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CONVOLVULUS LINEARIS. NARROW- 
LEAVED CONVOLVULUS, 
Generic Charac7er. 
Corolla campanulata, plicata. Stigmata...2. Capf. 2-1ocularis: 
1oculis diœpermis. 
Specific Charac7er. 
CONVOLVULUS linearis caulibus eree2is f!'uticofis, foliis 
.linearibus acutis piloœo-œericeis, floribus 
terminalibus umbellato-paniculatis, caly- 
cibus pilofis. 
.The plant here reprefented has long been cultivated as a 
gree-houfe p. lant in this country under the name of Convolvulus 
Cantabrica, but it differs fo effentially from .that plant, as figured 
and defcribed b.y Prof. J,cQv in his Flora 4uflr. and 
accords fo little with the other fpecies defcribed by 
that we have been induced to regard it as a perfeOly diffint 
tecies; in moff points it agrees with Convolvulus Cneorum, but 
differs 'in having leaves much narrower, more point, and 
lefs filky. 
Ii Ërikes molt readily from cuttings, is a hardy green-hou'e 
plant, and flowers during molt of the Summer, qualities which 
many of the modern and more flewy green-houfe plants 
cannot boaR. 
The precife time of its introduion here, together with its 
particular place of growth, we have' not as yet been able 
ttisfaorily to afcertain. 
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AMARYLLIS LUTEA. YELLOW AMARYLLiS. 
'¾.'-,b"q."-'.7"*b-'-"F'*F'.;'-½--'*  '*F -w 
Cl ø and Or&, 
XANDRIA M N GY 
Generic Charaler. 
Corolla hexapetaloidea, irregularis. Filamenta fauc[ -, -,i inferta, 
declinata, inaequa].ia proportione vel dire&ione. œinn FiL ' 
$ecific Charaler and Synonyms. 
AMARYLLIS lutea fpatha. indivifa obtufa, flore feffili, co- 
rolla campanulata eree2a bari breve tubulofa, 
t minibus eree2is, akernis brevio.ribus. œinn. 
lil. Ait. Ktw. v. e. p. 45. 
COLCHICUM luteurn majus. Bauh. Pin. p; 69. 
NARCISSUS autuMnalis major. The greater Autumne or 
Winter Daffodill. Park. Parad. p. 77' 7'5'f. -- 
The Amaryllis lutea is a hardy perennial bulbotis plant, a 
native of Spain, and other of the more Southern parts of 
Europe, and was cultivated in cxur Gardens in the time of Ge- 
RARD, and PARKINSON. 
Flora, who commences her revolutionary reign, by enlivening 
the flower border wi.th the Spring Croct{s, and its numerous 
varieties, terminates it Mth flowers equally pleating, and of 
timilar hues; thus we have the prefent plant, the Saffron 
Crocus, and the Colchicum, {lowering.nearly ai th½ fame time, 
from the end of September, through Otober, and rometimes 
part of November. 
Similar-as the Amaryllis is tO the yellow Spring Crocus, in 
the colour, and form c{f its {lowers, it differs obvioufly in the 
number-o[ its flamina, the breadth of its leaves, and .the fize 
and colour of it root.  
Authors defcribe it as varying in fize, in he breadth of its 
leaves, the height of its [lowers, and multiplication of the 
Corolla. 
The Dutch Florifls export it under the-title of yellow 
Colchicum, following the name of rome of the old writers. 
It fucceeds beff in a foil moderately moift, in which it 
increales confiderably by offsets, and flox.rs to the moft 
advantage when the roots have remained .for fome few years 
undilIurbed in the fame flot. 
RARE 
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The 
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C-'. 4-ph) [lus, coriac. Pet_. '_ 4. 
'orticofa, uniloculan.s, pedunculata- 
Specific Charaer 
CAPPARIS'fpin0fa p,dunculis unifloris folitari,. ftip'ulis fpi- 
nofi , foliis annuls, capfulis ovalibus. Linn, 
i/c, tab. ed. x4.1Vl, rr.p.487 
(2 APPARIS r. 0fa fruu mir 'r' folio rotundo. Bauh. Pit' 
p. 480. 
We are happy in I Lng it in our power tO lay before our 
readers a reprefctation of the Caper rub, whole bloffoms are 
rarely feen in this country, though its flower-buds are in very 
general ufe'as a pickle; indeed,  o' _a[ is their_confumption, 
that they form a very _onfid{ rable articl  of commerce. 
The plant g. row. fpontan :oufly in t" more fouthern parts of 
Luxrop., efpeially in Itai) and the Levant; in its wild Rate 
t form'o a flrub of :. growth, having numerous, fprcading, 
fpinous branches, fo,, tat thickly beret with fmooth rounditlx 
lea,,es; the bloffoms . alternately on .the b. ranches, and 
when the plant bgin to flower,. one opens generally every 
other morning, but fo delicate are its parts, that on a hot 
fummei's day it fadds before noon: the petals are white; the 
iliamet ', wl':ch are extremely numerous, are white belo-w,-and 
o a rich purple abo-e; in thefd the beauty of the flower 
chiefly confiRs, as in the piRillum or pointal does its great 
fingularity; at firff view, one would be led to conclude, that 
tte part fo confpicuous in the-centre of the flower was the Ryle 
terminated by the Rigma in the ufual way; but if we trace 
his part of the flower to a more advanced Rat4, we all per- 
ivc, that what we took for the Ryle, was merely an elonga- 
non of the flower-Ralk, and .hat we took for the Rigma, was 
 reality the germen placed on it, crowned ith a minute 
ftigma, 
THE 
Th, 
ttigma, without any intervening tyle ;-this'germen tvells, turns 
downward, and ultimately becomes the feed-veffel, rarely 
ripening in this country. 
MtLxv. obferves, that thef plants are with.difficulty pre- 
ei-ved in England, for they .deligh_t o grow m crevices of 
rocks,, and the joints of old walls and ruins, and ialways thrive 
belt in an horizontal pofition; fo that when they are planted 
either in.pots or the full ground, they rarely thrive, though 
they may be kept alive for many years. ' 
It flowers in May and June, .and is ufually railed from feeds. 
Mr. AaroN regards it as a green-houfe plant, and informs 
us that it was cultivated by GRaRD in 596. 
PASSERINA GRANDIFL.ORAJ GRZAT-' 
FLOWERED PASSERINA:. 
Clafs and Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charac%r. 
CaL o. Cot. 4-fida. Stamina tubo impofita. Sero. . corticatura. 
Specific Charac%r and Synonyms. 
PASSERINA granchflora glaberrima, foliis oblongis acutis 
coneavis extrinfecus rugoffs, floribus termina- 
libus feffilibus folitariis. œinn. Suppl. PL p. 6. 
The Pa?rina here figure d, diftinguifhed from all the 
other known fpeeies by the largenefs of its flowers, is 
defcribed in the Suppl. Pl. of the younger LxNN,Us, but 
not enumerated in the Hortus Kewenfis of Mr. AxToN: it i 
indeed'a plant recently introduced to ths country from the 
Cape; we faw it laft Summer in great perle&ion, at Meffrs. 
L.E and KEqssn,z's, Hammerfmith; it forms a froall neat 
thrub, romewhat like the Phylica ericdales, is a hardy green- 
houfe plant, flowering in May and June, and increared without 
diffic, ulty from cuttings. 
CAT ANAN CH CARULEAo 
BLU' 
Claj and Order. 
SYNG-ZN-ESIA POLYGAMIA' 
Generic Charac7er. 
Recept. paleaceum. CaL imbricatus. Pappus ariltatus, caliculo. 
5 feto. 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. 
CATANANCHE cerulea fquami calicis inferioribus ovatis. 
Linn. $yfl. Fegetab. ed. 24. Mutt. p. 
Ait. Kew. v. 3' P' 234. 
CI:tONDRILLA cerulea cyani capitulog JBauh. Pin. 230. 
The Catananche cerulea is a native of the South of France,. 
where it grows in hilly fituations that are ftony: it ,is a peren- 
nial herbaceous plant, moderately hardy, and has 16ng been 
cultivated in our gardens, Mr. _Axxo fays, by PauxcsoN 
in 2640: Mxx,.u, who treats of it in his Di&ionary, defcribes 
it as a pretty ornament to a garden, and one that is eafily kept 
within bounds; there is certainly much about it to .excite 
our admiration, more efpecially in the {truure of the calyx, 
and the florets: the flowers, which are of'a pale blue colour 
with a dark eye, make their appearance from July to O&ober. 
It is propagated by feeds, which MILLV. u recommends to 
be fown in the Spring; the feedlings -/hould be tranfplanted' 
in the Autumn, into the borders where they are to remain; 
it may alfo be increafed by flips: the plant requires a fituation 
moderately dry, and is mo{t produive of flowers and feeds' 
when it Lands long in oue fpot. 
In the 24th edit. of the Syfiema lefftab. of Pof. 
.mention is made of a variety with double flowers, which we 
believe has not been. feen in this country. 
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AMARYLLIS SARNIENSIS, GUERNSEY 
AMARYLLIS, 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYN I.. 
GeneWc Charaer. 
Cor. hexapetaloidea irregularis. Filamenta fauci tubi inferta 
declinata inqualia proportione veI dire&ione. Zinn. ill. 
dit. Kew. p   5' 
Specific Cha/aer and ynonyms. 
AMARYLLIS farnies, petalis lineafibus planis, aminibus 
piRilloque re&iufculis corolla 1ongioribus, 
igmatibus partiris revolutis. Linn. fil. it. 
Kew, v. . .p. o. Whunb. ap. p. 
LILIUM farnienfe. Dougl. Monogr. t. , . ß 
NARC}SSUS japonicus rutilo flore. Corn. Canad. Kmmp 
mmn. p. 87. 
The Guernfey Lily, as it is m01t commonly called, is ori- 
ginally a native of Japan ;. where it is defcribed to grow by 
K, .av. t and Tunt, who vifited that'ifland, the latter 
fa 3 on the hills about Nagafaki, from thenc roots are laid 
,o have been introduced to the garden of .loaES Moxus 
,t Paris, in which it flowered, O&ober x634: its introdu&ion 
,o this country, which was fubfequent to that date, as Dr. 
Do u g L ^ s S relates in his'lV[0n0graphia on this plant , ,, happened 
"by a very fingular melancholy accident, of which Dr. Mo- 
"txsoN, who no doubt had it from rome perfons then refiding 
"in Guernfey, gives us the following a'ccount: A Dutch or 
"Englifh /hip, it is uncertain which, coming from Japan, 
"wkh fome of the. roots of this flower on board, 'was cait 
"away on the ifland of Guernfey; the roots were thrown upon 
"a randy flore, and fo by the force of the winds and waves, 
"were loon buried in land; there they remained for rome 
years, and afterwards, to the great furprife and admiration 
' of the inhabitants, the flowers appeared in all their pomp 
"and beauty." Some of there loon made their appearance in 
this COuntry: Mr. ATox relates, that the plant was cultivated 
here in 659 ' by General L^s;t-, at Wimbledon. 
Fatal as Guernfey proved to the unfortunate mariners, it 
afforded the roots of our. plant a foil and fituation apparently. 
"ongenial to their. own; in  that ifland they have flouri/hed 
ever 
ever fince, there they 'are propagated in the open borders of 
the flower-garden with the leaPt .poffible trouble, flowering 
rnoPt readily, but we believe never produc'ng any ripe feeds;. 
from thence moPt of the roots which flower-with the curious 
here, are yearly imported in the Autumn. 
'In Guernfey, the cold ,ff the Wintel is far lefs intenfe than 
with us; many of thole plants which we keep in our green- 
houfes, Rand with the ill the open ground; the fuperior 
mildnefs of the climate enables them to cultivate this plant 
with more fuccefs than we can do, even perhaps with all the 
expence and trouble to x,hich we might thbjec ourfelv'es; to 
Ihch, however, whole ritualions may be favourable, and who 
may be fond of making experiments, we recommend the 
peru{l of FXxrcHx's Lirccions, a practical Gardener of 
great ingenuity, and who appears to have had much expe- 
rience in the culture of this plant *. 
it is ufual to plaint the imported bulbs in pots of fund, or 
light loam, as foon as the), arrive, and.place them in the parlour 
window, or .green-houf; they bloffom in September and 'i 
Otober; the flowers, which continue about a month in per- 
leOion, are inodorous, but make up for that d, eficiency by the 
fuperior fplendour of tteir colours: Dr. Doucx..ass thus 
defcribes them, each flower when in its prime looks like a fine 
gold tiffue wrought on a rofc-coloured ground, hut when it 
begins to fade and decay, it looks more like / filver tiffue, or 
what they call a pink colour: when we look tffpon the flower 
in full fun-rhine, each leaf appears to hc Ptuddcd- with thou- 
fands of little dialnonds, fparkling and glittering with a moPt 
furprifing and agreeable luftre; but if we view the fame by 
candle-light, there numerous fpecks or fpangles look more 
like fine gold dull. 
Both KIrvrr and T,,'-' }to agree, that the Japanefe 
regard the root as poifonous. 
* "They love a light earth made -,-ith dung and fand and a little lime rubbifh ith 
"it does very well it"keeps the roots foun; for if the earth be too ttiff or wet, you ma.y 
 keep them for many years before they blow. If they are in pots, they faould be put m 
 the houfe in Winter to keep them from the revere frofts which are apt to rot the roots. 
' The time of moving them i's when they have no leaves on the root that is from June to 
* Augufi: thole that come with fix leaves this year, letdom fall blowing the next year: 
the need not be ut in frelh earth above once in two or three years: by this method of 
" Y . ß u ' a .. re roots blow aain in four years time. The many mif- 
* carriages that happen to the Guernfey Lily, are by letting the leaves be ktled by the 
o fiercenets of the frof in 3,Vinter, or by cutting them off, 's rome people do, when they 
* are g'een, which will fo much weaken the plants, that they may keep them twenty 
* years antl not have them blow; by the above management where there is a frock, there 
 will be continually rome blowing. 
* M zz reconmends for there roots the h)l16wing comport: Take a third-part of 
,, vir in earth from a afmre-ground which is light, then put near an equal part of 
and in preferring the foliage 
AGROSTEMMA C(ELI ROSA. SMOOTH -LlgAV'D 
COCKLE,. or Ros CAMPION. 
Cls and Order. 
ECANDRIA PENTAGON IA 
Generic Charaer. 
CaL -phyllus, eoriaceus. Petala 5 unguiculata: limbo obtufo 
indivifo. Cap x locularis. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
AGROSTEMMA Celt va glabra, foliis lineari-anceolatis, 
'petfits emarginatis coronatis. Linn. 
Fegetab.ed. . p. 435- it. Kew. v. 
p. . 
LYCHNIS fegetum, NigellaRrum minus gladurn dia, flore 
eleganter rubello. Mor H. 
f 5' t. . fi 
LYCHNIS pfeudomelanthiis timills africana glabra gui- 
folia. Herin. Lqd. 39 . t. 393- 
Mr. ALTON informs us in his Hortsss Kewenfis, that the 
charming annual here figured, the liveliners of xghofe colours 
nO paint can exprefs, was cultix;ated by MLI. sv in 739; 
feing it is a plant of fuch beauty, and honoured with fo 
diftinguifhed an appellation, it is fingular that it thould not by 
this time have made its way more generally into our gardens.: 
The Cockle of our corn-fid,ds is an of-namental plant, the 
prefent ,fp_.ecies refembles it; but while the plant itfetf is ,uch 
œmallr,. its flowers are proportionably larger, and their colours 
more vi'vid. 
It is an annual of ready 'growth,. a native of Sicily and tl]c 
Levant, flowering in July and AuguR, and ripening its feeds- 
in September and Ogtober. 
It appe.arg to moff advantage when feveral plants of it grow 
together; the beR mode ther,'r,)re, i: to low about a dozen 
feeds early in April on the fe', eral tots of the flower-bo.rder 
.where you intend. they thall remain ;. no other care is neceffary 
than to keep the plants free from weeds and. vermin. 
The _/tgr. Ce.'i rofa of Mill,  Gat t. Die7. ,t 6. 4to. is the 
eorouaria. 
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SEMPERVIVUM TORTUOSUM- 
HOUSELEEK. 
GoUTy 
Clafi and Order. 
DODECAND. RI A DODECAg'NI A. 
Generic Charaer. 
Cal. x g-partitus. Petala  . Capful, e x  polyfpermae: 
Specific Charagter. 
SEMPERVIVUM tortuofum foliis obovatis fubtus gibbis viL 
lofts, nc&ariis bilobis. Ait. lieva. v. . p. 
4 8. 
We know ote no figure of this plato, the firff and only a'c- 
count of which is tb be found in the Hort. Kew. of Mr. ALTON; 
there it is fpecifically defcribed, and from thence we difcove 
that i't was introduced from the Canary Iflands, where it is a 
native, by Mr. MAsson, in 779 
It is a flrubby plant of low growth, producing numerous. 
fieflay leaves growing,dfickly together, which being evergreen, 
:lid making a pretty appearance the year througlb render the: 
dam worthy a place in all general colleions at Idaif, of 
enhoufe plants; and though it cannot vie with, many of the. 
note flaewy high-priced novelties, it is an abiding plant, not 
qbj- to cafualties, while many of thole are here to day and, 
,te to 1Tlorrow. 
ß thro, up its flowering Items, fupporting numerous, 
tarts, fft, nccrop-like flowers, in July and Auguff, and is molt 
1¾ propagated by cuttings. 
; o of thofe fpecies of Houfeleek which conn.ec the 
Sedum & Sempervivum. 
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DIANTHUS SUPERBUS. SUPERB PINK'. 
Clafs and Order. 
Generic Charat7er. 
I. cylindricus, x~phyllus: bari fquamis 4- Petala 5 ungui- 
culata. Cqpf. cylindrica, x-locularis. 
Specific Charat7er and. Synonyms. 
DIANTHUS fuper$us floribus paniculatis: fquamis calycinis 
brevibus acuminatis, corollis .multifido-capillari- 
bus, caule ere&o. Linn. S)fl. t/egeta& ed. 4. 
Murr. p. 48. 
CARYOPHYLLUS fimplex alter, flore laciniato odoratiflino. 
Bauh. Pin. 2  o. 
3ARYOPHYLLUS plumarius Aultriacus five_.fuperba AulL 
triaca. The featlXered Pinke of Auffria. Park. 
Parad. p. 36. 4- 
Many of the plants of this genus diffufe an agreeable odour, 
reich renders them molt defirable obje&s for the flower- 
'den: this quality the preœent fpecies poffeffes in a fuperior . 
ß to molt others; a few of its flowers communicate to a 
olegay a delichte and molt delicious froell, or placed in a 
'qal of water they will even fcent a froall apartment : it is to 
be regretted howeveri that the bloffoms, .unlefs plaed n 
water, from their extreme delicacy, flag foon after they are 
"thered. 
This fragrance has been notlceit by all the old authors who have treated of 
plant: C[usxus defcribes the flowers as fuawimi odorls et  longinuo nares 
is, 'of which words PaucxsoWs are almofr a literal tranflation "ofa 
aolt fragrant lent, comiortmg,the fpirits and fenres afarre off." 
It 
It may be doubted whether the Dianthusfiperbus of Miller's 
Die7. ed. 6. 4to. be kour plant; if it be,. the defgription is not 
drawn up with that accuracy which 'diitingui/hes his defcrip. 
tions in general; the mode of culture, however, which he 
recommends is Itri6tly applicable to it, .as the plant rarely 
continues in vigour more than two years, and as it is in its 
greatifft beauty the firIt year of its flowering, he recommends 
that young plants/hould be annually railed for fucceffion from 
feeds, which are plentifully produced; the feeds of this plant 
ought therefore to be kept in the /hops with annuals and bi- 
ennials. ' 
The Dianthus fuperbus is a native. of Germany, Switzer-  
land, France, and Denmark: Crusxus found it growing in 
the moiIt meadows about Vienna, and on the borders of woods 
adjoining to fuch, with rome of its flowers white, others 
purpli/h; Pa.xNso defcribes -them of there two colours; 
but fays the molt ordinary with us are pure white, which is' 
contrary to what we now find them: they are rarely produced 
before AuguIt, from which period they will continue fre- 
quently to bloffom till O&ober. 
The Spring' is the belt time for lowing its feeds; the plants 
require no very nice or particular treatment. 
ORIGNUM 
DCTAMNUS. 
CRETE. 
DITTANY OF 
Cla and Order. 
DIDYNAMIA G?MNOSPEItMIA, 
Generic ½haraler. 
Strohflus t6tragonus, fpicatus, calyces colligens, 
,pecific Charaler and $ynonyras, 
ORIGANUM Diamnus foliis inferioribus tornentofis, fpids 
nutantibus. :Linn. $yfl. I/egetab. ed. 24. 
p. 542. _git. Kew. v. v.. p. 811. Dirtany of 
Candia. 
DICTAMNUS creticus, œauh. Pin. p. 
By the name oF Dirtany of Crete, the fpedes of Origanuna 
here figured, has long been known in this country as a medi- 
cinal plant; to the purpofes'ofphyfic it frill indeed continues 
to be applied, as imported in a dried ilate from the Levant 
when bruifed, the whole plant gives forth an aomatic fragrance, 
highly grateful; as an ornamental plant, it has alfo been long, 
and is now, very generally cuhivated in this country. Tu RN 
vhofe Herbal was printed in.x568, writes thus concerning it, 
"I have fene it growynge in England in Mailter Riches gatdin 
ß ' naturally, but it groweth ,no where ellis that I know of, 
"faving only in Candy." As at this per{od no idea was enter 
rained of a greenhoufe, the plant muff: have been cultivated in 
the open grou_nd, where it would doubtlfs grow readily, if re- 
cured from the feverity of the weather, i beinõ more hardy 
than many plants ufually kept in greenhoulks. 
This plant is at all times ornamental, but. more partictfiarllf 
. fo when in flower, in which 11ate it appears during moil of the 
rummet and autumnal months. 
It is ufually inc;eafe. d by uttings, which ttrike readily, 
'" i 
HERMANNIA 
ALlVIFOLIA. ALDER-LEAVED 
HERMANNIA, 
and Order. 
i¾[ON ADELPHiA PENTANDRIA 
Generic Charaer, 
Pentagyna. Capf. 5-1ocularis. Petala bari femibttlata, obllqua0 
.Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 
HERMANNIA alnilia foliis cuneiformlbus linearis pll.catis 
crenato-ematginatis,. Linn, Syfi. I&getab. ed, 
4. Mrurr. P. 6o. tit. Kew. v. . p. 
&RBUSCULA africana tricapfularis ononidis vernae fingulari 
folio. Pluk. Mant. 4. t. 39' f' ' 
Hermannia is a gen.us of plants named in honour of Dr, 
P^u. H.a^, a Dutch Botanilt of great celebrity, author 
f the Paradifus Batavus, a.nd other valuable works: twenty- 
[ix fpecies are enumerated in the 3th edition of the 
Nature of LEus by Prof. G.x, and eight in the 
Hortus Kewenfis of Mr. A to ; molt of thole in the latter work 
re cultivated in 'the nurferies near town :' they Form a let, off 
the more hardy greenhoufe plants, grow readily, and Flower 
Freely; their bloffoms are Fo( the molt part yellow, and have 
a confiderable affinity with thole of the Mahernia. 
The prefent fpecies flowers very early in the. fpring, from 
7ebruary to May, producing a great proFufion of bloom 
turing that period; is a native  of the Cape, and was culti2 
,ated by Mr. Mxrr, in x78. 
It rarely ripens its.feeds with us, but is readily increared 
by cuttings. 
The nufferymen near town regard this plant as the groffu- 
ri!ia of Lx :us, calling another, equally common fpecies 
ith longer and .narrower leaves, alm.'/blia, and which dos not 
appear to be defcribed by LxEus or mentioned by Mr. 
.xxou; our plant accords exac'tly with the Linnean defcri F- 
ß ,,n of alnifolia,. and there is we think no dbubt of its being the 
'nifolia of the Hortus ti'ewefis, and Mr. M     's Dilionr),. 
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GNAPHALIuM EXlMIUM. G'XANT CUDWEED. 
Clafi and Orden 
SYGE,NESIA POLYGAMIA' 
Generic Charaer. 
Recept. nudum. Pappus plumofus vel capillaris. Cal. imbricatus 
fquamis marginalibus rotundatis, fcariofis, colorati. 
8pecc Chattier and Synonyms. 
:4APttALIUM eximium foliis felibus ovatis conferris 
ere&is tommytoils, corymbo feli. Linn. 
Mant. PI. p. 8' fl' Nat. ed. a. Gruel. 
gLYCttRYSUM africanurn foliis lanceolatis integris tomen- 
tofis decurrentibus, capitulis congeRis ex 
rubello aureis. Ed. Av. t  88. 
In the thmmer of 794, towards the end of .July, the Gna- 
phalium here figured, the molt magnificent and thewy of all 
the fpeccs hitherto introduced to 'this country, flowered in 
[reat perle&ion at Meffrs. L and Kt¾'s, Hammer- 
7mith: Mr. L informs me, that he'raifed it from feeds 
;iven him by Capt..WIEx^xx P.e, sot, author of a Nat-. 
ratire of four journeys into the country of the Hott6ntots, and 
'tffraria, and who has molt laudably exerted h'imfelf in intro- 
ducing many new and interel-ting plants to this country; this 
g'mtleman affured Mr. L, that the plant was found in a 
wild flare, five hundred miles from the Cape, on the borders 
of the Caffre country, from 'hence the natives bring bundles 
of the dried plant to the Cape as prefents; in 'this llate the 
plant has long fince been imported from that fertile coall: if 
.e mirtake notl a. fpecimen of this fort is figured in 
vorks, and a coloured reprefentation is given o it in E xs). u n s's 
HiPtory of Birds, taken from a dried plant, brought from the 
Cape, byCapt. Is.xc Wo,u, in 749- 
The plants we faw were about a foot and a'halfhigh, the 
qalks fhrubby, and but little branched; the foliage and 
,wers as.reprefented on the plate. 
>veral of the Gnaphaliums it is well known are liable to be 
allied by moillure, efpecially in the winter feafon; during 
hat time, this plant i'n particular, fhould 'be kept as dry as 
oftible, and, if convenient, on a fhelf, feparate from the other 
lants of the greenhoufe; when it- is neceffary to'give it water, 
" ,,ld n er come in conta& with the foliage or flowers: 
leprecautions it may be kept very well in a good, 
-. in which it fhould remain, even during rummet. 
[t fifed from feeds, and a!lb from cuttings. 
/ELIANTHUS /INOR. SMALL KLIANTHUS 
Clafs and Order. 
DIDYNAMIA NGIOSPERMIA- 
Generic Charaer. 
.CaL 5-phyllus: folio inferlore gibbo. Petala 4: neaario infra 
infima. Cap 4-1ocularis. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
MELIANTHUS minor ipulis geminis diin[is. Linn.' Sy. 
Fegetab. ed. 4. Mum . 58. it. Kew... 
g. p. 368. 
MELIANTHUS africanus minor [tidus. &ram. far. 4. t. 4. 
There are few flowers that do not fecrete from fome kind o' 
a glandular fubRance, honey, or nectar, to a greater or fmaller 
amount; in thofe of the prefent genus, this liquid is particularly 
abundant, even dropping from the flowers of the major, in 
confidetable quantity; in the prefent fpecies it flows not f 
copioufly, but is retained in the lower part of the bloffo m, and. 
is of a dark brown colour, an unufual phenomenon. 
There are only two fpecies of this genus defcribed, t!ae major. 
and the minor, both of which are cultivated in our nurferies; 
the major is by far the moR common, the moR hardy, and the 
moR ornamental plant; its foliage indeed is peculiarly elegant: 
this fpecies will fucceed in the open border, efpecially if 
placed at the foot of a' wall with a fouth or fouth-weR arpel, 
taking care to cover the root to a confidetable depth with rot- 
ten tar in fevere froRs: the minor is always kept in the green- 
houfe, in which, 'when it has acquired a certain age, it flowers 
regularly in the fpring, and conftantly fo, 'as far as we have 
obferved of the plants in Chelfea G/rden; Mr. J_ITON fays it 
AuguR, and COMgLx te fummer through. 
' The Meliathus minor grows to the height of three, four, o 
five feet; its Rein, which is thrubby, during the flowering leafor 
is apt to'exhibit a naked appearance, having fewer leaves o 
it at that period, and thofe not of their full fize; hut this 
perhaps, may in fome degree be o.wing to the plant's beinl 
placed at the back of others. 
The fol'iage when bruifed has an unpleafant froell. 
It is a native of the Cape, and, according to Mr.-Axo, 
was cultivated by the Duchefs of Bv..uotx, in 7e8;  
propagat.ed readily hy cuttings. 
MIMOSA MYRTIFOLIA. MYRTLE-LEAVED 
MIMOSA. 
Clafs ad Order. 
POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIAo 
Generic Chara7er. 
llo'es mere mafculi reliquis interfiti. CaL 5-dentattts, Cox,. 
5-fida auto. Stamina 4-1ocularis- Legumen. Linn. 
2Vat. ,ed. x 3. Gruel. 
Specific Chara7er. 
MIMOSA mJrtifolia folfis ovato-lanceolatis obliquis undulatls 
acuminatis margine cartilagineis: primordialibus 
pinnatis. Smith ra Linn. Soc. v. x. p. 5 . 
The feeds of this fpecies of Mimofa .having beefi lent over 
in plenty, x¾ith rome of the firR vegetable produ&ions of New 
South-Wales, and growing readily, the plant has been railed 
by many cultivators 'in t. his country; Mr. Ho,, gardener to 
the Duke of NotxxuMuuL^u, produced a fpecimen o.f !t 
in flower at a meetin of the Linnean Society in x79o; ,t s 
a flrtib of quick growth, and a ready blower: a plant of it 
in the Rove of Chelfea-Garden has this year (May xo, x795) 
produced ripe pods, and perfe6:t feeds. In the greenhoufe, 
where it flowers from February to April, the bioflbms go off 
vithout .timwing any tendency to produce fruit. 
It is firft defcribed by Dr. SMXXH, in the Tranfa&ions 0t 
the Linnean Society; the leaves in the plants that have fallen 
under our notice have not accorded exa/:\ly with thole he has 
defcribed, having neither been of a glaucous green colour. 
according to the ufual acceptation of that term, nor ,ery much- 
undulated; and 'though thole of an individual plant may have 
prefented fuch an appearance, we are pe'rfuaded th?y do not do 
fo generally when growing and in good health.. 
The foliage is ufually edged with red, and. the flowers are 
fragrant. 
FJo 
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OcTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic 
4_phyllus. -Cot. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. 
.fnt3erz apice biffdin, perturin. 'Calf'4 -1øcularis, 4 -valvis' 
polyfperma. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
ERIC_L , mpullacea foliis ciliads mucronatis, bratis coloraris, 
floribus umbellatis fubquaternis ereo-patentibus, 
ylo exferto. 
The Erica here figured has [ome anity in the form of 
Power_ to the E. ventffc(a, as the[e in their ape re[emble a 
2afl or bottle, efpecially of that kind in Which water is ufually 
kept, we have named it ampullacea; it is of very modern in- 
troduaion. - 
On the xtth off June x784, we had the plealure to fee a 
fmall plt o[ this fpecie in flower, with Mr. 
Nurfman, Turnham-Green, an unwearied and ifigenious 
ulti, ator of this bauti[ul tribe o[ plants in particular, the 
,,hne[s of whole colleion will appear in the [ub[equent li; 
by him it was railed from Cape leeds, though not more than 
- height of teh'.inches, it produced eighteen branches, 
.t' which put forth flowers at their [ummits; we counted'fixty- 
tix bloffoms on this Ira all plant. 
The leaves are ort, linear, romewhat triangular, rigid, 
edged with fine crooked hairs, very vifible when magnified, 
and teminating in a mucro or point, on the older branches 
recurved and molly eight-rowed; each branch is ufu[lly ter- 
minated by [our or five flowers; at fi? growing clofely to- 
r:ther, and covered [o' rongly with a glutinous [ubRce, 
as to look as i[ varnied, and which is fo adhefive as to catch 
ants and Iraall flies; as the flowering. advances, they, feparate 
more wi&ly from each other, and finally a young brach 
rows out o[ the centre from betwixt 'them; the true calyx is 
Compo[ed of four lanceolate leaves, fitting clo[e to and glued 
as it were to the corolla; betides the[e, there are feveral other 
leaves, Which might be miRaken for thole of the calyx, but 
hich may with more propriety be called Brae or Floral- 
.aves; rome o[ the[e, like the calyx, are wholly' red, others 
red and green mixed together, and broader than the leaveg o. 
the 
ß the plant; the flowers are. about an inch; and a quarter 
'length, inflated below, and contra&ed above into a long n. arrt. 
neck, dilating again fo as to form a kind. of knob,, in vhic 
the anthera: are coutained, jufr below the limb, which divid 
into four fomewhat ovate obtufe fegments, the upper fide t 
thefe fegments is of a very pale flefl colour, the under fid 
of them as well as the dilated part juft below ßthem brig;. 
red, the. body of the flower fielh colour, marked with eight 
longitudinal Rripes, of a deeper hue; filaments eight, anthe, 
xithin the tube; fryle proje&ing about the eighth of an inc 
beyond the corolla; ftigma, a round glutinous head. 
The flowers as. they decay become of a deeper red colour, 
'and finally 'pale brown t}.ill retaining their form and appeal. 
ling to advantage ;--hitherto the plant has produced no fee 
here, is inCreared with difficulty either by cuttinga or laye, 
but ,wit h moff. certainty in the latter way. 
.A C,T.5.OU. of H-4-s, cultivated and fold b 
Rxc!D Wzz,as, at. hi.s Nurfery, Y'urnha' 
Green, ' MMd/ef .x. 
ER!CA, 
abietia., ß 
albens. 
ampullaea_: 
arhorea.' 
 ß - var. fcluarto,fa,. ' 
Itrticularis 
auffralis. 
baccans2 
BankilL 
canefces. 
captata.. 
caffra. 
cernua. 
cerinthoides. 
cinerea. 
vr. fl. albo. 
ciliaris. 
coeeinea. 
conlolao 
ß vat. ft. ru. brO.: 
confpicua. 
corifolia. ' 
cruenta. 
cubica. 
curvifiorao 
dentlcuhata. 
difcoIor. 
elata. 
empetrifolia. 
fafciculads. 
formoœa. 
œucata. 
grandifiora. 
llalicacaba. 
herbacea. 
illCarllata, 
incaria. 
literalis, 
lutea: 
mammofa. 
- vat. fl. purp. 
margaritacea. 
.: . -var. fl. rubro. 
marlrolla. 
mediterraqa. 
Maffoni. 
mifima. 
mona&Iphla. 
Monfoni9na. 
mucofa. 
ultiflora. 
vr. fl. albo. 
fiiufcari. 
nudiflora. 
parviflor. 
Patte'Ont. 
perfoluta. 
-vat. ft. rttbr.o. 
.Petiveri. 
phyfodes. 
pinifolia. 
' pla'nifolia. 
* Plukenetii. 
pubefcens. 
pyramidalis. 
quadriflora. 
ß ramentacea. 
regerminans. 
fcoparia. 
* feOiliflora. 
*- fimpli.ciflor. a.. 
 8parrrnannlo ß 
*' fpicata. ' 
fri&a. 
t axifolla.. 
Tetralix. 
-- var. fl. albl 
lhymifolia. 
triflora. 
ß va..r. tt.. 
 tubiflora. 
urnbellatao 
urceolaris,' 
ragans. 
 ventricofa. 
* verficoloro 
 verticillata 
*. ve.lita. 
virga. ta.. 
vulga, d.. 
ß. ar. fl. a- 
rhofi mte,'ed vith au a. fleri.  tthularjqa-mers. 
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HERMANN%ALAVENDULIFOLIA. LAVENDER. 
LEAVED HV. RMANNIA. 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA, 
Generic Charailero 
Pentagyna..Cap.[. 5-1ocularis. Petala bag femitubulata, obllqua 
Specific CharaCter' and Synonyms. 
I4ERMANNIA lavendulifolia foliis lanceolatis obtufv inte- 
gerrimis. Linn. 8yfl. Fegetab. ed.  4. Mur 
p. 6. tit. Kew. v. . p. 423. 
HERMANNIA frutefcens folio'Lavendula latiore et obtufo 
flore parvo aureo Bov, Rm Dill. Hort, Elt, 
t. 47- 
The Hermannia here figured is a plant of hunble growth, 
forming a fmall bulhy thrub, a foot or a foot and a half in 
height, and producing numerous flowers thinly fcattered over 
the branches, the greater part of the fummer; it is this difpo, 
tition which it has of flowering fo freely, that renders it a 
defirable plant for the greenhoufe, in which it is commonly 
kept, and of which ,it is an old inhabitant. 
DxL,v,xus has figured it in his admirable work the Hortu 
Elthamenfis, publifhed in x73 .; hence we learn that it wa 
cultivated in Mr. SIv, RAn's celebrated garden at Elthan 
prior to that date. 
It is a native of the Cape, and i readily increared bI 
cuttings. 
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akMARYLLiS EQUESTRIS. BARBADOES 
AMARYLLIS, or LILY. 
Olafs and Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOOYNI, 
Genric 
Cr. hcxapctaloidca, {rrcgularis. Fileta fauci tubi infer% 
dcdinata, inqualia proporfionc vcl dircionc. 
'AMARYLLIS euri fpaha fubbiora, pcd{cclHs crcis 
fpaha brcvioribus, tubo ]iformi horizomali 
limbo oblique pamlo .furrum curvo, faucc, 
pilofa. Li.m 7. . ew. . x. f. 4xT- 
AMARYLLIS dubia Li. . . 8. . 54. 
LILIUM americanurn punicco orc BelladSnna dium er. 
ar. . .  94, cure 
ties of Amaryllis, as named and defcribed by the younger 
Lliv:; he informs us, that it is a native of th Weit- 
lndie- and was introduced by Dr, WLLAX PXTCAt,,, in 
.778: as its time of flowering is not mentioned, we may' pre- 
lurne, that it had not bloffomed'in the royal garden when 
.he publication before mentioned firft made its appearance; it 
no doubt has fince, as we have feen it in that .ftate in the 
-'L'clions of feveral Nuferymen, particularly thofe of Mr. 
GRivlwooD and Mr. COLV LL. 
It flowers towards the end of April, 
The flowering ftem riles above the foliage, t6-the height of' 
aLut a foot or more, produces from one to three flowers 
timilar to, but not qu}te fo large as thole of the Mexican 
lmaryllis, to which it is nearly related; it differs however 
ß tom that plant effentially in this,- that the lower part of the 
!ower proje6ts further tlmn the upper, which gives to its mouth 
that obliquity which Lx  .us defcribes. 
The fpatha is cornpored of two leaves, whi.ch ftanding up 
it a certain period of the plant's flowering like ears, give to the 
whole flower a fancied refemblance of a horfe's head; whethe-t' 
L,tns .derived his name of e7ue./7ris from this circumftanCe 
or not, he does not condefcend to inform us. 
Mr. AIzo regards it as agreenhoufe plant; like thofeofmany 
f the. I.xias, however, the bulbs are of the more tender kind. 
t s propagated by offsets,' but not very readily. 
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OTLONNA PEOTINATA, WORMWOOD- 
LEAVED OTHONNA. 
Clafi and Order. 
$YN(ENE$IA POLYCANiIA NECESSARIA. 
Recept. nudum. 
fubcylindricus. 
Generic Charafter. 
Pappus fubnullus, Cal. -phyllus multifidus 
Specific Charafter and Synonyms. 
OTHONNA pec7inata foliis pinnatifidis: laciniis linearibus' 
parallelis. Linn. $yfl. l/eg. etab. ed. 4 Murr. po 
798- lit. Kew. v. 3. P. 9q6. 
JACOBiEA africana frutefcens, foliis abfinthii umbelliferl 
incanis. Comm. hort. 2. p. x87. t. 69. 
The Othonna peltinata is a native Of Africa, a Iong-eftabliflaed 
and common plant in greenhoufes, having been cultivated by 
'It. MILLER, in 173x; it recommends itfelf chiefly on ac~ 
count of its foliage, which forms a pleating contraft to the 
darker greens 6f other plants. 
It flowers in May and June,' is moderately hardy, and readily 
increared by cuttings. 
In many'colle&ions we meet with old plants of it three or 
four fiet high; formerly, when greenhoufe plants-were few 
in number and the houtis large, it might be proper to keep 
fuch; but now there is not that neceffity, fpecially fince the 
aft acceftion of plants h'on the Cape and New-Holland, made 
wuhin.thefe few. years. 
HERMANNIA ALTHAIFOLIA. MARSH. 
MALLOW-LEAVED HERMANNIA. 
t 
Clafs and Order. 
'MoNADELPHIA PENTANDRIA, 
Pentagyna. 
liqua. 
Generic Charagler. 
Capf. 5-10cularis. Petala bari femitubulata, 
Specific Cbaragler and Synonyms. 
HERMANNIA althafffolia foliis ovatis crenatis plicatis to 
mentoils, calycibus florentibus campanulati. 
angu!atis,' ttipulis oblongis foliac.ei,s. .dit 
Kew. v. .. p. 
'IERMANNIA alth,ifolia foliis ovatis plicatis crenatis t. 
mentoils. Linn. $)fl. l/egetab.'ed. x4. Murr 
p. 6,o. 
HERMANNIA capenils althzeae folio. Pet. Gaz. 53' t. 34. 
KETMIA africana frutefcens foliis mollihus et incanis. Comn. 
bort. . p. ,5 . t. 79- 
The Hermannia alth,eifolia, a native of the Cap4, is a plant 
of much larger growth than the lavendulifolia, rifing to the 
height, if fuffered to do fo, of three, 'four, or more feet;' its 
bloffom are proportionably large, and of a deep yellow colour, 
inclined to orange. 
It is a plant of free growth, much difpofed to produce 
flowers during n]ott of the rummet' months; 'hence it is kept 
very generally in colle&ions of greenhoufe plants :. is propa- 
gated readily'by cuttings. ' 
Was cultivated by Mr. M,x,.v.R, in 7.8. _din Kez& 
Our readers will fee, that the fpecific delription of L N  v, 
has been altered in the Hortus Kewenfis, and that it now corn' 
prizes all the ttriking features of the plant. 
dll 
IIIItl[ 
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V.RENA A.UI[TXA. RoS. Vr{vAI. 
ClaJ3  and Order. 
)IA'NDRI A MONOG'NIAo 
Generic Charat7er. 
Cot. infundibuliformis fubequalis curva. Calycis unico den 
. truncato. $emina g s. 4 nuda (Sram,  f. 4-) 
Specific CharatIer and Synonyms. 
VERBENA tubletia tetrandra, fpici. s laxis folitariis, f01il 
trifidis inciris. Ait. Kew. v. ,. p. 33' 
VERBENA tubletia tetrandra, fpicis folitariis, corollis fafci 
culatis, foliis cordaris incifo-ferratis. Linn. ): 
Fegetab. ed.  4. Murr. p. 66. SuppL PL p. 86 
BUCHNERA qanadenfis Lbm. S)fl. Fegetab. ed.  3. P. 478 
VERBENA tubletia. yacq. hort. v. . p. 8. t. 76. 
OBLETIA ]o.rn. de Rozier b?trod. x. p. 367.  t. 
It has fallen to the lot'of' this plan to have an unufual 
gree of attention bellowed on it by.various botaniffs, and at 
bei.ng regarded as a dit[in&. genus by feveral,' to be 
claffed vith the Ferbena; in the Supptdmentmn Plantatum oft 
-y0nger L.,vs it i minutely defcribed, 
We learn from the Hortus Kewe,,os of Mr. Axot4 thatir, 
a native of Nofth-America, introduced by Monf. 
a774, and hat it_ flowers in June and Jut¾, 
The extreme brilliancy of its colour renderslt a very 
mental greenhoufe plant, 'it feldom grows a. bove the heigh 
two feet; in favourable feafons ripens its feeds readily, 
vhich it is ufual!¾ propagatcd being a biennial. 
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PELAR( ONIUM ECHINATUM. PRICKLY- 
STALKED'GERANIUM. 
Claj and Order. 
Generic CharacTer. 
Cal. 5-partitus:  hcinia fuprema definente in tubulum capiI.- 
rein ne&ariferum fecus pedunculum decurrentem. Cot. 5 
pctala irregularis. Filamenta xo, inaequalia, 'quorum $ raro 5 
callrata. Fruglus 5 coccus roftratus: roflra fpiralia introrfum 
barbara. 
Specific Charagler. 
PELARCON1UM echinatum caule carnolo, ftipulis fpinef- 
centibus, foliis 'cordato-fubrotundis 3-5 
lobis, floribus umbellatis, umbellis fub- 
feptemfloris. 
this fingular and molt beautiful fpecies of Pelargonium, 
recently introduced to this country, this Summer flowered 
with 1Vfr. Cozvxzx, Nurferyman, in the King's-Road, Chelfea, 
fi )m one of whofe plants our figure and defcription have been 
taken. 
2,talk green, furface fmooth and fomewhat gloffy, flefhy, 
let with fpines which bend back and terminate in brownifi 
mexvhat weak points; thefe appear'to have been primarily 
 llipuke, which become thus flefhy and rigid, and from 
tl.is circumftance not altogether peculiar to this fpecies, it takes 
me of echinatum; the leaves lland off long foodtalks, 
omewhat'heart-flaped, moRly roundifh, divided.int9 three 
bye lobes, veiny, fort, and downy, cfpecially on the under 
, which is of a much lighter colour than the upper, the 
'erinv ftem proceeds from the fummit of the ftalk, and is 
,t or more in height- as it advances it throws out its 
or peduncles, ultimately about five in number; each 
of 
of which has a leaœ at its bafe, fimilar to the other leaves 
the plant, but fmaller, and terminates in an umbel of feven 0 
edght towers; as the ambelg bloffom in fuceeflicm, a period 
œeveral months'ufually intervenes betwixt the blowing of th 
firf and the laf; when- tle flower is expanded, ..the hindtoo 
leaf of the calyx continues upright, the others are reflexed 
in other fpecies oœtb.is ge.us, they are.all beret with fine lon 
h'airs; the three lowermof petals are pure white, with a littl 
gibbofity at the bale of each, the two uppermof are markeel 
each with three irregular fpots, 'of a rich purple colour, in- 
clJning to carmine, the two lowermof fpots narrowef and 
the deepef colour; of tle famina there at:e fix filaments'which 
have anthera,, and four wich have none i figma red, divided 
io five parts, and a litfie l'oger than th fertile filaments 
In. its halait'thi8 plant reœembles romewhat the 
½ordifoi, is a native of the Qale, flowers from May to Sep- 
tember, in favourable fearohs las produced feeds here, buti 
more ufually increared by cuttings. 
Varies vih petals of a rich purple colour in which 
fpots are timilar, though not fo confpicuous. 
ESNUS ALmNUS., AL?N. 
ERINU'S. 
Cla and Order. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Cal. 5-phyllus. 
Generic CharaZ7er. 
Cor. Limbus 5-fidus equalis. Capf. .-locular, 
Specific CharaZ7er and Synonyms. 
ERINUS alpinus floribus racesoils,. foliis fpathulatis. L' 
8yfl. Feg'etab. ed.. 4. Murr. p. 57 o. ./lit. Ke 
v. 2. p. 357. 
AGERATUM ferratum alpinure. Bauh. pin. uv.x. 
The Erinus alpinus is a. native of Switzerland, German 
and France; inhabiting the more mountainous parts of tho 
countries. 
It is a very &firable little plant for the decoration of ro 
work, growing in clofe tufts, and producing numerous flow 
of a lively purple colour during mof[ of the fummer months. 
Is increared without difficulty by parting its roots in Aumn 
or from feed; in the winter rome plants of it thould be kept 
pots under a frame or hand-glafs, as it is liable to be injur 
by wet and frofL 
Was cultivated here by Mr. Mx,x,a in x759. 
or Ros Acacia. 
IADLPHA CANDIA. 
Generic Charaer. 
CaL -fidus. Legumen gibbum elongatum, 
Specific Chraer and SynonymvL 
ROBINIA hffpida racemis axillaribus, foliis impari pinnatls, 
cable inermi hifpido. Zinn. ant. p. fiGS. 'it, 
Kew. v. 3. p. 53. 
ROBINIA racemis axillaribus, pedicellis unifloris, foliis im- 
pari pinnads, ' caule inermL acq. meg   x, 
t. 79- f- 
PSEUDO ACACIA hifpida floribus rofeis. Cat. Carol 8. 
There are few trees or thrubs which have contributed more 
o adorn our plantations, and thrubberies, than thole of this 
;enus, nine fpecies of which are enumerated in the Hort. Kew. 
,f Mr. AXTOt4, molt of there are natives either of North- 
kinetica, or Siberia: the pre[nt fpecies, an inhabitant of 
3arolina, is perhaps the molt ornamental of the whole: its 
arge pendant bunches of role-coloured flowers load the 
ranches in May and June, .and rometimes a fecond crop will 
e produced late in the feafon, there with us ufually fall off 
ß ithout producing any. fed-veffels. 
his thrub is not difpofed to grow very tall even in America, 
i n molt prudent indeed to keep it humblei to the height of 
bur or five feet, and to plant it Ln a theltered part of the gar- 
len, as its branches are liable to be broken by high winds: 
M*RsH_,zh (At& Amer.) defcribes it as fpreading much from 
;'srunning roqts; we have not obferved it to do fo in any great 
egree here; it-is propagated by layers, by cuttings of the roots, 
'nd by grafting; it is of ready growth, difpofed to blow even 
en young, and not nice as to foil, or fituation; the flowers 
ord a good example of the clafs DIADEL?HIA, they are 
rg. and beautiful, but without fcent. 
Nascultivated by My. M..zt in 758. _dit. Kew. 
[ 3, 
L uM FLAVUM. YELLOW FLAX,' 
½lafi f 'O&. 
enerir Clraer. 
5_ph511us. Petala 5. Cap 5-valvis xolocularis. 
fol:mria. 
Spedtic Charaer and Synonyms. 
LI 3M flayurn calycibus fubferrato-fcabris lanceolatis fub- 
felibus, panicula ramis dichotomis. Linn. Sp. l. 
v. . ed. 8. P' 899' Mant. p. 86o. 8y. Fegetab.. 
ed.  . Murr. p. 3o8. ]ac. Fl. tr. v. 8. t.   . 
LINUM fylvO re latifolium luteurn. Bauh. pin.  . 
LINUM fylvere III..latifolium. Clu I. . p. 
ere i a confiderable fimilarity betwixt th reprefentation 
_lent plant and that of the Linum arboreum figured on 
G plate of this work, they are neverthelefs tWO fpecies 
differing, the flavum being_a hard herbaceous perennial, 
f Germany, the arboreum a greenhoufe thrub from the 
, nt, both poffeffing confiderable beauty, and highly worthy 
a place n 11 colleions of ornamental plants. 
TN Linum flayurn is not mentioned either in the' Di&ionary 
Mr. Mxxzrt, or the Hortus Kewenfis of Mr.. Axo', and 
far as our knowledge extends was a ftranger ih this couhtry, 
till e raifed it the year before laft from feeds lent us by 
Mr. D.'v.x, of Orbe in Switzerland; Cust-s gives as a 
r ntation of it in flower, and Pcf. Jcoux another 
mh fuperior; according to the lahr, it grows by the fides 
 hedge.q and among thrubs in mountainous'fituations, anti 
ly exceeds a foot in height. 
 tom the little c.p..'ience we have had of this plant, it 
appears to be eafy of culture, and to fucceed beft in a foil mo- 
derately ftiff and moift; the flowers expand molt in a morning 
xvhen the fun thined and continue in fucceffion during June, 
Jul, and, part of Auguft; it appears as if it would ripen its 
fe , n my garden; there vegetate freely: the plant may alfo 
I mcn qd by parting its roots in autumn, or by cuttings of 
young lhoots. 
[ 3'3 ] 
DAPHNE CNEoRUM. TRAILING DAPHNE, 
Clafs and Oi'der. 
OCTANDRIA 'MoNoGYN  
Generic Charaer. 
Cal. o. ß Cor. 4-fida Corallacea marcelkens f[amina includen: 
Bacc x-fperma. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
DAPHNE Cneorum floribus conger[is terminalibus feffilibu 
foliis lanceolatis nudis mucronatis. JLinn. S" 
lqe.t. ed. 4. Murr. p, 37 x. tit. Kew. v. 
7). 26. 
THYMELEAZ affinis facie externa. Bauh. pin.' 463. 
CNEORUM. JV[atth. hifl. 46. Cluf. hfl. 89, 90. f. t. 
This charming little fhrub t is a native of .Switzerland a 
AuRria: Czuo,t- informs us that it grows'in. great abundan, 
on may of the mountains near Vienna, fo much fo tha 
women gather it vhen in flowe,c 'and fell-it in the markets; 
beautiful and fragrant bloffoms come forth in April and Ma, 
thr. principal feafon for its flowering, but it frequently blo 
during moi of the S.ummer, and even in the Autumn; 
vafi. e; with white bloffoms. 
It is extremely hardy tarives remarkably well in road f 
in almot ny fituation propagated by feeds, which w 
rarely ripen with us, by lay:, and by grafting it on the tc. 
of the Mezereon, whereby acquires an elevation fuperio 
. ha  ,.,turally. 
GENSTk TRQU F, TRA. TR ANGULaI. 
STALK'D GENISTA. 
Clafi and Order. 
DXADv. ZVXXA Dv. CAN DXXA. 
Generic Charac7er. 
Cal. -labiatus: 3- Vexillum oblongum a pif[illo faminibufq 
deorfum reflexurn. 
$œecific Charaier. 
GENISTA triquetra foliis ternatis; fummis fimplicibus, 
triquetris procumbentibus. L'Herit. $tirœ. , 
t. 88. Ait.,Kew. v. 8' P' 4. 
Monf. L'HRITIER, author of many modern publican 
in Botany, diftinguied for their accuracy and elegance, 
the firf who defcribed and figured this fpecies of Genifta,. 
native of Corfica, and cultivated here by JoxN OR), t 
, as long fince as the year 77 o. 
It is a h&rdy, evergreen, trailing fhrub, producing 
profufion of bloom; which renders it eminently confpicu 
in May and June; its flowers are rarely' fucceeded by 
veffels, fo that it is ufually propagated by layers. 
rhen tied up properly, and carefully trained to a fake, 
may vie with molt of our ornamental fhrubs: for cove'. 
wall, or paling, where the-fituation is not too fhady, it proba 
would fucceed very well, at lear it is deferring of trial. 
f' ] 
ß PELARGOllIUM CERATOPHYLLUM. 
EAVED CKANE'S BILL. 
Claj5 and Order. 
MoAnL'UL' H,r, nx,. 
Generic CharatIer. 
5_partitus: lacinia fuprema definente in tubulum capiI-, 
trem, ne&ariferum, fecus pedunculum decurrentem. Cot. 
5_petala, irregularis. Filam. xo'inaqualia, quorum $ raw 
caRrata. FrutIus 5-coccus, roRratus, roRra fpiralia in- 
trorfum barbata. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
PELARGONIUM 
ceratophyllum umbellis inultifloris, foliis 
remote pinnatis camotis teretibus, laciniis 
'canaliculatis obfolete trifidis. L'Herit. 
Geran. n. 50. t. x3- ,4it. X ew. v. . P. 4. 
Mr. ATO informs us that this.fpecies of Pelargonium, 
ich is one of the more flefi?y.kinds, is a native of the South- 
:Pt Coafkof Africa, and was introduced to the Royal Garden 
t Kew by Mr. ATXOY Hovs in x786. 
It flowers during'moR of the Summer months, and ripens 
!oo. by which it may be increared, as alfo by cuttings; it 
3 be more tender than many others, and more liable 
, jurcd by damps, and hence t will require a treatment 
 applicable to a dry ftove plant. 
[ ] 
t)OLYGALA CHAM]gBUXUS. Box-L.vn 
.MLK-WoaT. 
Clafs nd Ord " 
.DIADELI HIA OCT..N DR I A. 
G eric ½harat7er. 
CaL 5-phyllus: fol iolis . maj offbus a!eformibus, ante maturita, 
feminis colorat Capri obcordata, .-locularis. Sero. folite 
Specific Ch..,raer and Synonyms. 
POLYGALA Ct ..... ,ebu_s floribus fparfis: carine apice 
rotundo, foliis lanceolatis. Linn.. $yfl. I/ege 
ed. 4. ]V[urr. 29. 639. _dit. Kew. v. 3' 
yacq. Fl. /hfl v. 3. P. xg. t. v. 33. 
CHAM./ELUXUS tic colutee. ]3auh. Pin. 
ANONYMOS floe Colutee. Cluf. H. p. o 5. f. 
POLYGALOIDF e procurebens foliiv duris ovatis ner 
ariRao. Hall. Hfl. n. 345. 
Cusxus, in his Hifl. œL rar. gives an accurate defcript 
and good figure of the prefent pla. nt,. before unnoticed (a 
obferve 0 by' - r'-'hor; it has fince been part<u!arly defc 
by H ^  L .__ and .} the former makes a diltinct g 
of it, by the m ' ' l, r. 
It L an el%nt litt.e e n fhrub  f low b owth, 
exceeding a foot in height .... h leaves like thole of bc 
producing flowers from May to O&ober, but moR plenti[. 
in May and June; each flow, Rands on a pealuncle procee 
from a kind of tnphyllous cup, formed of floral leaves, 
true calyx is compofed of three leeyes, hich are nearly wb 
the two outermoR petals, f th wirgs of a papili  
ceous flowe?, are alfo vhite, or nearly fo; the third [ 
which forms a kit__ of tube and contains, the eight Ramina 
.-the piRillum, is whke at the bale, but yellow towards the 
tremit¾, whe. it chang . ba degrees to a bright bay 
both Oxusta and Jao  ob!irved a variety of this 1 
in which the calyx and wings were of a beautiful purple; 
variety, we believe, has not yet been introduced to this cou,- 
the common fort was cultivated in the garden at Oxford, in ,r 
MtLa defcribes it as a plant difficult of cultivation; 
not now regarded as fuch; both Cusus and j^cuv 
fcribe it as having creeping root:; fuch plants are genera 
creafed without difficulty, and fb is this; planted in bog 
on a fhady border, it thrives ext,'emely well, and fpawn"" 
fo that there is no neceffitv for having recourfe to its fee' 
grows fpontaneoufly on th Alps of AuRria and Switzerl' 
UCOSA. 
HARROW. 
Ct.aJ3 and Order. 
DIADELPH!A DECANDRIA. 
Generic CharaHer. 
C d 5-partitus: laciniis linearibus. Vexillum ftriatum. Leœumen. 
.urgidu_n feffile. Filamenta connata abfque fiffqra, 
Specific CharaHer nd Synonyms. 
ONONtS fruticofa foliis feffilibus ternaris lanceolatis ferratis 
ftipulis vaginalibus, pedunculis fubtriflori. Linn. 
8yfl. teœetab. ed. 24. Mutt. p. 658. Ait. Kew. 24. 
ONONIS purpurea verna precox frutefcens, flore rubro 
amplo. Morif. I3fl, . p.  7o: 
rhis charming little fhrub, highly deferving of being more 
rally known, is a native of the South of France; and 
cultivated here by Mxxev in 2748. 
In favourable fituations, it produces bloffoms in great 
ß afion during molt of the Summer, and ripens feed in 
mdace: the fituation it afters is dry and fandy, but it is a 
b by no means nice, as to foil or place of growth, and fo 
ty  to have borne the feverity of laft Winter, 795, 
'ut injur 7 
Th 
' colle&ions about town we frequently find it in pots, 
'--m-houfe plants. 
'aid  vary with white flowers. 
belt mode of fairing it is from feed. 
./ 
[ 
ANTHv. RlCUM LILIASTRUM. SAVOY ANTHE- 
RICUM, or ST. BRUNO'S LILY. 
ß ß -*- 
Clafi and Order. 
I-IEx ANDRI A MONOGYNIA, 
Generic Charm7er. 
cm 6-petala, patens. Capf. ovata. 
Specific Charm7er aid Synonyms. 
ANTHERICUM Liliaflrum foliis plan{s, fcapo fimpliciffirn% 
corollis campanulatis, ftaminibus declinatis. 
Linn. 8yfl. lregeta& ed. x4. Murr. p. 33 o. 
tit. Kew. v. . p. 449. 
ItEMEROCALLIS flor{bus paulis fecundis. Hall. Hifi. n,' 
30. 
PHALANGIUM magno flore. gauh. Pin. 9' 
PHALANGIUM Allobrogicum majus. Cluf. cur app alt. 
PHALANGIUM Allobrogicum, The Savoye Spider-worn 
Park. Parad. p. 5o. tab. St. f. . 
Botanifts are divided in their opinions refpe&ing the genus of 
this plant; Lx,us confiders it as an lnthericum 
and Mzr..v make it an Hemerocallis. 
It is a native of Switzerland, where, H.Lr.R informs us 
. grows abundantly in the Alpine meadows, and even on the 
fummits of the mountains; with us it flowers in May and June. 
It is a plant of great elegance, producing on an unbranched 
ttem about a foot and a half high, numerous flowers of a dell 
cate white colour, much fmaller but refembling in form thoib 
of the common white lily, poffefling a confiderable degree of 
f agrance, their beauty is heightened by the rich orange colour 
,œ their anthera; unfortunately they are but of t[hort duration. 
M1LLER deft:ribes two varieties of it differing merely in 
l:"e. 
A loamy foil, a fiiustion moderately moiR, with an ealtern 
rweftern expo{hre, {hits this plant beff; fo fituated, it will 
--aare by its roots, though not very fart, and by parting of 
: in the autumn, it is ufually propagated. 
:xso'de{E]-ibes and figures it in his Parad. Y'errefi. 
,g, that ,, divers allured by the beauty of its flowers, 
'd brought it into the{E parts." 
[ 3'9 
ANAGALLIS MONELLI. ITALIAN 
Clafi and Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Chara7er 
Cot. rotata. Capri circumfciffa x-locularis, polyfperma. 
Specific Chara7er and $yno9,,ns. 
ANAGALLIS Monclli, foliis lanceolati} caule ereOo. 
fl. I/eget. ed. , 4. Murk: p.  96. it.  
v. x. p. 2o. 
ANAGALLIS ccerulea foliis binis te'rnifve ex adverfo haft, 
tibus. Bauh. œin. 552. 
ANAGALLIS tenuifolia Mo'nnelli. Cluff app. alt. 
In Italy and Spain, wh½, this plant grows fpontaneoufl , 
is an annual, producing feed in abundance; with us (as t 
leaft as we have obferved) it produces no feed, but like t 
$enecio eleg'ans, and rome other annuals, is renewed, and r{ 
dered perennial by cuttings, whi. ch ftrike Freely, and by wl' 
the plant requires to l . renovated once or twicejn a feall 
though defcribed as growing with an upright item, it re-lui[ 
to be tied up to a Lick; and if this he neatly and dextero, 
done, its brilliant azure flowers fi rin in from ever fide 
. P g g Y . 
the fiere, render t a charming ornament tor the green-l- 
or window: it flowers during moPe "the year. 
C[usxus called it/lnag'allis Monne!li, the firIt knowledge 
had of the plant being from his friend jon. 
On the fame plant we find the leaves gr. two, three, 
four together, with flowers correfpofiding. 
. or ^A$ OW. 
nd Or_.'_-'- 
SYNGENE$1 k' MONOGAMI&. 
Generic Clam -. r. 
CaL &fidus. Cot. x-petala, irregularis. C,fi infera , f. 3-1ocul - 
Specifiq Charaver and 
LOBELIA cardinalis caule ereo, foliis lato-lanceolatis 
ratis, racetoo ternfinali fecundo. Linn. Syfl. 
ed. 4. Murr. p. 8t. it. Kew. v. 3' P. 
RAPUNTIUM galeatum virginianurn, coccineo flore maj0:' 
Mor H. . p. 466.  5- t. 5- fi 54- 
TRACHELIUM Americarum flore ruberrimo, five Pbn 
Cardinalis. The rich crimfon Cardinal's Flow, 
Park. Parad. p. 356. t. 355' 
This fpecies of Lobelia, fo eminently diftinguilhed for 
richnefs of its fcarlet bloffoms, is a native of the colder as 
as warmer parts of North-America. PARSO, who t 
rivated it in x629, informs us that he received plants of it fr,, 
France for his garden, and that "it groweth neere the i'iver 
Canada, where the French plantation in America is feated." 
It is a hardy herbaceous plant, growing in favourable flu 
tions to the height of three or four feet; the main fpike 
flowers which terminates the ftalk, is often a foot in len 
by the time that molt of its flowers are blown, fide branc 
/hoot out, and flower; fo that the plant'continues in blo,, 
fix weeks or two months: if the Autumn prove favoura':" 
the plant with us produces plenty of feed in the open grout 
to infure its ripening, fome place pots of it, when blown 
in the greenhoufe or 'Rove. 
eautiful and hardy as this plant is, and long as it has b 
introduced to this country, we do not find it generally 
. gardens; 'e attribute this to its having, in a greaœer degr. 
than many other plants, a partiality for a particular foil; 
certain d{ftri6ts, where the foil is ftiff and moift, it grows 
free. ly as any weed, in other foils it is perpetually going . 
it is' alfo one of th0fe plants whofe roots require to be 0 
parted; if this be done, every Autumn, and they be planted 
a Riff loam, the fituation fomewhat moift and fiady, this v, 
defirable plant may be had to grow and bloffom in perfetit 
It flowers from the latter end of July to Otober. 
Is increafed by parting its roots, by cuttings of the ft 
and from feed. 
II 
COTYLEDON ORBICULATA. ROUND-LEAvED 
NAVE,-W'ORT. 
Clafs ad Order. 
DEc. qDRIA PENTAGYNIA.o 
5-t:d.us. 
ermlnlS. 
Generic Charat7er. 
Cor. x-petala. Squame ne&arifera: 5 ad batin 
Cap/ 5' 
Specific Charagter and Synonyms. 
(0TYLEDON orbiculata foliis orbiculatis camoffs planis 
tntegerrimis, ca61e fruticofo. Linn. Syfi. l&g. 
ed. x4. Murr. p. 428. Ait. Kew. var. 
v. .,.. p. x o6. 
(OTYLEDON africanurn frutefcens incanurn orbiculatis 
foliis. Herm. Lugd. 349- t. 55 
3- P- 474- f- x2. t. 7. f. 39. 
'"'qculata ii one of our older fucculents, being 
__ lono fince as x69o, by Mr. BNa:xcI*': it Rill 
nlace in moff colle&ions, defervedly indeed, for it has 
notice; its appearance is magnificent, the 
our of its foliage highly pleating, its flowers large' 
duration; it blows freely, grows rapidly, is eafily 
cuttings, and will fucceed in a houfe or window 
non trement'ef an African Geranium. 
fufiEred to grow, it will become a fllrub ofconfiderable 
ß ':s is not neceffary for its flowering, as, young and 
'- dif I ofed to throw out bloffoms, which is not 
ith a plant extremely timilar to, and often con- 
.vith it, viz. the Craffula Cotyledon, whole foliage 
fcarcely &fiers from our plant but in being finely 
native of the Cape, and flowers from June or 
,embe, .' 
Hort. Kew. of l,r. AxzoN, four varieties are enu- 
difiring chiefly in the form of their foliage. 
AITo KEWo. 
VIANULE.ATOMENTOSA. WOOLLYMANoLE, 
Clafs and Order. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA- 
Generic Char(iler. 
Cal. 5-partitus. Con limbo 5-partito, [ubulato: lacniis 
pcrioribus 4 magis connexis. Ca2 g-locu]aris, poly[pcrn 
MANULEA tomenrta {oliis toentos, caulibus [olios, ped 
SELACO loenta [oliis obova[is crenatis, cau]e 
PLANTA Phi}. Pht. 3' 9'  ' 
L,us de[cribcs this plant in the nitatei cac .... 
under the name o[ 3elao tomenlra, by which name hc conth' 
to cM1 it in the third edition o[ the S2e(. PL in his 
he de[cribcs i{ more minutely, and changes it to the Go, 
MaMea, r eablied by him in the laid work; he 
flint in this [pecids the corolla i more regular than in the oth 
Mr. ATO regards.it as a biennial, its alk i a[oot ' 
{oot and a hall high, d woolly, its branches are 
alternqte as LN N US de[cribes them; in this perhaps they" ary; leaves oppote, [ele, ohorate, narrowing to the ['' 
motbed on the edge, edge rolled back a little in the yc 
leaves, owcrs grow in a long thyr[us, {rom two to five 
ceed [rom one common ort pedunc]c; they are at fir 
coloured, or grceni yellow, finally deep orange; LIr 
{ays the whole o{ the plant except the corolla is woolly, the 
el tha even is hai, the [cgmcnts are fmooth, with their 
rolled back, the upper part o[ the tube in which the 
are included is dilated [omewhat, as is al[o the lower 
that it is narrowe[[ in the middle. The flowers which 
their appearance [rom May to November are u[uMly [ucccc 
by leeds, by which the plant is propagated. 
It is a native o[ tlic Cape, and, according to Mr. A øs 
as introduced by Mr. M.sso, in '774- 
The bloffoms have a fingular but unplea[ant [mcl], not 
ceivable at a diancc. 
The vriety o[ plea[ant colours [o con[pcuous in the o, 
rcders this rare plant &firable to {uch as aim at a gcn 
collodion. 
I 
RuBus OrorATOS. FLOV, rIRXNG RASPBER,, 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
ICOSANI)RIA Po LY GY-N IA, 
Genietic CharabYer. 
Cal. 5-fidns. Petala 5, Bacca compofita acinis monofperm 
Specific CharacTer and Synonyms. 
RUBUS odoratus foliis fimplicibus palmatis, caule inet 
multifolio multifloro. Linm Syfl, I/?g. ed.' 4. 
P- 475- lit. Ke. v. .. p. 2xo. 
RUBUS odorams. Corn. Canad. 49- t. 5 o, 
Botanitts and Gardeners hav,e given to this fpecies of R 
the name of flowering, not becaufe it is the only one whi 
produces flowers, but from its being regarded for its flo' 
merely; they n_leed are foflewy, and fo plentifully pro& 
'that the plafit has long been thought to merit a place in - 
flmbberies; to the various inhabitants of xhich, ,both in 
largenefs and el'egant .form of its leaves, and the colour t 
bloffomr, it forms a pleating contraIt. 
It is extremely hardy, and eafily propagated by fucke 
the only care which it requires, is to keep it within pro. 
bounds: young plants of it produce the largeil and h 
flowers. 
It b10ffoms froin une to September, is a native of difft 
and diffant parts of' North-America, and was cultivatedl 
by Mr. Mxrt., m 739- 
Covzvs, who firff figured and defcribed thit pl 
gave it the name' of odorat, u,s, on account of' the fragranc 
its foliage; his words are elegantiffimi 'hujus folia fr; 
tiffima funt, paretoque agrimonio odorato fpiran odore,. 
the fruit, rarely produced with us, he o'bfervcs is like 
common Rafpberry hut not fo plearant. 
Ill 
, u L:I,I1 ,I I[,I 
,5 
ANTIRI. HINUM TRIPHYLLUM. THREE- 
LEAVED ToAd-FLAx. 
Cla and Order. 
DIDYNAMIA ANCxosrRMXA. 
Geieric Charac7er. 
v phyllus. Or. bails deorfum prominens ne&arifera. Capri 
-locularis. 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. 
":TIRRHINUM triphyllum foliis ternis ovatis. Linn. S«fi. 
Keg'eta& ed. 4. Murr. p. 555- _/lit. Kew; 
LIN4RIA triphylla minor lutea. Bauh. Pin. 
LI.i;ARIA .triphylla cmrulea. Baub. Pin. a x 2. 
LINARIA hil)anica. Clt Hid. 1. p. 
MNARIA valentina. Tode Flaxe of Valentia. Park..Par. 
p. 268. 
rhe .dntirrl,inum tripl,yllum, fo called from the leaves grow- 
by threes on the {talk (a charaCCter, by the bye, not very 
nt) was cultivated by P.aalSSOS, and defcribed. by 
,rn in his Parad. terr. he appea.rs to have been a Rrangcr to 
 pardcoloured variety now fo generally cultivated as an 
ß mnental annual ih our gardens; in its wild Rate the flowers 
'this .4ntirrhinum are of a yellow hue, with little or no 
- iv them, fuch indeed are frequently produced from 
dfown in our gardens. 
It i a hardy annual, a native of Spain and Sicily,. a plant 
a.dy growth, requiring the common treatment of annuals 
m the Spring, and much difpofed indeed to come up 
taneoufly. where it has once grown; in lowing its feeds, 
e lhould' be. taken to. preferve the produce of fuch flowers 
.... the rnoR purple in them. 
HE 
BOTANICAL 
O R, 
Flower. G-arden Diœplayed :' 
IN W.HICH 
)1 Ornamental FOREIGN PLANTS,' cultivated in the 
(,und, ' Gr6en-Houfe, and the' Stove, are 
rcprefen. ted in their natural Colours. 
TO VHICH ARF ADDED) 
ames, Clafs, Order, Generic and Specific Characrs, according 
the celebrated LIN,z;us; their Places- of Growth, 
and .Times of Flowering: 
TOGETHER WITH 
MOST APPROVE'D METHODS OF CULTURE. 
A W O R K 
'4 for the Ufe of fuch LAIES, GENTLEMEN, and GARDENERS, as 
,ecome fcientifically acquainted with the Plants the), cultivate. 
By WILLIA M CUR Ti s,' 
Author of the Fxm(A LONDXNgNSXS. 
VOL. X. 
"What nature, alas! has denied 
"To the delicate growth of our ifle, 
"Art has in a meafure fupplied; 
"E'en winter is deck'd wiih a fmile. 
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DIARIA MooGYIA. ' 
Generic Charaer. 
or. fingens. Capf e-locularis: feminum retinaculis a-vflvls 
vflvis longitudinflibus unciculatis, Stamina anthera folkaria, 
SpecUc Charaer and Synonyms, 
JUSTiCIA nafuta foliis lanceolato-ovatis integerrimis pedun. 
culis dichotomis. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 8. 
Vegetab. ed. x4. Mutt. p. 63. 
PULCOLLI Rheed. Mal. 9' P' x85' t. 69, 
This fpecies of Juiticia, long fince figured in the. Hortu 
Malabaricus, and defcribed in the Species Plantatum of 
,vs, has been introduced to the Royal Garden at Kew, finc 
the publication of the Hortus Kewenfis, by Mr. AToN :.it i- 
a ffove plant, producing, altooff the year through, abundance 
of flowers, diinguifhed not lefs for their fingularity than th ' 
tnowy whitenefs; the following defcription, taken from the livir 
plant, is fuller than that of LNNus in the Sp. PL 
Dscv,. Stalk fhrubby, romewhat angular, three feet c. 
more in height, green, very much branched, rightly pubefcem 
Leaves oppofite, itanding on fhort footftalks, ovatoAanceolate 
a-unning out to a fhort blunt p9int, entire, veiny, a little downy 
pealuncles from the ate of the leaves, alternate, dichoto møu 
two froall bragtea: are placed at each bifurcation; Flowers pu. re 
white, iffodorous; Calyx compofed of five lanceolate, ectare 
leaves, continuing; there, as well as. the whole of the plant," 
beret with minute tranfparent globules, vifible with a magnifie r; 
Corolla deciduous, tube linear, grooved, pale green, 
villous bending a little upward; upper lip very narrow, ..e 
back, bifid at the extremity, the edges toward 'the bafe ro 
back, fo as to make it appear in that part almdit tubular; lo 
lip depending, trifid, fegments equal, obtufe at the bale, rou 
the mouth of the tulSe marked with fine purple dots; Filatn 
two, fhort, proje&ing from the mouth of the tube, finally b 
back; Anthera: at firit yellow, afterwards livid; Ger 
ß ioong , finooth; Style capillary, flightly hairy; Stigma bifo 
The plant is increared by cuttings; in the Hort. Malab. 
bruifed'leaves are defcribed ds in ufe f9 r the cure of cuta ' 
eruptions. 
/[ESEMI,. RYANTHEMUM VIRIDIFLORUMo 
GaE-FLOWEaE FIa-M.at 6OL. 
Clafs and Order. 
ICOSANDRIA PE. NTAGYN IA, 
Generic Character. 
ß 5-ficlus. Petala numerofa linearia. Capf. carnofa infera- 
polyfperma. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
EBRYANTHEMUM viridiflorum foliis femicylindra- 
ceis papulofo=pilofis, calycibus 
quinquefidis hirfutis. Zit. I(ew. 
v. 2. p. x 96. Haworth Mererob. 
p. x99. S)fl. Nat. ed. Gruel 
p. 848. - 
Of the feventy œpecies of Mefembryanthemu.m defcribed in 
ß Hortus Kewenfis, this is the only one with green flowers, 
r. MAssoN introduced it irom the Cape in 774' 
e flowers are not only remarkable for their colour, but 
treme finenefs of the floreta; they begin to come fbrth 
.n July, and continue to be produced till the end of September; 
'. plant is eafily increared by cuttings, is of ready growth, 
i blowg freely. 
In Mr. HA%txWs Objrvations on the Genus Mefembryan- 
"tin, lately publilhed, there is a very ample defcription of 
to which we refer fuch of our reader ' as wild for more 
qute information re[pe.&ing it, 
,, 
S 
Gn, Chara[,, 
nu0""% Pappu. marginaLus. Cal. hemifphericus, 
fquami margi,alibu.q membranaceis. 
ocic and Synonym 
;.ANTHEMUM ß tbli: fimpficibus ovatis fi- 
nua aqulatis ferratis acutis. Lt 
  tab. t4. urr. p. 773 
e. Pl 53' Thunb. Jap. p. 3o 
PL. Rbeed. Mal. 44. 
,ARIA finentis. Rumph. mb. p. 59' t. 9 . 
RIA -japonk a maxim' riore rotko five thave 
rubente leno eldgautiffim Bre 
'Pt- p. 66  
[ KIg KU zmr ß 4,.n. Ex. . 875. 
o ,,nrmnit 3 .ff,, tied us, of prefenting our 
.... ed engravi-u of a plant re end) intro- 
. coun,r5 which . an ,namental ote, promires 
me an ,, fifitiop lghy valuable. 
magnific,t fpeces of Chryfanthemum, which we have 
on15 in th co!!e&ion' of Mr. Co ß v  z , Nurfery- 
-lr-d, Ch{ lfea. began to flower with him early 
795; 'i'as the"ø'w ere many buds on the 
y, t ,m, pened, t appeared as if 'it would 
dunng the early part of the winer at leaR. 
of Itrong growth; tle Item riling to the height 
% romewhat woody, much branched, beret 
 aving rome refemblance to thole of 
geyit hue; the flowers, on being fmelt to, 
an ,eeable fragrance,. they are produced on the 
of c brnche in a loofe fort of cluiter (thofe which 
e the main Item, grow to the fize of a large carnation) 
trk purple colour; they are, it is to be, obferved, double, 
- Or 
or rather between fern{double and double; the florets of t 
radius at firPt perfe&ly tubular or'quilled, as they adva 
fplit :adually downal'd on the infide, their outt 
is of a greyi{h tint, which being vifible in molt of -' 
fiorets, efpecially the younger ones, gives them a part, 
coloured appearance; there rioters do not fo completely 
cupy the receptacle but that room is left for a few others 
the centre, of a different form, ahd yellow colour, which, _ 
exam{nat{o% appear to have their parts perle&, as .indeed 
thole of the radius; the receptacle is beret with membran0u. 
pale or Chaffy fcales, a circumRance which would lead us t 
confider this plant r.ather as an Anthcmis than a Chryfanthen 
of which xt has the -alyx, with the foliage of Nlugwort. 
New as this plant is to us, iL appears to have been cult{vat 
in China for age,: LNN-v., who defcribes]t in his Spec 
_P[ant, refers us to a figuxe in the Hortus g4ala$aricus 
figure, and tLe defcripuon accompanying it, agree gener 
with our plant, but the flowers are more double, much finall 
lefs cluftered, and do not correfpond in point of colour, 
there can be no doubt but our plant is a variety of the fame- 
it is there defi ribed as growi:ng in-randy fituation, and ha 
gr,een petals. 
Rr- ,t , ,,, hL highly intereKing work, the He'ba'" 
1tmbo. ;,Re is much more re{nut ß i,r his information; he 
ferves, that there plants ,vere ol ginally brought from 
where they {lower in May and Ju., tha there are two 
principally cultivated- in India, the white and yellow-flower 
and a third fort, diffe 2ng only in the colore of its fiowe 
which are ed (the variety, as we fuppofe, here figured) beI 
to be know- among them at Amboyna; the flowers there ' 
not expand well, owing to their being produced at the 
{baron, and they decay without producing any feed. 
He tells us {hrther, that it is cultivated chiefly for pleafu  
that the natives and the Dutch plant it only in the horde 
their gardens, in which it does not fucceed fo well as in pot 
and that, if it remains more than two years in the fame [p0t, 
it degenerates, becomes lefs woody, and often wholly .perilhe* 
that the Chinere, b whom it is held in high eRimauon, 
great attention to itYs cultu ; they fet it in ots and jars, ir a 
place it before the windot; s of their apartments, and 'that 
not unufual for them when they invite their friends to an et 
tainment to decorate their tables with it i on 'thole occafi0 
he that produces the largePt flower, is confidered as conferi 
the greater honour on his gueRs; betides thcfe three var 
' ady mentioned, they hav a fourth, whigh is more' 
,ore flow rs are of a greeniih a{h colour (!s: not this the 
ß figfred in the Hort. Malab. ?) all there varieties growing 
-parate pots, they place in certain quarters which they par- 
.,lady wifl to decorate, and the cftc& they produce is highly 
c..: :-- the cultivation of this plant they fpare no pains, 
,qorter ;t is and the larger its {lowers, the more it is 
ned; to make it dwarfilh, and at the fathe time pro- 
.... of flowers, they check its growth; for, if fuffered to 
.... de, it affumes a wild nature, and produces little but 
when it is coming into {lower, of the three bloffoms 
ufually terminate each branch, they pluck off two, and 
'he remaining {lower grows larger; by this, and other 
gemcut, they caufe the flowers to grow 'to the breadth of 
. hand: he enumerates Rill a fifth fort with white flowers, 
extremely rare, and fmafler than the others, called 
_ifil, that is the drunken woman; its flowers morning 
_aing flag, and hang down as if debilitated by intoxi- 
in the middle of the day they become ere&, and, follow 
arfe of the fun; but this (moK probably adiKin& fpecies) 
exported from China. Finally, he remarks, that the 
 and Malays are fo attached to there flowers, that they 
=coi'ate their hair with them. 
c, in his Flora eaponica, enumerates it among the 
f that country, and defcribes it as growing fpontaneodfly 
nberg, near Nagafaki, and elfewhere, obferving, that it is 
=d for the extreme beauty of its flowers in gardens and 
---mghout the whole empire of Japan, and that the 
; vary infinitely in point of colour, fize, and plenitude. 
z's account of it in his Am,cu. Exot. is very timilar. 
. Chryfanthemum appears to be a hardy greenhoufe plant, 
': highly probable that, like the Camellia and Aucuba, it 
.' the cold of our mild winters without injury. 
flowers fo late, there is but little profpe& of its pro- 
eds with us, but it may.be increared by cuttigs, and 
 of the roots, 
TRIFOLIUM 'rNCARNATUM' CRIMSO 
TREFOIL. 
Clafs. and Order. 
DADELPHA DECANDRIA- 
Gneri CharaCter. 
Flores fubcapitati. Legumen vix calyce .longius non dehifce 
deciduum. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
TRIFOLIUM incarn7'n fpicis viilofts oblongis. obt 
aphylli foliolis fubrotundis crenatis. 
Syfl. ?,:tab. ed. 4. Mum p. 689. 
Kew. v. 3' P' 87' 
TRIFOLIUM fpica rotunda rubra. Bauh. Pin. p. 32 
LAGOPUS maximus flm'e rubro. The greateft Hares 
Park. qh. p. xm6. f. t. 
TRIFOLIUM albun5 incamature fpicatum f. LaL 
maximus. Bauh. Hifi. . p. 376. 
Of the annual fpec;s of irrifo.lium cul,tivated by the 
here, this is one of - larg.eft, as weh as one of the n 
/hewy; the bloffoms tke plants v hich we have had' 
opportunity of obfer have been of a bright crim' 
colour, and have there.. correfponded badly with the na 
of incamature, 'orig in: applied to the plant by fome of 
old boianifts, and adop{ d by L us; like other Tre 
with red flo¾   l'' bms are d ubflefs found 
different thad -nd fometimes wholly white. 
It is a nadw hardy annual, cultivated her 
p.n ..... in 64o Howe n .July, and readily ripen 
feds, by whichl it is_ eafily railed. It appears to have 
loft out of this country fince its firIt introdufti)n, as it' 
mentioned by MILLi ; Mr. AITON enumerates it a 
the produaions of Kew-Ga_dn, and we laft fumme 
feveral plants ot it railed H-ore mreign-feeds flowering i 
zarden of Jo,4* S¾ ......... , Efq. Vaddington:H.øuf,eL 
;.,,-,,, who has to boaIt a coil :aion of hardy 
'iper,or t, molt m th,s country, Ins readreels to 
ß ' ' fion and 
me with fpecir'- for drawing an tins occa ., 
vmious a&s of kindnet exerted ' the promoUon ø 
botanical view.s, I have to acknowledge with much gratitu 
.. rtr . o reertt Mar. r 
ONONIS 
[ ] 
NxTX. Y,,noW-FLOWE.D 
REsT-HAoW. 
Claj5 and Order. 
DADELPHIA DECAN I)KIA. 
Generic Charagler. 
5_partitus: laciniis linearibus. Fexi]lum Rritum. Legumen 
turgidurn feffile. Filamenta connata abfque fiffura. 
Specific Charagler and Synonyms. 
':)NIS Natrix pedunculis unifloris ariRatis, foliis ternaris 
vifcofis Ripulis integerrimis caule fruticofo. Linn. 
Syfl. Fegetab. ed. 4. Murr. p. 653. _git. Kew. 
v.a p. 24. 
INIS vifcofa fpinis carens lutea major. Bauh. Pin. 389 . 
Th. Ohohis Natfix, a. plant ufually to be met with in all 
colle&ions of green-houfe plants, is a native of Spain, 
South of France, where it is laid t t grow wild i.n the 
t.,e general pra&ice-fanOdoned by that of Mr. AxTox% is 
,nilder this fpecies as tender; Mr. MzzR fays it is very 
and recommends it to be planted in the open bordm; 
nent likely to fuit it in mild winiers; there is,.however, 
of his account evidently erroneous, he defcribes the 
 perennial, and the Ptem as herbaceous, this is not only 
ry to Lxaus s fpecific defcription, but to fa, the 
being undoubtedly ruLby 
this plant in the courfe of a year Or two is apt to grow 
' form, it is advifblc eithe[ to renew it frequently by 
.ich it produce , in abundance, or to.keep. it clofely 
from the middle of rummet till towards the clofe, 
>nagated readily eithe by feeds or cuttings. 
ovelty in this [ountry, having been cultivated gy 
[ .33 ø 
8112/k. CRISTATA, 
] 
CRESTED SIDAo 
and Order. 
MoNADELPHIA POLYANDR 
Gene, ic Charat%r. 
plex, angulatus.' glus, mdltipartitus. Cap.[. plures 
rnc. 
Specific Charaler nd Synonyms. 
cr,al-ta foliis angulaos, inferioribus cordatis, fuperiori- 
bus panduriformibus, capfulls multilocularibus. $p. 
PL ed. 3. P. 964 ß Syfl. E g. ed. x4. Mutt. p. 623. 
Air. Kew. v. v.. p. 444. Cavanill, D x. t. x x. 
 .. 
'TILON Lavater flore, fru&u criato. Dill. Elth. t. g. 
haRata. Linn 8yfl. N ed. Gruel p. x oo. 
N.tJ has figured, and defcribed this plant in his 
Elthamenfis as an ./lbutilon: Ltqum,,s in his Sp. P1. 
av "  with the Sida's, in which he has been followed by 
M- tt,, Meffrs. Anros and C.avtsxxxz; but Prof. 
ß n the laft edition of L.us' $yfl. Vat. has made 
genus of it, by the name of )lnoda; as his rehfons 
-:ng. are by no means cogent, we join the majority in 
n a $ida. 
-' in the garden of Mr. S..tx, fit Eltham, in 
introduced from {Mexico, where it is a native: 
confiderz it _s a ftove plant, as he does the 
...aim, and other natives of Sotith-America; ftrigtly 
y may be fuch, but if"raifed early, and treated 
'nder annuals, th plant will flower and ripen its 
open ground, as' we have experienced at. 
r, to the hbight of three feet, or. more, producing 
tN months of July and Auguft a number of b10ffoms 
ellion, 'which are large and they; the ftigmata in this 
ar curious obje&s, rcfcmbling the heads of Fungi 
ltt! 
KALMIA 
Generic Charac%r. 
Cal. 5-P. artitus. Cor. hypocrat' rmis, limbo fubtus quinque 
&orm. Capf. 5Aocularir 
Specific Chara, and Syno7ms. 
KALMIA ahgufiifolia }bliis laqceolatis. corymbis lateralibus. 
Linn. Syfl. Feget. i4. Murr. p. o. .dit. 
Kew. v. 2. p. 64. Gronov. Fl. I&'rg. p. 65. 
CHAMALDAPHNE fempervirehs, foliis oblongis anguffis, 
foliorum fafciculL oppofitis e foli0rum alis. Cate. lb 
6roL app.  t 7.., 
LEDUM floribus bullaris fafciculat. n e alis foliorum oppofitis 
nafce. ntibus, foliia lanceolatis integerrimis glabds. 
rc%. hr. h 38. 
In this work we have already given three different fpecies 
of Kalmia two commovlv and on ac rarely cultivated 
with us, we ineap tho brfi,, and ,hic indeed we are lorry' 
"to find is c h,  bz kept alive - ths country by the mop 
fldlful manag .... to thef no add z ,er fpecies, 
native alfo of' North-Ameri, m.troduced by  v. Co- 
Lxso, Efq. in 736, c,,; he had into h,ced t? 
latilia;'C.. me ., 'in. flowered at eckham 
in 743; it is a low rob, ran ly above the height of 
two fe&, growino . fpontaneoufly am. y ground, and 
flowering with ,,s from Mw to July; there are two principal 
varieties of ' one with pale and anothe with' deep 
flowers; theft two plants differ afo in their :tbits, the 
oe, the too2 humble of the two, not or;ly produces the tr 
brilliant flower;, but thofe in greate 'undanc.e than the off 
Mr. WIXXL.Y, who has thefe play : great perfe&ion, aft h 
me that it ufually blows ia the autumn as well as rumruer. 
This thrub is extremely hardy, thriving bet in bog car" 
and is propagate.d took commonly by Iayers. 
Like the latolia: it is regarded in America as poifo,O 
to !heep. 
-- 
iUTCOSSo 
OOTHWRSo 
SHRUBBy 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Calyx 4-fidus. 
nnda. 
OENOTHERA 
OENOTHERA 
LYSIMCHIA 
Generic Charaer. 
Petala 4. Capfula cylindrica infera. $emb 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
fruticofa foliis lanceolatis fubdentatis, cap- 
fulis pedicellatis acutangulis, racemo pedun- 
culato. Linn. Syfl. ?eget. ed. x4. Murr 
p. 358. ./tiL Kew. 'v. 2. p. 4. L'Heri,. 
$tirp. nov. t. . t. 5' 
{lorum calyce monophyllo, hinc tantu- 
aperto. Gron. virg. 4. 
lutea caule rubente, foliis falicis alternis nig' 
maculatis, {lore fpeciofo amplo, vafcu 
feminali eleganter Rriato infidente, C 
n. 3 6. 
MoR of the Oenolhera tribe are annual, have large yc 
{lowers, which open once only, and that in the eve 
difplaying their beauty, and exhaling their fragrance at a -- 
which will not admit of their being much enjoyed; the pr 
fpecies in rome re'fpe&s deviates from many of the others, 
root is perennial, the {lowers 'which are large and fhewy, th - 
they open in the evening, remain expanded during molt of tl 
enfuing d. ay; the flower-bud% the germen, and the ftalk 
enlivened by a richnefs of colour which contributes to rer '' 
his fpecies one of the moR ornamental and defirable of tt 
tribe. 
It is a hardy perennial, growing to the height of three 
four feet, with us altogether herbaceous, and therefore ira r 
perly called fruticofa; a native of Virginia, {lowering 
June to AuguR: was cultivated in x739 b.y Mr. MuLgg. 
May bc propagated by feeds, by parting of the roots, 
alfo by cuttings.' 
CFRINTHE 
½ o limbus 
acularia. 
2INTHE 
'HE 
['INTHE 
'THE 
[. ] 
MAjOr. 
CI and Order. 
P Mooc. 
Geueric Cbaraen 
tubulato ventricofus: huce pervia. 
GREAT HONEYWORT. 
emlla % 
Specific CharaIer and Synonyms'. 
major foliis amplexicaulibus, corollis obtufiuf- 
culls patulis. Linn. $yfl. Fegita& ed.,. 
Mur,'.p. 8 7. )lit. Kew. v. . p. 8 3. 
glaber foliis oblongo-ovatis glabris amplexi*. 
caulibus, corollis obtufiufculis patulis. Mill, 
Dial. ed. 6. 4to. 
flore ex rubro purpurafcente. Bauh. pin. p. e5 8, 
major. Great Honiewoort. Ger. Herb. 
ent writers on plants, fuppofing that the flowers of this 
produced a. bundantly the material of which bees form 
wax, gave t the name of Cerinthe, which rendered into 
would be wax-flower or waxwort, not honeywort, by' 
genus has long been, and is now, generally' called. 
ß genus there are only two fpecies known, the major 
mznor, both happily diffinguithed by the different form 
 flowers, a part from which it is not common to draw 
,c differences, though in rome inRances they afford the beft. 
ajor varies much, the leaves being rometimes fpotted,. 
ough, and the flowers of a more yellow hue; this is the 
.ared by. GERARD-in his Herbal, who mentions its 
in his garden 0597)- MILLER confiders this as a 
but Lx/sus, H..LL]SR, ATO, and others, regard 
,m..ety ß our figure reprefents the Cerinthe glaber of 
is an annual, remarkable for the fingular'colour of its 
its flowers, though not very brilliant, poffefs a con- 
 hare-of beauty; th comb{ned render it worthy 
our gardens, mort cfpecially as' it is a plant o{' eafy 
coming up fpontaneoufiy from felfXow feeds, and 
 a nativeof Switzerland, as well as the more fouthein 
ot Europe, feedling plants produced in the Autumn 
fuffer by our winters.  It flowers in July, AuguR, and 
HYPERICUM MONOGYNUM. CHINESE 
ST. JoHt's-WO RTo 
Cla and Order. 
POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Generic CharaCter. 
CaL $-phyllus. Petala 5' Ne. o. Capfula, 
Specific Charalter and Synonyms. 
I-IYPERICUM monogynum floribus monogynis; ftaminibm 
corolla longioribus, calycibus coloraris, caule 
fruticofo. Linn. 8)fl. I/egetab. ed. x 4. Mum 
p. 7o.. Hort. Kew. v. 3. P' 
of this genus 28 fpecies are enumerated in the Hortus Ke2 
enfis of Mr. AxTo, 42 in. Prof. MuaR.x¾'s ed. of the Syfie. 
Vegetab. and 64 n Prof. GtELxs's xsth ed. of Linn. 8ff. 
of the latter number x are defcribed with 5 ftyles, 46 with 
u with 2 ftyles, and 2 with ; when the term monogymm , 
firft applied to this fpecies it was a proper one, there beinl 
then only one in that predicament, another having fince bee 
difcovered it ceafes to be fo now; rome have indeed doubtetl 
the propriety of ufing the word monoœynum at all, alledging tha 
in reality there are five ftyles, which manifeftly flaew themfelve, 
above, though they coalefce below; fuch is the opinion of my 
friend, Dr. Gv¾; this is a point on which Botanifts will 
think differently. 
This elegant native 9f China, now common in our green- 
houfes, 'ppears from M?. MLw to have been firft 
troduced to this country in 753, by-Htsc,, Duke 
OTUtXuER-,XSn; he tells us, that tile plants were railed 
jn his Grace's curious garden at Stanwick, from whence 
Apothecaries garden at Chelfea was furnifhed with it. 
Mr. Me has given us a minute defcription of this plan? 
which 'he obferves is the more valuable, as it continues 
'flower great part of the year; he obferves further, that f 
planted in a very varm fituation, it will live in the open 
but that thole plants which and abroad will not flower 
winter, as thole do ivhich Which are removed into elter 
atltumn. 
ß It may be propagate?l by flips from the root, or by layerS. 
x 
II 
..) 
&5 
RsTHAROW. 
Cla and Order. 
DIADELPItIA DECANDRIAo 
Generic ½haraler. 
'W. &partitus: laciniis linearibus. l/'exillum ftriatum. 
....  turgidurn fertile. Filamenta connata abfque fiffuxa. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
..ONIS rotundifolia fruticofa, foliis ternatis ovatis dentatis, 
calycibus. triphyllo-bra&eatis, pedunculis fubtri- 
floris. Linn. 8)fl. l/'egetab. ed. 4. M3rr. p. 653. 
Ait. Kew. v. $. p. 25. ß 
0NONIS rotundifolia fruticofa, pedunculis trifloris, calycibus 
triphyllo-bra&eatis, foliis ternaris fubrotundis. 
Linn..Sp. P1. ed; 3. 
½ICER fylveltre latifolium triphyllum. Bauh. Pin. $47. 
CICER fylvefre tertium. Dod. Perupt. 59.5 . 
Prof. J.,cquN, and mol modern writers on Botany, con- 
ti - the Ononis here figured, as the rotundifolia of LxNxq.us 
;' 'cords Certainly with the figure of Dodon. to which that au- 
refers, but is irreconcileable with his defcription; the 
h --- for example are neither parva, integerrima, nor glabra; 
 words by which Lxxmus defcribes them; they are in- 
deed evidently ferrated in the figure of Dodon. which he quotes: 
b' :. name of rotundifolia, however,, this plant is now very 
g- :rally known in our nurferies, to which its beauty has 
,-...zd it admitlion. .Lo,z tells us in his Adverfaria, printed 
m s$76, that the plant was then growing in the garden of a 
Mr Mov, oN; as it is not enumerated jn Mr.. 
Bmionary, ed. t5, 4to,  we fufpe that it has- been 1olt out 
0t the country and re-introduced. 
Baron HLLWV, informs us, that it is found wild in abun- 
' at the bottom of the Alps in Switzerland; it is found 
a[t, in other parts of Europe. 
It flowers in our open borders from May to July, in which 
.ripens its feeds, by which it is in general propagated, as 
*' by flips; it grwto about the height ofa tbot and a half, 
:ry hardy, and eafy of culture. 
It0wcr oœ his rotunffiIia are.ellow, and-therefore cannot be our phnt. 
)Hmsuus. 
TREFOIL. 
BIRD'S-FOOT- 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic Charatler. 
Legumen cylindricum ftriatum. 
conmventes. CaL tubulofus. 
_dl, e furfum Iongitudinaliter 
Specific Charafter and Synonyms. 
LOTUS hirtus capitulis fubrotundis, caule ere&o hirto, le- 
guminibus ovatis. Linn. $yfl. Fegetab. ed. x4. Murr, 
p: 69x. tit. Kew. v. 8. P. 93' 
LOTUS polyceratos frutefcens incana alba, filiquis ere&is 
craffioribus et brevioribus recCtis. Morif. Hifl. 
x77. f. 2. t. xS. f. x4- 
LOTUS pentaphyllos filiquofus villofus. Bauh. Pin. 
'he Lotus hirfutus, according to LxNNaus, is a native of 
3outh of France, Italy, and the EaR. 
mild winters it will bear the open border with us, but it 
.ore 'generally kept in the gree_nhoufe; of which indeed it 
' long had poffefiion, being cultivatect, acco. rding to Mr. 
ToN, in 683, by Mr.. JAmEs SUTHERLANDø 
t flowers from June to Augut. 
 bloffoms arc of a white colore', which being con- 
,ded with the rcdncfs of the calyx, gives them a pleating 
)pearance; C^s,. BAuq.'informs us, that. they arc purple 
%. 
This firub will acquire the height of fevcral œect; its flowers 
r U[ually fuccccdcd by fccd-veffcls, which in favourablc 
f ations produce pcrfe& feeds, by which thc plant is cafily- 
'pagatcd, as alfo by cuttings. 
'L O W'E R E'D SELF-HEAL, 
Clafs and Order. 
DID¾. AMA GYMNOSP,ERMIA, 
Generic Charat7er. 
Fila, menta bifurcv; altero apice antherif.era. Stigma bifidum, 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. 
PRUNELLA grandiflora foliis omnibus ovato oblongis fub- 
' ferratis, calicis labio fuperiore profunde trilobo, 
Linn. Syfl. Nat. ed.  3' Gruel. p. 920. ]acq, 
Fl. luflr. v. 4. t. 1377- 
PRUNELLA prima. Ch Hifi. xlii. 
PRUNELLA cerulea magno flore. œauh. 1Pin. 6. 
The plant here figured, which we ,ave feveral .years cul. 
tivated in our garden at Brompton, xvithout difcovering in it 
the lear difpofition to vary, is undoubtedly the fame us- 
figured by Prof. Jtcux, in his Fl. zbtr. under the name 
ofgrandiflora; he regards it as a diflin fpecies, and as fuch 
it is introduced in Prof. Gazx's ed. of the Syfl. Nat. of 
L:q:q.us: Mr. Axo:q, in his Hort. Kew. following Lt4 
.us, makes it a variety of the vulgaris, a common Englilh 
plant, which we have never feen to vary much in the fize of 
its flo,:vers. 
Prof. Jtcux:q informs us, that it grows wild, mixed with 
the laciniata (a kindred fpecies with yellowifh flowers) on the 
Alps; it is found alfo in timilar fituations, in various othe 
parts of Europe. 
In July and Augufl, it puts forth its large fhcwy bloffom: 
of a fine purple colour. 
Such as are partial to hardy herbaceous plants, of re 
growth, which are ornamental, take up but little room, -. 
are not apt to entrench on their neighbours, will be induced ' 
add this .to their colle&ion. 
It is propagated by parting its roots in autumn, 
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,MANDA CATHARTICAo WILLOW- 
LEAV'D ALLAMANDA. 
ClaJ. and' Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNI 
Generic CharafTer. 
Capri lenticularis ere&a echinata x-locularis po- 
Semina bra.&aeata. 
Sp,ecific Charafter and Synony, 
.M,ANDA cathartica. Linn Mant. p. 214. SuppL t 
65. .,yyJt. l&g'etab. ed. x 4. Murr. p. 5 g. 
xfit."I(ew. F. 3' P.. 489. ' 
,IA 'Krandiflora. atubl. Guian. p. 27x. t. 
.uti'ul ttove plant (a native of Cayenne and Guiana 
laid to grow.by the fides of rivers)' was introduced 
-ountry in x785, by Baron H^K; it has fince flowered 
of our collee'lions, ufually in June a.nd .July. 
or trunk/hrubby, upright, climbing to a confiderable 
bark of the old wood pale brown, of the young. wood 
and fmooth; leaves generally growing four together, 
roes only two, and thole oppofite, feflile, fmooth, and 
tbove, paler green beneath, the 'midrib on the under- 
ß dently'villous, veiny, veins as in Plumeria, termina- 
,ore they-reach the margin, chewed difcovering little 
flowers very large, produced even on young plants, 
yello& colour, and romewhat fpicy finell, not terminal, 
vng from the fides of the bran6hes, rometimes fingly, 
-quently ,three or four together, ttanding on /hort 
s; calyx compofed of five leaves, lanceolate, fmooth, 
, ,/hort compared with the flower; corolla mono- 
-, funnel-flaped, tube nearly cylindrical, limb dilated 
and .bellying out, on the inflde ttriped with orange- 
veins, above divided into five legmerits, which roll 
,,lit. 
over 
over each other before they open, when ope a broad, forn 
what truncated, one fide rounded,, he other termin.ating ir 
fiaort point; at'the bafe of .the diwifions the yellow colour 0a 
the infide of the flower becomes nearly white, forming fo nanv 
fpots.; the mouth of-the tube 'is perfelly tlofed with -- 
converging to a point, and which ferve as a covering or fpec_. 
of thatch to five long pointed, rigid, arrov'-fhaped anther 
beneath them, which fit on the top of fo many ridges, pro 
je&ing from the infide of the tube, and which juft beneath 
the anthera are villous; getmen nearly a'ofind, with a flight 
ridge on each fide of it, furrounded at its bafe by a greeni/h 
glandular fubfance; fyle filiform, the length.of the tube 0f 
the corolla, enlarging as it comes. near to the figma ;' figma 
divifible into three difin& parts, the lowermolt of a yell0wifla 
hue, in the form of a rim turning downwards, the raiddie 
a dark green colour, fecreting honey in confiderable quanut¾ 
the fummit, which perhaps is 'the true fdgma, a/hort conic 
point, rifing from the centre of the middle part, bifid, 
with a furrow running down each fide 'of it; feed-vet 
according to the figure in AueT, are very large 
prickly. 
Ofthls genus, which has a confiderable affinity with t 
of Finca and Planeria, only one fpecies is defcribec 
'Llg..us's .works. a. nd thi is ufually increafed by cu. tu,o 
Generic CharaCter. 
=tha monophylla cucullata. 'Spadix fupra nudus,.. inferne 
fernineus, medio ttamineus. 
Specific Charaller and Synonyms. 
RI'M trilobatum acaule, foliis fagittato trilobis, flore feffili. 
Linn.-Syfl. Feget. ed. x4. Mutt. p. $g$. tit. Kew. 
F. 8' P' 8 x6' Mill. Icon. t. 52. f. 2. 
ARISARUM'amboynicum. Rumph. tm& 5' P' 820- t. xxo. - 
Mr. MXLLER in his figure of this plant, to which 
[ers, has been more happy in his reprefentation than in that 
Df many others; Ru,vius' figure and defcription accord 
alfo with our plant, fome of his leaves indeed are more per- 
 13' three-lobed than any we have feen here on the living 
.,ant, and to this variation, he informs us, they are fubje. 
We learn from Mr. Mi.LE, that roots of this Arum were 
'ought from Ceylon in the year x75g. It flowers in May 
nd June, and is regax'ded both by Mr. MxLzE and Mr. AixoN 
-- Rove plant; we have feen it'fucceed very well with the 
rcatment of a tender green-houfe plant. 
It iS one of the lear of the tribe; its root is like.that of 
common Arum, and extremely acrid: but the plant is 
particularly diftin_guifhed by the rich, brown, velvety 
arance of its flowers; xhe length of its tape'ring fpadix, 
x on its lower part is full of little cavities, and relatables a 
of metal corroded by long expofure; and by the into- 
tble french which the whole of the flower, but more efpe- 
dly the fpadix, fends forth. 
It is a native of Amboyna, as well as of. Ceylon. R u viv s 
r%vrns us that the roots, fomedmes eaten raw by mirtake, 
ß ufe violent inflammations of the mouth and throat, and that 
 do not 1o1 their acrimony even when'boiled. 
plant increales' freely by offsets from-its roots. 
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PoLYGALA HEISTERIA. HEATH-LEAVED 
MmKwoPg. 
Clad and Orden 
DIADELPHI. OCTANDRIA- 
Generic Charaer. 
CaL 5-phyllus: foliolis g majo. ribus alformibus, ante 
turitatem feminis coloraris. CaRfida obcordata -1ocularb 
8emina folitaria. 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. 
POLYGALA Heer)a floribus imberbibus lateralibus, caule 
arborefcent e, foliis triquetris mu cronato- fpinofi 
Linn. '8yfl. Keg. ed. x. Murr. p. 639. it. 
v. 8. p.g 
SPARTIUM africanurn frutefcens eric folio. Comm. Hort. 
p. x93. t. 97- 
THYMBRA penfis nepet Theophrai foliis aculeatis llorc 
parvo pmureo. Pluk. lm. 366. t. g9'f' 5' 
HEISTERIA. Hort. Cl 35 . 
After receiving various names, this plant has been finally 
placed by LNN.us among the Milkworts; it retains the 
trivial name of Heifleria, inllead of the generic one_previouflY 
beftowd on it, in honour of Prof. Hv, tsTv, a, the celebt:ated 
German Surgeon. 
In Holland, it appears to have been long fince known; but 
was a firanger here, till introduced from' the Cape, by Mr. 
Mxsso, in x7.87. ,'lit. Kew. 
In the courfe of a few years it becomes a thrub of con 
riderable fize, equalling a froall furze buth, to which, in it 
habit, it bears-a dillant refemblance; and furze-leaved, in 
our humble opinion, would have been a more expreffive name 
than heath-leaved, which Mr. Atxo has given it in accordø 
ance with C0.ut,tWs idea. 
The purple of the flowers is brilliant in the extreme, and 
as thole are plentifully produced altooft the year through, it 
has very generally obtained a place in colleions of green- 
houfe plants about London. 
It is commonly increared 'by'cuttings, but not eafily. 
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SCILL L AMYENA. BYZANTINE SQUILL. 
C1 r and Order. 
HEX &NDKI MONOGYNtA. 
Generic Chara7er. 
,-. 6-petala patens,_ decidua. trilamenta filiformia. 
Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. 
"ILLA amena floribus lateralibus alternis fubnutantibus, 
fcapo angulato. Linn. $yfl. l&g. ed. 4. Mutt. p. 
328. 4it. ICez. v. x. p. 444- ]acq. 1:1. 4ufli' v. 3' 
.t. 
AC.INTHUS ftellaris ceruleus amamus. Bauh. ,Pin. 4. 
/'xCINTHUS ftellaris Bizantinus. ttort. œyfl. Fern. gd. 
ord. fol. 18. 
CINTHUS ftellatus Byzantinus alter five flore Boraginis., 
other Starry Jacinth of Conftantinople. Park. Parad. 
i8. t. ,q,. f. 4. 
,C1NTHUS ftellaris, caulibus pluribus ex eodem bulbo 
ortis fingulis pluribus floribus oneratis. Morifi, tfi, fl. 
--.P. 374' f' 4- t l..f. i 7. 
 Scilla am,ena, a hardy bulbous plant of fmall growth, is 
ß of the Levant, and has long been cultivated in this 
.,,try for ornam'ent, being'introduced about the year 6oo, 
x. Lord, Zouc (vid. Park. Parad. & Lobel. Averf.) ; 
n it grows luxuriantlD many flowering ftems will fpring 
the fame rot, which, when the plant is in flower, are 
,ther uprigl':; as the feed-veffels advance in fize and 
.,. they bend down,' the bloffoms are violet-coloured, and 
g.:rmen in the centre of each is difti. nguifled for the pale- 
of its colour, a chara&er which did not efcape the obfer- 
of Pagv.rsos. 
flowers early 'in May, and, in favourable fituations, ripens 
:ds in the beginning of June. 
ufually.increafed by 'offsets, which are produced in toler- 
abundance; will grow in almoft any foil or fituation; 
but will fucceed belt if planted in a freddy loam, and a warm 
[:kered part of the garden. 
It feeds are of a pale amber colour, and drop loon. ß 
Though Profeffor Jacg/uxs figures it in his Fl. 'Aufiriaca,. 
fufpe&s that it had originally been introduced from Con- 
.inople. ' 
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Clafs and Or,  
C)C NDi [0 N¸t;YN I A. 
Gent Charat7er. 
ß L 4-phyllus- Cot. 4-fica. Fila,,zenta receptaculo inferta. 
r,e bifida:. Capf. 4-1ocu]aria. 
ß $pecc ,' C :d Synonyms. 
s_RICA_ perfoluta antt,. ;iPtat,s incluffs, corollis campanu- 
latis, calycibus cmatis, foliis quaternis. Linn. Mant. 
p. e3 ¸. Ait. Kew. v. .ø ß 7' 
rCA fubdivaricata. 2{erg. Cap. 4. 
tCA perfoluta ariata bliis ternis quaternifque trigonis 
glabris, floribus umbellatis, calice ciliato. Whun& 
Prqd. Fl. Cap. p. 73' 
,= different fpecies and. varieties of the African Heaths 
,,,w become fo numerous, that there is fcarcely any 
ß )ear in which rome of them may not be found to de- 
the eye with their bloffoms: the perluta here figured is 
of thole which flower early in the fpring; through the 
nontl of March, April, and May, its branches are loaded 
a profufion of bright purple flowers, which, joined to the 
=ly verdure of its foliage, places it among the moft de, '"le of the trib.e. 
fuffered to grow, it will form a /hrub of confidetable 
'-t there i, a variety of it, called alba, whole flowers 
nearly white, yt not wholly divefred of a red tinge; to 
v_iety' the trm blu{h-coloured, which Mr. Ax:ros has 
to the fpecies, feems moft applicable. 
heath was introduced., from. the Cape, by Mr. 
_/tit. Kew. 
increared without much difficulty from cuttings, and 
eafily preferveal tha.n many of the others, 
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ANTHOLYZA CUN ONI % SCARLET- 
FLOWERED ANT'IO LYZA. 
Cla./} and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOC.¾NIA. 
Generic Charaler. 
Cot. tubulofa iregularis recurvata. Capf. in[era. 
Specific Charaler and Synonyms. 
ANTHOLYZA Cunonia corollis reis, labii quinquepartiti 
lobis duobus externis latioribus adfcenden- 
tibus Linn. Sp. P1. ed. 3' P. 54- .4it. 
v.x.p. 66. 
ANTHOLYZA Cunonia }:orollis fubpapilionaceis: labii lobis 
duobus externis latioribus adfcendentibus. 
Linn. Syfl. Feg. ed. x4. Murr. p. 87. 
Cunonia foliis enfiœormibus glabris {riatis, 
fpica oblonga di{ficha. hunb. Prod. P1. Cap. 
P.?. 
CUNONIA floribus fellilibus fpathis maximis. Butt. cun. 
t. :1.. 
CUNONIA tlntholyza. Mill. Dil. 
.ANTHOLYZA 
, ii 
Amid{[ that variety of tender bulbous plants which the 
Cape affords, there are none whole flowers can boar a richer 
fcarlet, than the tutholyza here figured; .in their form alfo, 
there is great fingularity, and in their mode' of growth much 
elegance; to us indeed it is. matter of furprife that this plant 
thould not be more generally cultivated, efpecially as its cul- 
ture is atended with fo little trouble: Mr. MtLLa, who 
grew it in x756 , has minutely defcribed it in his Di&ionary; 
he informs US, that it is eafily propagated by offsets, or railed 
from feeds; the latter, as the plant flowers in April and May, 
ripen about the middle of June, and thould be fown about the 
middle of Augur; the plant with the pot in which it has grown, 
after it has ripened its feeds, thould be let by in a thed or rome 
dry place, and in the autumn the largeft roots thould be 
fele&ed, and three of them planted in a pot of a moderate 
-fize, keeping them in an open frame till the .approach of winter, 
when they are tO be removed into the houfe with other green- 
boufe'plants. 
This fpecies is found wild in Perfia as well as at the Cape. 
[ 844 _q 
ASI, AnATHUS pEDUNCUnttTA. 
LEAVED AS?ALAT HUSo 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
IADELPHIA DECANDI{IA- 
Generic Charafter. 
Cal. 5-fidus: lacinia fuperiore majore. 
rout!cure fubdifpermum. 
Legttmen ovaturn 
Specific Charafter and Synonyms. 
ASPALATHUS pecIunculata foliis fafciculatis fubulatis gl. abris, 
pedunculis filiformibus folio duplo longi0ri- 
bus. L'Herit. $ert. Angl. t. 6. Air. Ifew. 
v. 8. p. x6. 
-Of the five fpecies of Afpalathus enumerated .in the 
t]ortus Kewenfis, four are natives of the Cape; of thofe, three 
have been introduced by Mr. M.sso: the albens and 
candicans in x774, the prefent fpecies_ in x775. 
This is one of the plants figured by Monf. 
in a work of his, entitled 8ertum Anglicum, containing new 
fpecies obferved by him during his excurfion to this country 
a few years fince, mofc of vhich flowered in the royal garden 
at Kew. 
It will grow to the hight of feveral feet, produces abun' 
dance of bloffoms, which open during mofc of the rummet 
months, and is propagated by cuttings. 
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POLYOALA 
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RACTEOLATAo 
MH.WOgT. 
SPEAR-LEAVED 
½laJ3 and Order. 
DIADELPItlA OCTANDRIA. 
Generic Character. 
Cat. 5-phyllus: foliolis aleformibus coloratis. 
,rdatum biloculare. 
Legumen obo 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. 
POLYGALA t3ragleolata floribus criftatis racemoils, brafeis 
triphyllis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, caule fruti- 
colo. Linn. Syfl. Veget. ed. 4`. Murr. p. 638. 
Berg. Cap. xS.. Buxb. Cent. 3. P' 4,. t. 7 . 
Ait. Kew. v. 3. P. 4. 
To the vaft number of ornamental plants introduced from 
Cape of Good Hope by Mr. M.sso, we here add ' 
nother, imported in v87; when Mr. ATo Publilhed his 
rtus Kew3nfis, it mo robably had not flowered with him, 
he does not notice its particular time of blowing: we now 
n in moft of the Nurferymen' collections of greenhoufe 
-ants, flowering from May to July. It is a plant of great 
!ngularity and beauty, the purple of its flowers is brilliant in 
o extreme. 
is increared by cuttings.. 
r. s46:1 
PROTEA MELLIFERA. HONEY-BEARING 
PROTEA. 
CId/3  
Generic Charac7er. 
'. 4-petala: interdum bari vel apice coherenti.bus. 
.,neares ve! oblonge petalis infra apicem inferred. 
pius o. 2Vux fupera, x-locularis, evalvis. 
Inther, e 
Cal. pro- 
.Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. 
ROTEA mellifera foliis lanceolato-ellipticis capituloque ter- 
minali oblongo glabris. if'hun& Prot. n. 87- Linnj 
Syfl. Feg'et. ed. 4. Murr. p. x39../lit. Kew. vol. 
p. x- 7. 
LEUCADENDRON repens foliis' tanceolatis, floribus ob- 
longis, calycum fquamis glabris. Linn. 8p. PL ed. 
3-P' x35' 
EPIDOCARPODENDRON foliis anguftis brevioribus 
lignis, calycis œquamis elegantif[imi ex roœeo aureo 
albo atro rubro variegatis, florurn plumis albis. 
Boerh. Lug'd. 2. p. :87. 
roa magnificent appearance, the bloffom of the Protea 
:-- a ftru&ure extremely curious and intererring ;- but, at the 
time, difficult to be underRood by ftudents, who are apt 
confider the whole as one great fimple flower, while in 
lity it is compofed of a number of florets enclofed within a 
.ramon calyx formed of numerous leaves or fcales placed one 
vet the other, and fitting on one common receptacle, being 
fa6t what Botanifts term an aggregate flower, approaching 
'"deed near to a compound one, there beirg in the ftru6ture 
union of the anthera a confiderable .fimilarity to thole of 
Sy. ngenefia clefs, much more fo than' in the flowers of 
't,n, Scabious, Teafel, and others. 
The 
The florets of the prefent fpecies correfpond extremely well 
with the charaer of the genus Leucadendron -in the fixth 
edition of the Genera p1 of Ly us, but not with that of 
Protea, as giver in the 'Iro.rt. Kezv. and Gnel. ed. Linn. $yfi. 
2Vat. to which it is now .united; the-orolla being moft evi- 
dently compofed'9f two (no.t fouy) petals, the larger of thefe is 
trifid at top, e. ach' fegment of it, as- well a the'fummit of the 
fmaller petal, terminates in a twifted kind of plume, not pecf- 
liar to this fpecies; of the ahthera, which are long, linear, and' 
form a kind of cylinder, three are attached to 'the larger 
petal, the fourth '(which appears tr be lefs perfe than the 
others) to the fmaller petal; the germen is enveloped with 
nhmerous orange-coloured hairs, having the glofs of the richeft 
fattin; the anthera terminate in fmall appendages of a brown 
colour. 
. This magnificent ihrub, a principal ornament of the Cape- 
Houfe at Kew, is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, from 
whence it was introduced by Mr. M^sso, in a774 (Air. 
it flowers hiefiy in the Spring, and often during te Summer; 
is propagated principally by layers. 
Our drawing was made from a plant raifed from Cape t 
which flowered this feafon, among a nu-tnbe ,f others eqt/ally 
curious, : the colleion of Mr. B. TM Nurferyman and. 
Florift, near Ball's-Ttrnpike, Kingfiand. 
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OENOTHERA ROSEA. ROsE-CoLouREn 
OENOT HERA, 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNI 
Generic Chara7er. 
Cal. 4-fidus, t'etala 4' Capf. wlindrica infera. $em. nuda. 
$pecific Chara7er and Synonyms. 
OENOTHERA rofea foliis ovatis dentaris, inferioribus lyratis :. 
capfulls clavatis. ./tit. Kew. v. . p. 3, 
OENOTHERA roa. L'Herit..$tirp.. Nov. tom. v.. t. 6. 
Of the feveral different fpecies of this.genus growing in our 
grden at this prefent writing (eleven in number) two only are 
of a red or purple colour, the one here figured, and another 
with a larger flower, which we purpofe foon to publilh under 
the name of purpurea. 
The prefent fpecies, Mr. Ax:roN informs us, was introduced 
in 783 by Monf. THou,,, from Peru. 
It has been confidered as a greenhoufe plant, and a pei-ennial; 
we find it to be more hardy than greenhoufe plants in general, 
and fcarcely entitled to the diptin&ion of a perennial. 
It may be increared by cuttings and feeds, the latter of ,a. hich 
' are plentifully produced. It. rarely exceeds a foot in height; 
its role-coloured flowers expand during the whole of the day, 
and are produced during molt of the Summer months. 
To guard againPt ccidentaI feverity of weather, fow its feeds 
in the Spring with tender annuals; when the plants have ac- 
quired a proper age and the feafon is favourable, plant theta 
out fingly in the.open border, 
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CEOLARIA FOTHERGILLII. FOTHERGILL'S 
Claj3 and Order. 
DIAN I)RIA MONOGYNA. 
Generic Charaer. 
tingens inflata. Capfida g-locuiaris, g valvis. 
r_Lrtitus equalis. 
Ca/.yx 
Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. 
,LCEOLARIA Fothergill, i foliis 'fp. athulatis integerrimis, 
pedunculi  fcapiformibus unifloris. tit. 
Kew. v. x, p. 3o. tab. x. Linn. $yfl. 
2Vat. ed,  $. Gruel. p. 39' 
-re this fPecies of Calceolarla the trivial name of Fothergillii 
.been given in honour of Dr. Jo. Fox. Ere., who 
duced it in x777, with feveral o her rare plants from 
'and~Iflands, where it is a native. 
e Hortus Kewcnfis of Mr. Ai ro. it was firfl figured, 
inutely defcribed. 
 plant of great fingularity and beauty particalarly merits 
ß an the colle&ions of the curious; its princ:pal flowering 
'in May, but it will often bloffom much later in'the 
not to be had in perfe&ion, nor even preferveal, without 
.ttention, joined to a peculiar treatment; fe,eral. times it 
een nearly loft from this country. Mr. Aa.) uakes it 
ß aial greenhouf4 plant; it, no doubt, 'is one of thole 'pl.ts 
are liable to be killed in very fevere weather, and the_r,. 
 is neceffary to keep a pot of it at leaR, during the ß 
either in the greenhoufe or a well-fecured frame; but 
t will be found to fucceed belt in the 9pen ground, pro- 
' be planted in bog-earth, in a fituation that is moift and 
:ately thady; with us it h.as proved perfe&ly perennial. 
ith care it may' be propagated by layers and.cuttings, but 
moft certainty in the former mode; poflibly. it may be 
ß 4 from feeds, they ripen here but are as fine as iluft. 
IGHTSHADEo 
Clafi and Order 
PENrAN)tA MOqOCYN,IA 
Generic Char,cVer. 
Corolla rotata. ./lnthera fubcoali'te, apice poro gemino &hit- 
cente. œacca 2-1ocularis. 
SOLANUM 
Specific Charat7er and Synonyms. 
laciniatum caule fruticofo inermi glaberrimo, 
foliis pinnatifidis: laciniis lanceolatis acutis, 
paniculis' axillaribus binis ternifve. .dit. Hort. 
Kew. v. x. p. 247. 
Mr. AITO in his Hort. Kew. mentions this plant as beinga 
native of New-Zealanc,-on the authority of Sir JosPa 
B,Ks,.' and that it was introduced in x77; he regards it as a 
. 'ftove plant; it has been fince found to be more hardy than he 
imagined, ad not to require mfre heat than the greenh.oufe 
affords; in the Summer it will Rand abroad, and even ripen 
its fruit in the open air. 
It is a plant of fome beauty, but is more remarkable for havirig 
its antberne feparating widelv from each other, and thereby 
Jofing the charaSter Of a 6olanum, fo far as it depends on that 
circ'umffance. The berries wh.en ripe are of the fize of a 
froall pl.um, and of a yellowi/h green hue; their pulp is fweeb 
in fome linall degree refembling that of a fig, whether it be fo 
innocent we do not take on us to affert. 
It flowers during moff of the Summer, and is eafily incteared 
by cuttings or feeds. 
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RICA VENTRICOSA. PORCELAIN HEATH. 
...,,-,..-,..,-,.-,--,.+½-,-,-,-,..1+.-,-,-,... 
ClaJ5 and Order. 
OCTA-NDXA MONOgXtA. 
Gezeric Charafler. 
.i 
. .4-phyllus.. Corolla zt-fida. tilamenta receptaculo Inferta. 
ther,e bifida:. Capf. 4-1ocularis. 
Specific Charafler and Synonyms. 
[CA .ntricofa mutica, foliis quaternis trigonis Ciliatisi 
floribus ventricofis glabris. 57unb. Prod. Cap'. p. 7 
Of the many new Heaths which have been introduced within 
few years, none have excited greater admiration than the 
'i:nt one; its bloffoms, though they 'cannot boait the 
'andeur or ri.chnefs of colour fo ftrikingly difplayed in the 
-rinlh .;des, and rome others, pleafe more on a near infpegtion, 
have indeed a delicacy and beauty which are indefcribable; 
have given to it the Englifl name of Porcelain Heath, as 
flowers have fomewhat the appearance of pordelain, or 
mel. 
fiis fpecies has been introduced from the Cape, fince the 
,ication of the Hortus Kewes  we law it in bloffom many 
,rs fince, i the Royal Garden at Kew; feveral varieties of it 
been railed from Cape feeds by Mr. Louuxs, Nurfery- 
.a,, at Hackney, differing in the halrinels of their leaves, fize 
 alofir of their bloffoms; but' the beL variety we have feen is 
one here reprefented. 
point of form the bloffoms refemble thole of the ampuL 
_, ut they are not fo large, and have no vifcidity; the 
*:;ma is enclofed within the mouth of the flower, and the 
duncles are ufually naked; in rome very luxuriant fpecimeng 
' tve obferved a tkale or two on them. 
is with Heaths, in rome refpe&s, as it is with fruit trees; 
.eafon they will produce bloffoms m6 abundantly, they 
m indeed to overblow themfelves, the next fw appear; m 
'fierent years the bloffoms of the fame heath will vary alfo 
'nderably i'n fize. The ventffc(a is a free blower, and will 
general produce flowers in abundance, for two or three 
nths, from June to September. ' 
,0fe who poffefs the knack of Rriking heaths, rai: it by 
'tings without much diculty. 
SAXIFRAOA MUTATA. SAFFRON-CoLoUR'D 
SAXIFRAGE. 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
DECANDRIA DIGYN IA. 
Generic Charaer. 
Calyx 5:partitus Corolla 5-petala ½apf. o.-rof[ris -Iocuiaris 
polyfperma. 
$pec zra :7er and Synoms. 
SAXIFRAGA mutata foliis radicalibus aggregatis lingulatis 
cartilagineo-ferratis, caule racemofo foliofo, 
calyce villofo et vifcido, Linn. Syfi. Vegetabo 
ed. x 4. Murr. p. 4  t. acq. Ic. PI. rar, Fare. 9, 
LI  .u s has arranged feveral airfin& fpecies of Saxifrage 
Under the $axifraga Cotyledon, but very pr. op. erly fephrates this; 
though in the general form of its foliage t is as nearly related 
to it as mot of the others; from four of them it is indeed 
perfe&ly ditio, inPteacl of the fawed cartilaginous edge, it 
has only fine fort hair, niore efpecially towards. the bafe, 
towas the extremity tl,erc is fome appearance of little teeth,. 
but widely differing from thole of the others. The whole plant 
is. covered with vifcid hairs; the talk about a foot high, is 
much branched; 'but the great peculiarity of this plant confiis 
in its flowers, the petals being-long, narrow, and pointed, and 
of a raftton colour, of a deeper tint when they firt open, and 
gradually changing to a pale yellow; the beauty of the flowers 
is heightened by a glandular fubfiance in the centre of each, 
hich whenthe [lower expands is of a bright purple colour. 
This rare fpecies of Saxifrage is a native of the Alps of 
Switzerland and Italy; w/: raifed it with difficulty from feeds 
fent us by Mr. D,v, of Orbe, in Switzerland; it was three 
years before the plants flowered; thofe now in bloom in my 
garden, June 5, bid fair to produce feeds in abundance; the 
plant may alfo be produced from offsets, in the fame way as the 
$axifraga Cotyledon, vulgarly called Pyramidal Sedum, and 
requires a timilar treatment; though an Alpine plant, it tour 
be fleltered from much wet and revere frogs. 
Baron H.,i.eR defcribes it with fpots on the petals; thole 
certainly did not exiR on our plants. 
OENOTHERA PURPUREA.. 
PURPLE 
Cla and Order. 
OCT DI(I. MONOOYNI, 
Genef Chardlet. 
.t-fidus. Pet,/a 4. Capf. cylindrica infera. Sero. nuda. 
8peci. fi'c Chcra&r and Synonyms. 
,rOTHERA purpurea foliis ovato-lanceolatis glau. cefcen- 
iibus integerrimis. capfulis feffilibus, ftigmate 
atro-purpureo. 
- fpcSs of Oenothera here figured is the one we 
,,ed i,, treating of .the roa, a ver5 ornamental fpecies, 
_.aced to the Royal Garden at Kew, from the weRern 
Pt of North-America, in x79x.  We have given to : ,e 
of purpurea, it being the only one in our gardens with 
.e flowers. 
is diltinguifled by three principal charafters, the glaucous 
:arance of its foliage, the purple hue of its bloffoms, and 
dark colour of its ftigma. 
qowers during the months 6f July and Augult, and ripens 
:eds in September; is an annual of rea. dy growth, and 
rtLy of being ,more generall)) introduced to the fl9wer- 
.'den; its feeds lhould be fown in the fpring,_ xvith other 
"der annuals, and the feedlings when of a proper age p. lantetl 
fingly in the open border, where they will acqmre the 
_ght of two feet, and produce abundance of. bloffoms which, 
thole of the rofea, open durhg the day as well as in the 
ning. 
* Donn. Itort. Cantab :796. 
MAHERN;A INC;SA. CUT-LEAV'O MAHERN;A. 
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA- 
Generic Charaer. 
Calx 5-dentatus.. Petala 5- Ne&  obcordata filamenfi 
fuppofim. Capfida.5-1ocularis. 
Specific Charaen 
MAHERNIA inca caule hifpidulo, foliis lanceolatis inciris, 
fiipulis integerrimis, 
In point of fize and mode of growth, this beautiful fpecies 
comes near to the pinnata already figured in this work; but 
differs effentially in the fingular hifpidity of its Ralks, the form 
of its leave.s, and the colour of its flowers. 
The ftalks to the naked eye difcover a manifeR roughnefs, a 
magnifying glafs/hews this roughnefs to be of a fingular kind, 
that they are beret on every fide with little protuberances, from 
whence iffue tufts of pellucid hairs, and here and there a tingle 
hair is difcoverable with a froall red vifcid globule at its extre- 
mity; a portion of the ftalk, 'when highly magnified, rome- 
what refembles that of the creeping Cereus. The leaves, which 
are not fo manifefdy hairy as the ftalk and calyces, are deeply 
jagged on the edges, and bear fome little affinity in their 
appearance to thole of the Pelargonium tricolor. The flowers, 
when in bud, are of the richer crimfon imaginable; as they 
_open they incline to a deep orange, and finally become of a 
yellowifh'hue. 
As this plant produces abundance of bloffoms, they may be 
feen in all th'eir Rates during moR of the Summer and Au4 
tUrnhal months. . 
The plant from whence our drawing was taken, flowered this 
Summer with Mr. CoLvxii, Nurferyman, King's-Road, it 
requires the fame treatmen as the pinnata, is probably a nativ 
of the fame country, and may bq propagated by cuttings in the 
fame ma. nner, 
MIMULUSAURANTIACUS. ORANGE MONKEY- 
FLOWER. 
-$: 
Claj3 and Order. 
DIDYNAMI& ANCIO$1ERMIAo 
Generic Charaer. 
_t),& 4-dentatus prifmaticus. Cot. ringens: labio fuperiom 
lateribus replicato. Capf. 2-1ocularis polyfperm.a; 
Specific CharaZYer. 
MiMULUS aurantiacus caule ereao fruticofo tereti, {oliis 
i3vatoAanceo.latis obtufiufculis. 
The prefent fpecies of Mimulus, equal in point of fhew to 
oR of the inhabitants of our greenhoufes, to which fituation it 
adapted, flowered this Summer with Mr. Co.vu., Nurfery- 
an, K'ing's-Road. 
Stalk about three feet high, much branched, fhrubby, round, 
- young wood green, with a tinge of purple toward the lower 
of each joint, flightly vifcid, as it becomes older changing 
a light brown colour, and difcovering manifeR fiffures; 
._nches-alternately oppofite, flower-bearing quite to the bale; 
es oppofite; fertile, flightly connate, ovato-lanceolate, rome- 
blunt at the extremity, this bluntnefs is particularly 
pparent when contraRed with a leaf of the ringens, toothed or 
ghtly fawed on the dge, froGoth, veiny; flowers inodorous, 
""e. nearly twice the fize of thofe of the ringens, uniformly 
orange, growing in pairs from the abe of the leaves, 
ding .on footllalks about Balf the length of the calyx; 
3-x five-angled and five-toothed, tube of the flower within 
_ calyx, narrow, cylindrical, pale yellow bent a little down- 
,ard, gradually expanding, and dividing into two lips, the.. 
upper lip divided into two, the lower lip into three legmerits, 
all of them irregular, the two uppermolt very much fo; at the 
b of the middle fegment of the lower lip are two prominent 
idges, of a fomewhat deeper colour; ll'amina four, two long, 
o fhort  anthera: deep orange, cruciform, within the flower; 
lhgma white, two-lip'd, lips clofed oi' expanded according to it., 
aee; llyle filiform; germen oblong; at the bafe of the germen 
, a gland of confidetable fize whiEh fecretes much honey. 
This plant flowers during molt of the Summer and is 
cafed by cuttings. We know not with certainty of what 
,untry t s a native. 
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OENOTHERA PUMLS. DwA 
Claj2 and Ordcr. 
OCTAIq' DRI A MONOG¾1qlA. 
Gene,qc Charat7er 
CaL 4-fidus. Pet, 'a 4. Cap.'f cylindrica infera. Sero. nuda. 
Specific Charaœ1er and Synonyms. 
OENOTHERA pumi  foli 1.anceolatis obtufis glabris fub- 
petiolatis, caulibus proftratis, capfulis acut- 
angulis. L: .... yfl. lP?g'etab. ed. 4. Murr. 
p. 358. lit. Kew. v. 2. p. 4. 
OENOTHERA foliis radicalibus ovatis caulinis lanceolatis 
obtufis, capfulis ovads obtufis. Mill. Ic. 
t. x88. 
LYSIMACHIA filJquofa glabra minor mariana angultioribus' 
foliis œl.;k. Mmt. x 3. 
From all the fpeccs of Oenothera with yellow flower 
hitherto introduced to this country, the prefent one is dif- 
tinguifhed by the inferiority of its fize; in its molt luxuria-t 
ftate it rarely exceeds a foo, in height, and as it commonly 
grows it is far more humble: from a perennial root it fen& 
out many floweri j Rems, which are produ&ive of bloffoms 
i/ regular fucceffion from April to July: thefe are open in the 
morning as well as in ' the evening, which renders the viatit 
more ornamental and defttable: for the border of a 'mall 
garden, or for rock-work, it is extremely fuitable, if not fo 
fhewy as rome ohers; it is ve. ry hardy, of ready growth, not 
apt to encroach, flowers .during moft of the fummer months, 
and is readily propagated by feeds, cuttings, or dividing of 
the roots in autumn. 
Is a native of North-America, and was cultivated here by 
Mr. Ma in 757- lit. Kew. 
The ftalks cannot be confidered as proRrate, though 
Lxqt4.vs defcribes them as fuch; adJ?endentibus would be 
more appropriate term. 
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M^SSO. ASO'S HA'rm 
CL and Order. 
OC'r^NDJ . MON. OG¾X^. 
Ge ;eric CharacTer. 
L 4-phyllus. .Cot. 4-'fida. .Filamenta receptaculo inferta.' 
Antberne bifide. Capri 4:1ocularis. 
Specific Charaer and .Synonyms. 
ERICA M,ni antheris muticis incluffs, coro!lis cylindricis 
groftis, floribus caoitatis, foliis o&ofariis i. mbricatis 
pubfcentibus, Linn. SuppL p. 22x.. Air. Kw. v. . 
p. 23. 
,RICA MaJni foliis quaternis, oblongis ferratis villofi., 
floribus cylindricis vifcofis. hunb. Prod. Cap. p. 7. 
This very magnificent African Heath is firPc' defcribed in 
ihe Suppl. œ1. of the younger LiNNIS, and named in ho- 
nour of Mr. MASSON, whole exertions at theCape, where be 
efided many .years as colleaor of the natural produions of 
thai fertile {pQt, have fo eminently contributed to render the 
,yal colleion at Kew, in this tribe of plants efpecially, rich 
the extreme. 
This Heath grows to a :onfiderable height, and becomes 
nch branched, the branches are long and upright, covered 
ofely with numerous hoary leaves, nearly 'cylindrical, moll: 
there terminate in a large .umbel of flowers, which con- 
' a long while in bloom, and are tb extremely vilous 
fcarcely a winged infe& can fettle on them and efcape 
its life; the formidable warp rometimes becomes its 
,,im, is we once had an opportunity of feeing. 
When the Hort. Kew. was firPc publifhed, this fpecies had 
not flowered with Mr. Aio, it has fince done tb in many 
)11etions heir town, and no where in greater perle&ion than 
Meffrs. LE: and KENNEDY'S, Hammerfmith, on rome one 
other of whofe plants bloffoms may be feen during molt 
r the fummer. 
It is railed from cuttings' with extreme difficulty, is not fo 
-afily kept as fom.e othcrs and is jnore thfceptible of inittry 
,ore moillure, ß 
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G:A'r G,ss. 
ß hx--4'-'---,,-""'F-4--'-4"¾?i  ---"/F  '; t w 
Clafs and Order. 
Ttx^ ztxA 
Generic CharagZer, 
Caœ 2-valis, multiflorus. $picula difticha: .valvulis cordaris, 
obtufis: interiore minuta. 
Specific Charaler and Synonyms. 
BRIZA maxima fpiculis cordatis, flofculis feptendecim. Limt 
8yfl. Vbget. ed. '4, Murr. p. ,,5. Ait. Kew. v. ,. 
P. ,o3. 
GRAMEN tremulum maximum. œaub Pin. 2. 
PHALARIS pratentis altera. Pearle Graph. Get. emac. p. 8 7. 
The Graffes are in general more regari:led for utility than 
ornament, yet in the latter point of view ,many of them have 
_engaged the attention of the curious, and long held a place 
in the flower-garden, to which they have a twofold claim, 
as they not only decorate the garden when fi'eth, but the 
mantle-thelfwhen dry; to thefe purpofes the prefent fpecies 
of Briza has long been applied: Jol4s.oz4 tells us, in his 
time, '633, "it was fowen yearlely in-many of the London 
gardens." 
This fpecies, a native of Spain and Italy, bloffoms in Jdne 
and July, and ripens its feeds in Auguft. 
Where it has once feeded it comes up fpontaneoufly, with- 
out the trouble of lowing it; autumnal feedlings make the 
Rrongeft plants, they are liable however to be cut off in very, 
revere feafons; thould that happen, low more. feed in the 
fpring with your other annuals. 
ERICA BACCANS. ARBUTUS-FLOWERED 
H.ATm 
Clafs and Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOOYNXA. 
Generic Chara7er. 
'aL 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. 
Anthere apice bifide pertufa:.. Capf. ,t-locularis. ,t-valvis 
polyfperma. 
Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. 
ERICA baccans antheris criftatis indufis, corollis globofo- 
campanulatis calyce colorato incluffs, foliig imbri- 
catis. Linn. Mant. p. e33. 
ERICA baccans antheris criltatis, corollis globofo-campanulatis 
tecCtis, ftylo inclufo, foliis ternis imbricatis. Linn. 
I/efet. ed.  4. Murr. p. 366. Ait. I&w. v. 2. p. x 8. 
ERICA 3accans criftata foliis .quaternis linearibus ferrulatis, 
floribus umbellatis calyce ovato requante. hunb. 
œrod. p. 74t. 
ERICA Africana glabra fruticofa arbuti flore. Sob, M#f. 
p. 3 2. t. 2x. f'3' 
Sn^, a Dutch writer, appears firft to have noticed this 
Heath; he figures it in his Mulum, and dillinguithes it by the 
name of Arbutus-flowered, which Mr. AxxoN has retained. 
This very elegant and ornamental fpecies grows to a con- 
iderable height, and in favourable fituations produces abun- 
lance of flowers early in the rummet, which are remarkable,- 
though not peculiarly fo, for being enveloped with a calyx of 
he fame colour. 
It is a native of the Cape, and was introduced by Mr. 
M^ssoN in 774 . 
Is railed from feeds, which it ripens with us more freely 
than moll of the African Heaths, a fortunate circumftance, 
, it is fcarcely poffible to ftrike its cuttings. 
Seedling plants rarely flower till they are three years old. 
[- 359 
CONVOLVULUS ALTHZEOIDES. SILKY- 
CoNvo VULUS. 
,, 
Clafs a,d Or 
PENT._.IDI/IA 1O OG fNIA.. 
Generic (,t. alcr. 
Cot. campanulata plicata. Stigm, Capf. ,-1ocularis: 
culls difpermis. 
Specific Charat7eJ' and Sy,onyms. . 
CONVOLVULUS alth,coides foliis cordads finuatis fericeis: 
Iobi's repandis; peduncufis biffotis. Lin 
Syfl. .l/egetab. d. 14. Mutt. p. v, ov,. ,diL 
Ke' x. p. .. var..[. 
CONVOLVULUS argeme ,s Ahhae folio. Bauh. Pin. p. 295. 
CONVOLVULUS Althae folio. Ch H. p. xlix. fig. 
PAPAVER cornutum luteurn minus. Gr. Herb. p. 94-f- 4- 
CONVOLVULUS argenteus elegantiffimus foliis tenuiter in- 
ciris. ouref. Intl. 85. 
The name'of'tltheoides and the defcription of L.us 
accord much better with .the figure of this plant, as given by 
C k u s  u s, than with the pla_nt ifihlf as cuhivated in our gardens: 
whether the foliage of our pl.:._. become- fmaller.and more 
finely divided by cult' ,,=tion; wheth,r it h, a diftin0t fpecies, as 
M --:a affirms, or a permanent variet), a Mr. Axo makbs 
it, we have not been able fatisfaFtorily to acertain; the former 
gives no defcription of the radical leave., ''s deganti. ffhnus, and 
we h&ve not foun d in any of our gardens a ½vriety different from 
the one h.ere figured. This fpecies of ½ tvolv