Chapter III: Part 3

Amongst the plants, of this natural order, from the Cape of Good Hope, we find such an intermixture of character, in the different parts of fructification; that, if some latitude is not taken in referring them to some of the old genera, almost every fresh subject, we discover, would require a new one. This plant, although we have placed it to Hyacinthus, with those that have gone before us, has juster claims to Drimia, Polyanthes or Scilla; for it is wanting in the essential characters of Hyacinthus, being unfurnished with the honied pores, and having the chives inserted into the tube of the blossom, three of which are, alternately, double the length of the others. To Drimia, a new genus of Professor Jacquin, and a mutilation of Hyacinthus, it is most allied; but, we have not thought fit to alter its known station, as, without doubt, the multiplication of genera, or altering the place of known plants, adds but to the difficulties of a most intricate, though pleasing study. It is a hardy green-house bulb; delights in a mixture of peat earth and sandy loam; increases by offsets, and flowers in October or November. Our figure was made from a plant in the Nursery of Mr. Williams of Turnham Green, who first imported it in 1800. It is said, by Koenig, to grow in pasture lands near the Cape town, and was first noticed there by him.

PLATE CCCXLVI.

CASUARINA STRICTA.

_Upright Casuarina._

CLASS XXI. ORDER I.

_MONOECIA MONANDRIA._ Chives and Pointal separate. One Chive.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

* _Masculi flores._

CALYX. Amentum filiforme, imbricatum, squamis minutis, unifloris.

COROLLA. Squamulæ bipartitæ, ovatæ, minutæ.

STAMINA. Filamentum unicum, capillare, squama amenti longius. Anthera didyma.

* _Feminei flores in eadem arbore._

CALYX. Amentum ovato-cylindricum; squamis ovatis, acutis, carinatis, ciliatis.

COROLLA nulla.

PISTILLUM. Germen minutum. Stylus filiformis, longus, exsertus, bifidus. Stigmata duo.

PERICARPIUM. Strobilus squamis bivalvibus, perpendiculariter dehiscentibus.

SEMINA solitaria, conica, margine membranacea.

* _Male flowers._

EMPALEMENT. Catkin thread-shape, tiled with small one-flowered scales.

BLOSSOM. Scales two-parted, ovate, minute.

CHIVES. Thread one, hair-like, longer than the scale of the catkin. Tip double.

* _Female flowers on the same plant._

EMPALEMENT. Catkin ovate-cylindric, with egg-shaped, acute, keeled, tiled scales.

BLOSSOM none.

POINTAL. Seed-bud minute. Shaft thread-shaped, long, without, two-cleft. Summits two.

SEED VESSEL. Cone with two-valved scales, splitting perpendicularly.

SEEDS solitary, conical, with a skinny edge.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Casuarina dioica ramulellis erectis; strobilorum squamis inermibus; vaginis masculis multi-fidis, glabris.

Casuarina with chives and pointals distinct, and upright branchlets; scales of the cones naked, male sheaths many-parted, smooth.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Catkin, or terminal part of a male branchlet, magnified slightly.

2. The Shaft and Summit of a female floret.

3. The Cone, whilst yet in flower.

4. The same magnified.

The Casuarina stricta is a native of New South Wales, and was introduced, by Messrs. Kennedy and Lee, in the year 1775. It is a hardy green-house plant, grows to the height of ten or twelve feet before it flowers, which is in November. It is perfectly dioicous; the male and female blossoms, never coming on the same plant, and either have little to recommend them for beauty; their singularity is what should sooner attract our notice. The two figures, on the plate, which are the male and female, were taken from two plants, in flower, at the same time, in the collection of the Dowager Lady de Clifford, Paddington. All the species, hitherto discovered, since the first, upon which the genus was formed, the C. equisetifolia has, like this, the male and female parts of fructification on different plants; that only, being monoicous, or with the male and female parts on the same plant.

PLATE CCCXLVII.

SOPHORA CAPENSIS.

_Vetch-leaved Sophora._

CLASS X. ORDER I.

_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, breve, campanulatum, basi superne gibbum; ore quinque-dentato, obliquo, obtuso.

COROLLA papillionacea, pentapetala.

_Vexillum_ oblongum, sensim latius, rectum, lateribus reflexis.

_Alæ_ duæ, oblongæ, basi appendiculatæ, longitudine vexilli.

_Carina_ dipetala; petalis alis conformibus, marginibus inferioribus approximatis, navicularibus.

STAMINA. Filamenta decem, distincta, parallela, subulata, longitudine corollæ, intra carina recondita. Antheræ minimæ, assurgentes.

PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum, teres. Stylus magnitudine et situ staminum. Stigma obtusum.

PERICARPIUM. Legumen longissimum, tenue, uniloculare, ad semina nodosum.

SEMINA plurima, subrotunda.

EMPALEMENT. Cup one-leaf, short, bell-shaped, hunched at the base on the upper side; mouth five-toothed, oblique, obtuse.

BLOSSOM butterfly-shaped, five petalled.

_Standard_ oblong, gradually wider, straight, reflexed at the sides.

_Wings_ two, oblong, appendicled at the base, the length of the standard.

_Keel_ two petalled with the petals conformable to the wings, the lower margins approaching and boat-shaped.

CHIVES. Ten threads, distinct, parallel, and shaped, the length of, the blossom, within the keel. Tips very small, turned upwards.

POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong, cylindrical. Shaft the size and situation of the chives. Summit blunt.

SEED-VESSEL. Pod very long, slender, one-celled, knobbed at the seeds.

SEEDS many, roundish.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Sophora foliis pinnatis; foliolis lanceolatis, mucronatis, subtus tomentosis; caule fruticoso.

Sophora with winged leaves; leaflets lance-shaped, pointed, downy beneath; stem shrubby.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Cup.

2. The Standard, or upper Petal.

3. One side Petal, or Wing of the Blossom.

4. One of the Petals of the Keel.

5. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.

6. One of the Chives, magnified.

7. The Pointal, natural size.

This is a plant of considerable size at the Cape of Good Hope, so much so, as to be looked upon there rather as a tree, than shrub. It was first sent to England, in the year 1773, by Mr. F. Masson; is a hardy green-house plant; thrives in a mixture of loam and peat, and flowers in August, or September. There is no method, yet discovered, to propagate it in this country; but, as seeds are so common of this plant, near Cape town, there is scarce a parcel arrives, from thence, which does not contain some of them.

Among the new modern vagaries in botany, this genus has been thought, by the French botanists, (those admirable perplexers of natural order,) to be better divided in two, as some of the species happen to have the joints of the pods a little more swelled than others. How so trifling a variation, and that in a part of the plant which is known to vary, in almost every genus, through most of the species, where they are numerous; should have been deemed of sufficient moment to alter the names of so many established plants, and those determined by such authority as Linnæus, we are at a loss to determine; and are equally astonished that Willdenow should have followed them. The new genus is termed Podalyria, and to which, this plant is attached in the new system.

PLATE CCCXLVIII.

SCHOTIA SPECIOSA.

_Lentiscus leaved Schotia._

CLASS X. ORDER I.

_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, coloratum; tubus turbinatus, subcompressus, carnosus; persistens; limbus semiquinquefidus; laciniis ovatis, concavis, obtusis, erectis, æqualibus.

COROLLA. Petala quinque, tubo calycis imposita, oblonga, concava, obtusa, erecta, æqualia, lateribus mutuò incumbentia, sessilia, laciniis calycinis duplo longiora.

STAMINA. Filamenta decem, subulata, erecta, petalis paulo longiora, tubo calycis in orbem inserta. Antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes.

PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum, compressum, pedicellatum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine staminum. Stigma simplex, obtusum.

PERICARPIUM. Legumen pedicellatum.

SEMINA bina, ossea, subovata, magna.

EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, coloured; tube top-shaped, rather flattened, fleshy; permanent; border half five-cleft; segments egg-shaped, concave, blunt, upright, equal.

BLOSSOM. Five petals, placed on the tube of the cup, oblong, concave, blunt, upright, equal, lying over each other at the sides, sitting, twice as long as the segments of the cup.

CHIVES. Ten threads, awl-shaped, upright, a little longer than the petals, inserted in a ring into the tube of the cup. Tips oblong, laying on the threads.

POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong; flattened, with a foot-stalk. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the chives. Summit simple, blunt.

SEED-VESSEL. A pod with a foot-stalk.

SEEDS two, bony, a little egg-shaped, large.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Schotia foliis pinnatis; foliolis ovatis, mucronatis; floribus cymosis, profundé carneis.

Schotia with winged leaves; leaflets egg-shaped, terminating in a point; flowers in tufts and of a deep flesh colour.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A Flower cut and spread open, shewn from the outside.

2. The same, shewn from the inside.

3. A Flower, with the petals, and border of the Cup removed, to shew the insertion of the Chives into the tube of the Cup.

4. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit, with the tube of the Cup cut in halves.

Our present subject stood formerly attached to the genus Guaiacum, under the title of G. affrum, and has been long cultivated in Britain and Holland, perhaps more than a century. Professor Jacquin, in his _Collectanea ad Bot._ &c. Vol. I. p. 93, thought fit to constitute it a new genus, naming it after his companion R. van der Schot. About the same time, the year 1786, a monograph on this plant was published at Manheim, by Fred. Casim. Medikus, under the name of Theodora Speciosa; but Jacquin’s title has universally obtained. To preserve this plant in good health, it should be kept in the coolest part of the hot-house, or in a dry stove, the warmth of a common green-house being insufficient to preserve its foliage through the winter months. It is a native of all that extent of the African coast from Senegal river, to the Cape of Good Hope, where it grows to the height of twenty feet and upwards. The seeds, which are frequently imported, keep many years in a vegetative state, and is, almost, the only method by which it can be propagated; for little success can be hoped, either from layers, or cuttings. It flowers from October till December, delighting in a light sandy loam. Perhaps, no plant which has been as long in cultivation with us, has so seldom been seen to flower; for, although the plants in the Kew gardens and elsewhere, are of a considerable size, yet have we few instances of its flowering, no mention being made of its time of inflorescence in the catalogue of that collection.

From a plant, still in flower, this present December 1803, which was literally covered with blossoms above two feet from its top, our drawing was taken; it is in the valuable and extensive collection of Isaac Swainson, Esq. Twickenham; which for scientific arrangement and richness in hardy shrubs and herbaceous plants, in particular, yields to no private or public collection we know of; and which, the extreme urbanity of the liberal proprietor, is at all times open, to every botanist or collector.

PLATE CCCXLIX.

PROTEA DECUMBENS.

_Slender-stemed 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 4-petalled. 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 bi-pinnatis, filiformibus; capitulis terminalibus, sessilibus; floribus incarnatis, bracteolatis; caule tenue, decumbente.

Protea with doubly winged leaves, thread-shaped; small heads of flowers sitting close on the ends of the branches; flowers flesh-coloured with small floral leaves; stem slender and bending downwards.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A Leaf.

2. One of the Floral Leaves, magnified.

3. A Floret, complete.

4. One of the Petals, with its Chive at the point, magnified.

5. The Pointal, with the Summit detached and magnified.

From the great number of new species of the divided leaved Proteas, we are led to conjecture, that they are as numerous as those with entire leaves. The P. decumbens, from the different specimens we have seen, appears to branch into many varieties; some with hairy leaves and stems, some with very close thick set leaves, and some, with both stems and leaves, quite smooth. They are all, nevertheless, very slender stemed; and, there is little doubt but, in their natural state, they rest on the ground; although in the fashion we train them here, they have the appearance of being erect. This species is found at a considerable distance from the Cape Town, on the summits of dry sandy hills; wherefore, it must be kept in the most airy part of the green-house, and watered but seldom. The stem does not grow more than eighteen inches long, and frequently flowers, as was the case in the present instance, when not more than twelve. It is propagated, readily, from cuttings made in the month of May, if treated in the method already directed for the increase of these plants. The earth in which it should be planted is, a light sandy bright loam. Our drawing was taken in the month of July, 1802, from a plant in the Hibbertian Collection, to which it was introduced by Mr. Niven, in the year 1800.

PLATE CCCL.

LACHENALIA PUSTULATA.

_Rough-leaved Lachenalia._

CLASS VI. ORDER I.

_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

COROLLA sexpetala, infera; petalis tribus infera; petalis tribus interioribus longioribus. Stamina erecta. Capsula sub-ovata, trialata. Semina globosa.

BLOSSOM 6-petals, beneath; the three inner petals the longest. Chives erect. Capsule nearly egg-shaped, three-winged. Seeds globular.

See LACHENALIA PENDULA, Pl. XLI. Vol. I.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Lachenalia foliis geminis, lanceolato-linearibus, dense facie pustulatis; scapo reclinato; floribus sub-campanulatis, albo-virentibus.

Lachenalia with leaves in pairs, linearly-lance-shaped, thickly covered with pustules on the face; stem bent downwards; flowers rather bell-shaped, of a whitish green.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A Flower.

2. The same, cut open, with the Chives in their place.

3. The Pointal.

The drawing, from which our figure of this species of Lachenalia was taken, was made from a plant communicated by Isaac Swainson, Esq. from his Botanic Gardens, Twickenham, Middlesex; where it is still in flower, this present month of January, 1804; and where we believe it is only to be met with at present in this kingdom. It is one of the largest growing plants of the genus, the leaves when in a soil it approves attaining the length of eighteen inches, or more. It is as hardy as any of the tribe, very fragrant, easily preserved, increasing freely by the root, and flowering with certainty when the bulb has become of a sufficient size. It grows best in a mixture of light loam and peat, about two-thirds loam, and one of peat.

PLATE CCCLI.

PULTENÆA RUBIÆFOLIA.

_Madder-leaved Pultenæa._

CLASS X. ORDER I.

_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX quinque-dentatus, utrinque appendiculatus. Corolla papillionacea, alis vexillo brevioribus. Legumen uniloculare, dispermum.

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

See PULTENÆA DAPHNOIDES, Pl. XCVIII. Vol. II.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Pultenæa foliis ternis, verticillatis, lanceolatis, serratis, rigidis; floribus capitatis, cæruleo-purpureis.

Pultenæa with leaves growing by threes in whorls, lance-shaped, sawed and harsh; flowers grow in heads, and of a bluish purple.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Cup.

2. The Standard.

3. One of the Wings.

4. The two Petals of the Keel.

5. The Chives and Pointal.

6. The same, magnified.

7. The Pointal.

8. A ripe Seed-pod, open.

9. One of the Seeds, of its natural size when ripe.

Here we find another hiatus to fill up, or pass over; either a new genus is to be formed for this plant, or we must not boggle at trifles, and skip over one of the essential characters of Dr. Smith’s Pultenæas, the appendicles or props at the side of the cup, which are wanting in this plant, though agreeing in every other. We have, however, until the Doctor shall think fit to regulate these new, numerous and intricate genera and species from New Holland, made no scruple to add this plant, as another species, to the genus Pultenæa. It is a low growing bushy shrub, seldom attaining more than a foot in height; is very apt to be destroyed by damp in winter, and is not to be propagated but by seeds, which, however, it perfects in this country. The blossoms begin to appear in May, and continue in succession through the summer months of June, July, and August. It should be kept warm and dry in winter, growing with most luxuriance in light sandy peat earth, and flowering the second year from the seed. This plant was first raised in 1792, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, at their nursery, Hammersmith, where our drawing was taken.

PLATE CCCLII.

HELONIAS BULLATA.

_Spear-leaved Helonias._

CLASS VI. ORDER III.

_HEXANDRIA TRIGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX nullus.

COROLLA. Petala sex, oblonga, æqualia, decidua.

STAMINA. Filamenta sex, subulata, corolla paulo longiora. Antheræ incumbentes.

PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, trigonum. Styli tres, breves, reflexi. Stigmata obtusa.

PERICARPIUM. Capsula subrotunda, trilocularis.

SEMINA numerosa, angulata, minima.

EMPALEMENT, none.

BLOSSOM. Six petals, oblong, equal, deciduous.

CHIVES. Six threads, awl-shaped, a little longer than the blossom. Tips lying on the threads.

POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, three-sided. Shafts three, short and reflexed. Summits obtuse.

SEED-VESSEL. Capsule roundish, three-celled.

SEEDS numerous, angulated, very small.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Helonias foliis lanceolatis, nervosis; bracteis cordato-lanceolatis.

Helonias with lance-shaped, nerved leaves; floral leaves between lance and heart-shaped.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. Flower, complete.

2. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.

3. The same, magnified.

All the species of this genus, yet discovered, are natives of North America, and are considered as hardy herbaceous plants; the winters of this country not being too severe for them; although they are found as far south as Carolina, yet they are more plentiful in Pennsylvania, about Philadelphia. They flourish most in a shady, moist situation; and increase, freely, by parting the roots in the month of March. The flowers are produced in May, the flower-stem increasing in length, till the flowers are entirely decayed. The Helonias bullata has been an inhabitant of our gardens ever since the year 1758, when it was introduced by Mr. Ph. Miller, and cultivated by him at Chelsea. See Mill. ic. 181. t. 272.

Our drawing was made at the Nursery, Hammersmith, in June 1801.

PLATE CCCLIII.

ASPALATHUS CRASSIFOLIUS.

_Thick-leaved Aspalathus._

CLASS XVII. ORDER IV.

_DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads in two sets. Ten Chives.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, semiquinquefidum; laciniis acuminatis, æqualibus, superiore longiore.

COROLLA papillionacea.

_Vexillum_ compressum, adscendens, obovatum, externe sæpius hirsutum, obtusum cum acumine.

_Alæ_ lunulatæ, obtusæ, patulæ, vexillo breviores.

_Carina_ bifida, alis conformis.

STAMINA. Filamenta decem, connata in vaginam, superne dehiscentem longitudinaliter, adscendentia. Antheræ oblongæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum. Stylus simplex, adscendens. Stigma acutum.

PERICARPIUM. Legumen ovatum, muticum.

SEMINA sæpius duo, reniformia.

OBS. _Singulare huic sunt folia ex eadem gemma plura in planta frutescente._

EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, half-five-cleft; segments tapered, equal, the upper one longer.

BLOSSOM butterfly-shape.

_Standard_ compressed, ascending, inversely egg-shaped, often hairy on the outside, obtuse with a point.

_Wings_ half-moon-shaped, obtuse, spreading, shorter than the standard.

_Keel_ two-cleft, like the wing.

CHIVES. Ten threads, united into a sheath, gaping longitudinally at top, ascending. Tips oblong.

POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft simple, ascending. Summit pointed.

SEED VESSEL. Pod egg-shaped, beardless.

SEEDS frequently two, kidney-shaped.

OBS. _This genus is singular in having several leaves from the same bud, on a shrubby plant._

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Aspalathus foliis fasciculatis, carnosis, teretibus, glabris, apicibus setaceis; floribus capitatis, terminalibus; calycibus bracteatis.

Aspalathus with leaves bundled, fleshy, cylindrical, smooth and bristled at the point; flowers grow in heads at the end of the branches; cups with floral leaves.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Cup.

2. The Standard.

3. One of the Wings.

4. The Keel.

5. The Chives and Pointal.

6. The Chives, spread open and magnified.

7. The Pointal.

From the number of specimens in the herbarium of G. Hibbert, Esq. which we should refer to this genus; it stands fair to rival, in number of species, every other, natives of the Cape of Good Hope; with the exception of Erica, Geranium, and Protea. This species has many varieties, and we are in doubt whether this is not one from the A. carnosa, or A. pinguis of Thunberg; for although, the cup, in the one, may differ, in having the segments described as pointed; and in the other, the leaves may be rather three-sided; yet, may our plant be no more than a slight variation from either of them: but this we cannot decide without living plants of each, for dried specimens would not determine the fact.

This plant was introduced to the Hibbertian Collection, in 1800, by Mr. Niven, from the Cape. It is a tender green-house plant, grows to the height of eighteen inches, very bushy, and covers itself with flowers about July; in which month, 1803, our drawing was taken. It has hitherto put the ability of Mr. Allen, which is not often the case, to a stand for a method to propagate it; but we have hopes, as most of the species do, that it will ripen its seeds in this country.

PLATE CCCLIV.

GERANIUM REVOLUTUM.

_Reflex floral-leaved Geranium._

CLASS XVI. ORDER IV.

_MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus; pentacoccus.

ONE POINTAL. Five Summits. Fruit furnished with long awns; five dry berries.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Geranium foliis cordatis, obtusis, nervosis, sæpe auriculatis; pedunculis multifloris; involucris polyphyllis, foliolis revolutis; floribus pentandris; radice tuberosa.

Geranium with heart-shaped leaves, obtuse, nerved and often eared; flower-stems many-flowered; fence many-leaved, leaflets rolled back; flowers with five fertile chives; root tuberous.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement cut open to shew its tubular structure.

2. The Chives and Pointal.

3. The Chives, spread open, magnified.

4. The Pointal, magnified.

This very fine Geranium is, as yet, only in the Clapham Collection; it has no properties, which regard its culture or propagation, differing from the rest of its congeners; was sent from the Cape, by Mr. Niven, in 1800. Flowers in July. The leaves of this species have most affinity, in appearance, to those of G. melananthum, particularly in being like them frequently eared, and even sometimes winged. We have named it, specifically, from the singular revolute character of the involucrum, at the base of each bunch of flowers.

PLATE CCCLV.

LEEA PINNATA.

_Winged-leaved Leea._

CLASS V. ORDER I.

_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, campanulatum, coriaceum, quinquedentatum, persistens.

COROLLA monopetala; tubus longitudine calycis; limbus quinquefidus, æqualis; laciniis saccatis.

_Nectarium_ basi interioris corollæ adnatum, corolla dimidio brevius, erectum, urceolatum, quinquefidum; lobis emarginatis.

STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, inserta basi exteriori nectarii. Antheræ ovatæ, versatiles.

PISTILLUM. Germen subglobosum. Stylus simplex, nectario brevior. Stigma obtusum.

PERICARPIUM. Bacca orbiculata, depressa, quinquelocularis.

SEMINA quinque, solitaria.

EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, bell-shaped, leathery, five-toothed, remaining.

BLOSSOM one petal; tube the length of the cup; border five-cleft, equal; segments bagged.

_Honey-cup_ fixed to the base of the inside of the blossom, by the half shorter than the blossom, erect, pitcher-shaped, five-cleft; lobes notched at the end.

CHIVES. Five threads inserted into the outside of the base of the honey-cup. Tips egg-shaped, versatile.

POINTAL. Seed-bud almost globular. Shaft simple, shorter than the honey-cup. Summit blunt.

SEED-VESSEL. Berry orbicular, flattened, five-celled.

SEEDS five, solitary.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Leea foliis impari-pinnatis, oppositis; caule tereti, glabro; racemis angulatis, angulis undulatis.

Leea with winged leaves terminated by an odd one and opposite; stem round and smooth; branches angled; angles waved.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Cup, natural size.

2. A Blossom.

3. A Flower complete, magnified.

4. The Honey-cup, shewn from the inside, cut open, a little magnified.

5. A Blossom, with the Honey-cup and Chives, magnified.

6. The Honey-cup and Chives shewn from the outside, magnified.

7. The Pointal, magnified.

Leea and Aquilicia have, of late, been considered as not possessing sufficient essentially differing characters to constitute two genera, and Aquilicia has been lost in Leea. Our present subject is a species of the former Aquilicias, is mentioned by Gaertner, who says, it approaches A. sambucina, now Leea sambucina; to which indeed it has much resemblance, but differs in having opposite, not alternate branches, being scentless, having the leaves rather rough and the stem smooth. It is a native of the East Indies, requiring the tan-bed to make it flower; is half shrubby, and is increased by cuttings. Flowers in August. Our figure is from a specimen communicated to us by Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Esq. who raised it from seeds received from Dr. Roxburg, in 1801, under the name of Leea crispa: which is a native of Africa, and has been long in most of our collections of hot house plants, but is in the highest state of cultivation, under the care of Mr. Hoy, in that of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, Sion House, near Brentford.

PLATE CCCLVI.

ARUM ORIXENSIS.

_Orixian Cuckow-pint._

CLASS XX. ORDER XI.

_GYNANDRIA POLYANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointal. Many Chives.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX. Spatha monophylla, maxima, oblonga, basi convoluta, apice connivens, ventre compressa, interne colorata.

_Spadix_ clavatus, simplicissimus, spatha paulo brevior, coloratus, inferne germinibus obvallatus, marcescens supra germina.

COROLLA nulla.

STAMINA. Filamenta nulla, nisi nectaria basi crassa, desinentia in cirros filiformes, duorum ordinum e medio spadice egredientes. Antheræ plurimæ, sessiles, tetragonæ, cirrhorum duplici ordine interjectæ, spadici adnatæ.

PISTILLA. Germina plurima, basin spadicis vestientia, infra stamina collocata, obovata. Styli nulli. Stigmata villis barbata.

PERICARPIA. Baccæ totidem, globosæ, uniloculares.

SEMINA plura, subrotunda.

EMPALEMENT. Sheath one leaf, very large, oblong, convolute at the base, converging at the top, the belly compressed, coloured within.

_Sheathed-Fruit-stalk_ club shaped quite simple, a little shorter than the sheath, coloured, set round with seed-buds on the lower part, withering above the seed-buds.

BLOSSOM none.

CHIVES. Threads none except the honey-cups, which are thick at the base and terminated in thread-shaped tendrils, issuing in two rows from the middle of the sheathed fruit-stalk. Tips many, sitting, four sided, fixed to the fruit-stalk, and disposed between the two rows of tendrils.

POINTALS. Seed-buds many, cloathing the base of the fruit-stalk, set below the chives, inversely egg-shaped. Shafts none. Summits bearded with soft hairs.

SEED-VESSELS. As many berries, globular, and one-celled.

SEEDS. Many, roundish.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Arum, acule; foliis ternatis, venosis, discoloribus; spatha declinata; flore atro-purpureo.

Cuckow-pint, stemless; leaves threefold, full of veins, two-coloured; sheath bent downward; flower of a deep purple.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The whole flower, shewn from the front with the sheath opened, to expose the parts of fructification.

This pretty plant is a native of the East Indies, in that country from which it derives its specific title. It has much affinity with many others of the Genus, which at first sight appear rather as varieties, than meriting to be treated as species; but, in this instance, we submit our judgment to that of Dr. Roxburg, by whom it has been introduced to us under the name it here bears, in the year 1802. Our figure was taken, in the month of October 1803, from a plant in the collection of J. Vere, Esq. Kensington Gore. The flower is scentless.

PLATE CCCLVII.

ARCTOTIS PARADOXA.

_Chamomile-leaved Arctotis._

CLASS XIX. ORDER IV.

_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA NECESSARIA._ Tips united. Necessary Pointals.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX _communis_ subrotundus, imbricatus; squamis inferioribus laxioribus, subulatis; mediis ovatis; intimis oblongis; apice scarioso, rotundato, concavo.

COROLLA _composita_ radiata; corollulæ hermaphroditæ plurimæ in disco. Femininæ ligulatæ, fere viginti, disci diametro longiores.

_Propria_ hermaphroditis infundibuliformis; limbo quinquefido, apicibus reflexis, æqualibus.

_Femineis_ ligulata, lanceolata, tenuissime tridentata, tubo brevissimo.

STAMINA hermaphroditis; filamenta quinque, capillaria, brevissima. Anthera cylindracea, quinquedentata, longitudine corollulæ.

PISTILLUM _Hermaphroditis_; germen vix manifestum. Stylus cylindraceus, corolla paulo longior. Stigma simplex.

_Femineis_ germen ovato-tetragonum, villosum, coronatum calyculo proprio. Stylus filiformis. Stigmata duo, ovata-oblonga, crassiuscula, erecta.

PERICARPIUM nullum. Calyx immutatus. Semina _Hermaphroditis_ nulla.

_Femineis_ solitaria, subrotunda, villosa. _Pappus_ perianthium proprium pentaphyllum; foliolis ovatis, patentibus, coronatus perianthii proprii foliolis ovatis in orbem positis.

RECEPTACULUM pilosum seu paleaceum, planiusculum.

EMPALEMENT _common_ roundish, tiled; lower scales more loose, awl shaped; middle ones egg-shaped; innermost oblong; harsh, rounded, concave at the point.

BLOSSOM _compound_ raied; hermaphrodite florets numerous in the center. Of the Females tongue-shaped, nearly twenty, longer than the diameter of the center.

_Proper_ of the _hermaphrodites_ funnel-shaped; border five-cleft, ends reflexed, equal.

Of the _Females_ tongue-shaped, lance-shaped, slightly three-toothed; tube very short.

CHIVES of the Hermaphrodites; five threads hair-like, very short. Tip cylindric five-toothed, the length of the floret.

POINTAL of the _Hermaphrodites_; seed-bud scarce visible. Shaft cylindric, a little longer than the blossom. Summit simple.

Of the _Females_ seed-bud egg-shaped four-cornered, hairy, crowned by its proper cup. Shaft thread-shaped. Summits two, oblong-egg-shaped, thickish, upright.

SEED-VESSEL none. Empalement unchanged. Seeds in the _Hermaphrodites_ none.

In the _Females_ solitary roundish, hairy. _Feather_, proper cup five leaved; leaflets, egg-shaped, spreading, crowned by the proper cup with the leaflets placed in a round.

RECEPTACLE hairy or chaffy, flattish.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Arctotis flosculis radiantibus sterilibus; paleis disco longioribus coloratis; foliis bipinnatis, linearibus.

Arctotis with the florets of the circumference sterile; chaffs coloured and longer than the florets of the center; leaves doubly winged; linear.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. An inner Scale of the cup.

2. An outer Scale of the cup.

3. A Petal of the circumference, with its tubular base, which is sterile.

4. A chalky division of the florets of the center, magnified.

5. A Female floret of the center, magnified.

6. The Chives of an Hermaphrodite floret, spread open and magnified.

7. The Pointal of an Hermaphrodite floret, natural size.

8. The same, magnified.

9. The Seed-bud of a female floret, natural size, with its feather.

10. The same, magnified.

Of all the plants, numerous as they are, composing this natural Class, we know of no one, the Virgilia (a native of Peru, and introduced to us from the Paris gardens by Mons. Thoin, about twenty years ago, but since lost to Europe,) excepted, which can rival our present subject. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and is said, in the Kew Catalogue, to have been introduced to that collection, in 1774, by Mr. Masson. Whether this is the A. paradoxa of Linn. Sp. 1307. Vol. II, we are not certain, as the chaff, dividing the florets, is there described as of nearly the length of the ray, giving the flower an appearance of doubleness, and is there likewise marked as an annual. But, there is little doubt of its being the plant intended in the Kew Catalogue, under our title; it is there made biennial, which is its true character, as it does not flower the first year from seeds. It may be propagated by cuttings of the first year’s growth; delights in a light sandy loam, and flowers in July or August. Our drawing was made in 1802, from a plant in the Hibertian Collection; which had been raised from seeds, sent the preceding year, from the Cape, by Mr. Niven.

PLATE CCCLVIII.

AMARYLLIS BRASILIENSIS.

_Brasilian Lily-Daffodil._

CLASS VI. ORDER I.

_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

COROLLA 6-petala, campanulata, Stigma trifidum.

BLOSSOM 6-petalled, bell-shaped. Summit three-cleft.

See AMARYLLIS RADIATA, Pl. XCV. Vol. II.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Amaryllis, spatha bi-seu-triflora; petalis ovato-acuminatis, æqualibus, costatis, ad basin albidis, patentibus; genitalibus declinatis; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, acutis.

Lily-Daffodil, sheath two or three flowered; petals egg-shape tapered, equal, ribbed, white at the base and spreading; parts of fructification bent downwards; leaves linear-lance-shaped, pointed.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A petal with its Chive.

2. The Seed-bud, with part of the tube of the Blossom and partial Fruit-stalk.

This fine Lily, from the Brazils, can scarcely be thought more than a variety of A. Reginæ; to which plant, both this, and the A. equestris of Mr. Curtis, may be referred without much flexion of the original species. We have, however, preserved the title under which it has been known since its introduction; which was, in the year 1798, by the late Marchioness of Bute, from Spain. Our drawing was taken from a plant in the collection of J. Vere, Esq. Kensington Gore, in the month of October, 1803. It has all the merits of the most easily cultivated species of the genus; increasing freely by the bulb, growing with luxuriance in almost any earth, and requiring but little heat to make it flower.

PLATE CCCLIX.

TAGETES LUCIDA.

_Sweet Chili Marygold._

CLASS XIX. ORDER II.

_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX _communis_ simplicissimus, monophyllus, tubulosus, oblongus, pentagonus, quinquedentatus.

COROLLA _composita_ radiata; corollulæ hermaphroditæ tubulosæ, plures in disco elevato; femineæ ligulatæ quinque in radio.

_Propria hermaphroditis_ tubulosa, semiquinquefida, erecta, calyce longior; laciniis linearibus, introrsum villosis.

_Femineis_ ligulata, hermaphrodites longior, longitudine et latitudine fere æqualis, obtusissima, versus tubum angustior, tomentosa persistens.

STAMINA Hermaphroditis; filamenta quinque, capillaria, brevissima. Anthera cylindracea, tubulosa.

PISTILLUM _Hermaphroditis_; Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine staminum. Stigma bifidum, tenue, reflexum.

_Femineis_; germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine hermaphroditis. Stigma bifidum, tenue, reflexum.

PERICARPIUM nullum. Calyx immutatus.

SEMINA Hermaphroditis solitaria, linearia, compressa, calyce paulo breviora. Pappus aristis quinque, erectis, acuminatis, inæqualibus.

_Femineis_ similima hermaphrodites.

RECEPTACULUM nudum, planum.

EMPALEMENT _common_, quite simple, one leaf, tubular, oblong, five-sided, five-toothed.

BLOSSOM, _compound_ raised; hermaphrodite florets tubular, numerous in an elevated center; females tongue-shaped five in the circumference.

_Proper_ of the _Hermaphrodites_, tubular, half five-cleft, upright, longer than the cup; segments linear, hairy within.

Of the _Females_ tongue-shaped longer than the hermaphrodites, of nearly the same length and breadth, very blunt, narrower towards the tube, downy, remaining.

CHIVES of the Hermaphrodites; five threads, hair-like, very short. Tip cylindric, tubular.

POINTAL of the _Hermaphrodites_; seed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the chives. Summit two-cleft, slender, reflexed.

Of the _Females_; seed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the hermaphrodite. Summit two-cleft, slender, reflexed.

SEED-VESSEL none. Cup unchanged.

SEEDS of the Hermaphrodites solitary, linear, flat, a little shorter than the cup. Feather five awns, upright, tapered, unequal.

Of the _Females_ like the hermaphrodites.

RECEPTACLE naked, flat.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Tagetes caule herbaceo, erecto, floribus cymosis, parvis, luteis, odoratissimis.

Marygold with an upright, herbaceous stem; flowers in tufts, small, yellow, and very sweet scented.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The common Empalement.

2. A Floret of the circumference, with its seed-bud and pointal.

3. The same, magnified.

4. A Floret of the center, natural size.

5. The same, magnified.

6. A ripe seed, magnified.

This plant is a native of Chili, South America, and was sent to England by Dr. Ortega, from the Royal Gardens, Madrid, to the late Marchioness of Bute; who first raised it from seeds in the year 1798. It is perfectly herbaceous, but will flower the first year from the seed; will endure moderate frost, and may be considered as a hardy herbaceous plant. Is increased either by seeds, or by parting the roots; delights in a moderately stiff soil; flowering from July till November. If kept in a pot, the flowers, which are very fragrant, will continue in succession through the whole winter.

Tagetes minuta of Linnæus’s Sp. Plant. Vol. II. p. 1250, quoted from his Hortus Cliffortianus, and Dillenius’s Hortus Elthamensis, seems much affined to this plant; but, as that is annual, this cannot be considered as a variety of it.

Our drawing was taken at the Hammersmith Nursery.

PLATE CCCLX.

RENEALMIA NUTANS.

_Drooping-flowered Renealmia._

CLASS I. ORDER I.

_MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ One Chive. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX. Perianthium superum, monophyllum, apice rumpens in duo seu tres dentes irregulares.

COROLLA monopetala. Tubus rectus, cylindricus; limbus trifidus; laciniis duabus superioribus oblongis, rotundatis, æqualibus; inferiore superioribus vix longiore, canaliculata, oblonga.

_Nectarium_ tubo corrollæ adnatum, sub laciniis superioribus adscendens, rectum, longitudine corollæ, oblongum, basi utrinque unidentatum, tum sinu excavate, apice dilatatum et obtuse trilobatum.

STAMEN. Filamentum nullum. Anthera unica, fauci tubi inserta, in sinu laciniæ inferioris corollæ, nectario opposita, libera, recta, linearis, emarginata, interius sulco exarata, longitudine et latitudine laciniæ corollæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen inferum, oblongum, obsolete triquetrum, glabrum. Stylus filiformis, glaberrimus, erectus, longitudine corollæ. Stigma peltatum; capitulo plano; latere ad nectarium vergente truncato, perforato, foramine in stylum decurrente.

PERICARPIUM. Bacca oblonga, trisulca, teres, glabra, umbilico terminata; carnosa, in medio trilocularis. Loculamenta mollia, membranacea.

SEMINA plurima, oblonga, truncata, tetragona, glaberrima.

EMPALEMENT. Cup above, one-leafed, breaking open into two or three irregular teeth.

BLOSSOM on petal. Tube straight, cylindrical; border three-cleft; the two upper segments oblong, rounded, equal; the lower one, scarcely longer than the upper ones, channelled, oblong.

_Honey cup_ fixed to the tube of the blossom, ascending beneath the upper segment straight the length of the blossom, oblong one-toothed on each side of the base, then with a hollow bosom widening at the end and obtusely three-lobed.

CHIVE. Thread, none. Tip one inserted into the throat of the tube, in the bosom of the lower segment of the blossom, opposite to the honey-cup, free, straight, linear, notched at the end, grooved on the inside, of the same length and breadth as the segment of the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath, oblong, obscurely three sided, smooth. Shaft thread-shaped, very smooth, upright the length of the blossom. Summit shield-shaped; with a flat head, the side fronting the honey-cup appearing cut off, perforated by a hole running into the shaft.

SEED VESSEL. Berry oblong, three-furrowed, cylindrical, smooth, terminated by a navel, fleshy in the middle, three-celled. Cells soft, skinny.

SEEDS numerous, oblong, appearing cutoff, four-cornered, very smooth.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Renealmia foliis vaginantibus; floribus racemosis terminalibus pendulis; fructu piloso.

Renealmia with sheathing leaves; flowers in bunches terminating the branches, hanging down, fruit hairy.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A miniature representation of the plant.

2. The outer sheath of the blossom.

3. A flower complete.

4. The Honey cup.

5. The Chive, Pointal, and Seed-bud.

6. The Pointal and Seed-bud cleared of the small inner sheath which surrounds the base of the chive and shaft; with the summit detached and magnified.

7. One of the small corpusculæ which embrace the base of the shaft, magnified.

8. The small sheath which crowns the seed-bud, magnified.

9. The Seed-bud, cut transversely, magnified.

Amongst the numerous new plants introduced from China by the late Mr. Slater, of Laytonstone, in the year 1793, this is certainly to be considered as amongst the most beautiful. The only drawback to its general merit, as a hot-house plant, is the great height to which it might attain before it flowers; being in common fourteen or fifteen feet. It propagates by offsets, and is kept with little trouble; as it will flourish in almost any soil, and will flower, if set in any part of the hot-house, so as not to interrupt its growth, the blossoms being produced only from the summit. Although with us the stem is permanent, as with some others of the same natural habit, yet it cannot, we think, with propriety be considered as either a tree or shrub, but rather herbaceous. Some contention, at first, arose whether this plant should be referred to the present Genus; which was formed, by the younger Linnæus, from a plant a native of Surinam, S. America, some of the parts not exactly corresponding, especially the fruit; we have nevertheless made no scruple in placing it to that Genus, with which, upon an inspection of the dissections, it will be found very well to accord. Our figure was taken from a plant which flowers, annually, in the month of July, in the Collection of J. Vere, Esq. Kensington Gore.

INDEX

TO THE PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOL. V.

Plate 289 Protea cordata Heart-shape-leaved Protea G. H. Shrub. March. 290 Aponogeton distachyon Broad-leaved Aponogeton H. H. Aquat. AllSummer 291 Senecio pseudo-China China-root Groundsel H. H. Herb. July. 292 Geranium undulatum Waved-flowered Geranium G. H. Herb. June. 293 Lachnæa purpurea Purple-flowered Lachnæa G. H. Shrub. July. 294 Protea candicans Hoary-leaved Protea G. H. Shrub. August. 295 Passiflora aurantia Norfolk Island Passion-Flower G. H. Shrub. July. 296 Lachenalia rosea Rose-coloured Lachenalia G. H. Bulb. May. 297 Nymphæa odorata Sweet-scented Water-Lily H. H. Aquat. AllSummer 298 Anthericum costatum Ribbed-leaved Anthericum G. H. Bulb. August. 299 Lachenalia reflexa Reflexed-flowered Lachenalia G. H. Bulb. June. 300 Geranium oxalidifolium Wood-Sorrel-leaved Geranium G. H. Herb. July. 301 Protea grandiflora. _Var. fol. und._ Large-flowered Protea. _Waved-leaved Var._ G. H. Shrub. May. 302 Lachenalia fragrans Sweet-scented Lachenalia G. H. Bulb. March. 303 Geranium barbatum Bearded-leaved Geranium G. H. Herb. July. 304 Daviesia ulicifolia Furze-leaved Daviesia G. H. Shrub. May. 305 Geranium coronillæfolium Coronilla-leaved Geranium G. H. Herb. July. 306 Aletris fragrans Sweet-scented Aletris H. H. Shrub. May. 307 Protea globosa Globe-flowered Protea G. H. Shrub. May. 308 Crotolaria verrucosa Blue-flowered Crotolaria H. H. Ann. May. 309 Pultenæa villosa Hairy Pultenæa G. H. Shrub. June. 310 Stachys coccinea Scarlet Clownheal G. H. Herb. July. 311 Geranium pinnatum Winged-leaved Geranium G. H. Herb. May. 312 Styphelia viridis Green-flowered Styphelia G. H. Shrub. April. 313 Justicia lucida Shining-leaved Justicia H. H. Shrub. August. 314 Itea spinosa Thorny Tea G. H. Shrub. September. 315 Orchis bicornis Two-horned Orchis H. H. Herb. September. 316 Olea apetala Petalless Olive G. H. Shrub. March. 317 Geranium undulatum. _Minor_ Waved-flowered Geranium. _Lesser Var._ G. H. Herb. July. 318 Hæmanthus multiflorus Many-flowered Blood-Flower H. H. Bulb. June. 319 Vicia galegifolia Goat’s-Rue-leaved Vetch G. H. Herb. August. 320 Pultenæa elicifolia Holly-leaved Pultenæa G. H. Shrub. June. 321 Arethusa plicata Plaited-leaved Arethusa H. H. Herb. July. 322 Pitcairnia latifolia Broad-leaved Pitcairnia H. H. Herb. July. 323 Geranium barbatum. _Var. Minor._ Bearded-leaved Geranium. _Lesser Var._ G. H. Herb. July. 324 Magnolia purpurea Purple-flowered Magnolia H. H. Shrub. June. 325 Codon Royeni Prickly Codon G. H. Bienn. August. 326 Pharnaceum lineare. _Fl. alb._ Linear-leaved Pharnaceum G. H. Shrub. July. 327 Xeranthemum argenteum Silvery Everlasting-Flower G. H. Shrub. April. 328 Geranium bubonifolium Macedonian-Parsley-leaved Geranium G. H. Herb. June. 329 Pharnaceum lineare Linear-leaved Pharnaceum. _White Var._ G. H. Shrub. July. 330 Nymphæa stellata Starr’d Water-Lily H. H. Aquat. August. 331 Xylophylla falcata Cymitar-shaped-leaved Xylophylla H. H. Shrub. August. 332 Protea anemonifolia Anemony-leaved Protea G. H. Shrub. August. 333 Sagittaria lancifolia Lance-leaved Arrowhead H. H. Aquat. July. 334 Struthiola tomentosa Downy-leaved Struthiola G. H. Shrub. August. 335 Gladiolus pyramidatus Pyramidal-spiked Gladiolus G. H. Bulb. August. 336 Anchusa capensis Cape Alkanet G. H. Shrub. July. 337 Protea triternata Cluster-headed Protea G. H. Shrub. July. 338 Geranium coronopifolium Buck’s-horn-leaved Geranium G. H. Bienn. August. 339 Lobelia coronopifolia Buck’s-horn-leaved Lobelia G. H. Bienn. August. 340 Lobelia gracilis Slender-stemed Lobelia G. H. Ann. August. 341 Phaseolus Caracalla Snail-Flower Kidney-Bean H. H. Shrub. August. 342 Cobbea scandens Climbing Cobbea G. H. Shrub. October. 343 Blandfordia cordata Heart-shape-leaved Blandfordia G. H. Herb. June. 344 Epidendrum ensifolium Sword-shaped-leaved Epidendrum H. H. Shrub. September. 345 Hyacinthus corymbosus Linear-leaved Cape-Hyacinth G. H. Bulb. October. 346 Casuarina stricta Upright Casuarina G. H. Shrub. November. 347 Sophora capensis Vetch-leaved Sophora G. H. Shrub. August. 348 Schotia speciosa Lentiscus-leaved Schotia H. H. Shrub. October. 349 Protea decumbens Slender-stemed Protea G. H. Shrub. July. 350 Lachenalia pustulata Rough-leaved Lachenalia G. H. Bulb. December. 351 Pultenæa rubiæfolia Madder-leaved Pultenæa G. H. Shrub. July. 352 Helonias bullata Spear-leaved Helonias Har. Herb. June. 353 Aspalathus crassifolius Thick-leaved Aspalathus G. H. Shrub. July. 354 Geranium revolutum Reflex floral-leaved Geranium G. H. Herb. July. 355 Leea pinnata Winged-leaved Leea H. H. Herb. August. 356 Arum orixensis Orixian Cuckow-pint H. H. Herb. October. 357 Arctotis paradoxa Chamomile-leaved Arctotis G. H. Bienn. August. 358 Amaryllis brasiliensis Brasilian Lily-Daffodil H. H. Bulb. October. 359 Tagetes lucida Sweet Chili Marygold G. H. Herb. August. 360 Renealmia nutans Drooping-flowered Renealmia H. H. Herb. July.

ERRATA.

Plate 297, Class. Pro Poliandria, lege, _Polyandria_. 299, Sp. Ch. lin. 2. pro eqalis, lege, _æqualis_. 301, Sp. Ch. lin. ntt. pro cristitatæ, lege, _cristatæ_. 309, Ess. Gen. Ch. lin. 1, pro quinquedentatis, lege, _quinquedentatus_. 310, Plate, for Stæches, read, Stachys. Calyx lin. 3, pro dentriculis, lege, _denticulis_. 313, Pointal. lin. 1, put (.) after top-shaped. 314, Pericarpium, lin. 2, pro muconato, lege, _mucronato_. 316, Title, for Petal-less, read, _Petalless_. 323, Sp. Ch. lin. 1, post, inequaliter, dele (,) 325, Calyx, lin. 2, pro duodecem, lege, _duodecim_. Description, lin. 2, for, vegetating, read, vegitating. 326, Sp. Ch. pro inequalibus, lege, _inæqualibus_. 329, Essen. Ch. lin. 3, direction for V. V. put _Vol. V_. 331, Gen. Ch. Pointal, lin. 2, after _three_, for, short, read, _spreading, two-cleft_. 337, Sp. Ch. lin. 3, pro bracteis, lege, _bracteatis_. 341, Plate, for Phaseolis, read, _Phaseolus_. 342, Descrip. lin. 4, for, East Indies, read, _Chili, South America_. 345, Plate, for, Corymbosa, read, _Corymbosus_. 346, Descrip. lin. 8, for, has, like this, read, _have like this_. 347, Chives, lin. 2, after, length of, leave out (,) 350, Essen. Ch. lin. 1, dele, _petalis tribus infera_. 353, Title, pro crassifolius, lege, _crassifolia_.

_Alphabetical Index to the 1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. and 5th. Volume of the Botanist’s Repository._

Pl. vol
Aizoon canariense 201 3
Aletris fragrans 306 5
sarmentosa 54 1
Allium gracile 107 2
Amaryllis Brasilienis 358 5
Fothergillia 163 3
radiata 95 2
reticulata 179 3
Anchusa capensis 336 5
Anemone palmata 172 3
Anthericum costatum 298 5
Anthillis erinacea 15 1
Antholyza Æthiopica 210 3
fulgens 192 3
ringens 32 1
spicata 56 1
tubulosa 174 3
Aponogeton distachyon 290 5
Arctotis paradoxa 357 5
Arethusa plicata 321 5
Aristea cyanea 10 1
major 160 3
Arum orixensis 356 5
Asclepias gigantea 271 4
Aspalathus crassifolius 353 5
Aster dentatus 61 1
reflexus 93 2
Atragene Austriaca 80 3
capensis 9 1
Azalea Pontica 16 1
Banksia ericafolia 156 3
præmorsa 258 4
serrata 82 2
Baurea rubioides 198 3
Bignonia Leucoxylon 43 1
pandorana 86 2
Blandfordia cordata 343 5
Borbonia cordata 31 1
Boronia pinnata 58 1
Brunsfelsia undulata 167 3
Buchnera fœtida 80 2
pedunculata 84 2
Camellia japonica, _alb. pl._ 25 1
japonica _pl. vg. to._ 91 2
japonica _rub. pl._ 199 3
Carneraria latifolia 201 4
Casuarina stricta 346 5
Cerbera Ahouai 231 4
undulata a 130 2
Chelone campanuloides 40 1
Ruelloides 34 1
Chiococca racemosa 284 4
Chrysanthemum tricolor 109 2
Cineraria aurita 24 1
Clematis viorna 71 1
Clusia flava 223 4
Cobbea scandens 342 5
Codon Royeni 325 5
Cordia sebestena 157 3
Cortusa Mathioli 1 1
Corræa alba 17 1
Crassula odoratissima 26 1
Crateva Capparoides 176 3
Crinum giganteum 169 3
spirale 92 2
Crowea saligna 79 2
Crotolaria verrucosa 308 5
Cyanella capensis 141 2
Cyrtanthus obliquus 265 4
Cytisus tomentosus 237 4
Daphne Pontica 73 2
Daviesia ulicifolia 304 5
Diosma latifolia 33 1
Dodonæa triquetra 230 4
Dracena borealis 206 3
Echites suberecta 187 3
Echium argenteum 154 3
ferocissimum 39 1
glaucophyllum 165 3
grandiflorum 20 1
Embothrium buxifolium 218 4
lineare 272 4
salignum 215 3
sericeum 100 2
Epidendrum cochleatum 13 1
ensifolium 344 5
sinense 216 3
Epigæa repens 102 2
Eranthemum pulchellum 88 2
Falkia repens 257 4
Ferraria pavonia 178 3
viridiflora 285 4
Fuchsia lycioides 120 2
Galaxia grandiflora 164 3
ovata 94 2
Gardenia tubiflora 183 3
Gaultheria procumbens 116 2
Gentiana purpurea 117 2
Geranium astragalifolium 190 3
barbatum 303 5
barbatum minor 323 5
bubonifolium 328 5
ciliatum 247 4
coronillæfolium 305 5
coronopifolium 338 5
cortusæfolium 121 2
crassifolium 136 2
echinatum 158 3
elegans 28 1
fragile 37 1
grandiflorum 12 1
incisum 67 1
incrassatum 246 4
laciniatum 131 2
flo. purp. 204 3
bicolor 269 4
lineare 193 3
melananthum 209 3
oxalidifolium 300 5
pictum 168 3
pilosum 259 4
pinnatum 311 5
præmorsum 150 3
procumbens 254 4
punctatum 60 1
quinquevulnerum 114 2
radiatum 222 4
reflexum 224 4
reniforme 108 2
revolutum 354 5
roseum 173 3
selinum 239 4
spathulatum 152 3
curviflo. 282 4
tomentosum 115 2
undulatum 292 5
minor 317 5
Gladiolus alatus 8 1
abreviatus 166 3
blandas 99 2
campanulatus 188 3
carneus 240 4
crispus 142 2
cuspidatus 147 3
pet. crisp. 219 4
galeatus 122 2
gramineus 62 1
grandiflorus 118 2
longiflorus 5 1
nanus 137 2
orchidiflorus 241 4
plicatus 268 4
polystachius 66 4
præcox flo. rub. 38 1
pyramidatus 335 5
ringens cin. odor. 27 1
multiflo. 227 4
undul. 275 4
roseus 11 1
striatus 111 2
versicolor 19 1
Gloriosa superba 129 2
Gnidia lævigata 89 2
opposætifolia 225 4
pinifolia 52 1
simplex 70 1
Goodenia calendulacea 22 1
ovata 68 1
Hæmanthus multiflorus 318 5
Hebenstreitia aurea 252 4
Heliconia psittacorum 124 2
Helonias bullata 352 5
Hemerocallis alba 194 3
cærulea 6 1
graminea 244 4
Hermannia pulverata 161 3
Hibbertia volubilis 126 2
Hibiscus mutabilis fl. pl. 228 4
Patersonius 286 4
Hillia longiflora 145 3
Houstonia coccinea 106 2
Hyacinthus corymbosus 345 5
Hypoxis linearis 171 3
obliqua 195 3
stellata 101 2
fl. alb. 236 4
Iris longifolia 45 1
Itea spinosa 314 5
Ixia aristata 87 2
bulbifera 48 1
bulbocodium 170 3
capitata ovat. 68 1
fl. aur. 50 1
fl. al. fun. nig. 159 3
stellata 232 4
cinnamonea 44 1
columnaris 203 3
versic. 211 3
latifol. 213 3
grandiflo. 250 4
crispifolia fl. cærul. 35 1
crocata nig. mac. 134 2
fistulosa 59 1
maculata 196 3
min. fl. pur. 256 4
polystachia 155 3
incar. 128 2
punctata 177 3
pusilla 245 4
reflexa 14 1
speciosa 186 3
spicata 29 1
Ixora Pavetta virid. nig. 76 2
Jasminum gracile 127 2
Jatropha panduræfolia 267 4
Justicea lucida 313 5
Lachenalia fragrans 302 5
pendula 41 1
purpureo cærul. 257 4
pustulata 350 5
quadricolor 148 3
reflexa 299 5
rosea 296 5
Lachnæa eriocephala 104 2
purpurea 293 5
Lambertia formosa longi flor. 69 1
Laseopetalum ferrugineum 208 3
Leea pinnata 355 5
Limonia trifoliata 143 2
Lobelia coronopifolia 339 5
gracilis 340 5
pinifolia 273 4
Magnolia fuscata 229 4
pumila 226 4
purpurea 324 5
Mahernia odorata 85 2
Malpighia crassifolia 49 1
Malva divaricata 182 3
reflexa 135 2
Massonia scabra 220 4
violacea 46 1
Melaleuca coronata 278 4
ericæfolia 175 3
hypericifolia 200 3
Melanthium viride 233 4
Mesembryanthemum glabrum 57 1
Metrosidera hirsuta 281 4
Mimosa discolor 235 4
longifolia 207 3
stricta 53 1
Monsonia filia 276 4
Moræa Northiana 255 4
tricolor 83 2
Musa coccinea 47 1
Neotia speciosa 3 1
Nymphæa cærulea 197 3
ordorata 297 5
stellata 330 5
Olea apetala 316 5
Ophyrs lilifolia 65 1
Orchis bicornis 315 5
ciliaris 42 1
Ornithogalum lacteum 274 4
odoratum 260 4
Pæonia albiflora 64 1
Passiflora aurantia 295 5
maliformis 217 4
Pergularia minor 184 3
odoratissima 185 3
Persoonia lanceolata 74 2
Persoonia latifolia 280 4
linearis 77 2
Pharnaceum lineare 326 5
fl. alb. 329 5
Phaseolus Caracalla 341 5
Physalis prostrata 75 2
Pitcairnia latifolia 322 5
sulphurea 249 4
Pittosporum coriaceum 151 3
Platylobium lanceolatum 205 3
ovatum 266 4
scolopendrum 191 3
Pogonia debilis 212 3
glabra 283 4
Primula Cortusoides 7 1
Protea anemonifolia 332 5
candicans 294 5
cordata 289 5
cynaroides 288 4
decumbens 349 5
formosa 17 1
globosa 307 5
glomerata 264 4
grandiflora fol. und. 301 5
lagopus 243 4
longifolia nigra 132 2
ferr. purp. 133 2
cono turb. 144 2
pinifolia 76 2
pulchella 270 4
speciosa latifolia 110 2
nigra 103 2
fol. glab. 277 4
spicata 234 4
triternata 337 5
umbellata 248 4
Psoralea aculeata 146 3
Pultenæa dapnoides 98 2
ilcifolia 320 5
rubiæfolia 331 5
villosa 309 5
Punica granatum fl. alb. 96 2
Renealmia nutans 360 5
Rhododendron Dauricum 4 1
punctatum 36 1
Roëlla decurrens 238 4
Sagittaria lancifolia 333 5
Samyda serrulata 202 3
Senecio pseudo China 291 5
Septas capensis 90 2
Schotia speciosa 348 5
Sophora capensis 347 5
Sowerbia juncea 81 2
Sprengelia incarnata 2 1
Stachys coccinea 310 5
Struthiola ciliata 149 3
fl. rub. 139 2
imbricata 133 2
ovata 119 2
tomentosa 334 5
Styphelia parviflora 287 4
triflora 72 1
viridis 312 5
Tagetas lucida 359 5
Talinum patens 253 4
Thunbergia fragrans 123 2
Usteria scandens 63 1
Vaccinium amænum 138 2
arctostaphyllus 30 1
crassifolium 105 2
dumosum 112 2
formosum 97 2
frondosum 140 2
parviflorum 125 2
staminium 263 4
virgatum 181 3
Verbascum ferrugineum 162 3
Vereia crenata 21 1
Vicia galegifolia 319 5
Viola pedata 153 3
Westeringia rosmarinacea 214 3
Wurmbea capensis β 221 4
Xeranthemum argenteum 327 5
fasciculatum 242 4
fl. alb. 279 4
speciocissimum 51 1
spirale 262 4
Xylophylla falcata 331 5
Zinnia verticillata 189 3
violacea 55 1