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BOTANICAL MAGAZINE; 

OR, 

Flower-Garden Difplayed: 

IN WHICH 

The moft Ornamental FOREIGN PLANTS, cultivated in the 

Open Ground, the Green-Houfe, and the Stove, are ac 

curately reprefented ITJ their natural Colours. 

TO WHICH ARE ADDED, 

Their Names, Clafs, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, according . 

to the celebrated LINNJEUS ; their Places of Growth, and 

Times of Flowering: 

TOGETHER WITH 

THE MOST APPROVED METHODS OF CULTURE. 

A WORK 

Intended for the Ule of fuch LADIES, GENTLEMEN, and GARDENERS, as 

wifti to become fcientifically acquainted with the Plants they cultivate. 

By W ILLIAM C U R T I S, 

Author of the FLORA LONDINENSIS. 

VOL. VII.- p 

Now let us range both far, and wide, 

Thro' all the gardens boafted pride. 

Here Jafmines fpread the filvei (low'r, . 

To deck the wall or weave the bow'r, 

The Woodbines mix in am'r^.us play, 

And hreathe their fragrant lives away. 

There rifmg Myrtles form a ihade ; 

There Rofes bluih, and fcent the glade j 

The Orange, with a vernal face, 

Wears ev'ry rich autumnal grace; 

While the young blofibms here unfold, 

' There fhincs the fruit like pendant gold; 

" Citrons their balmy fweets exhale, 

" And triumph in the diftant gale. COTTON,. 

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BUCHNERA VlSCOSA. CLAMMY BlICHNERAi 

Clafs and Order. 

DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPEKRHA« 

Generic Chamber. 

CaL obfolete 5-dentatus. Corolla limbiis fj-fidus, 

lobis cordatis. Caff, a-locularis. 

Specific Cbc.ratJer and Synonyms. 

BUCHNERA vifcofa foliis hneari-lanceolatis laxe dentatis 

fubglutinofis, floribus pedunculatis, caule fru- 

ticofo. L' Herit. Strip, nov. torn. 2. tab. 34. 

Ait. Kew. V. 2. p. 357. 

Buchnera is a genus of plants eftablifhed by LINNAEUS in 

honour of A. E. BUCHNER, a German naturalift. 

Of this genus, nine fpecies are enumerated in the i4th 

edition of the Syftema Vegetabiliuffi, by Profeflbr MURRAY. 

We learn from Mr. AIT ON, that the prefent fpecies (a 

native of the Cape) was introduced to the royal garden at 

Kevv in 1774. 

It cannot boaft much beauty, yet as it occupies but little 

room, grows readily from cuttings, and flowers during moft 

of the iuramer: it obtains a place in moft green-houfes. 

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PROSTRATA. 

DlSANDRA. 


HEPTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

Generic Character. 

TRAIL'ING 

Col. fub 7-partitus. Cor. rotata, fubfeptem-partita. Capf. 2- 

locularis, polyfperma. 

Specific Character and Synonyms. 

DlSANDRA proftrata. Linn. Syfi. Vegctabs ed. 1 4. Murr, 

Suppl. PL p. 32. 214. Ait. Keiv, V. i . p. 493. 

SIBTHORPIA peregrina. Linn, Sp. PL ed. 3 . p. 880. 

The foliage of this plant greatly refembles that of Ground 

Ivy, and its branches trail on the ground fomewhat in the 

fame manner, extending to the length of feveral feet; but it 

is not on the ground that it is beft feen, as its flowers are apt 

to be hid among the leaves : it. appears moft advantageoufly 

when growing in a pot, placed on a pedeftal, or in fome ele 

vated fituation, where its branches may hang carelefsly down: 

thus treated, when fully blown, it becomes a moft pleafing 

objecL 

LiNNjEus, the fon,. in his Suppl. Plant, obferves, that the 

Difandra varies extremely in the number of its {lamina, as it 

does alfo in the divifions of its calyx, and corolla; in this 

refpecl:, indeed, we do not know its equal: fortunately for 

thofe fyftems of Botany, which are formed from the number 

of certain parts of the fructification, few fuch inconftants exift. 

Profeflbr MURRAY obferves, that feven is the moft pre 

valent number of its ftamina, five the moft natural. 

LINNJEUS defcribes it as a native of the Eaft; Mr. AITON 

informs us, that it was introduced here about the year 1771, 

from Madeira. 

It flowers during moft of the fummer months; in the 

winter it muft be kept in the green-houfe ; in the fummer it 

will bear the open air, grows readily from cuttings, fhould 

be planted in rich earth, and plentifully watered in dry 

weather.

full.- fy. 

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MICHAUXIA CAMPANULOIDES. 

MICHAUXIA. 


-OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 


ROUGH- 

Cal. i 6-partitus. Cor. rotata, 8-partita. Neffarium 8-valve, 

ftaminiferum. Caff. 8-locularis, polyfperma. L' Heritier 

Monogr. 

Specific Charaffer and Synonyms. 

MICHAUXIA campanuloides. L' Heritier Monogr. 

The celebrated author of the Hortus Kewenjis informs us, 

that the plant here figured is a native of the Levant, and 

was introduced to this country in the year 1787, by Monf. 

L' HERITIER, who firft gave it the name of Michauxia, and 

wrote a Monographia, or particular treatife on it. 

We have before obferved, that \vhen a plant has been 

named in honour of any particular perfon, that name muft 

be retained in all countries, however uncouth its pronuncia 

tion may be, and there are few of our readers but what will 

think the prefent name fufficiently fo. 

Laft fummer 1792, in the month of July, we had the 

pleafure to fee a fine plant of this fort, fully blown, in the 

collection of Meflrs. GRIMWOOD and Co. Kenfington; 

though in a fmall pot, it grew nearly to the height of fix feet, 

was branched almoft to the bottom, and loaded with a pro- 

fufion of bloflbms, fuch as are reprefented on the plate, and 

which bore fome diftant refemblance to thofe of a paflion- 

flower. 

It is a biennial green-houfe plant, and, of courfe, only 

to be raifed from feeds, which we are forry to find have not 

ripened in this country, though they are faid to do fo in France. I

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ERJCA CERINTHOIDES. HONEYWORT?, 

FL.,OWER'D HEATH. 

0/j and Order. 


4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta reqeptaculo infertq. 

Anthers bifidae. 'Caff. 4-locularis. 

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Specific Character. and Synonyms. 

£RIpA cerinthoides antheris muticis inclufis, corollis clavatis 

groffis, ftigmate inclufo cruciate, foliis quaternis. 

Linn. Syfl. 'Vegetal, ed. 14. Murr. p. 368. Ait. Kew, 

V. 2 - _p. 22. 

The Erica cerinthoides is one of the moft magnificent and 

ftewy of the genus, grows wild at the Cape, from whence it 

was introduced to the royal garden at Kew, by Mr. MASSON, 

in 1774; it is the more valuable, as it flowers during moft 

of the year: its bloflbms are found to vary from a deep to 

a very pale red. It is a hardy green-houfe plant, and ufually 

propagated by cuttings. 

To have this beautiful tribe of plants in perfection, they 

muft be kept in pots proportioned to their fize, rilled with 

that kind of bog earth in which our Britifh heaths grow fpon- 

taneoufly, finely fifted; to which it may be neceflary fome- 

times to add a third part of the mould of rotten leaves, or 

choice loam, partaking more of a clayey than a fandy nature : 

we muft be careful not to let them fuffer for want of water 

in dry hot weather, as fuch an omiflion, even for one day, 

may be fatal; and to give them as much air as poffible at all 

times when the weather is mild. f'ul.ly W. Curbs .'- (frv (ryi,-nf M-"- >. 

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IPOMCEA COCCINEA. SCARLET IPOMCEA. 

Clajs and Order. 

PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 


Cor. infundibuliformis. Stigma capitato-globofum, Capf. 3- 

locularis. 


IPOMCEA coccinea foliis cordatis acuminatis bafi angulatis, 

pedunculis multifloris. Linn. Syjl. Vegetab. ed. 

14. Murr. p. 204. Ait. Ke-zv. V. \. p. 2 15. 

CONVOLVULUS coccineus, folio angulofo. Plum. Amer. 

89. /. 103. 

QUAMOLCIT americana, folio hederae, flore coccineo. 

Comm. rar. 2 1. t. 2 1. 

The Ipomcea is very nearly related to the Convolvulus, one 

principal difference confifts in the different form of its ftigma, 

which is globular, like that of the Primrofe; whereas in the 

Convolvulus it is divided into two fubftances, as is obvioufly 

fhewn in the Comolvulus arvenfts andjefium, but all the plants 

of thefe two genera have not this character marked with 

equal ftrength. 

The prefent fpecies is a twining plant, will run up a ftick to 

the height of fix, eight, or ten feet, and produce an abundance 

of flowers, of a rich orange colour tending to fcarlet, which 

renders it one of the raott ornamental annuals cultivated in 

our gardens, into which it is not as yet generally introduced, 

though cultivated by Mr. MILLER, in 1759. 

Mr. MILLER defcribes it as a native of Carolina, and the 

Bahama Iflands, Mr. AITON of the Weft-Indies; it flowers 

from June to September. 

It is cultivated in the fame manner, and with the fame eafe 

as other annuals; three feeds may be fet in the ground, about 

four inches afunder, in the form of a triangle ; when the feed- 

lings are fufHciently advanced, a tall ftick is to be thruft down 

in the centre betwixt the three plants, for them to twine 

around : the warmer and more flickered the fituation, and 

the richer the foil in which they are placed, the taller the plants 

will grow; by railing them on a hot bed, you may anticipate 

their natural time of flowering, and be more certain of ob 

taining good feed. 

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TRUTHIOLAERECTA. SMOOTH STRUTHIOL A. 


TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

Generic CharaSer. 

r. nulla. Cal. t ubulofus, ore glandulis 8. Bacca exfucca, 

polyfperma. Linn. Mant. p. 4. Syft. Vegetal, ed. 14. Murr. 

p. 1 65. 

Specific CharaRer and Synonyms. 

STRUTHIOLA ere£ta glabra. Linn. Syft. Vegetal, ed. 14. 

Murr. p. 1 64. Ait. Kew. V.. i . p. 1 65. 

PASSERINA dodecandra. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 3 . />. 513. 

Acad. V. 4. p. 2 71. 

PASSERINA filiformis. Mill. Ditt. ed. 6. 4to. 

PASSERINA. Bunn. Afric. /. 47. /. i. 

The plant here reprefented appears to have been firft de- 

fcribed and figured by BURMAN, in his PL Afric. under the 

name of Pafferina: L INNAEUS introduced it in the 3d edition 

of his Sp. PL by the title of Pafferina dodecandra ; difcovering 

afterwards that it had in reality only four ftamina, and that 

the other eight fubftances, miftaken for fuch, were fo many 

glandular neftaria, he made in his Mantiff. Plant, a new genus 

of it, by the name of Struthiola, and affigned it the trivial name 

of'ereffa,- i n the abbreviated generic defcription given of it 

by Prof. MURRAY, an alteration is made in this generic cha 

racter, and what before was confidered as Corolla, is here re 

garded as Calyx; no reafon is affigned for this alteration, and 

we are at a lofs to account for the propriety of it. 

Mr. MILLER, who cultivated this plant in 1758, defcribes 

it in his dictionary, and obferves very juftly, that though its 

branches when young are ereft, when loaded with bloflbms 

they incline to a horizontal pofition; hence the term ereEta 

becomes an improper one, and fhould be changed for one 

more expreffive. 

This fpecies of Struthiola is a very common fhrub in our 

greenhoufes, will grow to the height of five or fix feet, 

and, though not fo ornamental as fome other pjants, has the 

merit of flowering during moft of the year, and often in the 

depth of winter. 

Is readily increafed by cuttings.

LYCHNIS CORONATA. CHINESE LYCHNIS. 


DJECANDRIA PJENTAGYNIA, 


Col. i -phyllus, oblongus, laevis. Peiala 5, unguiculata : Limfa 

fub-bifido. Capf. 5-locularis. 


LYCHNIS coronata glabra, floribus axillaribus terminalibu£>t 

que folitariis, petalis laciniatis. Thunb. Japon, 

P. 1 87. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 4 35. 

Alt. Kew. V. i. p. 1 17. 

LYCHNIS grandiflora floribus axillaribus terminalibufque 

folitariis, petalis inasqualiter crenatis. Jacq* 

Collet?. V. i. p. 149. Icon. V. i. 

JAPONICE fen fjun ra, vulgo Ganpi. Kempf. Am

. fy. W£urtir c: Crefcent Apr. 

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PHYLICA ERICOIDES. HEATH-LEAV'Q 

PHYLICA. 

Clefs and Order. 



ferianthium g-partitum, turbinatum. Petala o.. Squama 5, 

ftamina munientes. Caff, tricocca, infera. 


PHYLICA ericoides foliis linearibus verticillatis. Linn. Syft. 

Vegetal, ed. 1 4. Murr. f. 235. Ait. Ke?v. V. i. 

p. 268. 

ALATERNOIDES africana ericsefoliis, floribus albicantibus 

et mufcofis. Comm. Hort. 2 . p. \. t. ^. 

Mr. MILLER, who cultivated this plant in 1731, informs 

us, that it grows wild about Lifbon, where it covers extenfive 

trafts of ground, in the fame manner as the heath does in 

this country ; it feldom rifes above the height of three feet, 

and is much difpofed to become bufhy; its flowers, which are 

flightly odoriferous, begin to appear in autumn, and continue 

during the winter and fpring; they grow in little heads on 

the fummits of the branches: their whitenefs, contrafted 

with the dark colour of the .foliage, forms a pleafing ap 

pearance, and entitles this plant, though a common and 

long-eftablifhed inhabitant of the greenhoufe, to a place 

with fuch as may boaft more brilliancy of colour. 

Its leaves, which thickly cover the [talks, do not well 

accord with LINNJEUS'S fpecific defcription. 

It'is ufually propagated by cuttings, which ftrike readily,

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§ LOBELIASURINAMENSIS. SHRUBBY LOBELIA* 


SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA. 

^^^^r^^ Generic Chardffer. 

^^^ Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. i-petala, irregularis. Caff, infera, 2 five 

^^_ g-locularis. 

ÎV Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 

LOBELIA furinamenjis caule fuffruticofo, foliis oblongis 

glabris ferratis, floribus axillaribus pedunculatis. 

Ait. Kew. V. 3 . p. 498. 'Sp. PL 1 320. 

w LOBELIA Itevigata foliis ellipticis ferratis glabris, capfulis 

groflis globofis, calycibus fubulatis, corollis 

glaberrimis. Linn. Suppl. p. 392. ' 

The Lobelia furinamenfis, a plant newly introduced here, 

is minutely defcribed in the Suppl. PI. of the younger LIN- 

XJEUS, under the name of l^vigata^ apparently from the 

fmoothnefs of its flowers: in the year 1786, Mr. ALEXANDER 

ANDERSON fent this plant to the Royal Garden at Kew, from 

the Weft-Indies, where it grows fpontaneoufly, as well as at 

Surinam; and Mr. AITON has inferted it at the end of the 

Hort. Kew. afligning to it a new fpecific defcription, and a 

new trivial name: our drawing was made from a plant which 

flowered in the Hove of Meflrs. GRIMWOOD and Co. Ken- 

fington, to whom it was imparted by RICHARD MOLESWORTH, 

Efq. of Peckham, a gentleman liberal in his communications, 

and anxious to promote the caufe of Botany. 

This fpecies of Lobelia is a ftove plant, having a fome- 

what fhrubby ftalk, growing to the height of feveral feet; 

its blbflbms are very large, of a pale red colour, and its 

Antherae, which might be miftaken for the ftigma, unufually 

hairy. 

It begins to flower in January and February} and continues 

to bloflbm during moft of the Cummer. 

Is increafed by cuttings.

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ARABIS ALPINA. ALPINE WALL-CRESS. 


TETRADYNAMIA SILIÛOSA* 


neftariferee 4, fingulse intra calycis foliola, fquamai 

1 inftar reflexse. 

Specific CharaRer and Synonyms. 

ARABIS alpina foliis amplexicaulibus dentatis. Linn. Syfti 

Vegetal, ed. 1 4. Murr. p\ 5 99. Ait. Kew-. Vol. z. 

p. 3 99. Mill. Dill. ed. 6. 410. 

DRAB A alba filiquofa repens; Baub. Pin. p. 109. 

An early-blowing plant, if it has no great pretenfions to 

beauty, brings with it a powerful recommendation, more 

efpecially if its flowers are not of the more common hue; 

fuch are the claims which the prefent plant has to a place in 

this work : it is perennial, hardy, herbaceous, of low growth, 

rarely exceeding a foot in height, producing its white bloflbms 

in April and May : its fize renders it a fuitable plant for the 

border of a fmall garden, or for the covering of rock-work* 

« 

It is readily increafed by parting its roots in autumn. 

Grows fpontaneoufly on the Alps of Switzerland, Auftria, 

and Lapland, and was cultivated (vid. Hart. Ke-so)- in the 

Botanic Garden at Oxford, in 1658. 

fui. by W CurtlS SVea.CnfierLt J&y.j. Jffi.

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HELIANTHUS MULTIFLORUS. MANY-FLOW^ 

ERED or PERENNIAL SUN-FLOWER. 


SYNQENESIA POLYPAMIA FRUSTRANEA. 


Recept. paleaceum, planum. Pappus 2-phyUus. Cal. imbri- 

catus, fubfquarrofus. 

Specific Charafier and Synonym*. 

JIELIANTHUS multijloms folijs inferiorihus cordatis tri- 

nervatis fuperioribus ovatis. Linn. Syjl. 

Vegetal, ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 781. 

CHRYSANTHEMUM americanum majus perenne, floris 

folis foliis et floribus. Morif. Hift. 

3- f- *3: 

The Helianthus multiflorus, a native of North-America, is 

ahardy perennial herbaceous plant, arifing ufually tp the height 

of five or fix feet, and producing a great number pf large 

yellow fhewy blofToms, which renders it a fu.itable plant to 

ornament the fhrubbery or garden of large extent; the variety 

with double flowers is the one moft commonly cultivated, and 

this we find in almoft every garden: it (lowers frpm July tp 

September, and is propagated by parting its ropts in autumn. 

This is a hardy plant, of ready growth, will bear the fmoke 

of London better than many others; if it continues in the 

fame fpot for a great number of years, the blpffpms are apt 

to become fingle. 

The fingle fort, according tp MORISON, was introduce^ 

before 1699 by Lord LEMSTJER. Ait. Kew.

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BELUsPERENNis var. M AJOR FLORE PLENO, 

GREAT DOUBLE DAISY, 


SYNQENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA, 

Generic Ch$rafier. 

Recept. nudum, conicum. Pappus nullus. Cal. hemifphjericus: 

fquamis fequalibus. Sfm, fubovata. 

Specific Cbarafier and Synonyms. 

EELLIS pcretmis fcapo nudo. Linn. Sjjf. Vegetal, ed. 1 4, 

Murr. />. 770. 

BELLIS hortenfts {lore plena. Bauh. Pin. f. ^61. 

BELLIS minor hortenGs flore plena. 

Double Garden Daify. Park- Parad. p. 3 22. 

The daify, a plant common to. Europe, in its wild ftate 

delights in open fituations, which are moderately moift, its 

root is perennial, and increafes greatly; the ufual colour of 

its flowers is white, the florets are fometimes tipt with red, 

but morft frequently red or; the under fide. 

When double, the daify becomes much more ornamental, 

and in this ftate many varieties of it have long been cultivated,1 

very generally in gardens; thofe principally found in our 

uurferies are 

The large double daify with florets of a deep red colour 

on the under fide, figured on the plate ; the flowers of this 

(art will fometimes expand nearly to the fize of a half-crown 

piece, and are the moft fhewy of any that we have feen j the 

foliage of this fort is alfo proportionably larger. 

The pale red double daify, more delicate in its appearance,; 

|>ut fmaller, varying in its {hades of colour. 

The pure white double daify. 

The deep red double daify; in this the petals are ufually 

mbular or quilled- 

Befides thefe, there are 

The coxcomb double daify, both red and white, in which 

the flowering ftem rifes up preternaturally flattened, and 

carries on its fummit a long-extended ridge of flowers, fre 

quently of an enormous fize; this monftrous production feems 

to arife from the cqalefcence of two or more flowering ttems: 

and as it is of accidental origin, fo we find that a dart/ which has 

been a coxcomb one year, (hall lofe that appearance entirely 

the next, and out of a long edging of daifies growing luxu 

riantly,

Hantiy, new ones mail here and there arife; we canridt 

therefore depend upon the conftancy of this variety. 

Another fingular variety is the proliferous or hen and 

thicken daify, in which a number of flowers {landing on fhort 

fbotftalks fpring circularly out of the main flower; as this 

appearance for the moft' part arifes from great luxuriance*, 

this fort of daify is alfo found occafionally to lofe its prolific 

character: in my garden at Lambeth-Marfh, I once had a 

daify growing in an edging among a number of others^ which 

not only became proliferous, or of the hen and chicken, kind, 

but its ftalk alfo, or fcapus, became branched, producing fix 

or 

feven flowefing-fterfis, with flowers at their extremities 

of the fize of the common daify ; thus we find that the moft 

permanent characters of plants are liable to be altered, and 

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PRIMULA ACAULIS FL. PLENO CARNEO, 

DOUBLE LILAC PRIMROSE. 




Involuer. umbellulae. Corolla tubus cylindricus ore patulo. 


PRIMULA acaulis foliis rugbfis, dentatis, fubtus hirfutis; 

fcapis unifloris. Jacq. Mifc. Auftr. p. 1 58. 

Curt. Flor. Land. Fafc. 6. 

The Primrofe in its wild fingle ftate is frequently introduced 

into fhrubberies and plantations, for the purpofe of enlivening 

them in the fpring months ; in its double ftate it has been 

deemed peculiarly worthy of cultivation by the curious in 

flowers. Of the double yellow Primrofe, which feems to have 

been the firft known, we meet with a figure in the Hort. Eyfl. 

and in the Parad* Terrcftr. of PARKINSON, fince thofe publi 

cations many new and perfectly double varieties have been in 

troduced, as 

The double white, rarely met with. 

The double deep red or velvet, the bloflbms of this will fome- 

times come fingle. 

The double pink or lilac, here figured, a plant much admired. 

The double crimfon, a new variety, which, in brilliancy of 

colour, far furpalles all the others. 

The red, commonly called the Scotch Primrofe, lefs orna 

mental than any of the preceding : beiides thefe, we have ob- 

ferved a variety with bloflbms of a dingy yellow inclining to 

red, not worth cultivating. 

Thefe feveral varieties of Primrofe are admirably adapted 

to the decoration of the fhrubbery, plantations, or even the 

north fide of rock-work ; they delight to grow in a ftiff loam, 

a moift and fomewhat fhady fituation, fo planted they thrive 

admirably, the double fucceeding almoft as well as the fingle; 

every fecond or third year their roots fhould be divided, which 

may be done either in fpring or autumn, they may be cultivated 

alfo in pots for the convenience of removing them when in 

bloffom. 

ful. iy ty-fabr -S.ceee frfcmt June f. 

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PLUMBAGO ROSEA. ROSE-COLOURED 

| LEAD WORT. 

Oafs and Order. 


Generic Charafter. 

T Corolla infundibuliformis: Stamina fquamis bafin corollas clau- 

, dentibus inferta. Stigma 5-fidum. Sem. i. oblongum tu- 

nicatum. 

Specific Charafler and Synonyms. 

PLUMBAGO rofea foliis petiolatis ovatis glabris, fubdenticulatis 

caule geniculis gibbofis. Linn. Syfl. 

Vegetal, ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 1 99. Sp. PI. ed.%. 

p. 2 15. Ait. Kew. -v. i . p. 205. 

PLUMBAGO zeylanica, folio fplendento ocymaftri, flore rubro. 

Burm. Zeyl. 1 95. 

RADIX veficatoria. Rumph. Amloin. 5. p. 453. /. 168. 

The Plumbago rofea, one of the moft ornamental plants which 

we keep in our ftoves, is a native of India, from whence it 

was introduced to this country by the late Dr. FOTHERGILL, 

in the year 1777, pofterior to the publication of the laft edi 

tion of Mr. MILLER'S Dictionary. 

It is a fhrubbv plant, which frequently grows to the height 

of four or five feet, and is perpetually putting forth flowering 

fpikes; thefe continue a long while in blofiom, and hence, 

with proper management, it may be had to flower during moft 

of the year, a very defirable circumftance in a plant of fuch 

fingular beauty. 

The ufual mode of increafing it is by cuttings, which ftrike 

ireely. 

Its parts of fructification, whether we regard their colour or 

itruaure, are highly defending of notice. 

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FUMARIA SOLIDA. SOLID-ROOTED 

FUMITORY. 

Oafs and Order. * 

DIADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 

Generic Charafier. 

CaL diphyllus. Cor. ringens. Filant. 2 membranacea, fingula 

Antheris 3. 

Specific Chara£}er and Synonyms. 

FUMARIA folida, caule finlplici, brafteis brevioribus multifidis, 

radice folida. Mill. Di£i. ed. 6. 4/0. 

FUMARIA lulbofa, caule fimplici, brafteis longitudine florum. 

Linn. Syft. Vegetal, ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 636, 

Sp. PL ed. 3 . p. 983. Ait. Kew. v. 3. p. i . 

FUMARIA bulbofa radice non cava major. Bauh. Pin. p. 1 44. 

Small hollow roote. Park Parad. p. 2 75. 279. /. 2. 

By the old Botanifts this fpecies of Fumaria, whofe root is 

conftantly-folid, was confidered as a diftinft fpecies from ano 

ther fimilar to it of larger growth, whofe root is as conftantly 

hollow, and which will be figured in the next number of this 

work; CASPAR BAUHINEHI particular, in his Pinax, defcribes 

the characters in which they differ : Li N N R u s neverthelefs 

makes them varieties of each other, uniting them under the 

name of bulbofa ; from this union we have taken the liberty to 

diflent, choofing rather to follow MILLER, who regards them 

as diftinft, and the Botanifts preceding him. 

The Fumarta folida, a very old inhabitant of our gardens, 

is a plant of very humble growth, rarely -exceeding three or 

four inches in height, and producing its ipike of purple 

flowers in April, which continue in bloffom about a fortnight. 

In point of colour the flowers of this plant are not fubjeft 

to much variation, we pofiefs a variety of it with blofibms of a 

much brighter colour than thofe of the common fort, and 

which, on that account, is much more worthy of cultivation. 

As a fpring plant, it'deferves a place in the garden; in point" 

of ornament, it is applicable to the fame purpofes as the 

Primrofe, will grow in almoft any foil or fituation, requires to 

he taken up in the autumn, and frefh-planted every two or 

three .years ; if fuffered to remain in the fame fpot for a great 

length of time, it becomes fmaller, produces few or no flowers, 

and is fo altered in its appearance, as to look like another 

1

fui, fy WCvrfrr J.'ffeo 

A/'0 ' 

•Sr-- 23; 

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FUMARIA CAVA. HOLLOW-ROOTED 

.^^ FUMITORY. 

*' 

and Order. 

DIADELPHIA HEXAND&IA. 

Genetic Character. 

I Cal. Cal diphyllus. Cor. ringens. Filamenta i membranacea fm- 

,gula Antheris 3 . 


TTJMARIA cava, caule fimplici, brafteis longimdine florum 

integris, radice cava. 

FUMARIA lulfofa radice cava major. Batih. Pin. p. 1 43, 

RADIX cava major. Park.. Parad. p. 2 75* 

The hollow-rooted Fumitory differs from ihefolida, already 

figured, and that conftantly, in a variety of particulars; its root 

is always, as far as we have obferved, hollow, appearing fome- 

times, as PARKIN SON informs us, _," like a fhell, every part 

" of which when broken will grow ;" frequently acquiring a 

very great fize ; the plant itfelf ufually grows to twice the 

height of the folida, bearing foliage and flowers proportionably 

large; its brafteae or floral leaves, which in. the folida affume 

a kind of finger'd appearance from'the manner in which they 

are divided, in this are entire or but {lightly indented; it 

flowers alfo about three weeks earlier. 

Of the Fumaria cava there are three principal varieties in 

point of colour, viz. the white, the blum-coloured, and the 

purple, which, though plentiful in our gardens formerly, are 

now rarely met with; Mr. CHAPPELOW informs me, that he 

' r>und them ail this fpring, in an old plantation at Tecldington, 

vhere they produced the moft pleafmg effect. 

It begins to flower in March and continues in bloom three 

*T.eks or a. month, rare'y produces any feed, fo t'-at it is to 

propagated on'y 1-y dividing its roots; it is a^-.uFdyher- 

eous plar.t, a native of Germany, aria v ill p;.-, \v in almoft 

' ibil provided it be planieu ir> a fliaUy fnuaion. 

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CHIRONIA BACCIFERA. BERRY-BEARING 

CHIRONIA. 




Cor. rotata. Pifttilum declinatum. Stamina tubo corollee in- 

fidentia. Anthers demum fpirales. Peric. 2-loculare. 


CHIRONIA laccifera frutefcens baccifera. Linn. Syft. Veget. 

ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 2 29. Ait. Kew. v. i . p. 2 58. 

CENTAURIUM minus arborefcens pulpiferum.. Comm. rar. 

9- ' 9- 

CENTAURIUM minus africanum arborefcens anguftifolium. 

Old. afr. 26. 

The Chironia laccifera, a native of Africa, is a plant not 

unfrequent in our greenhoufes ; its flowers are curious in 

their ftrufture, of a lively hue, and fuceeeded by round feed- 

veflels, which, when ripe, have the appearance of red berries, 

whence its name of laccata ; if we carefully examine thefe feed- 

veflels, we Ihall find that they are not properly berries, for 

on cutting them tranfverfly, they are found to be hollow and 

to be divided into two cells (

: Jit£r /, 

C 234 

LINUM ARBOREUM. TREE FLAX. 

Clqfs and Order. 

PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 


Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5 . Capf. 5-valvis, lolocularis. Sern* 

folitaria. 


LINUM arloreum foliis cuneiformibus, caulibus arborefcenti- 

bus. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Mtirr. p. 303. 

Ait. Kew..v. i. p. 3 88. 

LINUM arboretim. Alp. Exot. 1 9. /. 13. 

Contrary to what we obferve in moft of the plants of this 

genus, the prefent very rare and no lefs beautiful fpecies of 

Flax forms (if not a tree, as its name imports) a flirub of the 

height of feveral feet, which begins to flower in the green- 

houfe in March, and continues to be more or lefs covered with 

bloflbms to the clofe of the fummer. 

It is a native of "the Levant, from whence it was intro 

duced to this country in the year 1788, with a profufion of 

other vegetables, by JOHN SIBTHORP, M. D. the prefent 

celebrated Profeffor of Botany in the Univerfity of Oxford; 

who, for the laudable purpofe of promoting the fcience in 

which he is fo eminent, and of enriching the Oxford collec 

tion, already rendered moft refpeftable by his unwearied la- 

tours, meditates, as we are informed, a fecond journey into 

Greece. 

Hitherto this plant has produced no feeds in this country, 

and it is with difficulty increafed by cuttings. 

Our figure was drawn from a plant which flowered in the 

Iprmg with Meffrs. GRIM WOOD and Co. Kenfington.

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TROLLIUS ASIATICUS. ASIATIC 

GLOB E- F L o w E R. 


POLYANDRIA PoLYGVNIA. 

Generic CharaRer. 

Cal.o. Pelalacirciter 1 4. Capfulte plurimffi, ovatae, polyfperniBe. 


TROLLIUS aftaticus corolla patula, neftariis ftaminibus Ion- 

gioribus. Linn. Syft. Vegetal, ed. 1 4. Murr. 

p. 5 18. Ait. Kew. v. 2 . p. 271. 

HELLEBORUS aconiti folio, flore globofo croceo. Atmn. 

Ruth. 101. 

Of this genus, two fpecies only have as yet been difcovered, 

the one a native of Great-Britain, the other here figured the 

produce of Siberia and Cappadocia, both hardy, perennial, 

herbaceous plants; the latter, more particularly, from the 

bright orange colour of its flowers, held in high eftimation as 

an ornamental plant, and flowering in May and June. This 

fpecies, as yet rare in this country, is ufually propagated by 

parting its roots in autumn ; it may alfo be raifed from feeds, 

which ripen frequently on ftrong healthy plants: to fucceed 

in its cultivation, we mould plant it in a compofition of loam 

and bog earth, and place it in a north border, taking care 

that it does not fuffer from want of watering in dry fummers,1 

Was cultivated by Mr. MILLER, in 1759. Ait. 

Pui. fy hr.Cur-tu-S.e

L. 

i IINilllll 

| INL 

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VERBASCUM MYCONI. BORAGE-LEAV*^ 

MULLEIN. 

Gfo/Jr tftfJ Order. 



Corolla, rotata, fubineequalis. Caff, i -locularis 2-valvis. 


VERBASCUM myconi foliis lanatis radicalibus, fcapo nudo. 

Linn. Syjl. Vegetal, ed. 14. Murr. f. 2 20. 

Ait. Kew. p. 2 38. 

CORTUSA foliis ovatis feffilibus. Linn. Hort. Cliff. 50. 

SANICULA alpina, foliis boraginis villofa. Bauh. Pin. 243. 

AURICULA urfi myconi. Dalecb. Hift. 837. 

AURICULA urfi flore cceruleo folio Boraginis. Blew Beares 

Eares with Borage leaves. Park. Parad. f. 

2 37- /-. 3- 

Moft of the plants of this genus are tall and fhewy ; the 

one here figured is however, of very humble growth, its 

flowering ftern in the cultivated plant rarely exceeding fix 

inches in height j its flowers are proportionably large, of a 

blueifh purple colour, and highly ornamental j they make their 

appearance in May, and continue fucceflively in bloflbm for 

feveral months, hence it becomes a defirable plant to cultivate, 

efpecially for the decorating of rock-work ; it is very hardy, 

requires a north afpeft in the fummer, and to be carefully 

watered in dry weather ; will grow in almoft any foil, and is 

ufually propagated by planting its roots in autumn. 

Grows fpontaneoufly on the-Pyrenean Alps ; in its wild ftate 

it is more dwarfifh than our figure reprefents it, its foliage 

more woolly, and enriched with various tints, which the plant 

lofes on cultivation ; fuch fpecimens I faw in the pofleflion of 

Dr. R. HALIFAX, of Albemarle-Street, who gathered it on 

its native Alps. 

Was cultivated by Mr. MILLER, in 1731, Ait. Kew. and 

molt probably long before that period by PAEKINSON, who 

gives a figure and accurate defcription of it in his Parad. terr

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C 237 

OXALIS CAPRINA. G*>AT'S-FOOT 

WOOD SORREL. 


DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 

Generic Charatter. 

Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala unguibus connexa. Caff, angulis de- 

hifcens, 5-gona. 


OXALIS faprina fcapis umbelliferis, foliis ternatis glabris, 

floribus erettis. Thunb. Oxalis, n. n . Linn. Syft, 

Vegelab. ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 433. 

OXALIS Pes Capr

Ill 

Mil 

[ 238 

SENECIO ELEGANS. PURPLE GROUNDSEL, 

or RAGWORT. 

Clafs and Order, 

SYNGENESIA POLVGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 


Recept. nudum. Pappus fimplex. Cat, cylindricus, calycuktus, 

Squamis apice fphacelatis. 

Specific CharaEler and Synonyms. 

SENECIO elegans corollis radiantibus, foliispinnatifidis jequa. 

Hbus patentiffimis margine incrafiato recurvato. 

Linn. Syft. Vegetab. cd. 1 4. Murr. p. 757. 

SENECIO elegans corollis radiantibus, foliis pilolb-vifcidis 

pinnatifidis aequalibus patentiffimis, rachi inferne 

anguftata, calycibus hirtis. Ait Kew. v. 3 . p. 1 93. 

ASTER africanus annuus fenecionis foliis. Comm. Hort, z. p. 

59- * 3 -_____________ 

LINNAEUS has given to this charming annual the name of 

elegans, on account of the great beauty of its flowers^ the 

florets of the radius being of a moft brilliant purple, and thofe 

of the dilk bright yellow; colours regarded as peculiar to this 

plant, till the Sen. venuftus defcribed in the Hort. Kew. was 

difcovered and introduced here; it is a native of the Cape and 

other parts of Africa, grows ufually to the height of a foot and 

a half, or two feet; flowers from June to Auguft, grows readily, 

requiring the fame treatment as other annuals of the more 

tender kind; feedling plants raifed in the autumn in pots, and 

kept in the green-houfe or under a frame during winter, will, 

of courfe, flower much earlier than plants produced in the fpring. 

Within thefe few years, a variety of this Senecio with per 

fectly, double flowers, equally brilliant as thofe of the fingle 

kind, has been introduced, and is here figured; this, from its 

fuperior beauty, is now cultivated, in preference to the fingle; 

there is double variety of it alfo with white flowers which be 

ing lefs fhewy is not fo much efteemed; both of thefe are 

raifed, and that readily, from cuttings, which as foon as well 

rooted may be planted out in the open borders, where they 

will be highly ornamental during moft of the Vummer; as 

young plants are moft defirable, we mould take care to have a 

conftant fucceffion from cuttings regularly put in, and to pre- 

ferve pots of fuch in particular, in the green-houfe during 

winter, for early blowing the enfuing fummer. 

The fingle fort was cultivated here, by CHARLES DUBOIS, 

Eftj. in the year 1700, Ait. Kew, 

tyTP~Cv.rtirJ.l.-CrdceTiJ:

fc 239 j 

AMARYLLIS ATAMASCO. ATAMASCO LILY* ' 


HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA; 

Generic Charaffer. 

Cor. hexapetaloidea, irregiilaris. Filamenta fauci ttibi infertdj 

declinata, inasqualia proportion^ vel direftione. Linn. Fil. 

Specific Charafter and Synonyms. 

AMARYLLIS Atamajco fpatha bifida acuta, flore pedicellate^ 

corolla campanulata fubaequali erefta bafi 

breve tubulofa, ftaminibus declinatis sequali- 

bus. Linn. Fil. Ait. Kew. p. 4 16. 

AMARYLLIS Atamajco fpatha liniflora, corolla sequali, piftillo 

declinato. Linn. Spec. PL cd 3 . p. 4 20; 

LILIO-NARCISSUS Indicus pumilus riionanthus albus foliia 

anguftiffimis Atamafco diclus. Moris 

Hijl. 11. pi 366. t. 24. 

LILIO-NARCiSSUS virginienfis. Cate/b. Carol. 3 . p. 1 2. 

t, i 2. 

LILIO-NARCISSUS liliflorus carolinianus flore albo fingulari 

cum rubedine diluto. Pluk. Aim. 

220. /. 43. /. 3; 

The Amaryllis Atamafco is a native of Virginia and Caro 

lina, in which countries it grows very plentifully in the fields 

and woods, where it makes a beautiful appearance when it is 

in flower, which is in the fpring. The flowers of this fort are 

produced fingly, and at their firft appearance have a fine 

Carnation colour on their outflcle, but this fades away to a 

pale or almoft white before the flowers decay. This plant is 

fb hardy as to thrive in the open air in England, provided the 

roots are planted * in a warm fkuation and on a dry foil ; it 

may be propagated by offsets from the roots, which they put 

out pretty plentifully, efpecially if they are not trail {pi anted 

oftner than once in three years. Miller's Diff. 

It is ufual with the Nurferymen about London to keep this 

plant in the greenhoufe, where it flowers about the end of 

April. 

Mr. CHARLES HATTON cultivated here in 1680, Ait. Ke^t 

on the authority of MORISON. 

* CLAYTON' in Gnum. Fl. Virg. fays maddidis gaudet locis, it delights to 

grow in wet places-.

PELARGONIUM TRICOLOR THREE* 

COLOURED CRANE'S-BILL. 


MONADELPHIA HEPtANbRIAi 


Cal:' g-parthus: lacinia fuprema defmente in tubultim capilla- 

rem, rieclariferum, fecus pedunculum decurrentern. Cor. 

g-petala, irregularis. Filamenta 1 0, ina:qualia: quorum 3 

(raro 5) caftrata, Fruftus 5-coccus, roftratus: roilra fpiralia, 

introrfum barbata. L'Herif. Geran. 

Specific Chancier and Synonyms. 

3?ELAR

, we have Teen a few inftances, there is generally one perfeft and 

four abortive, frequency all of them fail; the blofibms vary 

in the number of their ftamina, four are moft ufually apparent, 

three fuperior, and that very conftantly, one inferior and often 

two, we have" never obferved feven, the proper number of 

fertile ftamina in a Pelargonium: the whole plant is covered 

with fhort white hairs which give to the foliage a fomewhar 

filvery hue. 

Inftances have occurred in which one or more of the white 

petals have had a ftripe of red in them, and we have obferved 

that the dark colour at the bafe of the uppermoft petals is, in a 

certain degree, foluble in water, for on the plants being watered 

the white petals have here and there become ftained by the 

colouring matter proceeding from it} and which, in a diluted 

ftate, is of a purplifh tint: as the flowers decay, this apparently 

black part, diftinguiihed by the roughnefs of its furface, arifing 

from prominent lucid points, and which effentially diftinguiih 

the fpecies, is fometimes perforated with numerous fmall holes. 

Mr. MASSON, who is employed to collecl plants at the Cape, 

for the Royal Garden at Kew, and in which employment he fo 

honourably acquits himfelf, as the Hortus Keinenfis bears ample 

teftimony, %fent hither feeds of this Pelargonium, which flow 

ered in that matchlefs colleclion in the year 1792; a few plants 

of it have alfo been raifed from Cape feeds, by Mr. WILLIAMS, 

Nurferyman, at Hammerfmith, feme of which flowered this 

fpring with Mr. COLVILL, Nurferyman, Kings-Road. 

It muft be feveral years before the loyers of plants can be 

generally gratified with the pofieflion of jihis plant, moft of its 

branches running out fpeedily into flowering ftalks, form few 

proper for cuttings, which are ftruck with difficulty, and per 

fect feeds are fparingly produced. 

It appears to be equally hardy as moft others of the fante 

tribe, and to require a fimilar treatment.

Mill 

t 241 

FAGONIA CRETICA. CRETIAN FAGONIA. 

Glafs and Qrdef. 

DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA* 


\ 

Cat g-phylhls. Petala 5, cordata^ Capfi 5-locularisj icxvalvisl 

loculis i-fpermis. 

Specific Charalfcr and Synonyms. 

fAGONIA cretica fpinofa, foliolis lanceolatis planis leevibiifc 

Linn i Sp. PI. cd 3 . p . 553. Mont* p. 380. 

Linn. SyfttVegetab. ed. 14. Murf. p. 401. Ait-. 

Keiv. v. i. p. 62. 

TRIFOLIUM fpinoftim Creticurru Cluf. tftft. 2. />» 242. /, 

Bauh. Pin. p. 3 30. 

FAGONIA cretica fpinofa* fourn. Inft. p. 265. 

CLUSIUS is the firft author who has defcribed and figured 

this plant, he is very minute in his defcription of it, noticing 

the exaft number of its ftamina; it is the more furprifing, 

therefore, that he fhould have fo little idea of generic charac 

ter, as to rank it with the trefoils merely from the form .of 

its leaves: TOURNEFORT, born to illuftrate the genera of 

plants, named it Fagonia^ in honour of .his friend and patron, 

Monf. FAGON, privy counfellor and confulting phyfician to 

LEWIS XlV» 

This fpecies is a native of the ifland of Candia, and was 

cultivated here by Mr. MILLER, in 1739; it is an annual, 

and as it does not perfect its feeds with us in the opert 

air, unlefs in very favourable feafonSi it is ufually treated as a 

green-houfe plant, its feeds fhould be fown in the autumn, a» 

it thereby flowers earlier, and ripe feeds are with more cer* 

tainty obtained. 

It blofforns from June to Auguft. 

The plant from which our drawing was made, flowered tbw. 

feafon in the very rich collection of Meffrs. LEE and KENNEDY 

Hammerfmith. 

Its branches are ufually procumbent, about a foot in lengtn, 

and require, if the plant be kept in a pot, to be tied up to a ftick

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VERONICA DECUSSATA* CROSS-LEAV'D 

SPEEDWELL. 

Clafs and Order. , 

DlANDRIA MONOGVNIA. 


Cor. limbo 4-partito : lacinia infima anguftiore. Caff. 2-locii- 

laris apice emarginata,, 

Specif c CkaraEIer and Synonyms. 

VERONICA dekujjata fpicis terminalibus paniculatis, foliis 

oblongis integerrimis Isevigatis coriaqeis, caulfe 

fruticofo. Ait. Ke-w'. i>. i. p. 20- 

VERONICA dcciifjata fioribus racemofis axillaribus, foliis 

ovalibus decuffatis integerrimis. Moench. 

Weiffcnflein. p. 1 37. Linn. Syft. Nat. torn. 2 . 

ed. 1 3. Gmel. p. 30* 

The plant here reprefented, is a native of Falkland's Ifland, 

and was introduced to this country by Dr. FOTHERGILL, 

about the year 1776; if permitted to grow, it will become a 

bufhy {hrub of a confiderable fize : it has been chiefly ad* 

Inired for the unufual and regular growth of its leaves, which 

are ever-green, and grow thickly on the branches, crofs-wife, 

affording an excellent example of the folia decuj/ata s but it is 

entitled to our admiration on another account, its bloffoms 

have a moft delicious fragrance (firnilar to that of the Olea 

jragfans] not mentioned by authors, and we believe fcarcely 

known, having never heard it fpoken of by thofe who have 

Cultivated the plant ; its flowers, which are whites are pro 

duced on the tops of the branches, which, however, they do 

»ot ftriftly terminate, but ufually grow out juft below the 

fumrhits, on {hott racemi ; the corolla is fometimes divided 

into five fegmcnts, and there is a greater equality in the feg* 

feients than is ufually found in the flowers of the Veronica, the 

leed-vefiel differs alfo in its form, being longer, more oval, and 

fcarcely emarginate ; thefe feveral deviations from the ftrufture 

of the Veronica genus, joined to the fragrance of the bloflbms 

this plant, induce us to think, that it has mdre affinity with 

we Olea above mentioned. v 

Cultivators complain, that it does- not blow freely ; without 

finy peculiarity of treatment, it flowers with us every year, 

die middle of June ; it is one of the more hardy green* 

°uk pllants, 

which is ufually and readily increafed by cuttings.

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ARGEMONE MEXICANA. . MEXICAN ARGE- 

MONE, or PRICKLY POPPY. 

Clafs and Order. ~ 

POLYANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 

Generic CbfirafJer. 

Cor. 6-petala. Cal. g-phyllus. Caff, femivalvis. 

Specific Chara£lcr and Synonyms. 

ARGEMONE mexicana capfulis'fexvalvibus, foliis fpinofis. 

Linn. Syft. Vegetal, ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 490. 

Ait. Keiv. "u. 2 . p . 2 25. 

PAPAVER fpinofum. CluJ. Hift. 2 . f. 93. 

CARDUUS chryfanthemus Peruanus. The Golden Thiftlc of 

Peru. Ger. Herb. p. 993. 

This fpecies of Argemone is a native of Mexico, and the 

Weft-Indies, where we fhould fuppofe it to be a very common 

and noxious weed, from the name there given it of Fico del in~ 

fernot or the Devil's Fig ; . it has long been introduced to this 

country; GERARD, who cultivated it with fuccefs, ludicroufly 

attributes its nickname to a different fource : " The golden 

" Thiftle of Peru, called in the Weft-Indies, Fique del inferno, 

[ 244 ] 

JPOMCEA QUAMOCLIT, WlNGED 

IPOMCEA. 




Corolla infundibuliformis. Stigma capitato-glqbofum, Capf, 

3-locularis. 


IPOMCEA Quamocltt foliis pinnatifidis linearibus, floribus 

fubfolitariis. Linn. Syft. Vegetal, ed. 1 4. Murr, 

f. 204. Ait. Kew. V. i, />. 215. 

OUAMOCLIT /Jafminum Americanum. Cluf. Poflh. 9. 

CONVOLVULUS tenuifolius Americanus. The red BelU 

flower of America. Park, farad, f. 358. 3. 

In a former number of this work, we gave a figure of the 

Scarlet Ipomcea, which every one pofleffing a garden, at lealt 

in the more fouthern parts of this kingdom, might gratify 

themfelves with a fight of, it being hardy enough to flower 

and ripen its feeds in the open border; but the prefent fpecies, 

an annual alfo, and equally beautiful, with greater fingularit/ 

of foliage, can be brought to perfection only m the ftove or 

hot-houfe. . . . 

Its feeds fhould be fown early in the fpringi two or three ir: 

a fmall pot ; when the plants are fo far advanced as to fhew 

a difpofition to climb, they mould be removed with a ball of 

earth into a middle-fized' pot, in which one, two, or three 

flicks, four or five feet high ftould be ftuck, fur the plants to 

climb up ; in the months of June and July they will flower, and 

ripe feed will be produced in September. 

This elegant fpecies, a native of both the Indies, was culti 

vated here by PARKINSON, who minutely defcribes it in h:s 

Parad terr. when fpeaking of the feed, he obferves, " with -i' 

« it will feldom come to flower, becaufe our cold nights and 

*< frofts come fo foone, before it cannot have comfort enoug"1 

*' qf the fun to ripen it," 

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TEUCRIUM LATIFOLIUM. BROAB-LEAV'D 

SHRUBBY GERMANDER. 

* 


DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERÎA. 


Cor. labium fuperius (nullum) ultra bafin 2-partitum, divari- 

catum ubi {lamina. 

Specific Chamber and Synonyms. 

TEUCRIUM latifolimn foliis integerrimis rhombeis acutis 

villofis fubtus tomentofis. Linn. Syft. VegetM. 

ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 526. Ait. Kew. -v. z. p. 2 76. 

TEUCRIUM fruticans beeticum ampliore folio. Dill. Elth. 

379. t. 2 84. /. 367. 

The "Teucrium latifoRum as well as the fruticans, which 

is nearly related to it, is a native of Spain, and was cul 

tivated in this country in 1714, by the Duchefs of BEAUFORT, 

vid. Ait. Kew. 

It is a flirubby plant, growing to the height of feven or 

eight feet (it may be trained to a much greater height) now 

common in our green-houfes, and fometimes planted in the 

open border in warm fituations, where it will bear about the 

fame degree of cold as the myrtle; it flowers during moft of 

the rummer months, and is readily increafed by cuttings.

4 

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AOUILEGIA CANADENSIS. CANADIAN 

COLUMBINE. 


POLVANDRIA P ENTAGVNIA. 


Col. o. Petala 5 . Nefiaria 5 corniculata, inter petala. Caff. 

5 diftinftae. 


AOUILEGIA canadenjis ne&ariis reftis, ftaminibus corolla 

longioribus. Linn. Syft. Veg. ed. 1 4. Murr. 

AQUILEGIA 

.AQUILEGIA 

AQUILEGIA 

The early red 

p. 5 35. Ait. Kew. v. 2 . p. 248. 

pumila praecox canadenfis. Corn. Canad. 60. 

prascox c-anadenfis; flore externe rubicundo, 

medio luteo. Morif. Hi/}, in. p. 457. t. 2. 

/ 4- 

Virginiania flore rubefcente prsecox. 

Columbine of Virginia. Park. Tb. p. 1 367. 

PARKIN SON was not acquainted with this plant when he 

wrote his Parad. terr. but in his larger and more general 

work, the'Tbeat. PI. publifhed in 1640, he defcribes and 

figures it as a plant newly introduced from Virginia, by Mr. 

JOHN TRADE SCANT : CORNUTUS, in his account of the plants 

«f Canada, gives us a reprefentation and a defcription of this 

plant aHb; according to him, its ufual height in that country 

i& about nine inches ; in the gardens here it nearly equals' the 

common Columbine, which it confiderably refembles in the 

appearance of its foliage, but differs in the form and colour of 

Us flowers, the horn of the neftary is ftraighter, and the bloffom 

in fome of its parts inclines more to orange, which renders it 

highly ornamental. 

It is a hardy perennial, and may be eafily propagated by 

parting its roots in autumn or fpring; it may alfo be raifed 

jrom feeds, which ripen readily here; thefe are found to be a 

' ng time in vegetating, as are others of this genus. 

We have obferved in fome gardens, a Columbine of more 

"Umble growth than the one here figured, called by the name 

| canadenfjs, and which moft probably is a variety of our 

P.anl, its bloflbms fpread wider, aie of a pale red colour 

Without any orange, and hence being lefs beautiful, is, of 

courfe, lefs worthy of culture.

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JScABiosA ATROPXJRPUREA. 

Glpfs 'and Order. 

TfcTRANDRlA MoNOGYNIA; 

Generic 'Character. 

Cat. eomrhunis palyphyllus; proprius duplex, fuperus: Rccefi. 

paleaceum nudum. 

Specific 'GhdracJc'r and Synonyms. , 

SCABIOSA atropurpurea corollulis quinquefidis radiantibus, 

foliis diffeQis, receptaculis florum fubulatis. 

Linn. Syft. Vegetal, ed. 14.. Mu'rr.p. 1 45. Ait. 

'Kew.

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VINCA ROSEA. MADAGASCAR PERIWINKLE,' 

Qafs and Order. 

PENTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 

'Generic CharaEter. 

folliciili z ereQi. Semina nuda. 

Specific Charafter and Synonyms* 

VINCA rofea caule fratefcente ereQo, foliis ovato oblongis, 

petiolis bafi bidentatis, floribus geminis feffilibus. 

Linn. Syft. Fegetab. ed* 1 4. Murr. p. 2 52. Ait. 

Ke-w. v. i. p. 2 96. 

VlNCA foliis oblongo-ovatis integerrimis, tubo floris Iongiffimo, 

caule ramofo fruticofo. Mill. Icon. 86. 

The Vinca rofea was firft Cultivated in this country by Mr. 

PHILIP MILLER in 1757, he obferves that it deferves a'place 

in the ftove as much as any of the exotic plants we have in 

England, becaufe the' flowers are very beautiful, and there is 

4 confta'nt fucceffion of them all the fummer. 

The following account is extracted from his Dictionary; 

*' This plant grows naturally in the Ifland of Madagafcar, from 

*' whence the Jeeds were brought to the Royal Garden at Paris, 

" where the plants were firft raifed, and produced their flowers 

" the following fummer; from thefe plants good feeds were 

"obtained, which were fent me by Mr. RICH.ARD, gardener 

" to the King at Verfailles and Trianon. It rifes to the height 

" of three or~fo.ur feet; the branches which when young are 

" fucculent become ligneous by age : thefe flowers which ap- 

w pear early in the fummer produce ripe feeds in the autumn. 

"f This fort is propagated by feeds or cuttings in the ufual 

" way; unlefs the fummer proves warm thefe plants mould not 

" be placed abroad, for they, will not thrive if they are expofed 

" to cold or wet, therefore during the fummer they ihould be 

!' placed in an aify glafs-cafe, and in winter they muft be 

" removed into the ftove, where the air is kept to a temperate 

^ neat, without which they will not live through the winter in 

"England. Mill. Diff. 

There is a variety of this plant having white blcffoms with 

a Purple eye. 

The flowers do not always grow in pairs.

" i

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lylYRTUS TOMENTOSA. WOOLLY-LEAVER 

MYRTLE. 

Clqfs and Order, 

ICOS.ANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 


. 5-fidus, fuperus. Petala 5 . Bacca a . f. 3 fperma. 

Specific CbaraSer- and Synonyms. 

MYRTUS tomentofa pedunculis unifloris, fojiis triplinerviii 

fubtus tomentofis. Ait. Kew. v. 2. f. 1 59. 

ARBQR finenfis canellre folio, minore, trinervi, prona partr 

villofo, fruftu caryophylli aromatici majoris villL 

fimiliter obdu£to. Pluk. Arnalth. 21. t. 3 72. /. j. 

In the third edition of the Species Plant, of LINNAEUS, 

published in 1764, thirteen Myrtles are defcribed; in the 13th 

edition of the Syft. Natur. publifhed by GMELIJS; in 91, fortyT 

one are enumerated; thus in twenty-feven years this genus hai 

gained an acceffion of twenty-eight fpecies : moft of thefe are 

natives of warm, climates, and few comparatively have been 

introduced to this country, fix fpecies only being mentioned 

in the Hort. Kew. of Mr. AITON, in that work the tomentofa 

here figured, not known to LINN &us or MILLER is fpecifically 

defcribed, and there Mr. AITON informs us that it is a native 

of China, and was introduced by Mrs. NORMAN about tk 

year 1766- 

Since that period it has fallen into, the hands of variou 

cultivators, and flowered perhaps in. greater perfection than i 

did originally at Kew; the peduncles, in the various fpecimen: 

we have feen ufually fupporting more than one flower. 

It is a fhrub of great beauty, both in refpeQ: to its foliage 

and flowers, bearing but little fimilitude to the common Myrtle, 

if fuffered to grow, acquiring the height of many feet. 

Its bloffoms are produced in June and July, the buds are 

covered with a white down, as is alfo the underfide of the 

leaves, whence its name of tomentofa. 

It has been cuftomary to treat it as a ftove plant, fuch it )> 

confidered in the Hort. Kew. there is great reafon however u» 

believe, that it is by no means tender, and that it may fucceed 

as moft of the Chinefe plants do in a good greenhoufe. 

It is ufualiy increafed by cuttings which are ftruck 

difficulty. 

$50

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ALLIUM DESfe Alliams- whreh 

LINK/ us dufcrihes, as having Anthers l:c-'.i:cs. 

' This fpecirs increafcs readily by ofisets, which fliould be 

feparated and plantcu in Autumn. 

We know not why LIXN.EI-; fhould give it the name ^ 

dejcendeh!> unlefs from its bein;: one of thofe plants \k-' ' 

routs in prccefi of time defcend deeply into the earth. 

W.'Curtis

Put, 

L 252 i 

CAMPANULA GRANDIFLORA. GREAT-FLOW 

ERED BELL-FLOWER. 

Clafs and 0;v.vr. 

PE:, TANDRI A MOKOOVN I A. 

Generic Charaffcr. 

ipanulat-i fundo claufo valvis ftaminiferis. Stigina 

i. Ciipf. i nfera poris lateralibus dehifcens. 

Specific C'.'jrjffcr and Syatwms. 

CAMPANULA gra:td:ji. v. i. p. 2 18. 

PmfcfTor JACQUIN i.i, we believe, die fii ft author who has 

neiiic'd rl\is fpL-cies of Campanula, which he has done in his 

ll'jftiu r'i.:Jebonenfis; L INNAUS the Son afterwards inferted it 

HI l.i.-i S.'tfij.!. PI. affigning it the charafters fpecified above in 

the lynonyms, and expreffing his doubts whether it was not a 

variety of the Campanvh carpati.j^ already figured in this 

Work, PL 1 17. Prof. JACQU IN ci..\;.r]y demonftrates that it casi- 

1M)t be Ib, as "it differs moft effcmiaily from that plant in a 

Variety of particulars, >uid* Linn. Sjfi. Veget. ed. 1 4. Murr. 

kis fpcrific defcription there gi\ en, agrees much better with 

we plants we have feen fiower'here, th-an that of LINN.«TJ&. 

«')C'S there being generally more than one flower on a ftalk,, 

*lS, roots, ILl fca .to be ftruck from cuttings, and 

arel >* * Pi-oducing - perfed

THE 

BOTANICAL MAGAZINE; 

O R, 

Flower-Garden Difplayed : 

IN WHICH 

The moft Ornamental FOREIGN PLANTS, cultivated in the 

Open Ground, the Green-Houfe, and the Stove, are ac 

curately reprefented in their natural Colours. 

TO WHICH ARE ADDED, 

Their Names, Clafs, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, according 

to the celebrated LINNÛS ; their Places of Growth, 

and Times of Flowering: 

TOGETHER WITH 

THE MOST APPROVED METHODS OF CULTURE. 

A WORK 

Intended for the Ufe of fuch LADIES, GENTLEMEN, and GARDENERS, as 

ivilh to become fcientifically acquainted with the Plants they cultivate. 

By W ILLIAM C U R TIS, 

Author of the FLORA LONDINENSIS. 

V 6 L, VIII. 

" Much I love 

" To fee the fair one bind the ftraggling pink, 

Cheer the fweet rofe, the lupin, ana the ftock, 

And lend a ftaff to the ftill gadding pea. 

Ye fair, it well becomes you. Better thus 

Cheat time away, than at the crowded rout, 

Ruftling in filk, in a fmall room, clofc-pcnt, 

And heated e'en to fufion ; made to breathe 

A rank contagious air, and fret at whift, 

Or fit afide to fneer and whifper fcandal." 

VILLAGE C URATE, p. 74. 

LONDON: 

PRINTED BY STEPHEN COUCHMAN, 

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LATHYRUS ARTICULATUS. JOINTED- 

PODDED LATHYRUS. 


DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 


Stylus planus, fupra villofus, fuperne latior. Cal. laciniae fu- 

periores 2-breviores. 


LATHYRUS articulatus pedunculis fubunifloris, cirrhis polyphyllis; 

foliolis alternis. Linn. Syft. Veg.'ed. 1 4. 

Murr. p. 662. dit. Kew. v. 2. p. 4 1. 

CLYMENUM hifpanicum, flore vario, filiqua articulata. 

fourn. Inft. 396* ' 

LATHYRUS hifpanicus, pedunculis bifloris, cirrhis polyphyllis 

foliolis alternis. Mill. Diff. ed. 6. 4to. 

The feed-veflels are of the firft importance in afcertaining 

the feveral fpecies of Lathyrus, fome being naked, others hairy 

fome long, others fhort, fome having a fmooth and perfectly 

even furface, others, as in the prefent inftance, afluming an 

uneven or jointed appearance. 

Of this genus we have already figured three annual fpecies, 

common in flower-gardens, viz. odoratus, tingitamis, and Jo- 

tivus ; to thefe we now add the articulatus, not altogether fo 

frequently met with, but meriting a place on the flower-border, 

as the lively red and delicate white fo confpicuous in its blof- 

foms, caufes it to be much admired. 

It is a native of Italy, and was cultivated at the Chelfea 

Garden, in the time of Mr. RAND, anno 1730. 

It is a hardy annual, requiring fupport, and rarely exceed 

ing the height of two feet, flowering in July and Auguft, and 

is readily raifed from feeds, which fhould be fown in the 

open border at the beginning of April.

."«/. fi II' Curlu jS.^ffei Crefiwl: ff.l. I ft(>4 '•'

feeds which ripened there the preceding year, but unfortunately 

from the latenefs of their flowering, and the very great injury 

the plants had fuftained from the Cobweb Mite (Aeon, 

teliarius] vulgarly called the red Spider, there feemed little 

profpeft that the feed-veflels would arrive at perfection. 

The feeds were fown by Mr. FAIRBAIRN, in March, and 

the plants kept in the green-houfe till very late in the fummer, 

when to accelerate their blowing, they were removed into 

the dry ftove: it is worthy of remark, that thefe plants, even 

late in the autumn, mew no figns of bloffoming, but the flowers 

at length come forth with almoft unexampled rapidity, and the 

feed-veffels are formed as quickly, fo that if the flowers were 

not very numerous, their bloffoming period would be of very 

ihort duration ; future experience may perhaps point out the 

means of making the plant blow earlier: in Spain, the blof- 

foms appeared later than here, Monf. CAVANILLE obferved 

them in the Royal Garden, in November and December, noil 

probably in the open ground, as no mention is made of the 

plants having been preferved from the weather. 

It was not till long after our defcription was taken, that we 

had an oportunity of feeing Monf. CAVANILLE'S moft accu 

rate and elegant work, above quoted, in which this plant is 

firft figured and defcribed ; we have felefted the moft eflential 

parts of his generic character, and adopted his fpecific defcrip 

tion : there is one point, however, in which we differ from 

him; the part which he regards as the fifth Petal, we are in 

clined to confider rather as that indefcribable fomething, called 

by LINNAEUS the Neclary, it is indeed of little moment whether 

we call it a Petal or a Neftary, but there are feveral reafons 

why, ftriftly fpeaking, we cannot regard it as a Petal: in g 

the leaves of the Calyx, thofe of the latter are four ; the bafc 

of this Neftary originates deeper than the claws of the Petals, 

fpringing in faft from the fame part as the Filament, its ftruc- 

ture, efpecially the lower part of it, is evidently different from 

that of the Petals, correfponding indeed as nearly as poffibk 

with that of the bafe of the filament. Vid. D ESCER. 

Monf. CAVANILLE was induced to call this plant Lopeztb 

in compliment to TH. LOPEZ, a Spaniard*. 

* In honorem Licent. THOMA LOPEZ, Burgenfis, qui aliquot annos Reg1^ 

Senatoris munere funftus in America, CAROLO V. imperante. In P81?8111 .^ 

verfus breviarium hiftoriaa naturalis novi orbis fcripfit fub titulo de tribus« 

mentis acre, aqua, et terra, MS. apud eundem Muguozium. 

DESCRIPTI N 

DESCRIPTION OF THE LOPEZIA. 

ROOT annual. 

STALK five or fix feet high, branched almoft to the bottom, 

fquare, of a deep red colour, fmooth towards the bottom, 

{lightly hairy above: Branches like the ftalk. 

LEAVES alternate, ovate, pointed, toothed on the edges, 

more fo on the larger leaves, (lightly befet with foft 

hairs, veins prominent on the under fide, ufually 

running parallel to each other and unbranched: Leaf- 

jlalks hairy. 

FLOWERS numerous, from the alse of the leaves, growing 

irregularly on hairy leafy racemi, {landing on long 

{lender peduncles, which hang down as the feed-veflels 

are produced : in this and fome others of its characters, 

the plant {hews fome affinity to the Circ

flower expands, the bafes of each are like two half tubes 

the fides of which, nearly touching each other, wholly 

enclofe the Piftillum; as the fructification goes forward, 

the Filament, endowed alfo with an elaftic power, bends 

back foon after the flower is open, betwixt the two upper- 

moft Petals, and becomes invifible to an inattentive ob- 

ferver j" the Anthera, which is large, is at firft yellow, and 

afterwards dark brown, jig. 5. 

PISTILLUM : Germen below the Calyx, round, fmooth, and 

green; Style filiform, white, length of the Filament; 

Stigma forming a frnall villous head, jig. 6. in fome of 

the flowers the Piftillum appears imperfeft, being much 

fhorter than ufual, and wanting the Stigma, perhaps fuch 

have not acquired their full growth, Jig. 6. 

PERICARPIUM (from CAVANILLE) a round Capfule, of 

four cells, and four valves, the cells many-feeded. 

SEEDS very minute, ovate, affixed to a four-cornered re. 

ceptacle.

Ill 

A', it' I',,,J,,, ,'

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IXIA LONGltLORA, LON G-FLOWE 

I X I A, 

Clafs and Order*. 

TRIANDRIA MONOGVNIA, 

Generic Character-. 

Cor. 6-partita, campanulata, regularis. Stigmata 3, 


IXIA longiflora foliis enfiformibus linearibus ftriftis, tuba 

filiformi longiflimo. Ait. Kew. v. 4 . p. 5 8. 

GLADIOLUS lotigiflorus caule tereti, tubo longiffimo, fpathis, 

foliifque linearibus glabris. Linn. Suppl. p. 0.6. Gnel. 

Syjl.Vegetab.ed.\$. M-urr. p. 8 6. 

We ai"e not acquainted with a tribe of plants which ftand 

ipnore in need of elucidation than thofe of this genus ; of the 

vaft numbers imported from the Cape within ihefe few years., 

Vhere they are chiefly natives, and that for the moft part by 

\vay of Holland, few comparatively are well afcertained; fowe 

of them appear fubjeft to great variation, both in the fize and 

colour of their bloffoms (whether in their wild ftate they are 

thus inconftant, or whether there are feminal varieties raifed 

by the perfevering induftry of the Dutch Florifts, we have not 

yet had it in our power fatisfaftorily to afcertain) ; others like 

the prefent one have their characters ftrongly marked, and 

]efs variable; in general they are plants of eafy culture, re 

quiring chiefly to be protected from the effecls of froft, the 

leaft degree of which is prefemly fatal to moft of them. 

The treatment recommended for the Ixia fiexuofa is apph- 

cable to this and the other Cape fpecies. 

According tp. the Hort. Kena. this, fpecies was introduced 

by Mr. MASSON i,n the year ^774. 

It flowers from April to June. 

6y Ji^ ffur-fo Sfffe^ C'r-^cenf Jtfar--

ly WCurtu ^GKO. Cre/kenf Jfar 

C 257 ] 

LYCHNJSCHALCEDONICA. SCARLET LYCHNIS, 


PECANPRIA PENTAGYNIA, 


(fol, i-phyllus, ohlongus, l?evis, fetala /j-unguiculata. 

fub-bifido. Caff. 5-locularis, 

Specific Charafter and Synonyms* 

LYCHNIS chalcedonica floribus fafciculatis faftigiatis. Linn, 

Syft. Vegetab, ed< 14. Murv. f. 435. Ait. K&»« 

V. 2 . p. l 6. 

LYCHNIS hirfuta flore coccineo major, Baub. fin. 203, 

FLOS Conftantinopolitanus. Dod. Pempt. 1 78. 

LYCHNIS cbalcedomca flore fimplici miniato. Single Nonfuch, 

or Flower of Briftow or Constantinople, Parking 

favad. 2 53. 

The Scarlet Lychnis appears to have been a great favourite 

with PARJUNSON, he calls it a glorious flower, and in a 

wooden print of him prefixed to his Pflradifus Terreftris, we 

fee him reprefented with a flower of this fort, in his hand of 

the double kind. 

It grows fpontaneoufly in moft parts of Ruflia, and is one 

of our moft hardy perennials. 

The extreme brilliancy of its flowers renders it a plant, in 

its fingle ftate highly ornamental; when double, its beauty is 

heightened, and the duration of it increafed.. 

It flowers in June and July. 

The fingle fort may be increafed by parting its roots in 

aiUumn, but more abundantly by feeds, which fhould be fown 

>n the fpring; the double fort may alfo be increafed by di-, 

v>ding its roots, but more plentifully by cuttings of the ftalk, 

put in in June, before the flowers make their appearance ; in 

ftriking of thefe, however, there requires forne nicety. 

This plant is found to fucceed beft in - a rich, loamy, foil i 

and certain diftrifts have been found to be more favourable 

to its growth than others. 

A white and a pale red variety of it in its fingle ftate were 

*ntt'.',n to CLUSIUS, and fimilar varieties of the double kind 

*re laid to exift; it is qf little moment whether they do or not, 

** every variation in this plant from a bright fcarlet is in every 

fcnfe of the word a degeneracy.

l\ t'"r,.rtij'S. 

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CORONILLA VARIA. PURPLE CORONILLA, 




Cal. 2-labiatits : -f- : dentibus fuperioribus connaus. Vexillutn 

vix alis longius. Legumcn ifthmis interceptum. 


CORONILLA varia herbacea, leguminibus ereftis teretibus 

torofis numerofis, foliolis plurimis glabris. 

Linn. Syft. Vegetal, ed. 1 4. Marr. />. 670. Ait. 

Kew. v. 3. p. 5 9. . 

SECURIDACA dumetorum major, {lore vario, (iliquis articulatis. 

Bauh. Pin. p. 3 49. 

SECURIDACA II. altera fpecies. Cluf. Hift. 2. ccxxxvij. 

The greater joynted Hatchet Vetch. Park. Tbeat, p. 1088. 

CLUSIUS, in his work above* referred to, informs us that 

he found this plant growing wild in various .parts of Germany, 

in meadows, fields, and by road fides ; that it flowered in June, 

fometimes the whole fummer through, and ripened its feeds in 

July and Auguft ; the bloffoms he found fubjeQ; to much va 

riation of colour, being either deep purple, whitifh, or even 

Wholly white: CASP. BAUHINE notices another variety, in 

which the alas are white and the roftrum purple ; this variety, 

which we have had the honour to receive from the Earl of 

EGREMONT is the moft defirable one to cultivate in gardens, 

as it is more ornamental than the one wholly purple, moft 

commonly met with in the hurferies, and correfponds alfo 

better with its name of varia ; it is to be noted however that 

this variety of colour exifts only in the young bloffoms. 

The Coronilla varia is a hardy, perennial, herbaceous 

plant, climbing, if fupported, to the height of four or five feet, 

otherwife fpreading widely on the ground, and frequently in 

juring lefs robuft plants growing near It; on this account, as 

well as from its having powerfully creeping roots whereby it 

greatly increafes, though a pretty plant, and flowering during 

moft of the fummer, it is not to be introduced without cau 

tion, and is rather to be placed in the Ihrubbery, or outfldrts 

if the garden, than in the flower border. 

It will grow in any foil or fituation, but bloffoms and feeds 

ttoft freely in a foil moderately dry. 

PARKINSON in his Theater of Plants, mentions its being 

cultivated, as an ornamental plant. Ait. Kew. 

Its bitternefs, wiH be an objection to its being cultivated for 

ibe ufe of cattle, for which purpofe it has been recommended.

C 259 3 

LILIUM CATESBÎ. CATESBY'S LILY* 


HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

Generic CharaHer. 

Cor. 6-petala campanulata : linea longitudinal! neftarifera. 

Caff, valvulis pilo cancellato connexis. 


LILIUM Catejb;,?^Cr

C 260 3 

METROSIDEROS CITRINA. HARSH-LEAV'D 

METROSIDEROS. 


ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 


Cal. s-dentatus, finu germen fovens. Petal* & caduca. Stm. 

difcreta, petalis multoties longiora. Caff. 3-4 locularis, po- 

lyfperma. Banks. Gcertner. 


METROSIDEROS citrinafoliis lineari-lanceolatis rigentibus. 

Though many fpecies of this genus have been raifed from 

feeds brought within thefe few years from the South Seas, 

where they are faid to be very numerous ; this is, we believe, 

the only one that as yet has flowered in this country: our 

drawing was made from a plant which bloflbmed toward the 

clofe of laft fummer at Lord CREMORNES, the root of which 

had been fent from Botany-Bay ; previous to this period we 

have been informed, that the fame fpecies flowered both at 

Kew and Sion-Houfe : as it is without difficulty raifed both 

from feeds and cuttings, young plants of it are to be feen in 

moft of the Nurferies near town ; it would feem that they do 

not flower till they are at leaft five or fix years old. 

Metrofideros is a name given originally by RUMPHIUS in his 

Herb Amboin to fome plants of this genus, the term applies to 

the hardnefs of their wood, which by the Dutch is called 

Yzerhout(Ironwood): FORSTER m his Gen. PL figures this 

and another genus on the fame plate, under the name ofLepto- 

fpermum; SCHREBER in Ws edition of the - Gen. PI. of LIN- 

K*US, unites Metroftderos, Melaleuca, Uptofpermum, and/aW 

cia, under the genus Melaleuca , GCERTNER in his elaboraK 

work on the feeds of plants, makes feparate genera of theie, 

Ireeably to the ideas of Sir JOSEPH BANKS and Mr . D*£ 

ANDER, who on this fubjeQ can certainly boaft the beft in 

without tranfgreffing the allotted limits of our 

letter-prefs, give a minute defcription of the plant hgure?' 

fuffice it to fay, that it is an ever-green fhrub, growing to 

height of from four to fix or more feet, that its leaves on tn 

Id wood feel very harih or rigid to the touch, and wnc 

bruifed give forth 'an agreeable fragrance, the flowers grow 

fpikes on the tops of the branches, and owe their beauty \vno / 

to the brilliant colour of the filaments; 

J'nJ, if W. r,,,-/i.t t'^Crn: Cirlfrnf ,3tpn I.

V. // 

C 261 ] 

ERODIUM INCARNATUM. FLESH-COLOURED 

CRANE'S-BILL. 


MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 

Generic Charafter.- 

Col. 5-phyllus. Cor. 5-petala. NeH. Squamula 5 cum filamentis 

alternantes; et glandulse melliferse, bafi ftaminum infi- 

dentes. FruEius 5-coccus, roftratus ; roftra fpiralia, intror- 

fum barbata. L'Herit. Geran. 


ERODIUM incarnatum pedunculis paucifloris, foliis tripartitis 

ternatifve trifidis fcabris, caule fruticulofo. 

L'Herit. n. 21. tab. 5 . Ait. Kew. v. 2.^.415. 

GERANIUM incarnatum pedunculis bifloris, foliis tripartitis 

trifidis glabris, "petalis integris, arillis glabris. 

Linn. Suppl. PL 

GERANIUM incarnatum foliis incifis quinquelobis punftatis ; 

petiolis longiffimis, pedunculis trifloris. Cavam'lL 

diJJ. 4. p. 2 23. n. 3 14. /. 97./. 3. 

In the 8oth number of this work we gave a figure of the 

Pelargonium tricolor, a plant very generally regarded as the 

moft beautiful of the genus ; we now prefent our readers with 

the reprefentation of an Erodium, which has to boaft nearly an 

equal fhare of admiration. 

This fpecies, as we learn from the Hortus Kewenjis, is a 

native of the Cape, and was introduced by Mr. MASS ON in 

the year 1787. 

Its ufual time of flowering is July and Auguft ; in this point 

* is inferior to the Pelargonium tricolor, which bloffoms 

through the fpring as well as fummer months. 

It produces feeds but fparingly ; cuttings of the plant are 

ftruck with lefs difficulty than thofe of the Pelargonium above 

^^ntioned, the fame treatment is applicable to both plants, 

"ley muft be regarded as green-houfe plants of the more 

?c«ider kind, which are liable to be deftroyed in the winter 

lc*fon by a moift cold atmofphere.

C 262 ] 

MESEMBRYANTHEMUM AUREUM, 

GOLDEN FIG-MARIGOLD. 


ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 


Col. 5-fidus. Petala numerofa linearia. Capf. carnofa infera 

polyfperma. 


MESEMBRYANTHEMUM aureum foliis cylindrico-triquetris 

punftatis diftinQis, piftillis 

atro purpurafcentibus. Linn. 

Syjl. Nat. ed. 1 0. p. 1060. Ait, 

Kew. v. 2 . p. 1 90. 

This Mefembryanthemum is one of the taller and more 

upright fpecies, as well as the earlieft in point of flowering, 

producing its bloflbms from February to May; thefe are 

large and of a bright orange hue, the piftilla in the cent^f 

are purple, and ferve at once to diftinguilh and embelhlh 

them. 

It was firft defcribed in the loth ed. of Linn. Syfi. Nat. and 

afterwards inferted in the Hort. Kew. of Mr. AITON, who in 

forms us that it is a native of the Cape, and was cultivated 

by Mr. MILLER, in the year 1750. Prof. MURRAY omits if 

in his i zth ed. of the Syjl. Vegetab. of LINNJLUS, as does Pro*' 

GMELIN in the laft edition of Linn. Syjl. Nat. 

The facility with which this tribe in general is increafed by 

cuttings is well known; this is raifed as readily as the others.

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GLYCINE BIMACULATA. PURPLE GLYCINE. 

CaL 2-labiatus, 




Corolla carina apice vexillum reflefclens. 

Specific Character. 

GLYCINE limaculata caule volubili laevi, foliis fimplicibus 

cordato-oblongis, racemis multifloris. 

Of the many plants which within thefe few years have been 

raifed from Botany-Bay feeds, this is one of the firft which 

flowered in this country, and one of the moil ornamental ; to 

the greenhoufe it is indeed an invaluable acquifition : we re 

gret that the fize of our paper and the imperfection of -the 

colouring art, will not admit of our giving a reprefentation of 

it more adequate to its beauty. 

It rifes up with a twining fhrubby ftalk to the height of 

fix, eight, or more feet; thefe multiplying greatly by age, 

become loaded with a profufion of purple flowers, growing in 

racemi, the richnefs of which is enlivened by the appearance 

of two green fpots at the bafe of the vexillum ; for the moil 

part the bloffoms go off with us without producing any feed- 

veflels ; in fome inftances, however, perfect feeds have been 

produced, and we have feen a plant in bloom raifed from fuch 

in the charming retreat of JOHN ORD, Efq. Walham-Green. 

A great excellence of this plant is the duration of its flowering 

period, it begins to put forth its bloffoms in February, and 

cominues to do fo during moil of the fummer. 

In the Nurferies about town, it is known by the name 

of Glycine yirenst a name given the plant originally by Dr. 

SOLANDER; the latter of thefe terms we have taken the 

liberty of changing to limaculata, as being more expreffive 

f an obvious character in the flower: we might, perhaps, 

tavc been juilified in altering the genus, as its characters do 

appear to be peculiarly expreffive of a Glycine, nor in- 

of any other genus in this numerous natural order. 

1 1 is raifed readily from feeds. 

We think it highly probable, that in warm flickered fituations, 

lÛ climber might grow in the open ground ; to fuch as have it 

"l abundance, we recommend them to make the experiment.

ClSTUS FORMOSUS. BEAUTIFUL ClSTUS. 

Cor. 5-petala. 

Capfula. 


POLYANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 


Cal. 5-phyllus, foliolis duobus minoribui 

Mr. LEE, Nurferyman of Hammerfmith, informs me, that 

in the year 1780, he raifed the Ciftus here figured from feeds, 

the produce of Portugal, and as its flowers were uncommonly 

beautiful, he was induced to name itformofus. 

It approaches fo near to the Ciftus halimifolius in 

habit, in the form and colour of its leaves and flowers, that 

we are inclined rather to regard it as a variety of that plant, 

than as a diftinft fpecies ; at the fame time it muft be allowed 

to be a very Unking variety, the flowers being at leaft thrice 

as large as thofe of the halimifotiits ufually are, and the whole 

plant more hairy : as an ornamental fhrub, it is highly de- 

ferving a place in all curious collections. 

It will grow very well in the open border in warm flickered 

fituations, it may be kept alfo in a pot, by which means it 

may more readily be flickered during the winter, either in 

the greenhoule or under a frame. 

It flowers early in May, and may be increafed by cuttings. 

\ 

by liTdurtii A?G-eo: Cufvnt May

C 265 ] 

IXIABULBOCODIUM. CROCUS-LEAV'D IxiA. 


TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 


Cer. i -petala, tubulofa; tubo refto, filiformi; limbo 6-pardto, 

campanulato, sequali. Stigmata tria, fimplicia. fhunb. DijJ~. 

de Ixid. 


IXIA Bulbocodium fcapo unifloro breviffimo, foliis angulatis 

caulinis, ftigmatibus fextuplicibus. Linn. Syft. Nat. ed. 

13.^.76. 

IXIA Bulbocodium fcapo ramofo, floribus folitariis, foliis fulcatis 

reflexis. Thunb. Diffi n. 3. 

CROCUS vernus anguftifolius. i. 11. Cluf. Hifl. i . p. 207. 

,violaceo flore, 208. ejufd. 

There are three plants cultivated in the gardens of the cu 

rious to which Bulbocodium is applied, either as a generic or a 

trivial name, viz. NarciJJus Bulbocodium, Bulbocodium

[ 266 ] 

RANUNCULUS AMPLEXICAULIS. PLANTAIN- 

LEAVED CROWFOOT. 

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\ 


POLYANDRIA PoLYGYNIA. 


Cal, deciduus. 5 phyllus, (rarius 3-phyllus) Petalaij, (rariusz;. 

3, aut 8) intra ungues fquamula vel poro mellifero. Styli 

perfiftentes. Sen. incruftata, erefta. Linn. Syjl. Nat. ed. 13. 

Gmel. 

Specific Character and Synonyms.- 

RANUNCULUS amplexicaulis foliis ovatis acuminatis am- 

plexicaulibus, caule multifloro, radice faf- 

ciculata. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 1 4. Murr. 

p. 5 15. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 265. 

RANUNCULUS montanus foliis plantaginis. Bauh. Pin. 1 80. 

RANUNCULUS pyrenseus albo flore. Cluf. app. alt. out?. 

ic. 4 ta. Ger. emac. 963. ^/zg. 2. 

The leaves of the Ranunculus amplexicaulis in part furround 

the ftalk at their bafe, whence its trivial name; in colour they 

differ from moft others of the genus, being of a greyer or 

more glaucous hue, which peculiarity joined to the delicate 

-whitenefs of the flowers, renders this fpecies a very defirable 

one to add to a collection of hardy, ornamental, herbaceous 

plants, more efpecially as it occupies but little fpace, and has 

no tendency to injure the growth of others. 

It is a native of the Apennine and Pyrenean mountains, 

and flowers in April and May 

CLUSIUS is the firft author who defcribes and figures this 

fpecies. JOHNSON in his ed. of GERARD copies his figure, 

and mentions it as being then made a denizen of our gardens. 

It is readily prppagated by parting its roots in Autumn 

and provided it has a pure air will fucceed in moft foils an 

fituations. 

b fr Wfurfr^ \*~fffO- ^'re/cent .fane. f.

m C 267 3 

PYRUS SPECTABILIS. CHINESE APPLE TREE. 


ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 


Cat. 5-fidus. Petala 5. Pomum inferum, 5-loculare, poly- 

fpermum. 


PYRUS fpeflalilis umbellis feflilibus, foliis ovali oblongis 

ferratis lasvibu's, unguibus calyce longioribus, ftylis 

bafi lanatis. Ait. Kew. V. 2 . p. 1 75. Linn. Syji. 

Nat. ed. 1 3. Gmel. p. 842. 

The Chinefe Apple-Tree when it bloflbms in perfection, 

anfwers truly to the name of fpeSfalilis / a more Ihewy or 

ornamental tree can fcarcely be introduced to decorate the 

Jluubbery or plantation; its beauty like that of moft trees, 

vhofe ornament confifts chiefly in their bloflbms, is however 

but of Ihort duration, and depends in fome degree on the 

favourablenefs of the feafbn at the time of their expanfion, 

which ufually takes place about the end of April or beginning 

of May; the flowers are large, of a pale red when open, and 

femi-double, the buds are of a much deeper hue, the fruit is of 

little account, and but fparingly produced. Trees of this 

fpecies are to be met with in fome gardens of the height of 

twenty or thirty feet. 

Dr. FOTHERGILL is regarded as the firft who introduced 

Ais Chinefe native, he cultivated it in the year 1780; fuch 

plants of it as where in his collection, pafled at his deceafe 

!"io the hands of Meflrs. GORDON and THOMPSON, in whofe 

^li and elegant Nurfery, at Mile-End, this tree may be feen 

"' great perfection. 

Though perfectly hardy, as its bloflbms are liable to be 

lfijured by cutting winds, it will be moft proper to plant it in 

a flielter'd fituation. 

h is ufually increafed by grafting it on the Crab ftock.

C 268 ] 

GLYCINE RUBICUNDA. DINGY-FLOWERED 

GLYCINE. 



> 


Cat. 2-labiatus* Corollee carina apice vexillum refleQe'ns. 


GLYCINE rulicunda caule perenni volubili, foliis ternatis, 

foliolis fubovalibus integerrimis, pedunculis fub- 

trifloris. 

The plant here figured, and very generally known to the 

Nurferymen, in the neighbourhood of London, by the name 

of Glycine rulicunda, is a native of New SouthrWales, and 

was introduced to this countiy about the fame time as the 

Glycine limaculata already figured. 

It is a ihrubby, twining plant, running up to the height of 

five, fix, or more feet, producing blolforns abundantly from 

April to June, which are ufually fucceeded by feed-veffels 

which ripen their feeds with us. 

The flowers though large and fhewy, have a kind of dingy 

or lurid appearance, which greatly diminishes their beauty. 

We have obferved the bloflbms of fome plants more brilliant 

than thofe of others, and we think it highly probable, that, at 

feme future period, feminal varieties may be obtained with 

flowers highly improved in colour. 

This fpecies is readily raifed from feeds, is of quick growth, 

and may be regarded as one of our more hardy green-houje 

plants : probably it may fucceed in* the open air, if planted in 

a warm fituation, and flickered in inclement feafons. 

/!, . W.C'urtij- S^Ge/

[ 269 ] 

ORNITHOGALUM NUTANS. NEAPOLITAN 

STAR OF BETHLEHEM. 


HEXANDRIA MTSNOGYNIA. 


Cor. 6 petala, erefta, perfiftens, fupra medium patens, Filfimenta 

aherna bafi dilatata, 


ORNITHOGALUM nutans floribus fecu-ndis pendulis, nectario 

ftamineo campaniformi. Linn. 

Syft. Vegetab. cd. 1 4. Murr. p. 3 28. 

Ait. Kew. V. \. p. 4 -43. 

ORNITHOGALUM. exoticum magno flore minori innato. 

Bauh. Pin. p. 70. 

ORNITHOGALUM Neopolitanum, the Starre-flower of 

Naples. Park. Parad. p. 1 38..^. 

1 37-/- 8. Cluf. app. alt. p. 9. fig. 7. 

Authors have given to this fpecies of Ornithogalum the 

name of Neapolitan, following CLUSIUS by whom the plaat is 

figured and defcribed, and who fo called it, merely on receiv 

ing it from Naples* it may perhaps be doubted whether it be 

originally a native of Italy. Prof. JACQUIN has figured it in 

' .is FIo:\: Auftriaca, the plant being cqrnmpn about Vienna, in 

garden-walks, under hedges, and in meadows, he does not 

however, from that circumftance, regard it as an original 

na"vt: there. CASP. BAUUIN informs us that HONORILS 

Bi:t LI fent it him from Crete under the name of Phalangium, 

leaving its true habitat to be fettled more precifely hereafter, 

vc lh dl obferve, that it is one of thofe plants which foon 

accommodate themfelves to any country; producing a numerous 

progeny both from roots and feeds, and by no means nice as 

to !:nl or fituation ; it is not long before it becomes a weed in 

*"< ' garden, from whence it is apt like the Hyacinlbus racemofus, 

already figured, to pals into the field or meadow. 

Ils flowers, which if not beautiful are fingular and delicate, 

1113 1 >•

PuJj. fy ~WCur£t ,?.^Ga> Crtfient July >. 

C 270 ] 

GLYCINE COCCINEA. SCARLET GLYCINE, 

fl/} and Order. 



Cal. a-labiatus. Cordlla carina apice vexillum refleflens. 

Specific Character. . 

GLYCINE coccinea foliis ternatis, foliolis fubrotundis 

undulatis. 

We here prefent our readers with another Glycine, very 

lately raifed by feveral perfons in,the neighbourhood of London 

from Botany-Bay feeds, and which we have called 

i.occinea from the colour of its bloflbms. 

It is a fhrubby, climbing plant, which, rf fupported, will 

grow to the height of many feet, producing a great number of 

flowers on its pendant branches; the leaves, which grow three 

together, are nearly round, and, in the older ones efpecially, are 

crimped or curled at the edges; the flowers grow for the moft 

part in pairs, are of a glowing fcarlet colour, at the bafe of 

the carina foraewhat inclined to purple, the bottom1 of the 

vexillum is decorated with a large yellow fpot, verging to green, 

which adds much to the beauty of the flower. 

It bloflbms from April to June, and appears to be fully as 

much difpofed to produce feed veflels, and perfeft feeds, as 

tiie rulicunda, and by which alone it has hitherto been 

propagated. 

We mutt rank it among the more tender green-houfe plants.

[ 271 ] 

CYRTANTHUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS. ISfARRow- 

LEAVED CYRTANTHUS. 


HEXANDR.IA MONOGYNIA. 

Generic CharaSer. 

Cor. tubulofa, clavata, curva, 6-fida, lacinias ovato-oblongee. 

Filamenta tubo inferta, apice conniventia. Linn. FiL 

Specific CharaSer and 'Synonyms. 

CYRTANTHUS angujlifolius foliis obtufe carinatis reftis, flo- 

ribus cernuis, Linn. Fil. 'Ait. Ke-yo. v. 

i. p. 4 14. 

CRINUM anguftifolium foliis linearibus obtufis, corollis cylin- 

dricis: laciniis alternis interglandulofis. Linn. 

SuppL 1 95. 

CYRTANTHUS is a genus which takes its name from the 

curvature of its flower, was eftablifhed by the younger LIN- 

N.EUS, and adopted by Mr. AITON in the Hortus Kewenfts. 

The prefent fpecies is a native of the Cape, and was added 

to the royal colleftion at Kew, by Mr. MASSON, in the year 

1774. The plant from whence our drawing was made flow 

ered the preceding May with Mr. WHITLEY, Nurferyman, 

Old Brompton, who received it from Holland, and who has 

been fo fortunate as to obtain young plants of it from feed. 

It flowers in May and June; requires the fame treatment 

as other Cape bulbs, and may be increafed by offsets and 

feeds. 

At the extremity of each alternate fegment of the corolla 

there is a kind of fmall glandular hook, deferving of notice. 

v

C 273 

GLADIOLUS TRISTIS. SQUARE-LEAVED 

CORN-FLAG. 

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TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

Generic Charafter. 

Cor. 6-partita, ringens. Stamina adfcendentia. 


GLADIOLUS triftis foliis lineari-cruciatis, corollis campanu- 

latis. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 

86. Ait. Kew. v. i . p. 63. 

LILIO-GLADIOLUS bifolius et biflorus, foliis quadrangulis. 

Trew. Ehret. t. 39. 

GLADIOLUS triftis foliis linearibus fulcatis, caule bifloro, 

tubo longiflimo,, fegmentis sequalibus. Mill. 

DiH. ed. 6. 410. 

LINNJEUS gave to this fpecies of Gladiolus the name of 

triftis, from the colour of its flowers, which however poffefs 

fcarcely fufficient of the fombre to juftify the appellation; ftill 

lefs fo if they vary in the manner reprefented in TREW'J Ehret, 

-where they are painted in gay and lively colours: in the fpe- 

cimens we have feen, the bloflbms have been of a fulphur 

colour, fhaded in particular parts with very fine pencillings, 

efpecially on the under fide: moft authors defcribe the flower 

ing ftems as producing only two flowers, Li N N & v s has obferved 

that they fometimes produce many, we have feen them do fo 

where the plant has grown in perfeffion; in their expanfion, 

which ufually takes place an April and May, they give forth a 

moft agreeable fragrance. 

It is a native of the Cape, and other parts of Africa; was 

cultivated by Mr. MILLER, and flowered in the Chelfea Gar 

den in the year 1745. Ait. Kew. 

The leaves which fo chara£teriftically diftinguifh this fpecies 

are highly deferving of notice, inftances of fuch rarely occur; 

as the bulbs produce numerous offsets, the plant is propagate 

by them without difficulty, and requires the fame treatment as 

other Cape bulbs.

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DIOSMA UNIFLORA. ONE-FLOWERED 

DlOSMA. 




Cor. 5-petala. NeEfaria 5, fupra germen. Caff. 3. f. 5. 

coalitae. Sent, calyptrata. 


DIOSMA uniflora foliis ovato oblongis, floribus folitariis 

terminalibus. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 3. p. 287. Syft. 

Vegetal, ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 239. Ait. Kew. v. i . 

p. 2 76. 

CISTUS humilis sethiopicus, inferioribus foliis rofmarini 

fylveftris punftatis, cseteris autem ferpylli fubro-. 

tundis, flore carneo. Pluk. mant. 49. /. 342.^ 5. 

The Diofma uniflora another native of. the Cape, that never 

Failing fource of vegetable riches, was introduced to the Royal 

Garden at Kew by Mr. MASSON in the year 1775, it flowers 

in our Green-Houfes from April to June, and is ufually pro 

pagated by cuttings. 

This plant forms a fmall bufhy fhrub, the leaves are thickly 

and irregularly let on the branches, quite up to the flowers, 

which ftand fingly on their fummits, and are larger than thofe 

of any other known fpecies of Diofma, expanding as we have 

found on trial beyond the fize of half-a-crown, which the 

blnffom does in our figure, though it will not appear to do fo 

t«thc eye of moft obfervers; they are without fcent, the calyx 

'"s '=irge and continuing, compofed of five ovato-lanceolate 

''-' ivcji reddifh on the upper fide, and if viewed from above 

vifiblc between the petals; the petals are five in number, much 

Ur-'i r than the calyx, and deciduous, of a white colour with a 

flrtiik of red running down the middle of each, furface highly 

R''"ed, the ftamina are compofed of five fhort filaments, white 

a''' Hightly hairy, broad at their bafe and tapering gradually 

tlj a fine point, by which they are inferted into the hind part 

of

of the antheras, near the bottom; the anthera are as long as 

the filaments, of a brown purple colour, bending over the 

ftigma, and opening inwardly, each carrying on the upper 

part of its back a gland-like fubftance, of a pale brown colour: 

befides thefe,parts there are five filamentous bodies alternating 

with, and of the fame length as the ftamina, of a white colour 

and hairy, each dilating at its extremity where it is of a reddilh 

hue, and prefenting towards the antheree an oval fomewhat 

concave furface, which fecretes a vifcous liquid; in fome 

flowers that we have examined, and we regret feeing but few, 

we have obferved thefe neftaries (for fuch they may be ftriftly 

called) clofely adhering by their vifcous fummits to the glan 

dular fubftances at the back of the antheree*j the germen is 

ftudded with a conftellation of little glands, which pour forth, 

and almoft deluge it with neftar; the ftigma is cornpofed of 

five little round knobs : feed veffels we have not feen. 

* What the ufe of this very extraordinary apparatus may be we can atprefent 

fcarcely conjecture, future obferyation may perhaps enable us to fpeak moit 

decifively ; when we figure the Die/ma ericddes We {hall probably have more to 

fay of this fpeeies. •

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BORBONIA CRENATA. HEART>LEAVED 

BORBONIA. 


DXADE.LPHIA DECANDRIA. 


Cal. acuminato-fpinofus. Stigma emarginatum. Legumen 

mucronatum, 


BORBONIA crenata foliis cordatis multinerviis denticulatis. 

Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 643. Ait. 

Keiv. v. 2. p. 9. 

FRUTEX

I [ 275 

JJKIODENDRONTULIPIFERA. COMMON TULIP-TREE, 

-iHHHlHiHHHMHtjHiHHHHHfr 


POLYANDRIA PoLYGYNIA, 


CaL 3-phyllus. Petala 6. Sem. imbricata in ftrobilum. 

Specific CharaEler and Synonyms. 

URIODENDRON Tulipifera foliis lobaiis. Linn. Syfl. Veg,. 

ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 507. Ait. Kew. v. 2. 250, 

TULIPIFERA virginiana, tripartite aceris folio : media laciniavelutabfcifla. 

Pluk. Aim. 3 79. t. 1 17. 

f. 5 . & t. 248. f. 7. Catejb. Carol, i . p, 

48. t. 4 8. 

LIRIODENDRON foliis angulatis truncatis. Trew. Ehret. t. x. 

The Tulip-tree is a native of moft parts of North-America, 

MARSH-ALL defcribes it as often growing to the fize of a very 

largf tree, 70 or 80 feet in height, and above 4 feet in dia 

meter ; he mentions two varieties, one with yellow and the other 

v,itl. white wood; that with yellow wood is foft and brittle, 

much ufed for boards, heels of fhoes, alfo turned into bowls, 

tiMnchers, &c. the white is heavy, tough, and hard, and is 

fawed into joifts, boards, &c. for building. 

RAY informs us in his Hifl. PL that this tree was cultU 

vated here by Bifhop COMPTON, in 1688: and from MILLER 

learn, that the firft tree of the kind which flowered in 

s country, was in the gardens of the Earl of PETERBOROUGH* 

irfons-Green, near Fulham; in Mr. ORD'S garden, at Wal- 

Green, there is, among other choice old trees, a very fine 

--!>-tree, which is every year covered with blofTorns, and which 

ifl.>rded us the fpecirnen here figured. It flowers in June and 

July, rarely ripens its feeds with us, though it does, readily in 

America. 

The foliage of this plant is extremely fingular, moft of the 

leaves appearing as if truncated, or cut off at the extremity ; 

they vary greatly in the divifion of their lobes, the flowers dif 

fer from thofe of the tulip in having a calyx, but agree as to 

ftc number of petals, which is "fix ; and fo they are defcribed 

Jn ilic fixth edition of the Gen. PL of LINN, but in Profe/or 

MURRAY'S Syjl. Veg. Ait. H. K. Linn. Syfl. Nat. ed. 1 3, by 

G M * LIN, 9 are given, this in the firft inftance muft be a mere 

typographical error arifing from the inverfion of the 6. 

Thii tree is found to flourifh moft in a foil moderately ftiff 

oift, is ufually raifed from feeds, the procefs of which is 

defcribed by MILLER in his Dictionary.

C 276 ] 

BLITUM VIRGATUM. STRAWBERRY BUTE* 


MONANDRIA D lGYNlA. 


Cat 3-fidus. Petala o. Sem. i. calyce baccato., 

Specific Charafter and Synonyms. 

SSLITUM *virgatum capitellis fparfis lateralibus. Linn. Syft* 

Vegetal, ed. 1 4. Murr. -p. 5 3. Ait. Kew. v. i. p. p 

ATRIPLEX fylveftris mori fruau. JBaub. Pin. p. gig. 

ATRIPLEX fylveftris baccifera. Clnf. Hip. cxxxv. 

This plant, not unfrequently met with in gardens, is known 

to moft cultivators by the name of Strawberry Spinach ; the 

leaves fomewhat refembling thofe of the latter, and the fruit 

that of the former: C. BAUHINE likens its berries to thofe of 

the Mulberry, to which they certainly bear a greater refemb- 

lance: in moft of the fpecies of this genus the calyx exhibits 

a very fingular phenomenon, when the flowering is over, it 

increafes in fize, becomes flefhy, and finally pulpy, containing 

the ripe feed, which however it does not wholly envelope; 

thus from each clufter of flowers growing in the. alse of the 

leaves are produced fo many berries, of a charming red ,co- 

lour, to which the plant owes its beauty altogether, for the 

flowers are final), herbaceous, and not diftinaiy vifible to the 

naked eye; they can boaft however of being of the firft clafs 

In the Linnean fyftem Monandria, to which few belong. 

Strawberry Elite is a hardy annual, growing fpontaneoufly in 

fome parts of France, Spain, and Tartary; is not a very old 

inhabitant of our gardens, Mr. AITON mentioning it as being 

firft cultivated by Mr. MILLER in. 1759. Its berries are pro 

duced from June to September; in their tafte they have nothing 

to recommend them, though not pleafant they are harmlefs. 

CLUSIUS we believe to be the firft author who gives a 

figure and defcription of it. 

It affefts a dry foil, and open fituation ; in fuch there is no 

neceflity to give any particular direaions for its cultivation, 

as it comes up readily from feed fpontaneoufly fcattered, fo 

much fo as fometimes to prove a troublefome weed.

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MAHERNIA PINNATA. WINGED MAHERNIA. 

Clafs and. Order. 

PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 

Generic Character.. 

Gal. 5-dentatus. Petala 5 . Ne&aria 5 obcordata, filamen- 

tis fuppofita. Caff. 5-locularis. 

t 

Specific Character and Synonyms. - 

MAHERNIA ptnnata, foliis tripartite pinnatifidis. Linn. Syft. 

Vegetal, cd. 14.. Murr. p. 308. Ait. Kevc. -j. \. 

p. 3 98. 

HERMANNIA foliis tripartitis, media pinnatifida. Linn. Sf. 

PL ed. 3 . p. 943. 

HERMANNIA frutefcens, folio multifido tenui, caule rubro. 

Boerh. Lngd. i. p. 2 73. 

LINNAEUS, in his Spec. PL regarded this plant as a fpecie. 

of Hermannia ; finding afterwards that it differed materially 

in its fructification from that genus, he made a new one of it 

in his MantiJJa, by the name of Mahernia ; ftill, however, the 

two genera are very nearly related : one principal difference 

confifts in the neftaria of the Mahernia, which are very re 

markable. 

This fpecies was introduced from the Cape, where it is a 

native, by Mr. MASSON, in 1774, and is now very generally 

met with in our green-houfes. It produces its little bells, of 

a lively red when they firft open, from June to Auguft, r 

September; is a fmall'delicate plant, and cafily railed from 

cuttings.

FiJ, Iry 

Geo. L't^mt; Got 1- 

LILIUM CANDIDUM. WHITE LILY. 


HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 


Cor. 6-petala, campanulata: linea longitudinali neftarifera. 

Caff, valvulis pilo cancellato connexis. 

Specific Charafier and Synonyms. 

.ILIUM candidum foliis fparfis, corollis campanulatis, intus 

glabris. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 3 . p. 433. Syft. Vegetal, 

ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 3 24. Ait. Kern. -a. i . p. 429. 

LILIUM album flore erecto et vulgare. Bauh. Pin. 76. 

LILIUM album vulgare. The ordinary White Lily. Park. 

Farad, p. 39. t. 3 7. /. 4. 

We may rank the White Lily among the very oldeft inha 

bitants of the flower-garden; in the time of GERARD it was 

Very generally cultivated, and doubtlefs at a much earlier 

period; a plant of fuch ftatelinefs,"fo fhewy, fo fragrant, and 

at. the fame time fo much difpofed to increafe, would of courfe 

foon be found very generally in gardens, into which its intro- 

dudion would be accelerated on another account; it was 

regarded as a plant of great efficacy; among other extraordi 

nary powers attributed to it, we are gravely told that it taketh 

away the wrinkles of the face. 

LINNJE.US makes it a native of Paleftine and Syria; Mr. 

AITON of the Levant. 

Its bloflbms, which open early in July, continue about 

ee weeks, and when they go off leave the flower-garden 

eatly thinned of its inhabitants. 

Of the White Lily there are three principal varieties: 

1. With double flowers. 

2. With flowers blotched with purple. 

3. With ftriped leaves, or leaves edged with yellow. 

two firft of thefe are to be efteemed merely as curiofities; 

tlvp third the plant acquires an acceffion of beauty which it 

s not originally; though many perfons obje£l to variegated 

leaves,

leaves, as conveying an idea of ficklinefs, that complaint can- 

not be urged againft the foliage of the ftriped Lily, to which 

the borders of the flower-garden are indebted for one of their 

chief ornaments during the autumnal and winter months ; early 

in September thefe begin,to emerge, and towards fpring ano 

ther fet rifes up in their centre, of more upright growth, and 

which announce the rifing of the flowering ftem. 

Befides thefe varieties, LINNAEUS has confidered the Ulium 

album floribus dependentibus f. peregrimtm of C. BAUHINE, the 

1 Sultan Zambach of CLUSIUS, and the Hortus Eyflettenfis, as 

one of its varieties alfo : MILLER regards this plant as a diftinft 

fpecies, and thofe who have attentively examined the figures 

and defcriptions of CLUSIUS and the Hort. E}[ft. will be of the 

fame opinion. 

The Lily increafes moft abundantly by offsets, hence it be 

comes neceffary that the bulbs fhould be taken up, and re 

duced every fecond or third year; but the ftriped leaved va 

riety increafing much more flowly, fhould remain unmolefted 

for a greater length of time. 

There is fcarcely a foil or fituation in which the Lily will 

not grow, it will thrive moft in a foil moderately ftiff and 

moift; though a native of a warm climate no feverity of wea 

ther affefts it with us : we may learn from this, not to regu 

late the culture of plants invariably by the climate in which 

they grow fpontaneoufly. 

The belt time for removing the bulbs of this plant is about 

the middle of Auguft, before they (hoot forth their leaves; 

but they may be tranfplanted any time from September to 

fpring.

1 I 

C 279 

PLUMERIA RUBRA. RED PLUMERIA. 




Contorta. Folliculi 2. reflexi. Semina membranse proprise 

inferta. 


\ 

PLUMIiRIA rulra foliis ovato-oblongis, petiolis biglandulofis. 

Linn. Syft. Vegctab. ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 254. 

Ait. Ketv. v. i. p. 298. 

PLUMERIA {lore rofeo odoratiflimo. fourn. Injl. 659. frew. 

Ehret. Tab. xli. 

Plumeria is a genus of plants named by TOURNEFORT in 

honour of his countryman the celebrated PLUMIER, it comes 

near to Nerium or Oleander, and contains feveral fpecies, all 

natives of warm climates. 

The prefent plant is a native of Jamaica, where it is known 

by the name of Red Jafmine, from whence feeds and large 

cuttings are often fent to this country ; here they require" the 

ftove to bring them to flower: feed-veflels they are never 

known to produce. 

The flowers, which are very odoriferous, are produced in 

July and Auguft in large bunches, on the fummits of the 

branches, from whence the leaves alfo proceed; the ftems, 

v. hich grow to a confiderable height as well as thicknefs, are 

nuked, and the whole plant lofes its foliage from the middle 

of winter till about the beginning of May; the branches 

and ether parts of-the plant; when broken off, give forth a 

rnilky juice, the leaves are handfome, and the veins remarkable. 

Being too tender to bear the open air of this climate, it is 

kept in the ftove even during fumrner, in hot weather it muft 

have plenty of air, and in cold feafons be fparingly watered. 

IN propagated by feed's, but more frequently by cuttings, 

wliich MILLKR recommends to be put by for two months or 

'en weeks, previous to their being committed to the earth.

WCwfaf £? ti-w. C'refcentJTos. 

\ C 280 ] 

APOCYNUM ANDROS^MIFOLIUM. TUTSAN* 

» LEAV'D, or FLY-CATCHING DOGSBANE* 

4-4-5^4-4-^^^^ 


I PENTANDRIA DIGVNIA* 

^^ Generic CharaEl.er. 

^^V~ Cor. campanulata. Glandule 5 cum ftaminibus alternas. 

^^1 Specific Character and Syncvyms. 

fFAPOCYNUM -androftemifolium caule rccllufculo herbaceoi 

foliis ovatis utrinque glabria, cymis termi- 

nalibus. Lir.'i. Syft. Vegetal, ed. 1 4. Murr. 

p. 2 58. Ait. Kew. v. i . p. 303. 

APOCYNUM canadenfe; faliis andrufasmi majoris. Bocc. 

jicc. 3 5. t. 1 6. /. 3. MoriJ. Hift. 3 . p. 609. 

/. 15. /. 3. /. 16. 

In addition to the powerful recommendations of beauty and 

fragrance, the Tutfan-leav'd Dogfbane interefts us on account' 

ol the curious ftruQure of its flowers, and their fingular 

property of catching flies. 

This fpecies is a native of different parts of North-America ; 

Mr. W. HALE, of Alton, Hr.nts, who refided at Halifax in 

i\ova-Scotia feveral yeau, brought me fome feeds of it ga- 

tV.c'ed in that neighbourhood, which vegetated, and produced 

tiowering plants: it is not new to this country, being known 

to MORISON who figures it, and to MILLER ,who cultivated 

it in 1731. . 

It is a hardy perennial plant, growing to about the height 

of a foot and a half, or two feet, and flowering from the 

beginning of July, to September; it has a creeping r,vjt, 

v,!.ereby it increafes greatly in light dry foils, a-nd warm 

lunations, fo as even to be troublefome.; it will not thrive in 

a vet foil; with us it produces feed-vefiels but rare'.y; is 

propagated by parting its roots in Autumn or Spiing; Mi LLER: 

rccommends March as the moft'proper feafcn, or it iray be 

railed from feeds, which in certain fituauons and fealons 

ripen here. 

The

The flowers of this Apocynum have a fweet honey-like 

fragrance, which perfumes the air to a confiderable diftance, 

and no doubt operates powerfully in attracting infefts; when 

a plant of this fort is fully blown, one may always find flies 

caught in its bloffoms, uiually by the trunk, very rarely by 

the leg; fometimes four, or even five, which is the greateft 

poflible number, are found in one flower, fome dead, others 

endeavoming to dilentangle themfelve.c , in which they are 

now and then fo fortunate as to fucceed ; thefe flies are of 

different fpecies, the mvj'ca t'picns, a {lender variegated fly 

with thick thighs, is a very common viQim, the mufca domefticat 

or houfe fly, we have never obferved among the captives. 

Previous to our explaining the manner in which it appears 

to us that thefe infefts are caught, it will be neceflary that we 

fhould defcribe, in as plain a manner as poflible, thofe parts 

of the flower which more particularly conftitute this fatal 

fly trap. 

On looking into the flower we perceive five Stamina, the 

Antheras of which are large, of a yellow colour, and converge 

intq a kind of cone; each of thefe Antherae is arrow-fhaped, 

towards the top of the cone .their fides touch but do not 

adhere, below they feparate a little, fo as to leave a very 

narrow opening or flit between each, they are placed on very 

fhort filaments, which ftand fo far apart that a confiderable 

opening is left between them, which openings, however, are 

clofed up by procefles of the corolla, nicely adapted to, and 

projecting into them; at the bottom of, and in. the very 

centre of the flower, we perceive two germina, or feed-buds, 

the rudiments of futyre feed-veflels, furrounded by glandular 

fubftances, fecreting a fweet liquid; on the fummit of thefe 

germina, and betwixt the two, ftands the ftigma, in the form 

of a little, urn, the middle of which is encircled by a glandular 

ring, which fecretcs a vifcid honey-like fubftance, to this part 

of the ftigma the Antherse interiorly adhere moft tenacioufly, 

fo as to prevent their feparation unlefs confiderable force be 

applied; it is, as we apprehend, the fweet vifcid fubftance 

thus fecreted by the ftigma, within the Antherse, -whichlhe fly 

endeavours to obtain, and to this end infinuates its trunk firft 

into the lowermott and wideft part of the flit, betwixt each of 

the Antherse above defcribed, pufhing it of neceflity upwards: 

when gratified, not having the fenfe to place itfelf in the fame 

petition as that in which it flood when it inferted its trunk, 

and to draw it out in the fame direction downwards, unfor 

tunately for itj it varies its pofition, and pulling its trunk 

upwards, draws it into the narrow part of the flit, where it 

becomes clofely wedged in, and the more it pulls the more 

' . fecureljT 

fecurely it is caught, and thus this heedlefs infe£l, as THOMSOW 

calls it, terminates its exiftence in captivity moft miferable. 

In the incomparable poem of.Dr. DARWIN, entitled the 

potanic Garden, there is a figure given of this plant; and in 

jkhe Supplement We have the following account written by Mr, 

DARWIN, of Elfton. 

" In the Apocynum Androfffimifolium the Anthers converge 

" over the neftaries, which confift of five glandular oval 

" corpufcles, furrounding the germ, and at the fame time 

" admit air to the neftaries at the interftice between each 

« anther; but when a fly inferts its probofcis between thefe 

" anthers to plunder the honey, they converge clofer, and with 

" fuch violence as to detain the fly, which thus generally 

« perifhes." 

This explanation of a phenomenon entitled to much atten- 

_ tion, is widely different from ours; which of the two is moft 

confonant to truth and nature, we fhall leave to the deter 

mination of future obfervers. 

In explaining the preceding appearances, to prevent con- 

fufion we called thofe parts which form the cone in the middle 

'.'"the flower Anthers, but ftriftly fpeaking they are not fuch, 

the true Antheras being fituated on the infide of their fummits, 

where they will be found to be ten in number, making in fa£l 

jhe Apocynum a decandrous plant. 

»

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TURNERA ANGUSTIFOLIA. NARROW- 

LEAV'D TURNERA. 

Clajs and Order. 

PENT'ANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 

Generic Charaffer. 

Cat. 5-fidus, infundibuliformis, exterior 2-phyllus. Petala 5 

calyci inferta. Stigmata multifida. Caff, i -locularis, g-valvis. 


TURNERA anguftifolia floribus feffilibus petiolaribus, foliis 

lanceolatis rugofis acuminatis. Mill.*Di£l. ed. 

6. 4 to. 

TURNERA frutefcens folio longiore et mucronato. Mart. 

Cent. 49. t. 49. 

This plant here reprefented is generally known to the 

Nurferymen about London as the Turnera ulmifolia, or Elm- 

leav'd Turnera, its foliage however does not anfwer to the 

name, nor to the figures of the plant as given by MARTYN in 

his Cent. PL and LINNÛS in his Hortus Cliffbrtianus, which 

figures indeed are fo fimilar that they look like copies of each 

other, thefe reprefent the true elm leaf; on the fame plate of 

JVfartyn's Cent, there is given a very excellent figure of what 

he confiders as another fpecies of Turnera, vide Synon. and 

which MILLER, who cultivated it about the year 1773, alfo 

defcribes as a diftinft fpecies, under the name of anguftifolia, 

afferting, from the experience of thirty years, that plants 

raifed from its feeds have conftantly differed from thofe of 

the ulmifolia ; this is our plant, which on his authority we have 

given as a fpecies, though LINNÛS regards it as a variety. 

PLUMIER gave to this genus the name of Turnera, in 

honour of Dr. WILLIAM TURNER, a celebrated Englift 

Botanift and Phyfician, who publifhed an Herbal, black letter, 

folio, in 1568. 

The prefent fpecies is a native of the Weft-Indies, and is 

commonly cultivated in our'ftoves, where it rifes with a 

femi-fhrubby ftalk, to the height of feveral feet, feldom 

continuing more than two or three years ; young plants 

. generally come up in plenty from feeds fpontaneoufly fcattered, 

fo that a fucceffion is eafily obtained. 

It flowers from June to Auguft. 

Its foliage has a disagreeable fmell when bruifed ; its flowers 

are fhewy, but of fhort duration, and are remarkable for 

growing out of the footftalk of the leaf.

Ay 

A: 

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[HEDYSARUM OBSCURUM. CREEPING- 

ROOTED HEDYSARUM. 



Generic CharabJer. 

Cor. carina tranfverfe obtufa. Legumen articulis i-fpermis. 

Specific CharacJer and Synonyms. 

HEDYSARUM olfcurum foliis pinnads, ftipulis vaginalibus, 

caule erefto flexuofo, floribus pendulis. Linn. 

Syft. Vegetal, ed. 14. Murr. p. 676. Mant. 

447- Jac1- Ft- Auftr. cv. z. t. 1 68. 

HEDYSARUM caule refto, ramofo; foliis ovatis; filiquis 

pendulis, laeviffimis, venofis. Hall. Hift. Heh. 

»• 3 95- 

ONOBRYCHIS femine clypeato lasvi. Batth. Pin. 

Prof. JACQUIN, in the fecond volume of the Flora 

atiftriaca, gives an excellent figure and accurate defcription 

of our plant, a native of the Alps of Germany and Switzer- 

hnd, and points out the characters in which it differs from 

the alpinum, for which it has fometimes been miftaken. 

It is a hardy perennial, rarely exceeding a foot in height, 

produces its fpikes of pendulous flowers, which are of a moft 

Leautiful purple colour, in July and Auguft; hitherto thefe 

'. ave not been fucceeded by feed-veflels with us; though we 

have cultivated the plant for feveral years. 

Its fize renders it a fuitable plant for rock-work, on which 

it ',^11 grow readily, increafing by its roots, which are of the 

t cuping kind. 

HALLER mentions a variety of it with white flowers.

C 283 ] 

MlMULUS RlNGENS. NARROW-LEAVED 

MONKEY-FLOWER. 


DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 


CaL 4-dentatus, prifmaticus. Cor. ringens ; labio fuperiore 

lateribus replicate, Capf.> 2-locularis, polyfperma. 


MlMULUS ringens ere&us, foliis oblongis linearibus feffilibus. 

Linn. Syfl. Vegetal, ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 575. Ait. 

Kew. "v. 2. p. 361. 

EUPHRASIA floridana lyfimachise glabras filiquofse foliis, quadrato 

caule ramofior. Pluk.Amalth. 83. t. 393. /. 3. 

LYSIMACHIA galericulata f. Gratiola elatior non ramola, 

&c. Gron. Fl. Virg. p. 97. 

DIGITALIS perfoliata glabra flore violaceo minore. Morif. 

Hift. 2. p. 479. f. 5 . t . 8./. 6. 

CLAYTON, in the Fl. Virg. publifhed by GRONOVIUS, 

defcribes this plant as a native of Virginia, and fays of it, 

" maddidis gaudet locis," it delights in wet places: LINNAEUS 

makes it a native of Canada alfo. 

It is a hardy, perennial,, herbaceous plant, growing with us to 

the height of about two feet, and producing its flowers, which 

are of a pale violet colour, in July and Auguft ; thefe are fre 

quently fucceeded by capfules containing perfeft feeds, by 

which the plant may be propagated, as alfo by parting its 

roots in Autumn ; MILLER recommends the feeds to be Ibwn 

as foon as ripe. 

The plant fucceeds beft in a moift and fomewhat fhady 

fituation, with a loamy foil. 

A perufal of the fynonyms will mew to what a variety of 

genera this plant has been referred by different authors; LIN- 

NÊUS firft gave to it the name of Mimulus, of which term we 

find in his Pbilofophia Botanica the following concife explana 

tion : "MIMULUS mimus perfonatus;" in plain EnglHh, a 

maiked mimick : Mimmulus is a claffical word for the Pedicularis, 

or Loufewort ; the Englifh term Monkey flower has 

probably been given it, from an idea that mimulus originated 

from pipu a monkey, as in mimufops monkey face. 

Jiy Ji 

\

C 284 3 

ROSA SEMPEKFLORENS. EVER-BLOWING ROSE* 


IcOSANDRIA P OLYGYNIA* 


Petala 5 . Cal. urceolatus, 5-fidus, carnofus, collo coarftatus,, 

demum baccatus, coloratus. Antrum duplicatum, i-loculare,. 

fuperne apertum, pericarpiis ofieis intus nidulantibus. 


ROSA femperflorens'c3.u\e aculeate, foliis fubternis, pedunculis: 

fubunifloris aculeato-hifpidis, calycis laciniis integris. 

We are induced to confider the rofe here reprefented, as 

one of the moil defirable plants in point of ornament ever 

introduced to this country ; its flowers, large in proportion 

to the plant, are femidouble, and with great richnefs of colour 

unite a moil delightful fragrance; they bloffom during the 

whole of the year, more fparingly indeed in the winter months; 

the fhrub itfelf is more hardy than moil greenhoufe plants, and 

will grow in fo fmall a compafs of earth, that it may be reared 

almoft in a coffee cup; is kept with the leaft poffible trouble,, 

and propagated without difficulty by cuttings or fuckers. 

For this invaluable acquifition, our country is indebted to 

the late GILBERT SLATER, Efq. of Knots-Green, near Layton- 

ftone, whofe untimely death every perfon muft deplore, who. 

is a friend to improvements in ornamental gardening : in pro 

curing the rarer plants from abroad, more particularly from 

the Eaft-Indies, Mr. SLATER was indefatigable, nor was he 

lefs anxious to have them in the greateil perfection this 

country will admit; to gain this point there was no contrivance 

that ingenuity could fuggeft, no labour, no expence withheld; 

fuch exertions muft foon have infured him the firft collection 

of the plants of India: it is now about three years fince he 

obtained this rofe from China; as he readily imparted his 

moft valuable acquifitions to thofe who were moil likely to, 

increafe them, this plant foon became confpicuous in the 

collections of the principal Nurferymen near town, and in 

the courfe of a few years will, no doubt, decorate the window, 

of every amateur. 

The largefl plants we have feen have not exceeded three 

feet, it may no doubt be trained to a much greater height; a 

variety of it much more robuft, having ufually feveral flowers on 

a footftalk, of a pale red colour, and femidouble alfo, has more 

lately been introduced, and as far as we can learn from the 

fame fource.

7. 7%iy SAvarJ, .M. t,..'tt**L.if. 

C 285 3 

JASMINUM ODORATISSIMUM. SWEETEST JASMINE* 


DlANDRIA MONOGYNIA.. 

Generic CharaEler. 

Corolla hypocraterifbrmis. Bacca dicocca. Semina folitaria,, 

arillata. 


lASMINUM odoratiffimum foliis alternis obtufiufculis ternatis 

pinnatifque, ramis teretibus, laciniis calycinis 

breviffimis. Ait. Hort. H. v. i . p. 10. linn.. 

Syfl. Veget. ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 56. 

JASMINUM flavum odoratum. Barr. Ic. 6 2. 

The flowers of moft of the fpecies of Jafmine are odori 

ferous, trivial names therefore expreffive of this quality are 

iiaeligible, as wanting character;' the prefent name is pecu- 

r;>rly objectionable, inafmuch as feveral other fpecies are 

-ready fuperior to this in point of fragrance; a leffon for 

Botanifcs to abftain from trivial names 'of the fuperlative de 

gree, fuel' >s odoratiffimum, fcetidiffimumt maximum, minimum, &c. 

The pre-. nt fpecies, according to Mr. AITON, is a native 

of Madeira, and was cultivated by Mr. MILLER, in 1730; it 

is now a plant common in moft greenhoufes : it will form a 

fhrub of confiderable fize, which requires no fupport; its 

leaves ars glofly, inclining to yellow, growing for the moft 

part tL'-ee together, fometimes pinnated ; its bloflbms, which 

are yellow, make their appearance from May to November: 

in point of hardinefs it is fuperior to many greenhoufe plants, 

:md may be propagated without difficulty by cuttings.

C 286 I 

PORTLANDIA GRANDIFLORA. GREAT- 

FLOWERED PORTLANDIA. 



Generic CharaEter. 

Cor. clavato-infundibuliformis. Anthers 4-6. longitudinales* 

Caff. 5-gona, a-valvis, retufa, 2-locularis, polyfperma, co- 

ronata calyce 5-phyllo. 


PORTLANDIA grandiflora floribus pentandris. 'Linn. Syjt. 

Feg. ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 2 13. Ait. Kew. v. i . 

p. 2 28. foliis ovatis. Syft. Nat. ed. 1 3. 

Gmel. p. 360. 

PORTLANDIA grandiflora floribus pentandris, capfulis 

ovatis, foliis oblongis acuminatis. Swartz. 

Obf. Bot. p. 69. 

Di". BROWN, in his Natural Hiftory of Jamaica, gives to 

this genus the name of Portlandia, in honour of the Duchefs 

Dowager of PORTLAND, who employed many of the leifure 

hours of a long and happy life, in the purfuits of natural 

hiftory, in which (lie was eminently (killed. She was the 

friend and patron of Mr. LIGHTFOOT, who dedicates to her 

his Flora Scotica ; the fine collection of rare and valuable trees 

and filrubs which enrich part of the grounds at Bulftrode, were 

of her planting. 

Dr. SWARTZ, in his Obfervations on the Plants of the 

Weft-Indies, informs us, that this fpecies grows wild in Ja 

maica, where (incolit calcareofa pelrofa) it inhabits calcareous 

rocky places*, forms a fmall tree about the height of fix feet, 

and flowers from the middle of Summer to Autumn ; its bark, 

he obferves, as in other plants of the fame genus, is extremely 

bitter. 

From Mr. AITON we learn, that it was introduced here 

by ELLIS, Efq. in 1775. 

It forms a very beautiful ftove plant, not of difficult growth, 

and readily difpofed to flower; we have feen -blowing plants 

of it little more than a foot high ; its bloflbms are hot only 

uncommonly large, fhewy, and curious in their ftruclure, but 

fragrant alfo, and very much fo when dried. 

It is ufually increafed by cuttings. 

* We with that every perfon who defcribes foreign plants on the fpot. would 

do thus; it would greatly facilitate their culture. 

&P- Client Jan.

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'GOODENIA L^VIGATA. SMOOTH GOODENIA. 




Flores monopetali, fuperi. Caff, bilocularis. Cor. fupra longitu- 

dinaliter fifla, ftigma urceolatum ciliatum. Smith Treat/. Linn. 

Soc. v. 2. p. 346. 


GOODENIA lavigata foliis obovato-lanceolatis dentatis 

glabris. 

In the Autumn of 1792, SAMUEL TOLFREY Efq. moft 

kindly invited me to infpeQ: a vaft number of the natural 

productions of Botany-Bay, in his pofleflion ; collected with 

^-reat affiduity, and brought over in high prefervation by 

Captain TENCH; among other curiofities, he fhewed me 

fpecimens uf the earths of that country, imported in very 

(mall bags. I fuggefted to Mr. TOLFREY, that thofe earths 

might poffibly contain the feeds of fome curious and unknown 

plants ; he readily acquiefced in the idea, and permitted me 

to male trial of them : accordingly, in the Spring of 1793, I 

cxpofed them in fhallow pans, on a gentle tan heat, keeping 

iheii duly watered ; in the courfe of the Summer they yielded 

fine fourteen plants, moft of which were altogether new, and 

among others the fpecies of Coodcnia here figured ; this we 

ihave iince found to be a hardy greenhoufe plant, flowering 

from July to Oftober, and very readily increafed by cuttings. 

The oldeft plant in our pofleffion is about a foot and a half 

bi,L>h, much branched, the ftalks are round and fmooth to the 

.naked eye, green below, above purplifh, the leaves are fmooth, 

f a deep bright green colour, alternate, ftanding on footftalks, 

'hich gradually widen into the leaves, fomewhat ovate, and 

leeply toothed ; the flowers grow in the alse of the leaves, 

'"i :ning a thin fpike, they are feflile, of a pale violet colour, 

and have a peculiar fmell which is rather unpleafant; at the 

': i of each flower are two long narrow Braftese; the Calyx, 

' i.'ch is placed on the germen, is compofed of five (hort ovate 

'-• i v es, which appear edged with hairs if magnified; the Corolla 

1 monopetalous, the lower part, which at firft is tubular, fplits 

longitudinally

longitudinally above, and forms a kind of half tube, the edges 

of which are brown, the infide yellow, the outfide greenifh, 

th~ mouth befet with fhort hairs, each of which is terminated 

by a fmall villous head; the limb is deeply, divided into five 

linear fegments, fpreading out like a hand, and terminated by 

fhort points ; the Filaments are five in number, of a whitifh 

colour, fomewhat broadeft above, rather flat, inferted into the 

receptacle ;. Antherse oval, flattened, yellow, bilocular, a little 

bent, the length of the piftillum; but this is to be underftood 

of fuch flowers as are not yet fully expanded, in thofe that are, 

they are much fhorter, and appear withered; the Style, in 

flowers about to open, the length of the filaments, upright, in 

thofe that are opened much longer, and bent fomewhat down 

ward ; Stigma at firft .upright, in the form of a cup, having 

the edge curioufly fringed with white hairs, afterwards it clofes 

together, lofes its .hollow, and affumes a flat appearance, and 

nods fomewhat, the back part of it is bearded; Germen 

beneath the calyx, oblong, ufually abortive with us. 

The name of Goodenia has been given to this genus by 

Dr. SMITH, in honour of the Rev. SAMUEL GOODEITOUGH, 

.LL. D. of Eating, my much-honoured friend, whofe name 

will be ever dear to Botanifts for his laborious inveftigation of 

the Britifh Carices*. 

* Vide a Diflertation on the Britifii fpecies of Carex, by Dr. GOOU-E NO UGH j. 

in the fecond volume, of the Tranfaftions of the Linuean Society.

fuZ by Cr.-'r -Jan.?. 

•a) 

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PASSIFLORA CILIATA.. FRINGED-LEAVED 

•u> 

PASSION-FLOWER. 

Clafs and^ ^rder. •vf- 

GYN ANDRIA LANDRIA. 


Cal. 5~phyllus. Petala 5 . Stamina germini vicina. NeEtarium 

multi-radiatuni. Antrum pediceilatunvduplicatum t-loculare. 

Specific CharaSer and Synonyms, 

PASSIFLORA ciliata foliis trilobis glabris ciliato ferratis 

intermedio longiffimo, petiolis eglandulofis. 

Ait. Kew. v. Q. p. 3 10. 

This Paffion-Flower is defcribed in the Hort. Kew. as a new 

one, under the name of ciliata, introduced by Mrs. NORMAN, 

fiom the Weft-Indies, in 1783 : we law it during the latter 

part of the laft Summer, with great profufion of flowers, in 

iuveral collections, more particularly in that of Mr. VERE, 

Kenfington-Gore, from whence our figure and defcription 

were taken. 

Its ftalks are round, perfectly fmooth, and run to a very 

great height; leaves dark green, glofly, perfectly fmooth, ex 

cept on the edges, where they are befet with ftrong glandular 

hairs, divided into three large and two fmall lobes, the middle 

lobe running out to a considerable length, the footftalks of 

the leaves are befet with a few hairs thinly fcattered, at the 

bafe of each leaf is a tendril, and two finely-divided ftipulse, 

edged alfo with glandular hairs. The Involucrum. is compofed 

of three leaves, dividing into capillary fegments, each of which 

terminates in a vifcid globule, fetid when bruifed 5 betwixt 

the involu'crum and the bloflbm is a fhort peduncle ; the 

pillar which fupports the germen is of a bright purple colour, 

\viih fpo.s of a darker hue, the germen is fmooth and green; 

Styles green ; Stigmata of a dark green ; Filaments fix in 

number; Antherse pale yellow green, the former dotted 

with purple -, of Radii, there may be faid to be four rows, 

Variegated with white and purple, petals ten» externally 

greenifh, internally red, deeper or paler according to cir* 

cumftances. 

The leaves of this plant vary greatly in form, according to 

the health and luxuriance of the plant; on comparing it with 

thefastida, we ftrongly fufpeft it to be a variety merely of that 

ijpecies : time will fhew. 

Jt is increafed by cuttings, or feeds.

«*«W êrenicii decuiTata 

^ P/. 

f 252 

^ 

\ 249 

.*, 2 46 

A 24O 

A 228 

f 218 

Is 241 

f S34 

f 232 

V 251 

'* 245 

1 

4 S2O 

|} 221 

4- 244 

^ 230 

* 239 

$ 225 

f 223 

f S 1 9 

f 236 

*, 250 

|24« 

A 224 

0 243 

A 229 

4s 23^ 

* 247 

V 242 

^ 222 

£ 227 

f 22.6 

| 237 

Bell flower grât-floweretf. 

Buchnera clammy. 

Chironia berry-bearing. 

Cineraria blue-flowered. 

Columbine Canadian. 

Cranes-bill three-coloured 

Daify great double. 

Difandra trailing. 

Fagonia cretian. 

Flax tree. 

Fumitory folid-rooted. 

hollow-rooted, 

Garlick purple-headed 

Germander broad-leaved 

fhrubby. 

Globe-flower Afiatic. 

Heath honeywort-flowercd, 

Ipomo;a fcailet. 

winged-leaved. 

Leadwort roie-coloured. 

Lily Atamafco. 

Lobelia fhrubby. 

Lychnis chinefe. 

Michauxia rough-leaved. 

Mullein borage-leaved. 

Myrtle woolly-leaved. 

Periwinkle Madagafcar. 

Phylica heath-leaved. 

Poppy prickly. 

Primrofe lilac double. 

Rag wort purple. 

Scabious fweet. 

Speedwell crofs-leaved. 

Struthiola fmooth. 

Sunflower perennial. 

Wall-crefs alpine. 

Wood-forrel goat's-foot.

INDEX, t INDEX. 

In which the Latin Names of 

the Plants contained in the ' 

Eighth Volume are alphabe 

tically arranged. ', 

In which the Englifh Names 

of the Plants contained in 

the Eighth Volume are al- 

phabetically arranged. 

PL • ' 

280 Apocynum androfemifolium. ' 

267 Apple-tree Chinefe. 

276 Blitum virgatum. _A 

' 276 Elite ftrawberry. 

274 Borbonia crenata. * 274 Borbonia heart-leaved. 

264 Ciftus formofus. 2 264 Ciftus beautiful. 

258 Coronilla varia. ^ 272 Corn-flag fquare-Ieaved. 

271 Cyrtanthus anguftifolius. * 258 Coronilla purple. 

255 Cytifus feflilifolius. V26i Crane's-bill flefli-coloured. 

273 Diofma uniflora. ^ 266 Crowfoot plantain-leaved. 

261 Erodium incarnatum. If 271 Cyrtanthus narrow-leaved. 

272 Gladiolus triftis * 2

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