collections, of the Emperor of Germany; at least
-it is not to be found amongst the many figured by Professor Jacquin. The
-very short duration of the blossoms, at first, had determined us to name
-it specifically, fugax; but finding we were anticipated in that name, by
-Jacquin, in his Hortus. III. tab. 26, we have adopted that of tricolor.
-The drawing was made at Clapham this year, in October; although we
-conceive the regular season for its blowing would be, June, or July, if
-planted like other Cape bulbs in autumn. The only means of seeing this
-plant in perfection, is, by keeping it entirely from the air when near
-flowering, as it is too delicate to bear the least exposure; it begins
-to expand about twelve o’clock, and is quite decayed by three. From
-every appearance, without a supply from the Cape, this delicate little
-bulb will, (as many others have) be soon lost to this country.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_337">[Pg 337]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 83
-<br><a href="images/ill_083.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_083.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_340">[Pg 340]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_339">[Pg 339]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_338">[Pg 338]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_84"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXIV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">BUCHNERA PEDUNCULATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Solitary-flowered Buchnera.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIV. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.</i> Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> quinque-dentatus. Corollæ limbus quinquefidus, æqualis; lobis
-cordatis. Capsula bilocularis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> five-toothed. The border of the blossom five-cleft, equal; the
-lobes heart-shaped. Capsule two-celled.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Buchnera Fœtida.</span> Pl. LXXX.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Buchnera, foliis dentato-sinuatis; floribus solitariis, pedunculis
-longissimis.</p>
-
-<p>Buchnera, with leaves that are indentedly toothed; flowers
-solitary, with very long foot-stalks.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Flower cut open, magnified.<br>
-3. The Pointal.<br>
-4. A Capsule.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> is another beautiful little species of Cape Buchnera, and which, we
-can consider as little better than biennial; much similar, to some
-species of different genera from thence; such as, Hebenstreitia,
-Mahernia, &amp;c. For although they produce woody stems, yet the plants
-seldom last beyond the second year. From their short duration, it is
-necessary to keep up a succession yearly; which is done, by making
-cuttings of them early in spring. Our drawing represents the branch of a
-plant, in the collection of R. James, Esq. Grosvenor-place, taken in the
-month of July 1799. It is a very shewy greenhouse plant, and should be
-plotted in rich mould; if kept free from damps, will continue to flower
-till the end of November.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_341">[Pg 341]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 84
-<br><a href="images/ill_084.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_084.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_344">[Pg 344]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_343">[Pg 343]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_342">[Pg 342]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_85"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">MAHERNIA ODORATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Sweet Mahernia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS V. ORDER V.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. Five Pointals.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monopetalum, quinquefidum, campanulatum;
-dentibus subulatis, longioribus; persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, cordata, oblonga, patentia, calyce duplo
-longiora.</p>
-
-<p><i>Nectaria</i> quinque, obcordata, pedicellata, germen cingentia,
-calyce breviora.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, capillaria, nectario infidentia, calyce
-breviora. Antheræ oblongæ, acuminatæ, erectæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subpedicellatum, obovatum, quinquangulum. Styli
-quinque, setacei, erecti, longitudine petalorum. Stigmata
-simplicia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula ovata, quinquelocularis, quinquevalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> nonnulla, reniformia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, five-cleft, bell-shaped; the teeth
-awl-shaped, and longer; remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals, heart-shaped, oblong, spreading, twice the
-length of the cup.</p>
-
-<p><i>Honey-cups</i> five, inversely heart-shaped, having little
-foot-stalks, embracing the seed-bud, shorter than the cup.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, hair like, sitting on the honey-cups, shorter
-than the cup. Tips oblong, tapered to a point, and upright.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud supported on a very short foot-stalk, inversely
-egg-shaped, five-angled. Shafts five, like bristles, upright, the
-length of the petals. Summits simple.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule egg-shaped, five cells, five valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> a few, kidney-shaped.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Mahernia foliis lanceolatis, glabris, apice dentatis; pedunculis
-bifloris; corollis luteis, odoratissimis.</p>
-
-<p>Mahernia with lance-shaped leaves, smooth and toothed at the end;
-foot-stalks bearing two flowers; the blossoms yellow and very
-sweet.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The cup, (natural size).<br>
-2. The Chives, Honey-cups, and Pointals, as they stand in the flower.<br>
-3. The same, with the Chives thrown back, as far as the slight junction of the honey-cups<br>
-<span style="margin-left: 2em;">will permit, without tearing.</span><br>
-4. A Chive with its honey-cup, (magnified).<br>
-5. The Seed-bud and Pointals, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Many</span> species of this Genus have, hitherto, been arranged as Hermannias,
-to which they are undoubtedly very nigh affined; in nothing essentially
-varying, but in the character of the chives, being, in this, placed on
-honey cups, which are wanting in the other; the same natural appearance
-however of the junction of the supporters of the tips, being common to
-both. From this small change of the identity of character, so necessary
-in our artificial system, they are thrown to a wide distance in
-classification; the one standing in the fifth, the other in the
-sixteenth class! The Mahernia odorata is from the Cape of Good Hope, and
-was sent in seeds to England about the year 1792. It is but a
-short-lived greenhouse plant, and must be raised every two years, at
-least, from cuttings; which should be made about the beginning of March,
-and placed on a gentle hot bed, they will by this means become good
-sized plants by midsummer. The flavour of the blossoms is exactly that
-of the Jonquil, it continues to flower through the whole year, but is as
-yet to be found in few collections, although from its different
-attractions we have no doubt of seeing it soon in most. Rich earth, of
-old cow dung, and loam, seems to be the soil it most affects. Our
-drawing was made at the nursery Hammersmith, in July 1799.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_345">[Pg 345]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 85
-<br><a href="images/ill_085.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_085.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_348">[Pg 348]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_347">[Pg 347]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_346">[Pg 346]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_86"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXVI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">BIGNONIA PANDORANA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Norfolk Island Trumpet Flower.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIV. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.</i> Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> quinquefidus, cyathiformis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> fauce campanulata, quinquefida, subtus ventricosa. Siliqua
-bilocularis. Semina membranaceo-alata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, five-cleft, cup-shaped.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> bell-shaped at the mouth, five-cleft, and bellied beneath.
-A pod of two cells. Seed winged with a skinny membrane.</p>
-
-<p>See Pl. XLIII. Bignonia Leucoxylon. Vol. I.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Bignonia foliis pinnatis; foliolis lanceolatis, dentatis; caule
-volubili; floribus racemosis, terminalibus.</p>
-
-<p>Trumpet Flower with winged leaves; the small leaves are
-lance-shaped, and toothed; a climbing stem; the flowers grow in
-bunches, and terminate the branches.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Flower cut open, to expose the situation of the Chives.<br>
-3. The Pointal, and Seed-bud, (magnified).<br>
-4. A Seed.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Trumpet Flower, is a native of Norfolk Island in the
-Pacific Ocean, lying in 29 deg. 2 min. south lat.; therefore, must be
-kept with us as a greenhouse plant; and, as a creeper, may be placed to
-twine round the pillars, or to cover trellis work; being of quick growth
-(if planted in peat earth,) and flowering abundantly from the month of
-March, ’till June. It is easily increased by cuttings, made in the
-spring, or by suckers, which it frequently produces from the root. The
-plant from which our drawing was made, flowered (and we believe for the
-first time in England) in 1798, in the collection of J. Vere, Esq.
-Kensington Gore.</p>
-
-<p>Naturalists, when in detailing the history of the various articles
-passing under their review, should receive with caution, any matter
-which seems tending to the marvellous; but for the authenticity of the
-authority, from whence we are furnished with the account of the
-singularly pestiferous character of this plant, we can with confidence
-pledge ourselves. Colonel Paterson, now commanding at Port Jackson, New
-Holland, sent the seeds from Norfolk Island, when he was stationed
-there, to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy Hammersmith, who first raised it, in
-the year 1793. The N. I. Trumpet Flower is, in its native soil, a
-deciduous plant; upon the return of the season, in which the young
-tendrils begin to shoot, and the leaves begin to appear; within fifteen,
-or twenty days, the whole plant is entirely covered with a white downy
-insect, of the genus Aphis, something similar to our blight; which, in a
-very short time from their first appearance on this plant, become so
-completely dispersed over every vegetable production, that scarce a
-green leaf is to be seen through the whole extent of the island. So
-great a plague was this insect thought to be, from its effects on
-vegetation, by those who were sent to colonize the island, that it was
-considered as one of the principal reasons for abandoning the
-settlement.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_349">[Pg 349]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 86
-<br><a href="images/ill_086.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_086.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_352">[Pg 352]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_351">[Pg 351]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_350">[Pg 350]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_87"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXVII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">IXIA ARISTATA. <i>Var. atropurpurea.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Ragged-sheathed Ixia. Var. dark purple.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-partita, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria,
-erectiusculo-patula.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six divisions, spreading, and equal. Summits three, nearly
-upright and spreading.</p>
-
-<p>See Pl. XIV. Vol. I. Ixia reflexa.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis falcatis, glabris, amplexicaulibus; scapo sub-biflora;
-spathis laceris.</p>
-
-<p>Ixia with scimitar-shaped leaves, smooth and embracing the stem;
-flower-stem mostly with two flowers; sheaths appearing torn.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The sheath.<br>
-2. A Flower cut open.<br>
-3. The Pointal, complete.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> truly specious Ixia, has at different periods long since, been seen
-in our exotic collections; but the delicacy of its root, and of
-consequence, the difficulty of preserving it, when out of flower, was,
-no doubt, the occasion of its having been as often lost to us for a
-time. To the Dutch we are indebted for the last introduction of it to
-this country, about four years since, amongst many others; from their
-immense collections of Cape bulbs at Haarlem. Although the root is
-particularly susceptible of wet, yet, by timely taking up the bulb, even
-before the upper part of the plant is decayed; and keeping it entirely
-free from moisture, till it is again planted in October, there will be
-little danger of its perishing. Our figure was taken in the month of
-June 1799, at Clapham, from a plant in the Collection of G. Hibbert,
-Esq. Light sandy peat, with a small portion of rotten old cow-dung, will
-give it the most vigorous growth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_353">[Pg 353]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 87
-<br><a href="images/ill_087.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_087.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_356">[Pg 356]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_355">[Pg 355]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_354">[Pg 354]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_88"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXVIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">ERANTHEMUM PULCHELLUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Blue-flowered Eranthemum.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS II. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Two Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium quinquefidum, tubulosum, erectum, membranaceum,
-persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, infundibuliformis; tubus filiformis,
-longissimus. Limbus quinquepartitus, planus; laciniis obovatis,
-æqualibus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta duo, ad basin spiralia, in fauce corollæ.
-Antheræ subovatæ, compressæ, extra tubum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum, compressum. Stylus filiformis,
-longitudine staminum. Stigmata duo, inæqualia, erecta.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula spathulata, compressa, bivalvis, bilocularis,
-dissipimento valvulis contrario.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria, lentiformia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup five cleft, tubular, upright, skinny, and
-remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one petal, funnel-shaped; tube thread-shaped, and very
-long. Border divided into five, and flat; the segments are
-inversely egg-shaped, and equal.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Two threads, spiral at the base, at the mouth of the
-blossom. Tips nearly egg-shaped, flattened, and without the tube.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped and flattened. Shaft thread-shaped,
-the length of the chives. Summits two unequal, and upright.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule spatula shape, flattened, two valves, two
-cells, the partition contrary to the valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> solitary, lentil shape.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Eranthemum foliis lanceolato-ovatis, nervosis; floribus spicatis;
-bracteis lanceolatis, imbricatis.</p>
-
-<p>Eranthemum with lance-shaped, oval, and strongly nerved leaves; the
-flowers grow in spikes; the floral leaves are lance-shaped, and
-tiled.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, with its four small leaflets.<br>
-2. The Blossom cut open, to shew the part of insertion of the Chives.<br>
-3. One of the Chives, (magnified.)<br>
-4. The Pointal, (natural size.)<br>
-5. The same, (magnified.)<br>
-6. The Seed-bud.<br>
-7. A Seed.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Eranthemum</span>, although standing in our ancientest tables, as a name to
-different plants; must have been, hitherto, considered as a dead letter
-in all our modern ones, as attached to the tribe of plants it now
-titles: but perhaps, to none of the former more aptly could it have been
-applied; (especially this species, as the Greek word Ήράνθεμον, a
-compound of Ής the spring, and ἀνθέω to blossom, fairly indicates;)
-since the E. pulchellum first begins to flower in January, and continues
-to blossom till May. Linnæus in treating this Genus, acknowledges to
-have seen but one imperfect specimen; and from this circumstance, left
-the description of the seed-vessel, and seed, to be determined by future
-Botanists; as yet, that has not been accomplished, even by the
-indefatigable and accurate Schreber; indeed, had the character of the
-pointal been likewise omitted, it would have been as well; since, in
-place of one, the two unequal summits, (which might escape observation
-in a dried specimen, from their disproportion in length, and upright
-situation;) point out a stronger Generical distinction from Justicia, to
-which it much affines, than either, the regular shape of the limb of the
-blossom, or the situation of the chives. Our species is a native of the
-coast of Coromandel, in the East Indies, and was first received in seeds
-from Dr. Roxburg, at the Royal gardens Kew, in the year 1796. It is a
-most desirable plant, for although it has hitherto been kept in the
-hot-house, we have no doubt from its flowering and thriving there, with
-so little care, in any situation; but that it will soon be considered as
-a proper inhabitant of the greenhouse. It is with the greatest ease, and
-certainty, increased by cuttings. Our drawing was made this month, from
-a plant in flower at the Hammersmith nursery.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_357">[Pg 357]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 88
-<br><a href="images/ill_088.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_088.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_360">[Pg 360]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_359">[Pg 359]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_358">[Pg 358]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_89"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXIX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GNIDIA LÆVIGATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Shining-leaved Gnidia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> infundibuliformis, 4-fidus. Petala quatuor, calyci inserta.
-Semen unum, subbaccatum.</p>
-
-<p>Cup funnel-shaped, 4-cleft. Four petals fixed into the cup. One
-seed, something like a berry.</p>
-
-<p>See Gnidia pinifolia, Pl. LII. Vol. I.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gnidia foliis oppositis, glabris, ovatis, quadrifariam imbricatis;
-floribus terminalibus, sessilibus, luteis.</p>
-
-<p>Gnidia with opposite smooth egg-shaped leaves, forming four angles
-and tiled; flowers terminate the branches, sitting close to the
-stem, and yellow.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete.<br>
-2. The same cut open, with the Chives attached; the Pointal taken out.<br>
-3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, (magnified.)<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> Gnidia is from the Cape of Good Hope, from whence it was first sent
-to England about the year 1783, by Mr. F. Masson to the Royal gardens
-Kew. It is a tender, and delicate greenhouse plant, very subject to be
-destroyed by the autumnal rains, or over watering during the winter. It
-is with great difficulty raised from cuttings, and its seeds seldom or
-ever, we believe, are perfected with us; from which circumstance, it is
-to be found in very few collections. Our drawing was made from a plant,
-in the possession of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham, about the middle of July
-1799.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_361">[Pg 361]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 89
-<br><a href="images/ill_089.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_089.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_364">[Pg 364]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_363">[Pg 363]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_362">[Pg 362]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_90"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XC.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">SEPTAS CAPENSIS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Cape Septas.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VII. ORDER IV.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>HEPTANDRIA HEPTAGYNIA.</i> Seven Chives. Seven Pointals.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium septempartitum, patens, acutum, persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala septem, oblonga, æqualia, calyce duplo longiora.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta septem, subulata, longitudine calycis. Antheræ
-subovatæ, erectæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germina septem, oblonga, desinentia in stylos subulatos,
-longitudine staminum. Stigmata obtusiuscula.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula septem, oblongæ, acutæ, parallelæ, univalves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, Cup of seven divisions, spreading, sharp-pointed, and
-remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Seven petals, oblong, equal, twice the length of the cup.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Seven threads, awl-shaped, the length of the cup. Tips
-nearly egg-shaped, and upright.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seven seed-buds, oblong, and ending in awl-shaped shafts,
-the length of the Chives. Summits bluntish.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Seven capsules, oblong, sharp-pointed, parallel, and
-of one valve.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Septas, foliis subrotundis, crenulatis, oppositis; glabris; radice
-tuberosa.</p>
-
-<p>Septas with roundish leaves, slightly scolloped, opposite and
-smooth; root tuberous.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. The Chives, and Pointals, (magnified).<br>
-3. One of the Pointals detached, (natural size).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">We</span> are happy in having procured for the entertainment of our botanical
-friends, a specimen of so singular a plant as the Septas: which, from
-the conformity of its constituent generic characters in point of
-numbers, has given it the title it bears and forming for itself an order
-of plants, in which it stands alone. No plant is better known to
-botanists than Septas by name; but as yet, there exists only one
-miserable uncoloured figure of it; which is to be found in the Mantissa
-of Plukenet, tab. 340, fig. 9. The first plants seen of Septas in
-England, were purchased in roots from Holland, under the name of
-Saxifraga Tuberosa, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy Hammersmith. The
-beginning of August this year, a drawing was taken from a plant in the
-collection of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham, he having received some fine
-bulbs of it, in the spring, from his collector at the Cape. There are
-few plants rival Septas for beauty that are of equal size; it is
-herbaceous, should be removed from its pot when in a state of inaction,
-and dried like the Anemonie. The bulbs may be cut, or parted at the time
-of removal for propagation.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_365">[Pg 365]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 90
-<br><a href="images/ill_090.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_090.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_368">[Pg 368]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_367">[Pg 367]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_366">[Pg 366]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_91"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">CAMELLIA JAPONICA. <i>Var. flore pleno variegato.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Double-striped Camellia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER VI. <i>of Schreber’s 8th ed. of Gen. Plant</i>.</p>
-
-<p><i>MONODELPHIA POLYANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Many Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> imbricatus, polyphyllus; foliolis interioribus majoribus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> tiled, many leaved; the inner leaves the largest.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER OF VARIETY.</p>
-
-<p>Camellia foliis brevioribus, latioribus; floribus plenis, variegatis.</p>
-
-<p>Camellia with shorter and broader leaves; flowers double and striped.</p>
-
-<p>In hopes that the subject will plead our excuse, in thus again,
-obtruding a kind of nonentity, in reference to the sexual system, on our
-scientific friends; and that a figure, of so rare, and beautiful a
-plant, would be agreeable to all; we have, once more, put by the
-etiquette of science, for the charms of beauty; yet for this deviation,
-we think an apology necessary, as it is undoubtedly not conformable to
-the plan of our undertaking.</p>
-
-<p>This variety of the Camellia Japonica, is of the same date in our
-gardens, as the double white, and was introduced through the same
-medium. As yet this plant is found in but very few collections, and is
-sold at a very high price; not being of free growth, few cuttings, or
-grafts can be obtained. It has hitherto, been treated as a hothouse
-plant; but there is no doubt it is equally hardy with the common sort,
-upon which, all the plants we have as yet seen, and indeed those that
-were first imported from China, were grafted; an instance in proof, that
-horticulture must have, there, attained to a considerable degree of
-perfection, in the operative part: as well as, that possessing double
-flowering varieties, of their most beautiful plants, which are only
-produced by a series of cultivation, for ages; incontestably proves the
-antiquity of the art, (if any fresh proofs were necessary,) in that
-country. Our figure was made from a drawing taken partly, from a plant
-which flowered in August last year, in the collection of J. Hibbert,
-Esq. Clapham; and partly from one now (April) in full bloom, in the
-conservatory of R. H. James, Esq. Grosvenor-Place; the only ones we have
-as yet seen in flower; wherefore the time of flowering cannot as yet be
-fixed.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_369">[Pg 369]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 91
-<br><a href="images/ill_091.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_091.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_372">[Pg 372]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_371">[Pg 371]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_370">[Pg 370]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_92"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">CRINUM SPIRALE.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Spiral-stalked Asphodel Lily.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Involucrum spathæforme, bifolium, oblongum, umbelluliferum,
-post dehiscentiam reflexum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, infundibuliformis. Tubus oblongus,
-cylindraceus. Limbus sexpartitus; laciniis lanceolato-linearibus,
-concavis, reflexis, quarum tres alternæ appendiculo uncinato
-distinctæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, subulata, e basi limbi, longitudine limbi,
-conniventia. Antheræ oblongæ, lineares, assurgentes, incumbentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine floris.
-Stigma trifidum, minimum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula sub-ovata, trilocularis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Fence sheath-shaped, two-leaved, oblong, bearing a
-small umbel, after splitting being reflexed.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one leaf, funnel-shaped. Tube oblong, and cylindrical.
-Border divided into six segments, that are linearly lance-shaped,
-concave, and reflexed, of which three alternate ones are marked by
-a small claw hanging at the lower part.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads six, awl-shaped, growing from the lower part of the
-border, and of its length, and inclining together. Tips oblong,
-linear, turned up at the ends, and lying on the threads.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the
-flower. Summit three-cleft, and very small.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule nearly egg-shaped, three celled.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Crinum foliis filiformibus; scapo filiformi, spirali.</p>
-
-<p>Asphodel Lily, with thread-shaped leaves; flower-stem
-thread-shaped, and spiral.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Flower, cut open and magnified; to shew the point of insertion of the Chives, at the<br>
-<span style="margin-left: 2em;">base of the border.</span><br>
-3. The Pointal and Seed-bud (magnified).<br>
-4. The Seed-bud cut transversely, and magnified; to shew the situation of the seeds in the<br>
-<span style="margin-left: 2em;">cells, before the splitting of the outer coat, when matured.</span><br>
-5. The Seeds, as they appear after the bursting of the containing coat, and of their natural size.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> curious little plant, has been figured by professor Jacquin in his
-Ic. rar. 2. tab. 363, under the name of Crinum Tenellum; Thunberg, (who
-no doubt saw the living plant) in his Prodromus, p. 58, gave it first,
-the specific title of Spiralis, which to us seems the best possible, we
-have retained it; although, we differ from him as to the Genus, and
-which there is no doubt every botanist will, on the examination of the
-figure, with its appendages. That this plant should ever have been
-placed under Hæmanthus, by any botanist, is certainly matter of wonder,
-yet the point is too clear to be contended; scarce one of the essential
-constituent characters, of the genus, are to be found in our plant, and
-yet so perfectly in every part answering to Crinum. In Hæmanthus, the
-fence is composed of many leaves; the segments of the border, standing
-upright; the Chives longer than the blossom, and fixed into the tube;
-the Summit simple! &amp;c. &amp;c. We submit this, nevertheless, with deference
-to superior judgments, as a late publication of much repute, has this
-plant, under the Generic title we have rejected. The drawing was made in
-the beginning of March, this year, at Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s,
-Hammersmith; by whom, it was received from the Cape of Good Hope in
-1792. It is a very hardy bulb, requiring no more protection than a pit,
-to secure it from the frost. It increases but slowly by the root, but
-occasionally produces ripe seeds; and should be kept constantly in its
-pot, in a mixture of peat and loam.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_373">[Pg 373]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 92
-<br><a href="images/ill_092.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_092.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_376">[Pg 376]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_375">[Pg 375]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_374">[Pg 374]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_93"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">ASTER REFLEXUS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Reflexed-leaved Starwort.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIX. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA.</i> Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Recept.</span> nudom. Pappus simplex. Cor. radii plures 10. Cal. imbricati
-squamæ interiores patulæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Recept.</span> naked. Feather simple. Florets of the circumference 10 or
-more. Cup tiled, the innermost scales spread outward.</p>
-
-<p>See Aster dentatus, Pl. LXI.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Aster fruticosus, foliis ovatis sub-imbricatis, recurvatis,
-serratis; floribus solitariis, terminalibus, sessilibus.</p>
-
-<p>Starwort with egg-shaped leaves, almost tiled, bent backward and
-sawed; flowers grow solitary, terminal, and sit close to the ends
-of the branches.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Floret of the circumference.<br>
-3. The Pointal of the foregoing.<br>
-4. A Floret of the centre (magnified).<br>
-5. The Chives and Pointal of a floret of the centre (magnified).<br>
-6. The Shaft and Summit of the same (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> singular merit of this pretty greenhouse plant, is, that its
-blossoms are still to be seen through the whole year; and is kept with
-as little care, as is required for any. It is with ease, and certainty,
-increased by cuttings, put in about the month of May; or by seeds, which
-it sometimes perfects by being kept from the rain in autumn. It is a
-plant known by name, to most botanists; but has not been introduced to
-us, till the year 1794, when it was received in seeds from the Cape, at
-the nursery Hammersmith; where it has flowered, these two successive
-years, and where our figure was taken.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_377">[Pg 377]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 93
-<br><a href="images/ill_093.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_093.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_380">[Pg 380]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_379">[Pg 379]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_378">[Pg 378]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_94"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCIV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GALAXIA OVATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Oval-leaved Galaxia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XVI. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>MONADELPHIA TRIANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Three Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spatha univalvis, membranacea, connivens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, supra; tubus filiformis, longus, erectus, apice
-paullulum ampliatus; limbus sexpartitus; laciniis obovatis,
-patentibus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, in cylindrum conata. Antheræ ovatæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inserum, obtuse triangulare, glabrum. Stylus
-filiformis, staminibus paullo longior. Stigmata tria,
-filiformi-multipartita, patentia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblongo-subcylindrica, trisulca, trilocularis,
-trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, globosa, minima.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheath of one valve, skinny, and closing.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, one leaf, above; tube thread-shaped, long, upright, the
-upper part a little widened; border divided into six parts;
-segments inversely egg-shaped and spreading.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three threads forming a cylinder. Tips egg-shaped.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath, obtusely triangular and smooth. Shaft
-thread-shaped, a little longer than the chives. Three summits, each
-divided into a number of small threads, and spreading.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule of an oblong, and almost cylindrical shape,
-with three furrows, three cells, and three valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous, globular, and small.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Galaxia foliis ovatis margine ciliatis; corollis longissimis,
-arcuatis, flavis.</p>
-
-<p>Galaxia with egg-shaped leaves, fringed at the edge; blossoms very
-long, bowed, and yellow.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Sheath.<br>
-2. A Flower cut open, to shew where the threads are fixed to the tube of the blossom.<br>
-3. The Chives with the Pointal inclosed, the Blossom cut away.<br>
-4. The Pointal and Seed-bud.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Any</span> species of this Genus, must be interesting to the English botanist;
-as, till last year, not one was to be found, in any collection of this
-country. The G. ovata is figured in Cavanilles, Diss. 6. p. 340. t. 189;
-and described by Thunberg, in his Nova Genera Plantarum, p. 50. It is a
-most singular little plant, but we much fear will prove a fugitive to
-us; like the Ferraria, (to which in many particulars it very nearly
-affines) its beauty is but of a few hours duration: indeed, so short is
-the period, that had not Mr. Hibbert taken a sketch of it, whilst in
-perfection; and from which our drawing was completed, we could not have
-accomplished a figure of it. As yet, the true season of its flowering
-cannot be ascertained; but, it was in the month of October, that the
-plant flowered last year 1779; the bulbs having been received, from the
-collector for the Clapham collection, still at the Cape, in the spring
-of the same year. The treatment for this, appears to be the same as that
-necessary for most Cape bulbs; light sandy peat, a little warmth when
-approaching to flower; and to be removed from the pot afterwards.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_381">[Pg 381]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 94
-<br><a href="images/ill_094.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_094.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_384">[Pg 384]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_383">[Pg 383]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_382">[Pg 382]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_95"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">AMARYLLIS RADIATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Rayed Lily Daffodil.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spatha oblonga, obtusa, compressa, emarginata, marcescens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala sex lanceolata.</p>
-
-<p><i>Nectarium</i> squamis sex, extra basin filamentorum, brevissimis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex subulata. Antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes,
-assurgentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inserum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine ferme et
-situ staminum. Stigma trifidum, tenue.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula subovata, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheath oblong, blunt, compressed, notched at the end,
-and withering.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Six lance-shaped petals.</p>
-
-<p><i>Honey-cup</i>, six scales from the base of the threads, very short.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Six awl-shaped threads. Tips oblong, fixed sideways to the
-threads, and turned up at the end.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed bud beneath. Shaft thread-shaped, almost the length
-and situation of the chives. Summit three-cleft, slender.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule nearly egg-shaped, three cells, three valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Amaryllis spatha multiflora; corollis revolutis, undulatis,
-lanceolatis; genitalibus deflexis, divergentibus, corolla triplo
-longioribus.</p>
-
-<p>Lily Daffodil, with many flowers in the sheath; blossoms turned
-backward, waved and lance-shaped; the parts of fructification are
-bent downward, spread from the centre, and thrice the length of the
-blossom.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Petal, with the Chive attached.<br>
-2. The Pointal and Seed-bud, the Petals cut off.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Lily, certainly not a novelty to many as a plant, is
-nevertheless in its blossom, to most, quite so; for, though few
-collections are without it, yet we are pretty well assured, in no one
-has it flowered, at least for many years within the vicinity of London;
-except, in that of the Right Hon. the Marchioness of Rockingham, at
-Hillingdon near Uxbridge; for whose kind communication, (though
-personally unknown to her Ladyship,) of a most beautiful specimen, of
-which our figure conveys but a faint idea of the brilliancy; we can only
-thus, express our sincerest thanks. Mr. Greig, who had the goodness to
-bring the flower himself; informs us, the mode of his treating it is, to
-plant the bulbs in light sandy peat, and confine them to small pots,
-nearly half filled with broken tiles, and keep them on a shelf of the
-hothouse. It is a native of China, was introduced by the late Dr.
-Fothergill; and generally flowers, according to Mr. Greig, in the month
-of February, or March; and is increased abundantly from the root, by
-offsets.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_385">[Pg 385]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 95
-<br><a href="images/ill_095.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_095.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_388">[Pg 388]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_387">[Pg 387]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_386">[Pg 386]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_96"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCVI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">PUNICA GRANATUM. <i>Var. flore albo.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>White Pomegranate.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Twenty Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, campanulatum, quinquefidum, acutum,
-coloratum, persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, subrotunda, erecto-patentia, calyci
-inserta.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta numerosa, capillaria, calyce breviora, calyci
-inserta. Antheræ oblongiusculæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminum.
-Stigma capitatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Pomum subglobosum, magnum, coronatum calyce,
-novemloculare, dissipimentis membranaceis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, angulata, succulenta. Receptaculum carnosum,
-singulum loculamentum pericarpii bifariam dividens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, bell-shaped, five-cleft, pointed,
-coloured, and remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals, roundish, upright and spreading, attached to
-the cup.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads numerous, hair-like, shorter than the cup, and
-fixed to it. Tips nearly oblong.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives.
-Summit a knob.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed vessel.</span> A large and nearly round apple, crowned by the cup,
-five-celled, the partitions skinny.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous, angulated, and juicy. Receptacle fleshy, and
-dividing each cell of the seed-vessel into two.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Punica foliis lanceolatis, caule arboreo.</p>
-
-<p>Pomegranate with lance-shaped leaves, and tree-like stem.</p>
-
-<p>DIFFERENCE IN VAR.</p>
-
-<p>Punica Gra: Foliis majoribus, pallidioribus; floribus sub-albidis.</p>
-
-<p>Pomegranate with larger and paler leaves; flowers nearly white.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Flower cut open, to shew the insertion of the Petals and Chives, into the cup; with the<br>
-<span style="margin-left: 2em;">situation of the Pointal.</span><br>
-2. The same shewn from the reverse side.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> handsome variety of the common Pomegranate, (for it cannot be
-considered as a species,) will, it is to be hoped, prove an agreeable
-addition to our gardens; though not as a fruit tree, yet as an
-ornamental plant, of the middling hardy class. Indeed we have little
-doubt of this, if we may judge by analogy, from its deciduous character,
-or from its natural affinities; as the other sorts of this species, viz.
-single red, double red, yellow flowered, and another new variety with
-large red blossoms and larger leaves, all endure our winters, with
-little, or no protection, in the southern, or western counties of the
-island; and are all natives of the same clime: from whence, no doubt,
-they, like the Orange-tree, &amp;c. &amp;c. have been originally transported;
-though at present considered as indigenous, to all the different
-countries on the coasts of the Mediterranean sea, where the single red
-is cultivated for its fruit; the agreeable acidity of which, is
-considered as a great luxury, in allaying the thirst occasioned by the
-intense heat, of those parching regions. In the month of April last year
-1799, a fine branch, in full flower, was obligingly communicated by Lady
-Hume, from her select collection at Wormley Bury, Herts; from which our
-figure was taken, and where it was then flowering for the first time in
-England. Her Ladyship had received the plant, amongst a number of
-others, from China, in the year 1796. The fruit did not ripen, which we
-attribute to its being kept in the hothouse, to which situation, all
-plants coming from the East, are necessarily consigned on their first
-importation. The mode of increasing it is certain and easy, by cuttings,
-or layers; and it grows most luxuriant in light earth, composed of
-rotten leaves or rotten dung, and light sandy loam.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_389">[Pg 389]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 96
-<br><a href="images/ill_096.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_096.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_392">[Pg 392]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_391">[Pg 391]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_390">[Pg 390]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_97"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCVII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">VACCINIUM FORMOSUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Red-twigged Whortle-berry.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> superus. Corolla monopetala. Filamenta receptaculo inserta.
-Bacca quadrilocularis, polysperma.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> superior. Blossom of one petal. Threads fixed to the
-receptacle. A berry with four cells, and many seeds.</p>
-
-<p>See Vol. I. Pl. XXX. <span class="smcap">Vaccinium Arctostaphyllus</span>.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Vaccinium racemis pedicellisque bracteatis; foliis integerrimis,
-oblongis, acutis, glabris; calycibus adpressis; corollis
-sub-cylindraceis, costatis; stigma sub-exserta; stamina decem.</p>
-
-<p>Whortle-berry with floral leaves on the branch part of the bunch,
-as well as on the partial foot-stalks; leaves quite intire, oblong,
-pointed, and smooth; cups pressed to the blossom; blossoms nearly
-cylindrical, and ribbed; summit just without the blossom; ten
-chives.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Blossom and Cup.<br>
-2. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.<br>
-3. The Seed-bud a little advanced, with the Cup upon it.<br>
-4. A nearly ripe Berry, cut transversely, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">From</span> the number of different new and old known species, of this genus,
-which we have been enabled to examine this spring; and of which drawings
-have been made, (a figure from one of them being intended to be given in
-each successive No. till they are finished;) we are more fully
-confirmed, in what was asserted in a former part of the work, that V.
-Arctostaphyllus, with the greater part of those plants, now known as
-Vacciniums, should be placed in Decandria. It is true, a certain
-latitude has been given by Linnæus, in an observation on the genus, by
-allowing, that a fourth in addition to the usual number is frequently
-found, in the different parts of the flower. But when so essential a
-part of the fructification is, with a very few exceptions, constant
-through a numerous genus, we cannot but think, in a system, founded
-chiefly on that basis, that in such case, the mere character of the
-fruit should give way to first principles; and that those with ten
-chives should be placed to Andromeda. Or, if the distinction of a dry,
-from a moist capsule, should be thought of sufficient weight, on which
-to form a new genus, those species, with ten chives, and berries, might
-be so arranged. Indeed, the difference in the general habit, of those
-with ten, from those with eight chives, would well warrant such an
-alteration. But such a change we have declined making, upon the grounds
-we have, and are determined to pursue; not to alter any established
-name, if even a little erroneous; but only to point out the error, or
-the apparent necessary alteration.</p>
-
-<p>This species of Whortle-berry was first introduced, (according to the
-Kew Catalogue,) in 1770, by Mr. William Young, from N. America; and is
-consequently hardy enough to bear the severity of our common winters. It
-should be planted in sandy peat earth, on a dry, sheltered border. It is
-propagated by layers, which should be put down in spring, and taken off
-the succeeding summer. The leaves of this species are deciduous, when
-planted in the open ground; but, if kept in the greenhouse, where it
-will be found very ornamental, it becomes an evergreen. Our figure was
-made at the nursery, Hammersmith, in May this year.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_393">[Pg 393]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 97
-<br><a href="images/ill_097.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_097.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_396">[Pg 396]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_395">[Pg 395]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_394">[Pg 394]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_98"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCVIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">PULTENÆA DAPHNOIDES.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Daphne-like Pultenæa.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS X. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Ten Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, campanulatum, utrinque
-appendiculatum; ore quinquedentato, acuto.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> papilionacea, pentapetala.</p>
-
-<p>
-<i>Vexillum</i> sub-cordatum, erectum.<br>
-<i>Alæ</i> oblongæ, vexillo breviores.<br>
-<i>Carina</i> dipetala, petalis alis conformibus.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem, distincta, assurgentia, longitudine
-carinæ. Antheræ simplices, minimæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovato-oblongum. Stylus subulatus, magnitudine et
-situ staminum. Stigma acutum, recurvatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Legumen subrotundum, apice mucronatum, uniloculare,
-bivalve.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> duo, sub-rotunda.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup of one leaf, bell-shaped, having an appendage on
-each side; the mouth five-toothed, sharp.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Butterfly-shaped, five petals.</p>
-
-<p>
-<i>Standard</i> nearly heart-shaped, upright.<br>
-<i>Wings</i> oblong, shorter than the standard.<br>
-<i>Keel</i> two petals, which are like those of the wings.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Ten threads, distinct, turned up at the ends, the length of
-the keel. Tips simple, very small.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud oblong-egg-shaped. Shaft awl-shaped, the size and
-situation of the chives. Summit sharp-pointed and recurved.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Shell nearly round, with a sharp point on the end, of
-one cell and two valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> two, roundish.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Pultenæa foliis alternis, obovatis, glabris, mucronatis; floribus
-terminalibus, capitatis.</p>
-
-<p>Pultenæa with alternate leaves, inversely egg-shaped, smooth, with
-a sharp point at the ends; flowers terminate the branches growing
-in heads.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Cup, with its two appendages, magnified.<br>
-2. The Standard of the Blossom.<br>
-3. One of the Wings of the Blossom.<br>
-4. The two Petals of the Keel.<br>
-5. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.<br>
-6. The same, magnified.<br>
-7. The Pointal.<br>
-8. The same, magnified.<br>
-9. A half-ripe Seed-vessel, with the Cup remaining attached, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">From</span> the number of species of this genus of plants, already in Britain,
-we may conclude, that it is one of the most extended in New South Wales;
-twelve distinct ones have already flowered, drawings of most of them we
-have, which will be brought forward in due course. Dr. Smith, in the
-third No. of New Holland Botany, has named this tribe of plants after
-Dr. R. Pulteney, F. R. and F. L. S. of Blandford, Dorsetshire; well
-known for his Sketches of the Progress of Botany in England. But there
-is little doubt, that although no such kind attention as this of Dr.
-Smith had been shewn, to perpetuate the name of Dr. Pulteney, he had, by
-his excellent life of Linnæus, insured his own to live for ever. The
-Pultenæas, in systematic order, rank after, but very close to Sophora;
-but are little allied in general habit, as are few plants from that
-country to those of any other. This species was first raised in 1792, in
-many gardens about the metropolis the same year; but did not flower till
-1796. It is a hardy greenhouse plant, generally flowering about the
-month of May; but the blossom is of short duration. Sandy peat is the
-soil it most approves; and its increase is produced, either from seeds,
-which sometimes ripen with us, or from cuttings placed in gentle heat
-about the month of May. The drawing was made from a plant in the
-Hibbertian collection at Clapham, this year.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_397">[Pg 397]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 98
-<br><a href="images/ill_098.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_098.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_400">[Pg 400]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_399">[Pg 399]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_398">[Pg 398]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_99"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCIX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS BLANDUS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Large White-flowered Gladiolus.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, sexpartita, ringens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> adscendentia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, six divisions, gaping.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives</span> ascending.</p>
-
-<p>
-See Plate XI. Vol. I. <span class="smcap">Glad. roseus</span>.<br>
-</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis lineari-lanceolatis, nervosis, glabris; floribus
-spicatis, secundis, albidis, maximis; laciniis tribus inferioribus
-maculatis; stigmatibus sub-bilobis.</p>
-
-<p>Gladiolus with linearly lance-shaped, strongly nerved, smooth
-leaves; flowers grow in spikes all from one side of the stem,
-white, and very large; the three lower segments of the limb are
-spotted; summits nearly two-lobed.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Sheaths of the Empalement.<br>
-2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.<br>
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summits.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Of</span> all the different species of so handsome a genus, no one is more
-desirable than this; as the root or plant is preserved with little care,
-and it rarely misses flowering; at the same time that the blossoms are
-of long duration, and not subject to injury from the weather; changing
-to a fine blush colour, when approaching to decay. From the Kew
-Catalogue we learn, that the G. Blandus was first introduced, from the
-Cape of Good Hope, by Mr. F. Masson in 1774. It thrives in most sorts of
-earth, but sandy peat seems the most proper for this, as well as most
-Cape bulbs. Our figure was taken from a plant in the collection of G.
-Hibbert, Esq. Clapham, this year, the end of May.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_401">[Pg 401]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 99
-<br><a href="images/ill_099.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_099.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_404">[Pg 404]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_403">[Pg 403]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_402">[Pg 402]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_100"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> C.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">EMBOTHRIUM SERICEUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Silky Embothrium.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> nullus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quatuor, linearia, obliqua, apice latiore,
-subrotundo, concavo, staminifero; post fœcundationem revoluta.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, brevissima, in singulo petala singula,
-vel nulla. Antheræ oblongæ, intra cavitatem petali sitæ, majusculæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen lineare, adscendens, inflexum. Stylus nullus.
-Stigma subrotundum, antice planum, postice concavum, magnum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Folliculus teres, unilocularis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> quatuor seu quinque, ovata, compressa, margine altero
-membrana alata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> none.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Four petals, linear, oblique; broad ended, roundish,
-concave, and supporting the chive; after the bursting of the tips
-they are rolled back.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Four threads, very short, one in each petal, or none. Tips
-oblong, placed in the hollow end of the petal, larger.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud linear, ascending, and bent. Shaft none. Summit
-nearly round, the forepart flat, the hinder concave, large.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A cylindrical pod of one cell.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> four or five, egg-shaped, flattened, having a skinny wing at
-one edge.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Embothrium foliis sub-ternatis, integerrimis, acutis, margine
-revolutis, subtus sericeis; spica recurva; fructu tuberculato,
-glabro.</p>
-
-<p>Embothrium with leaves growing mostly three together, entire,
-pointed, rolled back at the edge, and silky beneath; spike bent
-downward; fruit tuberculated, not downy.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete.<br>
-2. A Petal of the Blossom, magnified.<br>
-3. The Seed-bud and Summit, magnified.<br>
-4. A ripe Seed-vessel.<br>
-5. A Seed.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Whem</span> the figure of this plant, or a variety of it, was published by Dr.
-Smith, in the third No. of his New Holland Botany, it had not then
-flowered in England; and from the leaves only, of the dried specimens,
-it was scarce possible to trace, amongst such a variety of new faces,
-this species of Embothrium. It nevertheless was in many collections, and
-in some, all the varieties, although it had not then flowered in any.
-About the end of the year 1791 the seeds of this plant, with many
-others, were received by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, of Hammersmith,
-transmitted to them from New South Wales, by Col. Paterson. As a hardy
-greenhouse plant, it will always be coveted, as it is seldom without
-flowers through the whole year. Our plant appears to differ
-sufficiently, from the three varieties given by the Doctor, to form a
-fourth; as the leaves on this are by no means constantly three together,
-but are often scattered. We have notwithstanding nearly copied his
-specific character. It should be planted in light sandy peat, and may be
-increased by cuttings, or by seeds, which occasionally ripen, whilst the
-plant is still in flower.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_405">[Pg 405]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 100
-<br><a href="images/ill_100.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_100.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_408">[Pg 408]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_407">[Pg 407]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_406">[Pg 406]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_101"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">HYPOXIS STELLATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Star-flowered Hypoxis.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Gluma bivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, supera; limbus sexpartitus, laciniis ovato
-oblongis, patentibus; persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, brevissima, capillaria. Antheræ oblongæ,
-petalis breviores.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum, turbinatum. Stylus filiformis,
-longitudine staminum. Stigma obtusiusculum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblongiuscula, basi angustior, coronata
-corolla persistente, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, subrotunda.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Husk of two valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one petal, superior; border of six divisions, segments
-oblong-egg-shaped, and spreading; permanent.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Six very short hair-like threads. Tips oblong, shorter than
-the petals.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath, turban-shape. Shaft thread-shaped, the
-length of the chives. Summit bluntish.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule rather oblong, smaller at the base, crowned by
-the permanent blossom, three cells, three valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, roundish.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Hypoxis scapo unifloro; foliis sub-linearibus, laxis, striatis;
-petalis basi maculatis.</p>
-
-<p>Hypoxis with but one blossom on the flower-stem; leaves nearly
-linear, flexible, and scored; the petals spotted at the base.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Chives and Pointal, cleared from the Blossom.<br>
-2. A Chive.<br>
-3. The Pointal.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Though</span> we have little doubt in referring this plant to the title under
-which we have figured it, and by which it has been long known to most
-botanists, at least by name; yet have we great ones, whether it ought in
-any wise to be considered as such. Thunberg, perhaps the only botanist,
-who has seen it in flower, thought so, and placed it to a genus he had
-named Fabricia. Certainly no one character of the genus Hypoxis, can be
-traced in the flower. The husk is of one valve, the petals not even
-close at the base, the threads flat, the summits three, and
-halbert-shaped, the shaft pillar-shape and short, &amp;c. But, as upon our
-old plea, we do not choose to change generic names when long
-established, this plant, for us, must still remain an Hypoxis; tho’ it
-could not now be placed, at any rate, to Fabricia, as that title is
-given to a family of plants, natives of New Holland. The star-flowered
-Hypoxis is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, is rather a tender bulb,
-and does not often flower. It was according to the Kew Catalogue first
-introduced to the Royal Gardens by Mr. F. Masson, in the year 1788; but
-as the time of flowering is not mentioned, we suppose it did not flower
-there. The root should, like other Cape bulbs, be removed from the pot
-after flowering, and replanted in October. It propagates itself pretty
-freely by offsets, if planted in light sandy peat, mixed with a little
-loam. The drawing was made in June, this present year, at the
-Hammersmith nursery.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_409">[Pg 409]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 101
-<br><a href="images/ill_101.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_101.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_412">[Pg 412]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_411">[Pg 411]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_410">[Pg 410]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_102"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">EPIGÆA REPENS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Creeping Epigæa.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS X. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Ten Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium duplex, approximatum, persistens.</p>
-
-<p><i>P. exterius</i> triphyllum; foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis;
-exteriore majore.</p>
-
-<p><i>P. interius</i> quinquepartitum, erectum, exteriore paulo longius;
-foliolis lanceolatis, acuminatis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, hypocrateriformis; tubus cylindricus, intus
-hirsutus; limbus patens, quinquepartitus, lobis ovato-oblongis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem, filiformia, longitudine tubi. Antheræ
-oblongæ, acutæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen globosum, villosum. Stylus filiformis,
-longitudine staminum. Stigma obtusum, subquinquefidum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula sub-globosa, depressa, pentagona,
-quinquelocularis, quinquevalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, subrotunda.</p>
-
-<p><i>Receptaculum</i> magnum quinquepartitum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup double, close together, and remaining.</p>
-
-<p><i>Outer cup</i> three-leaved; leaflets between lance and egg-shape,
-pointed; the outer one the largest.</p>
-
-<p><i>Inner cup</i> of five divisions, upright, a little longer than the
-outer; leaflets lance-shaped and pointed.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one petal, salver-shaped; tube cylindrical, hairy within;
-the border spreading with five divisions, the segments of an oblong
-egg-shape.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Ten thread-shaped threads the length of the tube. Tips
-oblong, and tapered.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud globular and hairy. Shaft thread-shaped, the
-length of the chives. Summit blunt, and slightly five-cleft.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule nearly globular, flattened, five-sided, five
-cells, and five valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, roundish.</p>
-
-<p><i>Receptacle</i> large, of five divisions.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Epigæa caulibus procumbentibus; foliis cordato-ovatis,
-integerrimis, reticulatis; corollis hypocrateriformibus.</p>
-
-<p>Epigæa with stems that lay on the earth; leaves between heart and
-egg-shape, quite entire, and netted; blossoms salver-shaped.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The two Cups of the Empalement.<br>
-2. The inner Cup, disengaged from the outer.<br>
-3. A Blossom cut open, to shew its hairy interior.<br>
-4. The Chives and Pointal, as they stand in the Blossom.<br>
-5. The Pointal, (magnified).<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Creeping Epigæa is the only species of the genus yet in Britain; it
-was first introduced by P. Collinson, Esq. in 1736, from N. America;
-where it is found in most parts, from Virginia, as far north as Canada.
-The flowers of this plant are extremely fragrant, and are produced from
-March till May. Hitherto, very few situations have been found congenial
-to its cultivation, or growth; indeed, so subject is it to perish from
-the moisture, or changeableness of atmosphere in our winter months, to
-which it is not subject in its native clime, being during that season
-covered with a deep snow; that unless an occasional supply had not been
-procured from America, the plant must, long ere this, have been lost to
-us. The soil which appears best adapted for its preservation, is a light
-sandy loam: if planted in the open air, it should have a sheltered
-situation, on a dry border; but the most likely mode to preserve it, is
-by keeping it as a greenhouse plant. It is with difficulty increased by
-cuttings, but may be divided at the root, with success, in March. Our
-figure was made at the nursery of Mess. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith,
-this year, in the month of April.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_413">[Pg 413]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 102
-<br><a href="images/ill_102.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_102.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_416">[Pg 416]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_415">[Pg 415]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_414">[Pg 414]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_103"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">PROTEA SPECIOSA, <i>nigra</i>.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Black-flowered Protea.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis
-infra apicem. Calyx proprius, nullus. Sem. folitaria.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> 4-cleft, or of 4 petals. Tips linear, inserted into the
-petals below the points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Protea formosa</span>, Vol. I. Plate XVII.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<p>Protea foliis longis, lineari-lanceolatis; squamæ calycinæ
-interiores apice incurvatæ, barbatæ, nigræ.</p>
-
-<p>Protea with long leaves, between linear and lance-shaped; the inner
-scales of the empalement are turned inward at the end, bearded, and
-black.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete, as it stands in the Empalement.<br>
-2. The four Petals of the Flower thrown open, to shew the situation and character of the tips.<br>
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">It</span> is to the curious and beautiful structure of the empalement, (the
-flowers being nearly concealed within it,) that this species of Protea
-owes its specific title, and for which it is so much admired. There are
-different varieties of it, which are considered by Thunberg, in his
-Diss. de Prot. of 1781, as distinct species; but which are certainly
-only varieties of one stock: we have drawings of two of these, the one
-flesh-coloured, the other white; and hope to be able to demonstrate as
-just, our postulatum, when the synonims are given, as proposed, at the
-close of this volume. This plant was first introduced to the Royal
-Gardens at Kew, from the Cape of Good Hope, in 1786, by Mr. F. Masson:
-it flowers at a very early age, and when the stem is not more than two
-feet high, mostly from the centre or leading branch of the plant. It is
-propagated by cuttings, which should be put in about the end of May,
-three or four, at most, in a pot, filled with good stiff loam, which
-should be pressed hard to the lower end of the cuttings, and the pot
-placed under a hand-glass in the shade. When the plants are to be
-removed into separate pots, it will be necessary to add a small portion
-of peat earth to the loam, and place them in an airy and dry part of the
-greenhouse. These directions are necessary to be observed, in the
-culture of nearly every species of this extended genus. Our figure was
-taken in the month of July 1799, from a plant in the Hibbertian
-collection, Clapham-common.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_417">[Pg 417]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 103
-<br><a href="images/ill_103.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_103.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_420">[Pg 420]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_419">[Pg 419]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_418">[Pg 418]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_104"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CIV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">LACHNÆA ERIOCEPHALA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Woolly-headed Lachnæa.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, persistens; tubo longo, tenui;
-limbo quadripartito, inæquali; lacinia summa retrofracta, minima;
-laciniis reliquis tribus erectis; intermedia majore.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> nulla.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta octo capillaria, erecta, longitudine ferme
-floris. Antheræ simplices.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, germinis lateri
-insertus. Stigma capitatum, hispidum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Fructus in fundo calycis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semen</span> unicum, ovatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, remaining; tube long, slender; border of
-four divisions, unequal; the upper segment appearing broke back,
-and small; the three other segments are upright; the middle one the
-largest.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> none.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Eight hair-like threads, upright, almost the length of the
-flower. Tips simple.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, fixed into the
-side of the seed-bud. Summit a hairy knob.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. The fruit is in the bottom of the cup.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed</span> one, egg-shaped.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Lachnæa capitulis solitariis, lanatis; foliis quadrifariam
-imbricatis.</p>
-
-<p>Lachnæa with little bunches of flowers growing solitary and woolly;
-leaves are tiled on the stem, forming four regular angles.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The terminating Leaves of the branches, which inclose the small heads of flowers.<br>
-2. A Flower, magnified.<br>
-3. A Flower cut open, natural size, to shew the insertion of the Chives.<br>
-4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> figure of this curious new plant was taken from a specimen most
-obligingly communicated by the Hon. Wm. Hen. Irby, from his valuable and
-extensive collection at the Parsonage, Farnham Royal, near Windsor,
-Bucks. The genus Lachnæa has hitherto, with us, remained in obscurity;
-as the L. Conglomerata has not as yet flowered, and the L. Eriocephala
-was not in our collections till within these five years; about which
-time it was introduced by Mess. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, from the
-Cape of Good Hope. It differs but little in habit from Passerina
-Grandiflora, and until it flowered this year, was considered as a
-variety of that plant. May be propagated with ease by cuttings, and
-continues to flower from March till August. A mixture of peat and loam
-is the soil it most approves; but it is very susceptible of damps.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_421">[Pg 421]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 104
-<br><a href="images/ill_104.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_104.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_424">[Pg 424]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_423">[Pg 423]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_422">[Pg 422]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_105"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">VACCINIUM CRASSIFOLIUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Thick-leaved Whortle-berry.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> superus. Corolla monopetala. Filamenta receptaculo inserta.
-Bacca quadri-locularis, polysperma.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> superior. Blossom of one petal. Threads fixed to the
-receptacle. A berry with four cells, and many seeds.</p>
-
-<p>Sec Vol. I. Pl. XXX. <span class="smcap">Vaccinium Arctostaphyllus</span>.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Vaccinium foliis ovatis, serratis, rigidis crassiusculis; floribus
-sub-umbellatis, terminalibus; calycibus adpressis; corollis
-campanulatis; stamina decem.</p>
-
-<p>Whortle-berry with oval leaves sawed at the edges, stiff, and
-thickish; flowers grow nearly in umbels, at the end of the
-branches; cups pressed to the blossom; blossoms bell-shaped; ten
-chives.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. Cup and Seed-bud, natural size.<br>
-2. A Blossom cut open.<br>
-3. The Chives and Seed-bud, the leaflets of the cup cut off, magnified.<br>
-4. The Pointal, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Whortle-berry was introduced from Carolina, about the
-year 1794, by Mr. J. Fraser, nurseryman. It is another of those with ten
-chives, five cells in the berry, and five segments in the borders of the
-cup and blossom. It is an evergreen, and will live through a mild
-winter, on a warm border; but cannot resist the cold of a severe one,
-though a small degree of protection is sufficient for its preservation.
-As a greenhouse plant, it is very decorative, flowering about June; in
-which month this year our drawing was made, at the Hammersmith nursery,
-from a plant in that collection. The pabulum best calculated to preserve
-it in a flourishing state, is a mixture composed of sandy peat two
-parts, and light loam one part. To propagate it, the younger branches
-should be laid down about the end of May, and they will be rooted by the
-ensuing spring.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_425">[Pg 425]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 105
-<br><a href="images/ill_105.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_105.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_428">[Pg 428]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_427">[Pg 427]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_426">[Pg 426]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_106"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CVI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">HOUSTONIA COCCINEA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Scarlet Houstonia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium minimum, quadridentatum, erectum, persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, infundibuliformis; tubus cylindraceus, longus;
-limbus quadripartitus, patens, laciniis subrotundis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, in collo corollæ, minima. Antheræ
-simplices.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum, subrotundum, compressum. Stylus simplex,
-staminibus brevior. Stigma bifidum, acutum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula subrotunda, didyma, supra transverse
-dehiscens, bilocularis, bivalvis; valvulis dissepimento oppositis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> pauca, parva, ovata, dissepimento adhærentia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup very small, with four teeth, upright, and
-remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one petal, funnel-shaped; tube cylindrical, long; border of
-four divisions, spreading, segments roundish.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Four threads, fixed to the neck of the blossom, very small.
-Tips simple.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above, roundish, and flattened. Shaft simple,
-shorter than the chives. Summit split in two and sharp.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule roundish, double, splitting transversely from
-the upper part, two cells, two valves; the valves opposite to the
-partition.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> a few, small, oval, adhering to the partition.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<p>Houstonia foliis ovatis, glabris, subternis; caulis debilis,
-suffruticosus; floribus terminalibus, coccineis.</p>
-
-<p>Houstonia with oval, smooth leaves, growing mostly by threes; stem
-weak, rather shrubby; flowers terminate the branches, and are
-scarlet.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement and Pointal, the Blossom taken off.<br>
-2. The Blossom cut open, to shew its interior structure.<br>
-3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, the leaflets of the cup being removed, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Houstonia coccinea has been placed, by some late botanical authors,
-under the genus Hedyotis; but such authorities can have no weight with
-us, when opposed to an established name, a nearly general conformity in
-the essential generic characters; and though last, not the least in our
-estimation, the corroborating testimony of Sir J. Banks, Bart. P.R.S.
-&amp;c. by whom it was sent to the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1793. It is a
-native of Mexico, South America; and like the Hemimerises,<a id="FNanchor_A_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_A_1" class="fnanchor">[A]</a> Fuchsias,
-Chelones, &amp;c. of that country, is very subject to damp; but being partly
-herbaceous, the root is most frequently preserved, although the upper
-part has perished. Though it requires the protection of a greenhouse in
-winter, it may be made an ornamental plant for the flower borders in
-autumn, by putting single cuttings, in small pots filled with rich
-earth, into the heat of a hotbed, early in March, they will be fit to
-transplant into the open ground the latter end of June, and will flower
-about August, continuing to blossom till destroyed by the frost; or if
-taken up and put into large pots, will flower till Christmas. Our figure
-was taken from a beautiful plant, in the collection of R. H. James, Esq.
-Grosvenor-place, in 1799.</p>
-
-<div class="footnote"><p><a id="Footnote_A_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_A_1"><span class="label">[A]</span></a> <i>These are the two species of an old genus, introduced into
-the Bot. Mag. of Curtis, under the titles of Celsia liniaris and C.
-urticifolia.</i><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_429">[Pg 429]</a></span></p></div>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 106
-<br><a href="images/ill_106.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_106.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_432">[Pg 432]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_431">[Pg 431]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_430">[Pg 430]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_107"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CVII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">ALLIUM GRACILE.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Sweet-scented Garlic.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spatha communis, subrotunda, marcescens, multiflora.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala sex, oblonga.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, subulata, longitudine sæpe corollæ. Antheræ
-oblongæ, erectæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum, breve, subtrigonum, angulis linea
-insculptis. Stylus simplex. Stigma acutum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula brevissima, lata, triloba, trilocularis,
-trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> pauca, subrotunda.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Spath common, roundish, withering, inclosing many
-flowers.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals six, oblong.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Six threads, awl-shaped, often the length of the blossom.
-Tips oblong, upright.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above, short, nearly three-sided, the angles
-marked by a line. Shaft simple. Summit pointed.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule very short, broad, of three lobes, three
-cells, and three valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> a few, roundish.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Allium scapo nudo, tereti, longissimo; foliis canaliculatis,
-linearibus; umbella multiflora; corollis albidis; staminibus
-subulatis, ad basin cum petalis desinentibus in tubum.</p>
-
-<p>Garlic with a naked flower-stem, cylindrical, and very long; leaves
-channelled, and linear; umbel many flowered; blossoms white; chives
-awl-shaped, terminating with the petals at the base in a tube.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Blossom cut open.<br>
-2. One Petal of the Blossom and its Chive, magnified.<br>
-3. The Pointal and Seed-bud.<br>
-4. A Capsule with ripe Seeds.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">From</span> a plant in the collection of J. Vere, Esq. Kensington Gore, our
-drawing was made, this year, early in the month of May; and from an
-accurate scrutiny, are inclined to think it might be considered as a new
-genus; for certainly it does not well affine to the one here assigned
-it, in several instances; but as our professed principles are, as rarely
-as possible, to increase the number of genera, we have retained it under
-Allium. The flowers of this plant are fragrant in the extreme, at night;
-so much so, that one is sufficient to scent a large room; the flavour
-something like the Heliotrope. Being a native of Barbadoes, from whence
-it was sent by Mr. J. Ellcock in 1791, to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy,
-Hammersmith, it requires the heat of a hothouse, where, without the
-assistance of the bark bed, it will flower, and increase from the bulb
-abundantly.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_433">[Pg 433]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 107
-<br><a href="images/ill_107.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_107.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_436">[Pg 436]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_435">[Pg 435]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_434">[Pg 434]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_108"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CVIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GERANIUM RENIFORME.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Kidney-shape-leaved Geranium.</i></span></h2>
-
-<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. <i>Of Suppl. system. Veget. 1781.</i></p>
-
-<p><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata quinque.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Fructus</span> rostratus, penta-coccus.</p>
-
-<p>One <span class="smcap">Pointal</span>. Five Summits.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Fruit</span> furnished with long awns, five dry berries.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Geranium Grandiflorum</span>. Pl. XII. Vol. I.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis reniformibus, crenato-dentatis, tomentosis;
-floribus heptandris, subquaternis, purpureis; caule fruticoso,
-sub-carnoso.</p>
-
-<p>Geranium with kidney-shaped leaves, between scolloped and toothed
-at the edges, and downy; flowers with seven fertile tips, grow
-mostly by fours, and are purple; stem shrubby, and almost fleshy.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement cut open, to shew its hollow structure.<br>
-2. The Chives and Pointal,  natural size.<br>
-3. The Threads cut open, to shew their number, as well as the general number of fertile tips, magnified.<br>
-4. The Pointal and Seed-buds, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">From</span> the Hort. Cantab. published this year, by the accurate Mr. J. Donn,
-we learn that this fine species of Geranium was introduced to the Royal
-Gardens, Kew, about nine years since; yet, till within these two years,
-it has not been seen in any other collection. Our drawing was made in
-July 1799, from a plant in the Clapham collection. This Geranium must be
-treated rather as a dry-stove than as a common greenhouse plant, for it
-affines much to G. Fulgidum, and a few others, which are inhabitants of
-the sandy deserts of the more interior parts of Africa, and which
-require more heat than is proper for those from Table Mountain, or the
-vicinity of the Cape. It is propagated by cuttings made about the month
-of March, and placed under a small glass, either in a hotbed, or in the
-bark bed of the hothouse: it may be increased by the root likewise, and
-from seed which is sometimes perfected. A compost of cow dung, at least
-two years old, one part, sea sand one part, and light loam two parts, is
-the most proper for many of the tenderer sorts of this genus.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_437">[Pg 437]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 108
-<br><a href="images/ill_108.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_108.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_440">[Pg 440]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_439">[Pg 439]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_438">[Pg 438]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_109"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CIX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">CHRYSANTHEMUM TRICOLOR.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Three-coloured Corn-Marygold.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIX. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>SYNGENESIA, POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA.</i> Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Communis hæmisphæricus, imbricatus; squamis arcte
-incumbentibus; interioribus per gradus majoribus, margine
-scariosis; intimis terminatis squama scariosa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Composita radiata. Corullulæ hermaphroditæ tubulosæ,
-numerosæ, in disco; femineæ duodenis plures, in radio.</p>
-
-<p><i>Propria</i> hermaphroditis infundibuliformis, quinquefida, patula,
-longitudine calycis.</p>
-
-<p><i>Femineis</i> ligulata, oblonga, tridentata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Hermaphroditis filamenta quinque, capillaria, brevissima.
-Anthera cylindracea, tubulosa, corolla fere brevior.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Hermaphroditis, germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis,
-staminibus longior. Stigmata duo, revoluta.</p>
-
-<p><i>Femineis</i> germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, cum hermaphroditis
-æqualis. Stigmata duo, obtusa, revoluta.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Calyx immutatus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina.</span> Hermaphroditis solitaria, oblonga. Pappus nullus.</p>
-
-<p><i>Femineis</i> simillima hermaphroditis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Receptaculum</span> nudum, punctatum, convexum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Common, hemispherical, tiled; scales lying close upon
-each other; the inner ones becoming gradually larger, skinny at the
-edge; the innermost terminating in a skinny substance.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Compound radiate. Florets with chives and pointals, of the
-centre, tubular and numerous; those with only pointals, of the ray,
-twelve or more.</p>
-
-<p><i>Individuals</i> with chives and pointals, funnel-shaped, five-cleft,
-open, the length of the cup.</p>
-
-<p><i>Individuals</i> with only pointals, ligulate, oblong, with three
-teeth.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Those with chives and pointals have five, hair-like, very
-short threads. Tips cylindrical and tubular, scarcely shorter than
-the blossom.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud, where there are chives and pointals egg-shaped.
-Shaft thread-shaped, longer than the chives. Summits two, rolled
-back.</p>
-
-<p><i>Seed-bud</i> where there are only pointals egg-shaped. Shaft
-thread-shaped the length of those where there are chives and
-pointals Summits two, blunt and rolled back.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. Cup unchanged.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> of those with chives and pointals solitary, oblong. Feather
-none.</p>
-
-<p>Those where there are only pointals like the others.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Receptacle</span> naked, dotted, and convex.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Chrysanthemum erithmi foliis; squamis exterioribus calycis
-carinatis; floribus solitariis, tricoloratis.</p>
-
-<p>Corn-Marygold with samphire-like leaves; the outer scales of the
-cup keel-shaped; the flowers grow solitary and are three-coloured.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. An outer Scale of the Empalement.<br>
-2. An inner Scale of the Empalement.<br>
-3. A female Floret of the Circumference, with its Pointal.<br>
-4. An hermaphrodite Floret of the Center.<br>
-5. The above, magnified.<br>
-6. The Chives of an hermaphrodite Floret, magnified.<br>
-7. The Pointal of an hermaphrodite Floret, magnified.<br>
-8. The Receptacle, natural size.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Mr</span>. James Donn, Curator of the Botanic Gardens, Cambridge, through whose
-medium we possess this new species of Crysanthemum, informs us, in his
-catalogue for 1800, that it is a native of the coast of Barbary, and
-from whence it was first received in 1797. The C. Tricolor is but of
-annual growth, should be raised on gentle heat about March, and may be
-either kept in pots, or planted in the open borders, where it will
-flower from July till October; but much of the brilliancy of the flowers
-will be lost, if treated in the last manner, as the least wet, or even
-the dew, will affect their colours. The seeds are perfected in less than
-a week, after the decay of the flower, and are produced in abundance.
-Our figure was taken from a plant in the Hammersmith nursery, which had
-been raised from seed, communicated by Mr. Donn to Messrs. Lee and
-Kennedy.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_441">[Pg 441]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 109
-<br><a href="images/ill_109.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_109.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_444">[Pg 444]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_443">[Pg 443]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_442">[Pg 442]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_110"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">PROTEA SPECIOSA, <i>latifolia</i>.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Broad-leaved shewy Protea.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 4-fida, seu 4 petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis
-infra apicem. Calyx proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> 4-cleft, or of 4 petals. Tips linear, inserted into the
-petals below the ends. Cup, proper, none. Seeds solitary.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Protea formosa</span>, Pl. XVII. Vol. I.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Protea foliis lanceolato-ovatis; squamæ calycinæ interiores
-barbatæ, apice incurvatæ, incarnatæ.</p>
-
-<p>Protea with leaves between oval and lance-shaped; the inner scales
-of the empalement are bearded, turned inward at the ends, and flesh
-coloured.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete, as it stands in the Empalement.<br>
-2. The same opened, to shew the situation of the Chives.<br>
-3. The Seed bud and Pointal.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> drawing of this magnificent plant was made at the nursery of Messrs.
-Grimwood and Wykes, Kensington, this year, early in the month of August;
-as we were informed by Mr. Wykes it was then in flower for the first
-time in England. In the year 1786 it was sent, in seeds, to the royal
-gardens, Kew, by Mr. F. Masson, from the Cape of Good Hope; where
-certainly its beauty must be great; as, even there, amidst that world of
-beauties, it should be honoured with such a specific title; in which,
-considering it as only a variety of our P. speciosa <i>nigra</i>, we entirely
-agree with Willdenow; where the last synonim of that species, copied by
-him in his Sp. Pl. from Ray’s Historia Plantarum of 1719, must have been
-taken from a plant of this variety. The treatment, and culture of this,
-and P. Speciosa nigra, are exact in every thing.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_445">[Pg 445]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 110
-<br><a href="images/ill_110.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_110.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_448">[Pg 448]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_447">[Pg 447]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_446">[Pg 446]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_111"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS STRIATUS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Streaked-flowered Gladiolus.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> sexpartita, ringens. Stamina adscendentia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six divisions, gaping. Chives ascending.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Gladiolus roseus</span>, Plate XI. Vol. I.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis lanceolato ensiformibus, scapo æquantibus; scapo
-subtrifloro, erecto; floribus erectis; corolla ringente, laciniis
-acutis, undulatis, medio striatis.</p>
-
-<p>Gladiolus with leaves between lance and sword-shaped, the length of
-the flower-stem; generally three flowers on the stem; flowers grow
-upright; blossom gaping, the segments pointed, waved, and streaked
-in the middle.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.<br>
-2. A Flower cut open with the Chives attached.<br>
-3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, natural size, one Summit detached, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Cape Gladiolus was brought to us, from Holland, about
-the year 1788; it is a very hardy bulb, the flowers continuing perfect
-more than a week, and are not easily injured either by wind or rain. But
-the greatest merit of this plant is, that the blossoms are only produced
-when most of the other species of Ixiæ, Gladioli, &amp;c. have done
-flowering; which is generally about the end of July. Before the stem
-decays, the bulb should be taken from the pot, and dried. The increase
-of this plant is not great, as seldom more than two roots are produced
-from the old one. Our drawing was made at the Hammersmith nursery, in
-1799. Willdenow has a Gladiolus from Jacquin’s Icon. Rar. under the
-specific title here given to this, undoubtedly not the same plant; but
-as our name is that by which this species is in general known, and by
-which it came from Holland, we have not thought fit to alter it.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_449">[Pg 449]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 111
-<br><a href="images/ill_111.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_111.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_452">[Pg 452]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_451">[Pg 451]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_450">[Pg 450]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_112"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">VACCINIUM DUMOSUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Bushy Whortle-berry.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> superus. Corolla monopetala. Filamenta receptaculo inserta.
-Bacca quadrilocularis, polysperma.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> superior. Blossom of one petal. Threads fixed to the
-receptacle. A Berry with four cells and many seeds.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Vac. Arctostaphyllos</span>, Pl. XXX. Vol. I.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Vaccinium foliis ovatis, acutis, glabris; floribus solitariis,
-axillaribus; pedunculis longissimis, bracteatis; corollis
-urceolatis subalbidis; stamina decem.</p>
-
-<p>Whortle-berry with oval, pointed, smooth leaves; flowers grow
-solitary from the foot-stalk of the leaves, close to the stem;
-foot-stalks of the flowers are very long, having floral leaves;
-blossoms pitcher-shaped, nearly white; ten chives.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Flower complete.<br>
-2. The Cup and its Foot-stalk, with the floral Leaves.<br>
-3. The Seed-bud, Pointal, and Chives.<br>
-4. The same, magnified.<br>
-5. The Shaft and its Summit, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Whortle-berry is a neat, compact, bushy shrub; and like
-all the rest of those which have ten chives, and the other parts
-consonant, can scarcely be considered as a hardy plant; for although it
-will live through a mild winter, if planted in a warm and dry situation,
-on an open border; yet it will in general be destroyed, by the severe
-frosts which happen late in spring. It should be planted in sandy peat
-earth, with a small portion of light loam; may be propagated by layers,
-which do not commonly root, sufficiently to be taken off, under two
-years from the time of their being put down. As a hardy green-house
-plant it is best preserved in a flourishing state, and will flower about
-the month of June; in which month, this year, our drawing was made, at
-the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, by whom it was introduced from
-North America in the year 1783.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_453">[Pg 453]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 112
-<br><a href="images/ill_112.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_112.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_456">[Pg 456]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_455">[Pg 455]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_454">[Pg 454]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_113"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">STRUTHIOLA IMBRICATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Tiled-leaved Struthiola.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span>, nullus; <i>nisi bracteas sub germine pro calyce assumas</i>.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, marcescens; tubus filiformis, elongatus; limbus
-quadripartitus, planus, tubo brevior; laciniis ovatis.</p>
-
-<p><i>Nectarium</i>, glandulæ quatuor, seu octo, ovatæ, fauci circumpositæ,
-penicillo proprio cinctæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, brevissima, intra tubum ocultata.
-Antheræ lineares.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine tubi.
-Stigma capitatum, hispidum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> coriaceum, ovatum, uniloculare.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semen</span> unicum, acutiusculum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, none; <i>unless you take the floral leaves at the base of
-the seed-bud for the cup</i>.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one petal, withering; tube thread-shaped, lengthened;
-border of four divisions, flat, shorter than the tube; segments
-egg-shaped.</p>
-
-<p><i>Honeycup</i>, four or eight oval glands, placed round the mouth of
-the blossom, each being surrounded by its brush of hairs.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Four threads, very short, hid within the tube. Tips linear.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of
-the tube. Summit, a hairy knob.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> leathery, egg-shaped, of one cell.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed</span> One, a Little Pointed.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Struthiola foliis ovato-acuminatis, concavis, imbricatis, glabris,
-margine ciliatis; glandulæ quatuor supra faucem.</p>
-
-<p>Struthiola with oval leaves, tapering to a point, concave, tiled,
-smooth, and hairy at the edges; four glands upon the mouth of the
-blossom.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Flower with its floral leaves, or cup.<br>
-2. The floral Leaves or Cup, magnified.<br>
-3. A Flower cut open, magnified.<br>
-4. The Seed-bud, Chives, and Pointal, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Genus Struthiola, from the few species yet known, has been but
-slightly considered. Linnæus, at the end of his Generic Character,
-affines it to Passerina; it is true, the habits of S. virgata, and S.
-erecta, which are undoubtedly only varieties of the same stock, and the
-only two he had seen, might lead to such a comment; but, from the seven
-species of which we have drawings, all taken from living plants, and
-which will be brought forward in due course, we consider them, as
-perfectly distinct, in more essential characters than merely the number
-of chives. The acute and diligent Willdenow, in his new edition of Sp.
-Plant. enumerates five species from Thunberg, &amp;c.; but from his notes of
-observation, prefixed to each, he had not seen either living or dried
-specimens of any, but the two above named. The characters in which we
-observe this genus to differ from Gnidia and Passerina, are, first, a
-cup of two leaves, constant in every species we have examined, for they
-cannot be considered as floral leaves, being attached to the base of the
-blossom, and joined together at the bottom; secondly, the honeycup
-forming a complete cincture to the mouth of the flower, and upon which
-are seated, four, or eight, upright glands. This species of Struthiola
-was first raised in England, at the nursery, Hammersmith, from the Cape
-of Good Hope, in the year 1794. It is a tender green-house plant, and
-very subject to be destroyed by wet; therefore, should be protected from
-too much rain in summer, and kept in an airy part of the house in
-winter. It is propagated by cuttings made in the month of May, or June,
-and should be planted in light, sandy peat, mixt with about one sixth
-part of loam. The flowers of this, as well as all the species we have
-seen, are extremely fragrant in the evening, beginning to smell with the
-setting sun, and continuing their flavour till morning. An agreeable
-peculiarity attendant on most plants of this natural order, and on every
-species of this genus, in particular, is, that they flower twice in the
-year, about the month of March, and again in September; in which month,
-last year, our drawing was made, from the Hibbertian collection, Clapham
-Common.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_457">[Pg 457]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 113
-<br><a href="images/ill_113.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_113.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_462">[Pg 462]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_461">[Pg 461]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_460">[Pg 460]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_459">[Pg 459]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_458">[Pg 458]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_114"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXIV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GERANIUM QUINQUEVULNERUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Variegated flowered Geranium.</i></span></h2>
-
-<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. <i>Of Suppl. System. Veget. 1781.</i></p>
-
-<p><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata quinque.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Fructus</span> rostratus, penta-coccus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">One Pointal.</span> Five summits.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Fruit</span> furnished with long awns, five dry berries.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Geranium Grandiflorum</span>, Pl. XII. Vol. I.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis hispidis, multifidis; floribus heptandris;
-pedunculis multifloris; petala atropurpurea, margine pallido; caule
-suffruticoso, spithamæo.</p>
-
-<p>Geranium with hairy leaves many-cleft; flowers with seven fertile
-chives; foot-stalk, many flowers; petals dark purple, pale at the
-margin; stem half shrubby, grows a span high.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, cut open as far as to the solid part.<br>
-2. The Chives and Pointal.<br>
-3. The Chives cut and spread open, magnified.<br>
-4. The Pointal, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> beautiful species of Geranium was raised by Mr. J. Armstrong,
-nurseryman of Northwarmborough, Hants, from seeds received by him, in
-1796, from the Cape of Good Hope. From a branch, in fine flower, brought
-to us, this year, in the month of June, by Mr. Dickinson, our drawing
-was made; who informs us, that the ordinary treatment of common
-Geraniums, is all that is required for this; that it is increased by
-cuttings, or from a division of the root, in spring. It has not, as yet,
-produced any perfect seed; although it has flowered abundantly these two
-years, from May till October. It has something the habit of G. triste,
-or the Night-smelling Geranium; but differs from that species, in having
-a short shrubby stem, the leaves shorter and harsher, and the flowers
-entirely without smell.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_463">[Pg 463]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 114
-<br><a href="images/ill_114.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_114.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_466">[Pg 466]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_465">[Pg 465]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_464">[Pg 464]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_115"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GERANIUM TOMENTOSUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Downy-leaved Geranium.</i></span></h2>
-
-<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. <i>of Suppl. System. Veg.</i> 1781.</p>
-
-<p><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p>
-
-<p><i>See Geran. Grandiflorum. Pl. XII. Vol. I.</i></p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata quinque.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Fructus</span> rostratus, penta-coccus.</p>
-
-<p>One <span class="smcap">Pointal</span>. Five Summits.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Fruit</span> furnished with long awns, five dry berries.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis ovatis, plicatis, erectis, serratis, tomentosis;
-floribus pentandris; filamentia duobus superioribus revolutis,
-ciliatis.</p>
-
-<p>Geranium with egg-shaped leaves, plaited, upright, sawed, and
-downy; flowers with five fertile chives; the two upper threads
-rolled back and fringed.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.<br>
-3. The Chives cut open, magnified.<br>
-4. The Pointal, and Seed-bud.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Downy-leaved Geranium, according to the Hort. Cantab. of Mr. Donn,
-introduced from the Cape of Good Hope, in the year 1794, is a dwarf
-growing, and rather delicate species, of this extended and very mutable
-tribe of plants; producing its flowers about the month of August. It is
-to be increased from the seeds, which sometimes ripen; or by cuttings,
-taken off in the month of March, and placed on a gentle hotbed; but if
-delayed to be made till much later, it will be found difficult to
-propagate by this mode. Less of dung and more loam, than is necessary
-for most Geraniums, will preserve this plant best through the winter; in
-which season, it should be kept in a dry and airy part of the
-greenhouse, to avoid the damps, which otherwise, often prove fatal to
-it.</p>
-
-<p>That the charm of novelty, however erroneous or absurd, has found at all
-times its votaries, we have daily experience; therefore cannot wonder
-at, though we may regret its consequent influence on the many, who wish
-to signalize themselves, under its delusive banner. This observation
-naturally obtruded on our imagination, upon the perusal of the last
-Number of the Bot. Mag. where the Kidney-leaved <i>Crane’s-bill</i> is
-mentioned as “<i>one of the rarest of the Geranium tribe</i>;” are we to
-understand Geranium in this place as a new title for a natural order of
-plants; or, as solely confined to one Genus? Poor Geranium! although
-thou hast been so long excluded from thy station, in scientific English,
-yet shalt thou not lose thy due weight, against all thy opponents, in
-pure descriptive English prose; and perhaps some day may be deemed, by
-the learned, worthy a place amongst English Genera. With Mr. Donn, we
-humbly conceive the old title Crane’s-bill, as ill adapted to the three
-Genera of M. L’Heritier; and that, if new Latin names are to be foisted
-on us, for plants already well known, and settled, by that great master
-of the science, Linnæus; to whose opinion ours shall ever bow, English
-ones consonant, should be likewise adopted; and that Heron’s-bill for
-Erodium, Stork’s-bill for Pelargonium, and Crane’s-bill for Geranium,
-will prove no greater puzzle to the English Botanist. Unfortunately we
-are, and have been, so attached to old fashions, that we still mean to
-continue the title Geranium, as it is apparently best understood;
-whether, in English or Latin, descriptive, or scientific; as long as the
-public shall continue so honourably to patronize the Botanist’s
-Repository.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_467">[Pg 467]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 115
-<br><a href="images/ill_115.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_115.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_470">[Pg 470]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_469">[Pg 469]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_468">[Pg 468]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_116"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXVI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Trailing Gaultheria.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS X. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Ten Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium duplex, approximatum, persistens.</p>
-
-<p><i>P. exterius</i> diphyllum, brevius; foliolis semiovatis, concavis,
-obtusis.</p>
-
-<p><i>P. interius</i> monophyllum, quinquesidum campanulatum; segmentis
-semiovatis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, ovata, semiquinquesida; limbo parvo, revoluto.</p>
-
-<p><i>Nectarium</i> corpusculis decem, subulatis, erectis, brevissimis,
-cingentibus germen intra stamina.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem, subulata, incurva, corolla breviora;
-receptaculo inserta. Antheræ bicornes; corniculis bifidis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subrotundum, depressum. Stylus cylindricus,
-longitudine corollæ. Stigma obtusum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula subrotunda, obtusa, pentagona, depressa,
-quinque locularis, quinque valvis, undique tecta perianthio
-interiore transformato et enato in baccam subrotundam, coloratam,
-apice perviam.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, subovata, angulata, ossea.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup double, close together, remaining.</p>
-
-<p><i>Outer Cup</i> two leaved, shorter; leaflets half egg-shaped, concave,
-and blunt.</p>
-
-<p><i>Inner Cup</i> one leaf, five-cleft, bell-shaped; segments half
-egg-shaped.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one leaf, egg-shaped, slightly five-cleft; border small,
-rolled back.</p>
-
-<p><i>Honey-cup</i> ten small substances, awl-shaped, upright, very short,
-surrounding the seed-bud within the chives.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Ten threads, awl-shaped, turned inwards, shorter than the
-blossom; fixed into the receptacle. Tips two-horned; horns two
-cleft.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud roundish and flattened; Shaft cylindrical, the
-length of the blossom. Summit obtuse.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule roundish obtusely five-sided, flattened, five
-cells, five valves; covered on all sides by the inner cup,
-transformed and swelled to a roundish berry, coloured, open at top.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly egg-shaped, angular and hard.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gaultheria foliis ovatis, obtuse-dentatis, apice confertis; caulis
-flexuosus, filiformis.</p>
-
-<p>Gaultheria with egg-shaped leaves, bluntly toothed, and crowded
-together at the top; stem grows zigzag and thread-shaped.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete.<br>
-2. The Empalement, natural size.<br>
-3. The Empalement, magnified.<br>
-4. The Chives as they stand on the receptacle, magnified.<br>
-5. The Pointal and seed-bud, with the surrounding honey-cup, magnified.<br>
-6. The inner Cup of the Empalement, when the fruit is ripe, natural size.<br>
-7. A seed vessel of the natural size when ripe, detached from its cup.<br>
-8. A ripe capsule, cut open transversely.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">From</span> the eighth Ed. of Miller’s Dictionary, we learn that, this plant
-was cultivated at the Physic Gardens, Chelsea, in the year 1765. That so
-ornamental, and so easily propagated a plant as the Gaultheria, should
-have been so little noticed, or cultivated in our gardens, is rather
-singular; as, it is perfectly hardy in every exposure, an evergreen, and
-from the beautiful appearance of the fruit and flowers, which come in
-succession nearly through the whole year; must be considered, as one of
-our prettiest creeping or dwarf shrubs, for the front of the shrubbery
-borders, &amp;c. as it never rises higher than six, or eight inches; forming
-a compact matted clump, which may be made to spread to a considerable
-extent, if planted in light sandy peat earth. The very curious
-conformation of the fruit, which is eatable, differing from every known
-Genus of plants; as well as, the peculiar property of the leaves; point
-out the Gaultheria, as a particular object for observation, and comment,
-to the experimental Botanist. In Canada, North America, where it is
-native, an infusion of the leaves is used as a substitute for tea; or a
-few of them, either dried, or plucked fresh from the plant, when mixt
-with the commonest bobea, communicate to it a flavour, equal to fine
-Hyson.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_471">[Pg 471]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 116
-<br><a href="images/ill_116.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_116.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_474">[Pg 474]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_473">[Pg 473]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_472">[Pg 472]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_117"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXVII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GENTIANA PURPUREA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Purple flowered Gentian.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS V. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. Two Pointals.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium quinquepartitum, acutum, persistens; laciniis
-oblongis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petalum unicum, inferne tubulatum, imperforatum, superne
-quinquefidum, planum, marcescens; figura varia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, subulata, corolla breviora. Antheræ
-simplices.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistilla.</span> Germen oblongum, cylindraceum, longitudine staminum.
-Styli nulli. Stigmata duo, ovata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, teres acuminata, apice leviter
-bifida, unilocularis, bivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, parva. Receptacula duo, singula valvulæ
-longitudinaliter adnatæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup five divisions, sharp and permanent; segments
-oblong.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petal only one, lower part tubular, and close; upper part
-five-cleft, flat, withering, and variously shaped.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom. Tips
-simple.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointals.</span> Seed-bud oblong, cylindrical, as long as the chives.
-Shafts none. Summits two, egg-shaped.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, cylindrical, tapering, slightly cleft
-at the end, one-celled, and two valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous and small. Receptacles two, joined to each valve
-longitudinally.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gentiana corollis campanulatis, 6-7 fidis, atropurpureis,
-punctatis, verticillatis; calycibus membranaceis, sub-spathaceis,
-truncatis.</p>
-
-<p>Gentian with bell-shaped blossoms, 6-7 cleft, deep purple, dotted
-and whorled; empalement skinny, almost sheathed, and appearing cut
-off at the ends.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Blossom, complete.<br>
-3. The same cut open, to shew the situation of the Chives.<br>
-4. Half the Seed-bud split longitudinally, to shew its interior structure.<br>
-5. A Seed-vessel, nearly ripe.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">As</span> a native of the Helvetian Alps, the Purple flowered Gentian is
-consequently, a hardy plant with us, requiring only to be planted in a
-light soil; may be increased from the seeds, which are produced in
-abundance, or by parting the root in autumn. The seeds are perfected,
-within a fortnight after the flower is decayed; and should be sown on
-light sandy peat, covering them very slightly, as soon as possible after
-they have been dried.</p>
-
-<p>There appears a strange variety of opinions amongst Botanists concerning
-this, and two other species of Gentian, the Punctata and the Pannonica;
-which, as many have observed, although denied by others, are only
-varieties of each other; surely, a slight variation in height, the shape
-of the divisions of the border, or what is of less consequence, (as they
-vary, in that regard so much, on the same plant) their number; are not
-of sufficient weight to form a specific distinction.</p>
-
-<p>This plant is said, in the Hort. Kew. to have been introduced in the
-year 1768 by Professor de Saussure: from what cause, we cannot judge, if
-it is so old an inhabitant, why it should not be more plentiful with us;
-as at present few collections possess it, and it is sold at a very high
-price. Our drawing was made at the Nursery, Hammersmith.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_475">[Pg 475]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 117
-<br><a href="images/ill_117.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_117.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_478">[Pg 478]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_477">[Pg 477]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_476">[Pg 476]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_118"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXVIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS GRANDIFLORUS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Large flowered Gladiolus.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> sexpartita, ringens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> adscendentia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, six divisions, gaping.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives</span> ascending.</p>
-
-<p>
-See <span class="smcap">Gladiolus roseus</span>, Pl. XI. Vol. I.<br>
-</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis ensiformibus nervosis; scapo subtrifloro,
-longitudine foliorum; floribus erectis, maximis; laciniis corollæ
-emarginatis, undulatis, striatis, sub-æqualibus.</p>
-
-<p>Gladiolus with sword-shape leaves, nerved; flower-stem having
-mostly three flowers, and of the length of the leaves; flowers grow
-upright, and very large; the segments of blossom are notched at the
-ends, waved, striped, and nearly of an equal length.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.<br>
-2. The Blossom cut open, with the Chives attached.<br>
-3. The Pointal, and Seed bud.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">From</span> the figures in the Collect. and Ic. rar. of Jacquin, we were led to
-think, this must be the same, or a strong variety of his G. florabundus;
-but, as his trivial name and specific character so ill accord with our
-plant, we have continued it under that, by which it was sent to England
-in 1788. It is a very free blowing bulb, and will live through the
-winter, with very little protection; flowering about June or July, and
-does not require to be removed from the pot, to prevent its rotting. Our
-drawing was taken in June this year, at the Hammersmith Nursery.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_479">[Pg 479]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 118
-<br><a href="images/ill_118.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_118.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_482">[Pg 482]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_481">[Pg 481]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_480">[Pg 480]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_119"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXIX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">STRUTHIOLA OVATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Oval-leaved Struthiola.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p><i>See Struthiola imbricata, Pl. CXIII. Vol. II.</i></p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Perianthium</span> diphyllum. Corolla tubulosa 4-fida; nectarium, glandulæ
-octo fauci circumpositæ. Sem. 1. subbaccatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> two-leaved. Blossom tubular, 4-cleft; honey-cup, 8 glands
-placed round the mouth of the blossom. One seed like a berry.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Struthiola foliis ovatis, glabris; ramis glabris, rugosis.</p>
-
-<p>Struthiola with egg-shaped, smooth leaves; branches smooth and
-wrinkled.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Blossom, complete.<br>
-2. The Empalement, magnified.<br>
-3. The Blossom cut open, with the Chives attached, magnified.<br>
-4. The Pointal and seed-bud, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Struthiola is described by Thunberg, in his Prodromus,
-under the specific title it here bears, and was first introduced to us
-in the year 1794, in seeds received from the Cape of Good Hope, by
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith. It is a very tender greenhouse
-plant, and very subject to be destroyed by damps, or too much moisture,
-even in summer; the flowers, (as are most of this natural order,) are
-extremely fragrant and continue in full perfection from March till June.
-The mode of propagation is by cuttings, made in May, which should be
-placed under a hand-glass in a pot of light loam, and shaded from the
-mid-day sun. It thrives best in a mixture of half peat and half loam.
-The drawing was made in the spring of 1798, from a plant in the
-Hibbertian Collection, Clapham; then in flower, for the first time in
-England.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_483">[Pg 483]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 119
-<br><a href="images/ill_119.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_119.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_486">[Pg 486]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_485">[Pg 485]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_484">[Pg 484]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_120"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">FUCHSIA LYCIOIDES.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Box Thorn-like Fuchsia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum. Infundibuliforme, coloratura,
-superum marcescens; limbus quadripartitus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quatuor, sessilia, ore calycis inserta.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta octo, inæqualia, filiformia, erecta, tubo
-calycis inserta. Antheræ ovatæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inserum, ovatum. Stylus filiformis, erectus,
-longitudine staminum. Stigma tuberculatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca carnosa, ovata, quadri-locularis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, parva, receptaculo columnari affixa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, funnel-shaped, coloured, above and
-withering; border four divisions.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Four petals, sitting close on the mouth of the cup, into
-which they are inserted.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Eight threads, unequal, thread-shaped, upright, fixed into
-the tube of the cup. Tips egg-shaped.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath, egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped,
-upright, the length of the chives. Summit composed of small knobs.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A fleshy berry, egg-shaped, and four valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, small, affixed to a pillar-shaped receptacle.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Fuchsia foliis ovatis undulatis, subternis; pedunculis unifloris,
-axillaribus; laciniis calycis reflexis.</p>
-
-<p>Fuchsia with egg-shaped leaves, waved, and growing mostly by
-threes; foot-stalks with one flower growing from the insertion of
-the leaf, the segments of the cup reflexed.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Flower cut open, to expose the insertion of petals and chives into the cup.<br>
-2. The Pointal, complete.<br>
-3. A ripe berry, natural size.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">No</span> plant perhaps ever excited such universal admiration, as the Scarlet
-Fuchsia; wherefore, the addition of a second species to our collections,
-of so fine a Genus, must be considered as a very agreeable acquisition.
-The Box Thorn-like Fuchsia, is a native of the North-west coast of
-America; and was first brought to England, in the year 1796: it is
-certainly, much more tender than the Scarlet Fuchsia, as the plant
-constantly perishes, as low as to the earth, if not preserved in the
-hothouse; but whether it is herbaceous the root surviving, we have not
-sufficient experience to determine. The increase is certain and easy, if
-cuttings are made, from the young shoots, early in March, and plunged in
-a hotbed, or in the bark of the hothouse, six or eight in a pot; from
-which they may be removed, about June, into large pots for flowering,
-which will be from August till November. Loam, with a small portion of
-rotten dung, is the soil it most approves.</p>
-
-<p>The specific title we have adopted, is from the very great resemblance
-the plant bears to Lycium afrum, or the Box-Thorn; although we have some
-doubts, whether this species may not be the F. triphylla of Father
-Plumier. But as the F. coccinea, as well as this plant, has frequently
-the leaves growing by threes; we thought that, as it as yet had no
-specific title with us, the character of the plant would be best
-distinguished, by the name we have chosen.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_487">[Pg 487]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 120
-<br><a href="images/ill_120.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_120.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_490">[Pg 490]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_489">[Pg 489]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_488">[Pg 488]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_121"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GERANIUM CORTUSÆFOLIUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Cortusa-leaved Geranium.</i></span></h2>
-
-<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. <i>of Suppl. System. Veg.</i> 1781.</p>
-
-<p><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.</p>
-
-<p>One <span class="smcap">Pointal</span>. Five summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
-berries.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Geranium grandiflorum</span>, Pl. XII. Vol. I.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis cordatis, sublobatis, serratis, tomentoso-sericeis;
-petiolis longissimis, erectis; floribus umbellatis, odoratissimis,
-stipulis subulatis; caule robusto, subcarnoso.</p>
-
-<p>Geranium with heart-shaped leaves, slightly lobed, sawed, and
-covered with a downy pile; footstalks very long and upright;
-flowers grow in umbels, and are very sweet scented; leaf-props awl
-shaped; stem stout, and rather fleshy.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement cut open.<br>
-2. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.<br>
-3. The same, magnified.<br>
-4. The Chives cut open, magnified.<br>
-5. The Seed-bud, and Pointal, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Cortusa-leaved Geranium is a tender plant, seldom growing to more
-than a foot in height; producing its blossoms, which are extremely
-fragrant, in erect bunches, from the summit of the branches, and must be
-protected, through the depth of winter, in the hothouse. The propagation
-is both slow and difficult, as it rarely perfects any seeds, and forms
-but few branches. The cuttings when taken off, which ought to be done
-about the end of May, should be exposed to the sun, till the part where
-cut has formed a tough coat over the wound, which will take place in two
-or three days; when they will not be so subject to rot from the moisture
-of the earth, as if planted when just taken from the plant. These
-instructions are necessary to be observed, in the propagation of all the
-thick-stemmed Geraniums, by cuttings. A mixture of sandy peat, with a
-small quantity of old rotten dung, will prove the best compost for
-preserving this plant. Our drawing was taken this year, in July, at the
-Hammersmith nursery. A mistake has arisen with regard to the name of
-this species of Geranium; which was evidently not known to any botanist,
-antecedent to its being brought to England in 1786 by Mr. A. Hove, a
-native of Poland, from the south west coast of Africa, and found by him
-in about the 23d degree of south latitude. Professor Martyn, in his new
-edition of Miller’s Dictionary, article Pelargonium 43, has taken for
-granted that this is the plant designed by Professor Jacquin, where he
-treats of G. cortusæfolium; giving the G. tabulare of Burman, Linnæus,
-&amp;c. as synonymous to it; but undoubtedly, no such intention could be in
-the Professor, as the uniting these two plants, which are so entirely
-dissimilar; but only an unfortunate inclination to alter an old
-established name, for one, which he conceived more appropriate to a well
-known, common species; whence the confusion; the constant consequence of
-such useless alterations, whether generic or specific.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_491">[Pg 491]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 121
-<br><a href="images/ill_121.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_121.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_494">[Pg 494]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_493">[Pg 493]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_492">[Pg 492]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_122"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS GALEATUS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Helmet-flowered Gladiolus.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> sexpartita, ringens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> adscendentia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six divisions, gaping.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives</span> ascending.</p>
-
-<p>
-See <span class="smcap">Gladiolus alatus</span>, Vol. I. Pl. VIII.<br>
-</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis sub-ovatis, costatis, mucronatis; spathis
-carianatis, tubo longioribus; lacinia summa concava, sub-erecta.</p>
-
-<p>Gladiolus with leaves nearly egg-shaped, ribbed, and pointed at the
-ends; sheaths keeled, and longer than the tube of the blossom; the
-upper segment concave, and almost upright.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.<br>
-2. The Chives, with part of the tube of the Blossom, to which they are attached.<br>
-3. The Pointal and seed-bud.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">We</span> are certainly led to think with Thunberg, that this plant is not a
-species, but a very singular and beautiful variety, of G. alatus, of
-which we have seen above six or seven. Nevertheless, upon the authority
-of Prof. Jacquin, who in his Icones 2. tab. 258, has figured it under
-this name specifically; and as it has been continued as such, by the
-accurately discriminating and indefatigable Willdenow; (to whose
-labours, all lovers of the science are so much indebted, for his
-invaluable, and copious new Edition of the Species plantarum,) we have
-thought it but right to acquiesce, without alteration in the name
-adopted by them. For the management of this plant we must refer our
-readers to the G. alatus, Pl. VIII. Vol. I. of this work.</p>
-
-<p>The Helmet-flowered Gladiolus was not seen in England, till the spring
-of the year 1800; when the roots were received at Clapham, from the Cape
-of Good Hope, sent by the Collector there, for the Hibbertian
-collection, amongst an infinite number of others; many having flowered
-this year, of which we have drawings, by permission of the proprietor,
-and are destined to enrich the Bot. Rep. being perfectly new to this
-country. The figure of this plant was taken in August, but the regular
-season of its flowering, must be much earlier (if planted with the other
-Cape bulbs in October,) that is to say, about the month of May or June.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_495">[Pg 495]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 122
-<br><a href="images/ill_122.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_122.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_498">[Pg 498]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_497">[Pg 497]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_496">[Pg 496]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_123"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">THUNBERGIA FRAGRANS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Twining Thunbergia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIV. ORDER II.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.</i> Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium duplex; <i>exterius</i>, diphyllum, foliolis ovatis,
-concavis, longitudine fere tubi; <i>interius</i>, monophyllum,
-multipartitum, laciniis circiter duodecim, subulatis, perianthio
-exteriori triplo brevioribus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala; tubus sensim ampliatus; limbus quinquefidus;
-laciniis æqualibus, ovatis, obtusissimis, tubo triplo brevioribus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, tubo supra basin inserta, inæqualia;
-duobus inferioribus brevioribus; duobus superioribus tubo breviora.
-Antheræ ovatæ, adnatæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum. Stylus filiformis, tubo paullo brevior,
-erectus. Stigma bilobum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula globosa, rostrata, glabra, bilocularis,
-longitudinaliter dehiscens; rostrum compressum, sulcatum, lineare,
-obtusum; dissepimentum obovatum, emarginatum, sub apice foramine
-perforatum, lateribus membranaceum, persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> in singulo loculamento bina, reniformia, rugosa, hinc
-convexa, inde concava sulco longitudinali.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup double; the <i>outer one</i> two-leaved; leaflets
-egg-shaped and concave, nearly the length of the tube; the <i>inner</i>
-one-leaved, many divisions, the segments about twelve, awl-shaped,
-thrice as short as the outer cup.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, one petal; tube widening gradually; border five-cleft;
-segments equal, egg-shaped, very blunt, three times as short as the
-tube.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Four threads, fixed into the lower part of the tube,
-unequal; the two lower-most the shortest; the two uppermost shorter
-than the tube. Tips egg-shape, pressed to the threads.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above. Shaft thread-shape, a little shorter than
-the tube, and upright. Summit two lobed.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> globular, beaked, smooth, two celled, and splits
-longitudinally; beak flattened, awl-shaped, linear, and blunt;
-partition inversely egg-shaped, notched at the end, pierced with a
-hole at the top, skinny at the edges, and remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> two in each cell, kidney-shaped, rough, convex on one side,
-and concave on the other by a longitudinal furrow.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Thunbergia foliis ovato-acuminatis, sub-dentatis; corolla alba,
-hypocrateriformis, tubo compresso; caule volubili.</p>
-
-<p>Thunbergia with egg-shaped, tapering leaves, a little toothed;
-blossom white, salver-shaped, the tube flattened; stem twining.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The outer cup of the Empalement.<br>
-2. The inner cup of the same, magnified.<br>
-3. A Blossom cut open, to shew the situation of the Chives.<br>
-4. The Shaft and Summit, natural size.<br>
-5. The Seed-bud, magnified.<br>
-6. A ripe Capsule.<br>
-7. A ripe Seed.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Thunbergia, here figured, is a native of the East Indies, from the
-Coromandel coast; was introduced to Britain in the year 1796, at the
-same time with the Ixora pavetta, by the Hon. Lady Dowager De Clifford.
-It is easily propagated, by cuttings, or from the seeds, which ripen
-with us: it should be kept in light, rich earth in the hothouse; where
-it will flower from May, till September; in which month this year our
-drawing was taken at Kensington Gore from a plant in the collection of
-James Vere, Esq. But although Dr. Roxburgh’s reason for adopting the
-specific character he has given it, that the place where it grows is
-sweet scented, though the plant is not, seems rather a little strained,
-we have not thought it right to alter it; as unquestionably, any name
-would have been equally appropriate, since neither the flowers, or any
-part of the plant, root or branch, has the least scent.</p>
-
-<p>The plant from which this genus was originally formed by the younger
-Linnæus in his Sup. Plant. P. 46, is a native of the Cape of Good Hope;
-and we have our doubts, whether this plant ought to be placed with it;
-for although it accords in the essential character, of a double cup, the
-only one thought necessary, by Linnæus, to divide it from Barleria; yet,
-from the number of parts in which it differs from his generic character,
-such as the shape of the blossom, the length of the pointal, the
-situation and shape of the chives, the very different shape of the
-seeds, &amp;c. we are led to think, it ought to be considered as a distinct
-Genus. But in following such good authority as the able and learned Dr.
-Roxburg, it is to be hoped, we shall stand excused in continuing the
-same name he has assigned it, without alteration at least, if not
-without comment.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_499">[Pg 499]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 123
-<br><a href="images/ill_123.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_123.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_502">[Pg 502]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_501">[Pg 501]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_500">[Pg 500]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_124"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXIV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">HELICONIA PSITTACORUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Parrot-billed Heliconia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ communes partialesque alternæ, distinctæ,
-persistentes.</p>
-
-<p>Perianthium nullum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala tria, oblonga, canaliculata, erecta, acuta,
-æqualia.</p>
-
-<p><i>Nectarium</i> diphyllum; foliolo altero petalis subæquali; altero
-brevissimo, canaliculato, uncinato, opposito.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, linearia. Antheræ erectæ, longæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum, triquetrum. Stylus staminibus fere
-brevior. Stigma longum, gracile, curvatum, capitulo terminali.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, truncata, triquetra, trilocularis,
-trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria, oblonga.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Sheaths common and partial alternate, distinct, remaining.</p>
-
-<p>Cup none.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals three, oblong, channelled, upright, pointed, equal.</p>
-
-<p><i>Honeycup</i> two leaved; one leaflet nearly the length of the petals;
-the other very short, channelled, hooked and opposite to the
-larger.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, linear. Tips upright and long.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath, three-sided. Shaft scarcely shorter than
-the chives. Summit long, slender, curved, and terminating in a
-small head.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, appearing cut off at the end,
-three-sided, three cells, three valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> solitary, oblong.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Heliconia. Foliis glaberrimis, lanceolatis; inflorescentia
-glaberrima; spadice terminali flexuoso; spathis multifloris,
-marginibus revolutis; nectario lanceolato, concavo, integro.</p>
-
-<p>Heliconia with very smooth, lance-shaped leaves; the inflorescence
-quite smooth; stem terminating in a zig-zag form; sheaths
-containing many flowers and rolled back; honey-cup lance-shaped,
-concave, and entire.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Blossom, with the three petals detached from the upper part of the Honey-cup, which is<br>
-<span style="margin-left: 3em;">shewn in front with the smaller leaf inclosed within the larger.</span><br>
-2. The Chives, with the lower part of the Honey-cup, to shew their insertion at its base, and<br>
-<span style="margin-left: 3em;">the smaller leaf of the Honey-cup in its place.</span><br>
-3. The smaller leaf of the Honey-cup, magnified.<br>
-4. The Shaft and Summit, the Summit detached magnified.<br>
-5. The Seed-bud, natural size.<br>
-6. The Seed-bud cut transversely, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Parrot-billed Heliconia, a native of the continent of South America,
-as well as most of the West India Islands, was first received, in
-plants, from the island of St. Vincents, in the year 1797, by Thomas
-Evans, Esq. of Stepney; in whose collection it first flowered, in
-September 1798, when our drawing was taken. This plant requires a
-considerable degree of moisture and heat, as well as much root room and
-rich earth, to make it flower in perfection; as it seldom opens its
-blossoms freely without such treatment, and even with such assistance,
-they are to be seen but for a few hours in that state. It propagates
-from the roots, throwing up a number of suckers from the joints, which
-are formed at a considerable distance from the plant. The younger
-Linnæus in his Sup. Plant. of 1781, p. 158, has described this plant
-under our specific title, but different in some few points; which appear
-to arise more from his ideas of the various parts, than from any real
-difference in the plant itself. Swartz in his Obs. 98, gives sheaths to
-his plant, which Linnæus, we presume, denominates flower stem leaves,
-&amp;c. yet we have no doubt, but they have both described the same plant;
-and perfectly agree with Willdenow and Martyn, that the H. psittacorum
-of both authors is the same, and have as little of this being the
-plant.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_503">[Pg 503]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 124
-<br><a href="images/ill_124.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_124.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_506">[Pg 506]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_505">[Pg 505]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_504">[Pg 504]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_125"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">VACCINIUM PARVIFLORUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Small flowered Whortle-berry.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> superus. Corolla monopetala.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Filamenta</span> receptacula inserta. Bacca quadrilocularis, polysperma.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> superior. Blossom one petal.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Threads</span> fixed to the receptacle. A berry with four cells, and many
-seeds.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Vaccinium arctostaphyllos</span>, Pl. XXX. Vol. I.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Vaccinium foliis lanceolatis, undulatis, venosis; floribus
-racemosis; pedunculis longissimis, bracteatis; corolla conica,
-striata. Stamina decem.</p>
-
-<p>Whortle-berry, with lance-shaped, waved, and veined leaves; flowers
-grow in long bunches; foot stalks of the flowers very long, having
-floral leaves; blossom cone-shaped, and streaked. Ten Chives.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Blossom.<br>
-2. The Chives magnified.<br>
-3. The Seed-bud, Cup, and Pointal, the Summit detached, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Whortle-berry was first brought, from North America, in
-the year 1784. It is one of those with ten chives, &amp;c. and of the same
-nature with those we have already figured; for its treatment, and
-increase, we must therefore refer our readers to V. formosum, Pl. XCVII.
-Vol. II. The drawing was taken in May 1799, at the Hammersmith nursery.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_507">[Pg 507]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 125
-<br><a href="images/ill_125.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_125.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_510">[Pg 510]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_509">[Pg 509]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_508">[Pg 508]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_126"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXVI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">HIBBERTIA VOLUBILIS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Twining Hibbertia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS XIII. ORDER V.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>POLYANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.</i> Many Chives. Five Pointals.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium pentaphyllum; foliolis coriaceis, sub-ovatis,
-concavis, acutis, persistentibus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, obcordata, calyce longiora.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta numerosa, filiformia, receptaculo
-fructificationis inserta. Antheræ lineares, erectæ, emarginatæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistilla.</span> Germina quinque, ovato-oblonga, desinentia in stylos
-flexuosos, longitudine fere staminum. Stigmata simplicia, apice
-concava. Corpusculum subulatum, membranaceum in medio germinum,
-eorumque longitudine.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsulæ quinque ovatæ, trigonæ, uniloculares,
-distinctæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, subrotunda.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup five leaves; leaflets tough, nearly egg-shaped,
-concave, sharp, and remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals, inversely heart-shaped, longer than the cup.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads numerous, thread-shaped, fixed into the receptacle
-of the fructification. Tips linear, upright, notched at the ends.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointals.</span> Five seed-buds, between oblong and egg-shaped,
-terminating in zig-zagged shafts, nearly the length of the chives.
-Summits, simple, and hollowed at the top. A small awl-shaped,
-skinny substance in the middle of the seed-buds, and of their
-length.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Five capsules, egg-shaped, three-sided, one celled,
-and distinct.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, roundish.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Hibbertia foliis obtuse-serratis, obovato-lanceolatis, floribus
-solitariis, sessilibus, fœtidissimus.</p>
-
-<p>Hibbertia with obtusely sawed leaves, between lance and inversely
-egg-shaped; flowers grow solitary, sitting close on the stem; very
-fœtid.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A leaf of the blossom.<br>
-3. The Chives and Pointals.<br>
-4. One Chive, magnified.<br>
-5. Pointals apart, as they stand in the center of Chives.<br>
-6. The Pointals spread open, with the skinny substance which stands in their center.<br>
-7. One of the Pointals, magnified.<br>
-8. A Seed-bud, cut transversely.<br>
-9. A half ripe seed, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p>The Hibbertia volubilis, (as are the three species of which we have seen
-specimens,) is from New Holland, near Port Jackson; was raised from
-seeds in many different collections near London in the year 1792. It is
-a hardy green-house plant, and makes a very handsome climber, for
-trellis, or pillars in a conservatory. Its growth is very rapid, and its
-flowers which are very brilliant and specious, continue in succession
-from May till September. The increase is certain and easy from cuttings,
-made in the month of May, and placed on a gentle hotbed, or plunged in
-the bark-bed of the hothouse. It delights in a light sandy peat soil.
-Our drawing was made from a plant, in the collection of the Hon. Lady
-Dowager De Clifford, Paddington.</p>
-
-<p>As hitherto this tribe of Plants has not been given to the public by any
-truly established name; (the different species having been erroneously
-titled Dillenias, which have many pointals,) and as we find it to
-differ, from any yet described Genus, we have named it after G. Hibbert,
-Esq. of Clapham Common, Surry; whose knowledge and fervor in botanical
-pursuits, as well as liberality in his endeavours to enrich our
-collections, from every quarter of the globe, but especially from the
-Cape of Good Hope, has not been exceeded by any; and we are well
-assured, no name deserves a place, on botanical record, more than that
-of <span class="smcap">Hibbert</span>.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_511">[Pg 511]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 126
-<br><a href="images/ill_126.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_126.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_514">[Pg 514]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_513">[Pg 513]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_512">[Pg 512]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_127"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXVII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">JASMINUM GRACILE.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Slender-stemmed Jasmine.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS II. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum, oblongum; ore
-quinquedentato, erecto; persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, hypocrateriformis; tubus cylindraccus, longus;
-limbus quinquepartitus, planus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta duo, brevia. Antheræ parvæ, intra tubum corollæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subrotundum. Stylos filiformis, longitudine
-staminum. Stigma bifidum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca ovalis, glabra, bilocularis seu bicapsularis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> duo, magna, ovato-oblonga, arillata, hinc convexa, inde
-plana.</p>
-
-<p><i>Obs.</i> Figura floris acuminata et obtusa variat. Bacca in aliis
-simplex, in aliis dicocca.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one-leaved, tubular, oblong; five-toothed at the
-mouth, and upright; remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, one petal, salver-shaped; tube cylindrical, long; border
-five divisions, flat.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads two, short. Tips small, within the tube of the
-blossom.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud roundish. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the
-chives. Summit two-cleft.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Berry oval, smooth, two-celled or two-capsuled.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> two, large, oblong egg-shaped, each in its proper seed-coat,
-convex on one side, and flat on the other.</p>
-
-<p><i>Obs.</i> The flower varies in its character of tapering to a point,
-or in being blunt-ended. In some the berry is simple, in others
-double-seeded.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Jasminum petiolis foliorum geniculatis; foliis ovatis, oppositis,
-nitidis, simplicibus; floribus umbellatis; laciniis corollæ
-obtusis, undulatis.</p>
-
-<p>Jasmine with the foot-stalks of the leaves jointed; egg-shaped
-leaves, growing opposite, shining and simple; flowers grow in
-umbels; the segments of the blossom are blunt and waved.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Cup.<br>
-2. A Blossom spread open, to expose the situation of the Chives.<br>
-3. The Shaft and Summit.<br>
-4. A ripe Berry.<br>
-5. The same cut transversely, to shew the cells and seeds.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> plant here figured, we consider as a distinct species from the J.
-simplicifolium of Forster, which he describes as a native of the
-Friendly Isles, in the South Seas; and likewise from the J. oblongum of
-Burman, which is given (but with a query) as a synonim to the J.
-simplicifolium of the former Author by Willdenow, in his Sp. Plant. p.
-38, Part I. In the year 1792, the seeds of this plant were received by
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, with the Bignonia pandorana, and
-many others, communicated by Colonel Paterson, then commanding a
-detachment stationed for a time on Norfolk Island, where it is native.
-To the green-house it is a considerable acquisition, either for a
-climber, or otherwise, as it is rarely without blossoms from July, till
-the end of November; being rather more tender than many of its
-congeners, which are in general destined to that station; it should be
-placed as nigh the flue, in as dry and airy a part of it as possible. A
-light, sandy peat soil, without mixture, is the most congenial to its
-growth; and it is increased by cuttings, made in the month of March,
-put, from 12 to 20, according to the size of the pot, under a small
-bell-glass, in the before-named earth, and plunged either in the
-bark-bed of the hot-house, or in the heat of a common hot-bed.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_515">[Pg 515]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 127
-<br><a href="images/ill_127.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_127.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_518">[Pg 518]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_517">[Pg 517]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_516">[Pg 516]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_128"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXVIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">IXIA POLYSTACHIA. <i>Var. incarnata.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Many-spiked Ixia. Var. flesh-colour.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-petala, patens, æqualis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> tria, erectiusculo-patula.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> 6-petals, spreading, equal.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Summits</span> three, nearly upright and spreading.</p>
-
-<p>
-RIGHT<br>
-See <span class="smcap">Ixia reflexa</span>, Pl. XIV. Vol. I.<br>
-</p>
-</div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis linearibus; scapo spicis pluribus; corollæ laciniis
-subreflexis, incarnatis.</p>
-
-<p>Ixia with linear leaves; flower-stem with many spikes of flowers;
-segments of the blossom a little bent backwards, and
-flesh-coloured.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.<br>
-2. A Blossom spread open.<br>
-3. The Pointal natural size, with one of the Summits detached, and magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> fine variety of the Many-spiked Ixia was introduced to our
-collections from the Cape of Good Hope, about the year 1795, with the
-Reflex-flowered Ixia and many others, in bulbs, communicated by J.
-Pringle, Esq. to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith; where our drawing
-was taken in April 1799. No particular care is required, for the culture
-or increase of this, other, than what is required for the generality of
-Cape Ixias.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_519">[Pg 519]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 128
-<br><a href="images/ill_128.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_128.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_522">[Pg 522]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_521">[Pg 521]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_520">[Pg 520]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_129"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXIX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GLORIOSA SUPERBA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Superb Gloriosa.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> nullus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala sex, oblongo-lanceolata, undulata, longissima,
-totaliter reflexa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, subulata, corolla breviora, recto-patula.
-Antheræ incumbentes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen globosum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus longior,
-inclinatus. Stigma triplex, obtusum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula ovalis, triloba, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, globosa, baccata, duplici serie disposita.</p>
-
-<p><i>Obs.</i> Affinis Erythronio.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, none.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals six, oblong-lance-shaped, waved, very long, totally
-bent back.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Six threads, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom,
-spreading out at straight angles from the seed-bud. Tips sideways
-on the threads.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud globular. Shaft thread-shaped, longer than the
-threads, inclined. Summit triple, blunt.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oval, three-lobed, three-celled, three-valved.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, globular, like berries, disposed in two rows.</p>
-
-<p><i>Obs.</i> The genus has an affinity to Erythronium, or Dog’s-tooth
-Violet.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gloriosa soliis cirrhiferis.</p>
-
-<p>Gloriosa with tendril-bearing leaves.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A leaf of the Blossom, with its Chive, as they are fixed together at the base.<br>
-2. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit; the petals of the blossom being cut off.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Gloriosa superba, a native of Guinea, as well as the coast of
-Malabar in the East Indies, is said to be every part poisonous. It is
-herbaceous, and the roots, which are formed upon the decay of the old
-one, should be taken from the pot in November, and kept in dry sand till
-the end of February, when they must be planted in rich earth, composed
-of one part old rotten dung, and two parts leaf mould or peat earth,
-then plunged in the bark-bed of a hot-house which is kept at pine heat,
-to insure their flowering the ensuing August.</p>
-
-<p>Having received a most beautiful branch, of this magnificent plant from
-the collection of the Hon. the Marchioness of Rockingham, at Hillingdon,
-near Uxbridge; the impulse was too strong to be resisted, of giving a
-figure of it in the Bot. Rep. although against our general proposals, as
-this is certainly, neither a new, or rare plant; having been introduced
-so early as 1690, by Mr. Bentick. We therefore beg the indulgence of our
-friends, in this instance; for although the flower is common, and there
-are many figures of it, in different works, as, Rheede’s Hort. Malab.
-Vol. 7. frut. scand. 107. t. 57. Plukenet’s alma. 249. t. 116. f. 3.
-Commelin’s hort. 1. p. 69. t. 35. &amp;c. &amp;c.; yet, as these may not be in
-the possession of many of the purchasers of our work, we hope it may
-prove agreeable.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_523">[Pg 523]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 129
-<br><a href="images/ill_129.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_129.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_526">[Pg 526]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_525">[Pg 525]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_524">[Pg 524]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_130"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">CERBERA UNDULATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Waved-leaved Cerbera.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium pentaphyllum, acuminatum; foliolis
-ovato-lanceolatis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, infundibuliformis; tubus clavatus; limbus
-magnus, quinquepartitus; laciniis obliquis, obtusis, latere altero
-magis gibbis; os tubi quinquangulare, quinquedentatum,
-stellato-connivens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, subulata, in medio tubi. Antheræ
-erectæ, conniventes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subrotundum. Stylus filiformis, brevis. Stigma
-capitatum, bilobum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Drupa maxima, subrotunda, carnosa, a latere sulco
-longitudinali excavata, punctisque duobus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semen.</span> Nux bilocularis, quadrivalvis, retusa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup five leaved, tapering to a point; leaflets between
-egg- and lance-shaped.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one petal, funnel-shaped; tube club-shaped; border large,
-five divisions; segments oblique, obtuse, thicker edged on one
-side; mouth of the tube five-angled, five toothed, approaching
-together in the form of a star.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, awl-shaped, in the middle of the tube. Tips
-upright, and approaching.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud roundish. Shaft thread-shaped, and short. Summit
-headed, two-lobed.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A large pulpy fruit, nearly round, fleshy, hollowed on
-the side by a longitudinal furrow, and with two punctures.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed.</span> Nut two cells, four valves, and bluntly dented at the end.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Cerbera foliis lanceolatis, utrinque attenuatis, undulatis; cymis
-ramosis, divaricatis, axillaribus.</p>
-
-<p>Cerbera with lance-shaped leaves tapered to both ends, and waved;
-tufts of flowers branching into various directions, and growing
-from the foot-stalks of the leaves close to the stem.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, magnified.<br>
-2. The Blossom cut open, with the Chives as they stand in the tube, magnified.<br>
-3. The Empalement, with the pointal after the blossom has fallen off, magnified.<br>
-4. The Seed-bud, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> conspicuously handsome plant was introduced by W. Forsyth, Esq. to
-the Chelsea Gardens in the year 1782, from the island of Bourbon, now
-the Isle de la Revolution, near the coast of Madagascar, in the Indian
-Ocean. It grows to a very considerable height, perfectly straight, and
-polished in the stem, something like the Bamboo Cane, from which
-appearance, till it flowered, it had gone by the name of the fishing rod
-plant. It must be kept in the bark-bed of the hothouse in rich mould,
-and should be removed from its pot but seldom, the roots being extremely
-tender and brittle. The propagation is slow and difficult, as well from
-the great tendency the part has to rot, where cut, as from the
-unfrequency of its throwing out any side shoots from the stem. Our
-drawing was made in July this year, at the Hammersmith nursery; though
-we understand it flowered in the extensive collection of the Right Hon.
-the Earl of Tankerville at Walton-upon-Thames, some years since.</p>
-
-<p>Having followed Willdenow, rather than Jacquin, in the Generic name of
-this plant, our reason is, each species which has hitherto been thrown
-to this Genus, since its first formation, might well make a distinct
-one; if every generic or even essential, character, was to be critically
-attended to. The fruit forming the principal essential character, a
-specimen of which we have seen, containing two large seeds like C.
-Manghas, determined us in our adoption.</p>
-
-<p>The descriptions and figures of the two plants, given by Professor
-Jacquin in his Icon. rar. 2, and Collect. 4, under the genus Ochrosia,
-are, we conceive, only different specimens of our plant; and are both,
-as well as Dryander’s critique on Gmelin (see Linn. Trans. Vol. II. p.
-227) defective; neither of them having seen but <i>dried</i> specimens,
-without the fruit; as in this natural order of plants, the flowers being
-mostly fleshy, many of the principal characters are destroyed in the
-process of drying; and of course, in such case, must lead to error.
-Jacquin’s character of <i>maculata</i>, quoted by Willdenow as a specific
-title, though he has rejected the Generic, we suppose, must have been
-taken from the small blotches on the lower, and which sometimes pervade
-the upper surface of the leaves, but found only when in the last state
-of decay, or when artificially dried to preserve them; as by the
-pressure necessarily employed to that end, the waved, and most
-ostensible character of the living plant, is done away. As to the C.
-parviflora of Forster being the same, as either, the Ochrosia borbonica
-or O. maculata of Jacquin, we must beg leave to dissent from the severe
-criticiser of Gmelin; upon whose authority, nevertheless, Willdenow has
-been led to exclude, even as a synonim, the O. borbonica of Prof.
-Jacquin, which perhaps, if it were not for the increasing of Genera,
-ought to be the name of the plant.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_527">[Pg 527]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 130
-<br><a href="images/ill_130.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_130.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_530">[Pg 530]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_529">[Pg 529]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_528">[Pg 528]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_131"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GERANIUM LACINIATUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Ragged-leaved Geranium.</i></span></h2>
-
-<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. <i>of Suppl. System. Veg.</i> 1781.</p>
-
-<p><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">One Pointal.</span> Five Summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
-berries.</p>
-
-<p>
-See <span class="smcap">Geranium grandiflorum</span>, Pl. XII. Vol. I.<br>
-</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis radicalibus, integris laciniatisque, petiolis
-filiformibus; calycibus monophyllis; Staminibus quinque fertilibus;
-radice tuberosa.</p>
-
-<p>Geranium with leaves growing from the root, entire and jagged,
-foot-stalks thread-shaped; cups one leaved; five fertile chives;
-root tuberous.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, with its tubular part laid open.<br>
-2. The Chives and Pointal, as they stand in the blossom, magnified.<br>
-3. The same cut open, and detached from the Pointal, magnified.<br>
-4. The Pointal, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Ragged-leaved Geranium may be considered as an herbaceous plant, for
-it rarely retains its leaves longer than September; and when in a state
-of inaction, should be watered but sparingly, otherwise the root will be
-subject to rot. It may be increased by parting the roots about March,
-which should be afterwards planted in rich mould, and placed on a shelf
-in the hot-house; where they will flower in May or June. From an
-imported plant, in the Hibbertian collection, our drawing was made this
-year.</p>
-
-<p>A continual harping on the same subject, may perhaps appear rather
-tiresome; but, as almost every real new species of Geranium, which falls
-under our observation, seems to add a fresh proof of the futility of the
-new arrangement, we cannot forbear noticing it. This species, for
-instance, has every other essential generic character of Monsieur
-L’Heritier’s Pelargonium, but unfortunately the most essential. Upon an
-accurate examination of a number of flowers, before they had expanded,
-(the only time when it can be truly ascertained), in no one instance,
-was there more than five tips to be found. Where to place it, with
-Erodium, or Pelargonium?<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_531">[Pg 531]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 131
-<br><a href="images/ill_131.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_131.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_534">[Pg 534]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_533">[Pg 533]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_532">[Pg 532]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_132"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">PROTEA LONGIFOLIA. <i>Nigra.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Long-leaved Protea. Black flower.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 4-fida seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis
-infra apicem. Calyx proprius nullus. Semina solitaria.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> 4-cleft or 4 petals. Tips linear, inserted into the petals
-below the point. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.</p>
-
-<p>
-See <span class="smcap">Protea formosa</span>, Pl. XVII. Vol. I.<br>
-</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Protea foliis sublinearibus, angustis, obliquis, rigidis,
-longissimis; squamis interioribus, calycis lanceolatis, erectis;
-florum plumis atro-purpureis.</p>
-
-<p>Protea with leaves nearly linear, narrow, oblique, harsh and very
-long; the inner scales of the cup are lance-shaped and upright; the
-plume of flowers of a black-purple.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete, with the seed-bud attached.<br>
-2. The Petals of the flower opened, to shew the situation of the Tips.<br>
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Protea, from the Cape of Good Hope, of which we have
-drawings of three varieties, is as yet, very scarce in this kingdom. The
-variety here figured, as well as the others of this species, have been
-hitherto considered as varieties of P. speciosa; with which, however,
-they have less connexion, than with P. mellifera; but from both they
-stand quite distinct. Wherefore, we have given them the specific title
-of longifolia, from the extreme length of their leaves, which are
-considerably longer, than could be expressed in the figure. We believe
-this is the first year it has flowered in England, or in any other
-collection, than the nursery, Hammersmith; where our drawing was made in
-November. It is most difficult, or indeed almost impracticable, to
-increase it, as it puts out no side shoots, and certainly damps off, if
-laid down, where it touches the earth.</p>
-
-<p>From Boerhaave’s having arranged this species of Protea, (See his Index
-to the Leyden Garden, Part 2. from P. 185 to 189,) with his
-Lepidocarpodendrons, after <i>fig. 187</i>, which is our P. mellifera;
-Willdenow has been led into an error; since he has given this plant, the
-188 Fig. of Boerhaave, as a synonim to P. speciosa, which ought not to
-be so taken, unless we understand, that he meant all his
-Lepidocarpodendrons as only varieties of each other; the principal
-distinguishing feature, in P. speciosa, being the incurved and fringed
-character, of the inner scales of the empalement.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_535">[Pg 535]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 132
-<br><a href="images/ill_132.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_132.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_538">[Pg 538]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_537">[Pg 537]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_536">[Pg 536]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_133"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">PROTEA LONGIFOLIA. <i>Ferruginoso-purpurea.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Long-leaved Protea. Rusty-purple flower.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 4-fida seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis
-infra apicem. Calyx proprius nullus. Semina solitaria.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> 4-cleft or four petals. Tips linear inserted into the
-petals below the point. Cup proper none. Seeds solitary.</p>
-
-<p>
-See <span class="smcap">Protea speciosa</span>. Pl. XVII. Vol. I.<br>
-</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Protea foliis sub-linearibus, angustis, obliquis, rigidis,
-longissimis; squamis interioribus calycis lanceolatis erectis;
-florum plumis ferruginoso-purpureis; conus subglobosus.</p>
-
-<p>Protea with nearly linear leaves, narrow, oblique, harsh and very
-long; the inner scales of the cup are lance-shaped and upright; the
-plume of flowers are of a rusty-purple; the cone nearly
-globe-shaped.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete, with the seed-bud attached.<br>
-2. The Petals of the flower spread open, to expose the situation of the Tips.<br>
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">That</span> the attention of the scientific and other collectors and
-cultivators of exotics, in this kingdom, may be brought to a better
-acquaintance, with this fine, very extended, yet much neglected Genus;
-the species of which, now in Britain, amount to more than seventy, has
-been our chief aim, in endeavouring to lay before them, figures of some
-of the most rare and beautiful; one of which we deem the present.</p>
-
-<p>This variety of Long-leaved Protea, is figured in Boerhaave’s Index to
-the Leyden garden, Part 2. p. 186, as one of his Lepidocarpodendrons,
-and has been given, by Willdenow in his Sp. plant. Tom. I. p. 531, as a
-synonim of P. speciosa, quoted from Thunberg’s prod. 27. Diss. de Prot.</p>
-
-<p>The culture and treatment of this plant, is the same as P. speciosa, to
-which we refer our readers.</p>
-
-<p>From a fine plant, in the Hibbertian collection, our drawing was taken
-in the month of July this year. It was introduced to us from the Royal
-Gardens at Schonbrun in Germany, communicated by the superintendant to
-Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, the seeds having been received
-from the collector for the Emperor, at the Cape.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_539">[Pg 539]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 133
-<br><a href="images/ill_133.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_133.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_542">[Pg 542]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_541">[Pg 541]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_540">[Pg 540]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_134"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXIV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">IXIA CROCATA. <i>Var. nig. maculata.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Crocus flowered Ixia. Var. black spotted.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-petala, patens, æqualis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> tria, erectiusculo-patula.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> 6-petals, spreading, equal.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives</span> three, upright and spreading.</p>
-
-<p>
-See <span class="smcap">Ixia reflexa</span>. Pl. XIV. Vol. I.<br>
-</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis falcatis, flaccidis; floribus alternis, sessilibus;
-petalis tribus exterioribus basi gibbis maculatisque.</p>
-
-<p>Ixia with scimitar-shaped limber leaves; flowers grow alternate and
-close to the stem; the three outer petals are gouty and spotted at
-the base.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The two Spaths of the Empalement.<br>
-2. The Flower cut open and expanded, with the Chives attached.<br>
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summits, the Summits detached and magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> variety of Crocus-flowered Ixia was introduced, according to the
-Kew Catalogue, Vol. I. p. 60, in the year 1774, by Mr. F. Masson, from
-the Cape of Good Hope, and there, is treated as a distinct species,
-under the name of I. deusta. From the number of drawings we possess of
-this tribe of plants, having nineteen distinct varieties of this one
-species, and in the close investigation we have given them, in their
-flowering, for a number of years; having found them to sport in colour,
-&amp;c. from the same root, but much more so from seed; enables us
-decisively to place this plant as a variety to I. crocata. It is one of
-the most hardy of the Genus, and propagates itself by the root. The
-flowers are produced about May, in which month 1799, our drawing was
-taken, at the Hammersmith nursery; since, we have not seen it in any
-collection; which leads us to think it is not a free blower, as the
-roots are not scarce.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_543">[Pg 543]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 134
-<br><a href="images/ill_134.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_134.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_546">[Pg 546]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_545">[Pg 545]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_544">[Pg 544]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_135"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">MALVA REFLEXA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Reflex-flowered Mallow.</i></span></h2>
-
-<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER VI. <i>of Schreb. Gen. Plant. 1789.</i></p>
-
-<p><i>MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Many Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium duplex; <i>exterius</i> triphyllum, angustius;
-foliolis cordatis, acutis, persistentibus; <i>interius</i> monophyllum,
-semiquinquefidum, majus, latius, persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, obcordata, præmorsa, plana, tubo staminum
-basi affixa.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta numerosa, inferne coalita in tubum, in hujus
-apice et superficie secedentia et libera. Antheræ reniformes.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen orbiculatum. Stylus cylindraceus, brevis.
-Stigmata plurima, setosa, longitudine styli.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula subrotunda, composita e loculamentis pluribus,
-(tot quot stigmata) bivalvibus, virticillatim inarticulatis circum
-receptaculum columnare, tandem dilabentibus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria, rarius duo seu tria, reniformia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup double; the <i>outer</i> three-leaved, narrower;
-leaflets heart-shaped, sharp, and remaining; the <i>inner</i> one-leaf,
-half five-cleft, larger, broader, and remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals; inversely heart-shaped, appearing bit at the
-ends, flat, fixed to the tube of the chives at the base.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads numerous, united below into a tube, at its top and
-surface parted and loose. Tips kidney-shaped.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud orbicular. Shaft cylindrical and short. Summits
-many, bristle-shaped, the length of the shaft.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule roundish, composed of many cells (as many as
-there are tips) two-valved, forming a whorl round a columnar
-receptacle not jointed, at length falling off.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> solitary, seldom two or three, kidney-shaped.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Malva foliis cuneiformibus, inequaliter incisolobatis; petalis
-reflexis.</p>
-
-<p>Mallow with wedge-shaped leaves, unequally gashed into lobes;
-petals reflexed.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, the inner and outer Cup separated from the Blossom.<br>
-2. A Blossom spread open.<br>
-3. The Chives and Pointal.<br>
-4. The Chives, the connecting tube cut open.<br>
-5. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Some</span> light doubts, at first, arose in our minds, that this plant might
-be M. virgata, the 15th in Professor Martyn’s new arrangement of
-Miller’s Dictionary, vide art. Malva. But, from the extraordinary length
-of the branches of M. virgata, there described to be six feet and a half
-long, and only the thickness of a wheat straw at the base! with dark
-purple flowers; we cannot but consider this, which never rises to more
-than a foot and a half or two feet in the stem, with white flowers,
-excepting a small streak of red at the base of the petals, as a distinct
-and new species. It is a native of the Cape, and was received in seeds,
-from thence, in the year 1794. As a hardy green-house plant it is most
-ornamental; the blossoms, which are quite reflexed when full blown,
-being produced in succession from March till November, upon every part
-of the plant. It is increased by cuttings made in May, and placed under
-a hand-glass on a shady border. Light loam with a small mixture of peat,
-it the best soil to make it flourish.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_547">[Pg 547]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 135
-<br><a href="images/ill_135.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_135.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_550">[Pg 550]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_549">[Pg 549]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_548">[Pg 548]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_136"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXVI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GERANIUM CRASSIFOLIUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Thick-leaved Geranium.</i></span></h2>
-
-<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. <i>of Suppl. System. Veg. 1781.</i></p>
-
-<p><i>MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata 5. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">One Pointal.</span> Five summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
-berries.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Geranium grandiflorum</span>, Pl. XII. Vol. 1.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis acuminatis, lobato-pinnatis, sub-carnosis, laciniis
-inequaliter dentatis; pedunculis subquadrifloris; floribus
-pentandris; petalis æqualibus, purpureis.</p>
-
-<p>Geranium with leaves tapering to the point, winged in lobes and
-rather fleshy, the segments unequally toothed; foot-stalks
-generally four flowers; the flowers have five fertile tips; petals
-equal and purple.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. One Petal of the Blossom.<br>
-3. The Chives and Pointal.<br>
-4. The Chives, spread open.<br>
-5. The same, magnified.<br>
-6. The Pointal, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> thick-leaved Geranium is a native of the island of Cyprus, and was
-introduced by Dr. Sibthorpe, on his return from visiting the Grecian
-islands, in the year 1788. It is, we think, no more than a biennial
-plant at best, as it seldom survives the second winter, and but rarely
-the first. If the seeds are sown in the month of March, the plants will
-flower the ensuing autumn, and generally produce ripe seeds, if kept in
-a sheltered and warm situation. This plant is unquestionably the true
-Erodium of L’Heritier, and those who admit of that innovation, being the
-one, apparently, upon which he formed his Generic distinction; as we
-believe, no other species, so denominated, has every constituent
-Essential part necessary to his Genus.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_551">[Pg 551]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 136
-<br><a href="images/ill_136.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_136.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_554">[Pg 554]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_553">[Pg 553]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_552">[Pg 552]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_137"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXVII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS NANUS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Dwarf Gladiolus.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> sexpartita, ringens. Stamina adscendentia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six divisions, gaping. Chives ascending.</p>
-
-<p>
-See <span class="smcap">Gladiolus roseus</span>. Plate XI. Vol. I.<br>
-</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis lanceolatis, plicatis, pilosis; scapo toto
-florigero longitudine foliorum; corolla ringente, laciniis
-longissimis, divaricatis, undulatis; spatha trivalvi.</p>
-
-<p>Gladiolus with lance-shaped leaves, plaited and hairy; flower-stem
-quite covered with flowers the length of the leaves; blossom
-gaping, the segments very long, spreading different ways and waved;
-sheath three valved.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The three valved Sheath.<br>
-2. A Blossom cut open and expanded, the Chives remaining attached.<br>
-4. The Seed-bud, Shaft and its Summits, one of them detached and magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Hibbertian collection has furnished us with this extraordinarily
-handsome Gladiolus. Our drawing was taken at Clapham, in August this
-year, when we were informed by Mr. Hibbert that he had received the
-bulbs but a few months before, from his collector at the Cape. It has
-little likeness to any one of the Genus yet in England; but from the
-character of the leaves, we should incline to think, the treatment
-required for Ixia plicata, (of which species we have drawings of more
-than twenty varieties, known under the names of I. villosa, I.
-rubro-cyanea, I. punicea, I. purpurea, &amp;c. &amp;c.) that is to say, to be
-kept through the winter months, in more heat than is required for the
-generality of Ixias and Gladioluses.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_555">[Pg 555]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 137
-<br><a href="images/ill_137.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_137.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_558">[Pg 558]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_557">[Pg 557]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_556">[Pg 556]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_138"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXVIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">VACCINIUM AMOENUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Broad-leaved Whortle-berry.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> superus. Corolla monopetala.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Filamenta</span> receptaculo inserta. Bacca quadrilocularis, polysperma.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> superior. Blossom one petal.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Threads</span> fixed into the receptacle. A Berry with four cells and many
-seeds.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Vac. arctostaphyllos</span>, Pl. XXX. Vol. I.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Vaccinium foliis utrinque acuminatis, subserrulatis, deciduis;
-floribus racemosis, pedunculis bracteatis, calycibus reflexis,
-corollis cylindraceis. Stamina decem.</p>
-
-<p>Whortle-berry with leaves tapering to both ends, a little sawed at
-the edges and falling off; flowers grow in long bunches,
-foot-stalks with floral leaves, cups reflexed, blossoms
-cylinder-shaped. Ten Chives.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Flower complete.<br>
-2. The Empalement, with the floral leaves.<br>
-3. The Chives, magnified.<br>
-4. The Shaft and its Summit, magnified.<br>
-5. A nearly ripe Berry.<br>
-6. The same, cut transversely, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> very handsome species of Whortleberry was introduced, from North
-America, in the year 1765, by Mr. John Cree, Nurseryman, of Addlestone,
-amongst many others. It is a hardy plant, in our climate. This species
-inclines to a loamy, rather than a peat soil, and is propagated by
-suckers, which it throws up from the root, or from layers; which may be
-put down in May, and taken off the succeeding year. Its time of
-flowering is about June or July, in which latter month our drawing was
-made last year, at Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s, Hammersmith.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_559">[Pg 559]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 138
-<br><a href="images/ill_138.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_138.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_562">[Pg 562]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_561">[Pg 561]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_560">[Pg 560]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_139"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXIX.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">STRUTHIOLA CILIATA. <i>Var. flore rubro.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Fringed-leaved Struthiola. Var. red flowered.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Perianthium</span> diphyllum. Corolla tubulosa, 4-fida; Nectarium,
-glandulæ octo fauci circumpositæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semen</span> unum, subbaccatum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> two-leaved. Blossom tubular, 4-cleft; Honey-cup, 8 glands
-placed round the mouth of the blossom.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">One Seed</span>, like a berry.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Struthiola imbricata</span>, Pl. CXIII. Vol. II.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Struthiola foliis ovato-lanceolatis, mucronatis, ciliatis,
-concavis, quadrifariam imbricatis; glandulæ octo supra faucem;
-corolla rubra.</p>
-
-<p>Struthiola with leaves between egg and lance-shaped, pointed,
-fringed, concave and tiled in four rows; eight glands upon the
-mouth of the blossom, which is red.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A leaf, natural size, from one of the younger branches.<br>
-2. A Blossom, with its Cup, or floral leaves.<br>
-3. The Cup, magnified.<br>
-4. A Blossom cut open, and magnified.<br>
-5. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> two varieties of this species of Struthiola, the other with a white
-flower being intended for our next number, were introduced at the same
-time with the Struthiola imbricata, to which they much affine, in
-general habit. But, the strong distinction in the number and character
-of the glands, induced us to consider them of a distinct species; in
-this, they are eight, in S. imbricata there are but four; the leaves
-likewise not so closely set upon the stem, and they are much more
-fringed. For the culture and treatment of this, we must refer our
-readers to the directions, for managing the above named plant. We had
-our specimen, for the figure, from the Clapham collection in May 1800.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_563">[Pg 563]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 139
-<br><a href="images/ill_139.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_139.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_566">[Pg 566]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_565">[Pg 565]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_564">[Pg 564]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_140"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXL.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">VACCINIUM FRONDOSUM.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Obtuse-leaved Whortle-berry.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> superus. Corolla monopetala. Filamenta receptaculo inserta.
-Bacca quadrilocularis, polysperma.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> superior. Blossom one petal. Threads fixed into the receptacle.
-A berry with four cells and many seeds.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Vac. arctostaphyllos</span>, Pl. XXX. Vol. I.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Vaccinium racemis foliosis; pedicellis bracteatis; corollis
-campanulatis; foliis obtusis, oblongis, subtus sub-glaucis,
-deciduis. Stamina decem.</p>
-
-<p>Whortle-berry with small leaves on the flower-stems; foot-stalks of
-the flowers with leaflets; blossoms bell-shaped; leaves, obtuse,
-oblong, rather glaucous underneath and deciduous. Ten Chives.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, natural size.<br>
-2. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.<br>
-3. A nearly ripe Berry cut transversely.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Obtuse-leaved Whortle-berry was introduced, according to the Kew
-Catalogue, Vol. II. p. 12, from North America, in the year 1770 by Mr.
-William Young; but nevertheless, although said to be an inhabitant of
-our gardens so long as 20 years, it is, we believe, known to very few
-cultivators. It is a deciduous shrub, growing to the height of about two
-or three feet; and will, in general, survive the inclemency of our
-winters.</p>
-
-<p>It is increased with difficulty by layers, and the berries seldom ripen
-with us; light peat earth, with a small mixture of loam, it thrives in
-most. The drawing for our figure was taken, from the Hibbertian
-collection, in July 1800. This species has likewise ten Chives, five
-divisions of the cup, <span class="pagenum"><a id="page_567">[Pg 567]</a></span>&amp;c.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 140
-<br><a href="images/ill_140.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_140.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_570">[Pg 570]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_569">[Pg 569]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_568">[Pg 568]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_141"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXLI.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">CYANELLA CAPENSIS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Cape Cyanella.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA</i>. Six Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> nullus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala sex, unguibus cohærentia, oblonga, concava, patula;
-tribus interioribus propendentibus.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, basi contigua, brevissima, patentiuscula;
-infimo declinato. Antherarum quinque oblongæ, curvatæ, erectæ,
-apice dehiscentes, dentibus quatuor obtusis; altera vero declinata,
-maxima, apice bifida.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen trigonum, obtusum. Stylus filiformis, declinatus,
-longitudine infimi staminis. Stigma acutiusculum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula subrotunda trisulcata, trilocularis,
-trivalvis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, oblonga.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, none.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Six petals, adhering by the claws, oblong, concave,
-spreading; the three interior ones hanging forwards.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads six, contiguous at the base, very short, spreading
-a little; the lower one bent down. Five of the tips are oblong,
-curved, upright, splitting at the end, with four obtuse teeth; but
-the other is bent down, very large, and two-cleft at the end.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud three-sided, obtuse. Shaft thread-shaped, bent
-downward, and the length of the lower chive. Summit rather
-sharp-pointed.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule roundish, three-furrowed, three cells, three
-valves.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, oblong.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Cyanella caule folioso, paniculato; racemis divaricatis; foliis
-lanceolatis, undulatis; floribus cæruleis.</p>
-
-<p>Cyanella with a leafy stem growing into a panicle; branches
-straddling; leaves lance-shaped, and waved; flowers blue.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Chives and Pointal, natural size, the petals of the blossom cut away.<br>
-2. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.<br>
-3. The same thrown open, to shew their connection at the base.<br>
-4. The Pointal and Seed-bud, magnified.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Cape Cyanella has been long known in many herbariums, and to most
-botanists by name, but we much question whether a living plant has, till
-now, been seen in our gardens. The description, in his dictionary, of a
-plant cultivated by Miller in 1768, where he says, “the leaves are long,
-narrow, with a groove on the upper side, the peduncle arising
-immediately from the root, supporting one flower, of a fine blue
-colour;” surely can have no connection with our plant, but in the colour
-of its blossom. From every appearance of the plant, even in an abortive
-specimen, more than one flower must be produced, if any. It is
-enumerated, in the Kew Catalogue, as one of the species of Cyanella;
-but, we suppose, only from an accepted idea, that the plant described by
-Miller was the C. capensis; and, as having been cultivated in Britain,
-might be therefore introduced with propriety into the book, though it
-had never graced the garden; otherwise, if this plant, which is
-incontestibly the true C. capensis of Linnæus, had ever been seen in the
-Royal Gardens, no affinity would have been traced to that of Miller.</p>
-
-<p>A few small inaccuracies occur in the generic character of this Genus,
-which we have rectified; one is, that the inner, and not the outer
-petals, are those which hang forward; the others may be observed by
-those, who may consider them worthy notice. This species is a
-bulbous-rooted plant, flowering freely in the green-house; although the
-roots had been received, late in the season, from the collector for the
-Hibbertian Collection now at the Cape; which, perhaps, is the reason the
-flowers are produced at this time of the year (February). Mr. Allen
-informs us, that, it has had no other treatment, than what is given to
-Cape bulbs in general. From the swelled appearance of the seed-vessels
-we have little doubt of ripe seeds being produced.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_571">[Pg 571]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 141
-<br><a href="images/ill_141.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_141.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_574">[Pg 574]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_573">[Pg 573]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_572">[Pg 572]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_142"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXLII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS CRISPUS.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Curled-leaved Gladiolus.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> sexpartita, ringens. Stamina adscendentia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six divisions, gaping. Chives ascending.</p>
-
-<p>See <span class="smcap">Gladiolus roseus</span>. Plate XI. Vol. I.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis ensiformibus, ad oras crispus; floribus secundis,
-palidè rubris; laciniis corollæ rotundatis; tubo gracili,
-longissimo.</p>
-
-<p>Gladiolus with sword shaped leaves, curled at the edges; flowers
-point all one way, and are of a pale red; segments of the blossom
-rounded; tube slender, and very long.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br>
-2. A Flower cut open, the Chives remaining attached.<br>
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">A</span> Figure of this Gladiolus may be found in the Ic. rar. 2. of Professor
-Jacquin, t. 267, by those who possess that elegant and invaluable work.
-The plant from which our drawing was taken, and we believe the first
-that has been seen in Britain, flowered in the collection of G. Hibbert,
-Esq. Clapham Common, last year in the month of July. We do not perceive
-that the treatment of this plant, should differ from the rest of its
-congeners.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_575">[Pg 575]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 142
-<br><a href="images/ill_142.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_142.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_578">[Pg 578]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_577">[Pg 577]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_576">[Pg 576]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_143"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXLIII.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">LIMONIA TRIFOLIATA.</span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Three-leafletted Limonia.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS X. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Ten Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, tri-seu quinquefidum, acutum,
-minimum, persistens.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala tria ad quinque, oblonga, obtusa, erecta, apice
-patentia.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex ad decem, subulata, erecta, corolla
-breviora. Antheræ lineares, erectæ.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen oblongum, superum. Stylus cylindraceus,
-longitudine staminum. Stigma capitatum, planum.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca ovata seu globosa, trilocularis; dissepimentis
-membranaceis.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria, ovata.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, three or five-cleft, pointed, very small,
-and remaining.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals from three to five, oblong, obtuse, upright,
-spreading at the end.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads from six to ten, awl shaped, upright, shorter than
-the blossom. Tips linear, and upright.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed bud oblong and superior. Shaft cylindrical, the
-length of the Chives. Summit headed, and flat.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> An oval, or globular berry with three cells;
-partitions skinny.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> solitary, and egg-shaped.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Limonia foliis ternatis; spinis geminis, axillaribus.</p>
-
-<p>Limonia with leaves composed of three leaflets; spines grow by
-pairs at the footstalks of the leaves close to the stem.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, magnified.<br>
-2. The Chives and Pointal, magnified, as they stand in the Blossom.<br>
-3. The Pointal natural size.<br>
-4. The same, magnified.<br>
-5. A ripe berry.<br>
-6. A Seed.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> plant, a native of China, has since its introduction, as are most
-plants coming from thence, been cultivated with us as a hot-house plant;
-but from every natural affinity, we should be led to suppose it would
-endure our winters, in the green-house. As yet it is in few collections
-and scarce; therefore, till it becomes more plenty, it will, most
-likely, not undergo that ordeal. Our drawing was taken from a branch in
-high perfection, communicated by Mr. Anderson, from the collection of J.
-Vere, Esq. Kensington Gore, last year 1800, in the month of July; who
-informs us, he has been enabled to propagate it by cuttings, and that he
-keeps it in a mixture of loam and rotten dung.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_579">[Pg 579]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 143
-<br><a href="images/ill_143.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_143.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_582">[Pg 582]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_581">[Pg 581]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_580">[Pg 580]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a id="plt_144"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXLIV.<br><br>
-<span class="chead">PROTEA LONGIFOLIA. <i>Var. cono turbinato.</i></span><br><br>
-<span class="chead2"><i>Long-leaved Protea. Var. top-shaped cone.</i></span></h2>
-
-<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3>
-
-<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p>
-
-<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 4-fida seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis
-infra apicem. Calyx proprius nullus. Semina solitaria.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> 4-cleft or 4 petals. Tips linear, inserted into the petals
-below the point. Cup proper none. Seeds solitary.</p>
-
-<p>
-See <span class="smcap">Protea formosa</span>, Pl. XVII. Vol. I.<br>
-</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquot"><p>Protea foliis sublinearibus, angustis, obliquis, rigidis,
-longissimis; squamis interioribus calycis lanceolatis, erectis;
-florum plumis atro-purpureis; conus turbinatus.</p>
-
-<p>Protea with nearly linear leaves, narrow, oblique, harsh and very
-long; the inner scales of the cup are lance-shaped and upright; the
-plume of flowers are of a dark purple; the cone top-shaped.</p></div>
-
-<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p>
-
-<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete, with the seed-bud attached.<br>
-2. The Petals of the flower spread open, to shew the situation of the Tips.<br>
-3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit.<br>
-</p>
-
-<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> is the third variety of Long-leaved Protea, as mentioned p. 132,
-and equally scarce with the preceding ones. It was raised from seed at
-the same time with the other two, which were received by Messrs. Lee and
-Kennedy, Hammersmith, from the superintendant of the Imperial Gardens at
-Schonbrun. This variety, at present, is in no collection, that we know
-of, in England, but that of G. Hibbert, Esq. where our drawing was made,
-in the month of January 1801. The same unfortunate character attaches to
-this, as to the other varieties, from the great difficulty of increasing
-it; although, it flourishes in growth, if planted in a light, loamy
-soil.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_583">[Pg 583]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 144
-<br><a href="images/ill_144.jpg">
-<img src="images/ill_144.jpg"
-height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_585">[Pg 585]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_584">[Pg 584]</a></span></p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_588">[Pg 588]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_587">[Pg 587]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_586">[Pg 586]</a></span></p>
-
-<h2><a id="INDEX-vol2"></a>INDEX<br><br>
-TO THE PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOL. II.</h2>
-
-<table style="font-size:75%;">
-<tr><td rowspan="72">Plate </td>
-<td class="rt"><a href="#plt_75">75</a></td>
-<td> Daphne pontica. </td><td> Pontic Spurge Laurel. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> March, April.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_74">74</a></td><td> Persoonia lanceolata. </td><td> Lance-shape-leaved Persoonia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> All Summer.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_75">75</a></td><td> Physalis prostrata. </td><td> Trailing Winter cherry. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Ann. </td><td> July, August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_76">76</a></td><td> Protea pinifolia. </td><td> Pine-leaved Protea. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July, August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_77">77</a></td><td> Persoonia linearis. </td><td> Linear-leaved Protea. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August, Sept.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_78">78</a></td><td> Ixora Pavetta. </td><td> Sweet Ixora. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August, Sept.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_79">79</a></td><td> Crowea saligna. </td><td> Willow leaved Crowea. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July till Nov.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_80">80</a></td><td> Buchnera fœtida. </td><td> Stinking Buchnera. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Ann. </td><td> August, Sept.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_81">81</a></td><td> Sowerbia juncea. </td><td> Rush-like Sowerbia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Herb. </td><td> All Summer.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_82">82</a></td><td> Banksia serrata. </td><td> Sawed-leaved Banksia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> March, April.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_83">83</a></td><td> Moræa tricolor. </td><td> Three-coloured Moræa. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_84">84</a></td><td> Buchnera pedunculata. </td><td> Solitary-flowered Buchnera. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July till Nov.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_85">85</a></td><td> Mahernia odorata. </td><td> Sweet Mahernia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> All the year.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_86">86</a></td><td> Bignonia pandorana. </td><td> Norfolk Island Trumpet Flower. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> March till June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_87">87</a></td><td> Ixia aristata. <i>Var. atro-purpurea.</i> </td><td> Ragged sheathed Ixia. <i>Var. dark purple.</i> </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_88">88</a></td><td> Eranthemum pulchellum. </td><td> Blue-flowered Eranthemum. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> Jan. till May.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_89">89</a></td><td> Gnidia lævigata. </td><td> Shining-leaved Gnidia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July, August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_90">90</a></td><td> Septas capensis. </td><td> Cape septas. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Herb. </td><td> May till August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_91">91</a></td><td> Camellia japonica. <i>Var. flo. pl. variegato.</i> </td><td> Double-striped Camellia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August till May.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_92">92</a></td><td> Crinum spirali. </td><td> Spiral-stalked Asphodel Lily. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> Jan. till April.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_93">93</a></td><td> Aster reflexus. </td><td> Reflex-leaved Starwort. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> All the year.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_94">94</a></td><td> Galaxia ovata. </td><td> Oval-leaved Galaxia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> June, July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_95">95</a></td><td> Amaryllis radiata. </td><td> Rayed Lily Daffodil. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> Feb. March.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_96">96</a></td><td> Punica granatum. <i>Var. flo. albo.</i> </td><td> White Pomegranate. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> April, May.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_97">97</a></td><td> Vaccinium formosum. </td><td> Red-twigged Whortle-berry. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_98">98</a></td><td> Pultenæa daphnoides. </td><td> Daphne-like Pultenæa. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_99">99</a></td><td> Gladiolus blandus. </td><td> Large white-flowered Gladiolus. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> May.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_100">100</a></td><td> Embothrium sericeum. </td><td> Silky Embothrium. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> All the year.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_101">101</a></td><td> Hypoxis stellata. </td><td> Star-flowered Hypoxis. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> June, July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_102">102</a></td><td> Epigæa repens. </td><td> Creeping Epigæa. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> April, May.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_103">103</a></td><td> Protea speciosa, <i>nigra</i>. </td><td> Black-flowered Protea. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July, August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_104">104</a></td><td> Lachnæa Eriocephala. </td><td> Woolly-headed Lachnæa. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> March till Aug.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_105">105</a></td><td> Vaccinium crassifolium. </td><td> Thick-leaved Whortle-berry. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> June, July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_106">106</a></td><td> Houstonia coccinea. </td><td> Scarlet Houstonia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August till Dec.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_107">107</a></td><td> Allium gracile. </td><td> Sweet-scented Garlic. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> March till June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_108">108</a></td><td> Geranium reniforme. </td><td> Kidney-shape-leaved Geranium. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July, August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_109">109</a></td><td> Chrysanthemum tricolor. </td><td> Three-coloured Corn-Marygold. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Ann. </td><td> July till October.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_110">110</a></td><td> Protea speciosa, <i>latifolia</i>. </td><td> Broad-leaved shewy Protea. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_111">111</a></td><td> Gladiolus striatus. </td><td> Streaked-flowered Gladiolus. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> July, August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_112">112</a></td><td> Vaccinium dumosum. </td><td> Bushy Whortle-berry. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_113">113</a></td><td> Struthiola imbricata. </td><td> Tiled-leaved Struthiola. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> March and Sept.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_114">114</a></td><td> Geranium quinquevulnerum. </td><td> Variegated-flowered Geranium. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> June, July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_115">115</a></td><td> Geranium tomentosum. </td><td> Downy-leaved Geranium. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_116">116</a></td><td> Gaultheria procumbens. </td><td> Trailing Gaultheria. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> March till Aug.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_117">117</a></td><td> Gentiana purpurea. </td><td> Purple-flowered Gentian. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Herb. </td><td> July, August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_118">118</a></td><td> Gladiolus grandiflorus. </td><td> Large-flowered Gladiolus. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_119">119</a></td><td> Struthiola ovata. </td><td> Oval-leaved Struthiola. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> March till June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_120">120</a></td><td> Fuchsia lycioides. </td><td> Box Thorn-like Fuchsia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August till Nov.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_121">121</a></td><td> Geranium cortusæfolium. </td><td> Cortusa-leaved Geranium. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_122">122</a></td><td> Gladiolus galeatus. </td><td> Helmet-flowered Gladiolus. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_123">123</a></td><td> Thunbergia fragrans. </td><td> Twining Thunbergia. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> May till Sept.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_124">124</a></td><td> Heliconia psittacorum. </td><td> Parrot billed Heliconia. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> September.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_125">125</a></td><td> Vaccinium parviflorum. </td><td> Small-flowered Whortle-berry. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_126">126</a></td><td> Hibbertia volubilis. </td><td> Twining Hibbertia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> May till Sept.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_127">127</a></td><td> Jasminum gracile. </td><td> Slender-stemmed Jasmine. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July till Nov.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_128">128</a></td><td> Ixia polystachia. </td><td> Many-spiked Ixia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> April.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_129">129</a></td><td> Gloriosa superba. </td><td> Superb Gloriosa. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_130">130</a></td><td> Cerbera undulata. </td><td> Waved-leaved Cerbera. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_131">131</a></td><td> Geranium laciniatum. </td><td> Ragged-leaved Geranium. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_132">132</a></td><td> Protea longifolia. <i>Nigra.</i> </td><td> Long-leaved Protea. <i>Black flower.</i> </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> Novem. Decem.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_133">133</a></td><td> Protea longifolia. <i>Ferruginoso-purpurea.</i> </td><td> Long-leaved Protea. <i>Rusty purple flower.</i> </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July, August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_134">134</a></td><td> Ixia crocata. <i>Var. nigra maculata.</i> </td><td> Crocus-flowered Ixia. <i>Var. black spotted.</i> </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_135">135</a></td><td> Malva reflexa. </td><td> Reflex-flowered Mallow. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> March till Nov.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_136">136</a></td><td> Geranium crassifolium. </td><td> Thick-leaved Geranium. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Ann. </td><td> August, Sept.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_137">137</a></td><td> Gladiolus nanus. </td><td> Dwarf Gladiolus. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_138">138</a></td><td> Vaccinium amœnum. </td><td> Broad-leaved Whortle-berry. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> June, July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_139">139</a></td><td> Struthiola ciliata. <i>Var. flore rubro.</i> </td><td> Fringed-leaved Struthiola. <i>Var. red-flowered.</i> </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_140">140</a></td><td> Vaccinium frondosum. </td><td> Obtuse-leaved Whortle-berry. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> June, July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_141">141</a></td><td> Cyanella capensis. </td><td> Cape Cyanella. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_142">142</a></td><td> Gladiolus crispus. </td><td> Curled leaved Gladiolus. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> June, July.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_143">143</a></td><td> Limonia trifoliata. </td><td> Three-leaved Limonia. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_144">144</a></td><td> Protea longifolia. <i>Var. cono turbinato.</i> </td><td> Long-leaved Protea. <i>Var. cone top-shaped.</i> </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> Nov. Dec.</td></tr>
-</table>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_589">[Pg 589]</a></span></p>
-
-<h2><a id="ERRATA2"></a>ERRATA.</h2>
-
-<table style="font-size:75%;">
-<tr><td rowspan="15">Plate</td><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_73">73,</a></td><td> Sp. Ch. pedunculus, lege, <i>pedunculis</i>.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_74">74,</a></td><td>, Gen. Ch. Nectariæ, lege, <i>Nectaria</i>.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_76">76,</a></td><td>, See P. speciosa, read,  <i>formosa</i>.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_79">79,</a></td><td>, Gen. Ch. Pointal, for Seed-buds, read, <i>Seed-bud</i>.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_81">81,</a></td><td>, Gen. Ch. Chives, for bear two chive, each parted, read, <i>bear two tips each, parted</i>, &amp;c.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_84">84,</a></td><td>, Descr. line 7, for plotted, read, <i>potted</i>.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_90">90,</a></td><td>, Gen. Ch. Pericarp. Capsula, lege, <i>Capsulæ</i>.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_91">91,</a></td><td>, English name, for Double-striped, read, <i>Double Striped</i>.   Class, lege, <i>Monadelphia</i>.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_96">96,</a></td><td>, Seed-vessel, for five-celled, read, <i>nine-celled</i>.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_106">106,</a></td><td>, Descr. line 5,  for Hememeris, read, <i>Hemimeris</i>.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_120">120,</a></td><td>, Gen. Ch. Calyx, monophyllum.   Infundibuliforme, lege, <i>monophyllum</i>, <i>infundibuliforme</i>. Post <i>superum</i>, adde (,)</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_130">130,</a></td><td>, Descr. line penult, for O borbonica, read, <i>O. borbonica</i>.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_131">131,</a></td><td>, Class, Monodelphia, lege, <i>Monadelphia</i>. From a singular oversight, in transcribing, this Erratum has been overlooked, and continued, with every Geranium.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_133">133,</a></td><td>, Sp. Ch. line 3, post <i>lanceolatis</i>, adde, (,)</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_137">137,</a></td><td>, Sp. Ch. line 5, for three valved, read, <i>three-valved</i>. Descrip. line 4, after <i>but</i>, put (,)</td></tr>
-</table>
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author	nfenwick <nfenwick@pglaf.org>	2025-01-25 12:49:46 -0800
committer	nfenwick <nfenwick@pglaf.org>	2025-01-25 12:49:46 -0800
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