ICONES PLANTARUM;’ 7

FIGURES

WITH

BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS AND REMARKS,

NEW OR RARE PLANTS,

SELECTED FROM THE AUTHOR’S HERBARIUM.

By SIR WILLIAM JACKSON HQOKER, K.H.,

LL.D., F.ReyAs) AND LS.

MEMBER OF THE IMP. ACAD. NAT. CuR. &c., &c., &c.,

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY, OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL AND

CHIRURGICAL soc. oF LONDON, &c., &c.

AND

REGIUS PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

VOL, ik

Mo. Bot. Garden

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LONDON:

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MDCCCKXXVII.

_ Glasgow :—Printed at the University, Press by Epwarp Kavi.

INDEX

TO THE

seeeneniineniees

PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOLUME IL;

ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE NATURAL ORDERS,

TAB: TAB,

UNCULACE. MELIACER.

yne Wightiana, Wall. 176 Guarea? microphylla, Hvook.. 129

iryas Andicola, Hook. 137 EUPHORBIACER,

Be sagittifolius, Hook. . 173 Buphotbia apheyllas Browki ae

{ DILLENIACEX,

pma uniflorum, Hook. 157 a not are =

| CUCURBITACES. Indigofera aspalathoides, Vahl, 188

la Indica, W. & A. 138 Clitoria viridiflora, Bout. . 152

CAPPARIDE. Shuteria glabrata, W. § A. 144

ja Roxburghii, Br. 178 hynchosia rufescens, DC. . 189

iia linearis, W. § A. 124 Bauhinia racemosa, Zam. . 141

4 oblongifolia, W. § A. 127 Mimosa rubicaulis, Zam. . 156

“is incanescens, DC. 193 Acacia setiformis, Adi. Cunn. 159...

brevispina, W. § A. 126 translucens, Adi. Cunn. 160

A pedunculosa, Wail. 128 hispidula, Ad/. Cunn. 161

K diversifolia, W. § A. 181 buxifolia, All. Cunn. 164

ysia — DC. 120 Cunninghamii, Hook. 165

4 Trio kbia apts Ail. Cunn. 166

A nitida, Pe 132 anceps, Hook. . . 167

BYTTNERIACES. saci cats All. Cunn. 168

Hermum reticulatum,Wight, 125 dolabriformis, All. Cunn. 169°

STERCULIACER. nes a Cunn 170

a colorata, Rox 143 F 2 1

ELEOCARPE. ei ‘All. Ces 172

rpus coriaceus, Hook. 154 MARANTHACER. phe

pubescens, Hook. 155 Iresine eatin Hook. . 102 =.

. LYTHRARIEX, PHYTOLACCES, aE

ia parvifolia, Hook. 116 Rivina _— Hook... 308

WEINMANNIEX.

Escallonia polifolia, Hook. .

ERICEZ.

Andromeda phyllireifolia, Hook. 122

VACCINIER,

Vaccinium Emirnense, Hook. 131

secundiflorum, Hook. 134

Thibaudia oe R. 108

custifolia, Hook. 110

saute Hook. ll

Sphyrospermum myrtifolium, Hook.112

Macleania floribunda, Hook. 109

PRIMULACEZ.

Douglasia a Lindl. . 180

CINER.

Tlex seaiiie Bek. : 1389

crassifolia, <a ote 149

ER.

Clavija cial R. ; E. 140

POLEMONIACE,

Hugelia virgata, Benth. . 200

Fenzlia a Benth. . 199

UBIACE

Neurocalyx Zeylanitas, ‘Hook. 174

COMPOSITE.

Palafoxia Texana, Hook. 148

yris ramosissima, Hook. 142

microcephala, DC. 147

Gymnopsis uniserialis, Hook. 145

Oligogyne Burchellii, Hook. 101

Hymenoxis ? linearifolia, Hook. 146

ACANTHACEZ.

Aphelandra acanthifolia, Hook. 113

SCROPHULARINA.

Lindernia Capensis, 7h. . 151

Harveya “esta soar : 118

NEZ.

Atropa gan, ae - 106

d ens, Math. . 107

GENTIANEA, |

Lisianthus frigidus, Sv. 195

daturoides, Griseb. 196

INDEX.

APOCYNE.

Vallaris Pergularia, Br. eet

ORCHIDEZ.

Catasetum cristatum; var. monstro-

sum, Hook. . . :

Cymbidium plicatum, Harv. 104

Pachyphyllum parvifolium, Lindi. 11

Holothrix Harveiana, Lindi.

eins Lindl. 108,

Pothos scandens, E ‘ 3 eee

remotiflorus, Hook.

INEZ,

Aira antarctica, ows - 15

Anemia Gardneri,

Acrostichum squamipes, Hook, 19

mma vestita, Wail. 114

Gymnogra

Polypodium ower aie 12

Lomaria Fraseri, All. Cun 185

a candieabicde Waid 184

ntigramma Hews Presi, 183

ok 11g

LYCOPODIACES,

Lycopodium lepidophyllum, Hook,

of Gre : E 162, 1

Jussieui, Desv. 186

MUSCI.

Gymnostomum setifolium, H. § A. 135

Polytrichum semilamellatum, Hook.

Jil. > Sets

Weissia campylocarpa, H. § A. 136

Grimmia laxifolia, Hook. fil.

Dicranum Jamesoni, Hoo.

HEPATICA,

Marchantia — Hook. 158

HENES,

Cladonia ie Ho ok,

103, 4

ek: : 194

194, B

Glyphocarpa Roylii, Hook. fil. 194, ©

179

xifolia, All Cunn.

Jgetiformis, Ald. Cunn.

ypetigera, All, Cunn.

£ anslucens, All, Cunn.

microcephala, D C.

INDEX

TO THE

| PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOLUME IL;

ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED,

TAB,

Brachyris ramosissima, Hook. 142

Capparis brevispina, W.§ A. 126

diversifolia, Ws A. 181

Catasetum cristatum ; var. monstro-

sum, Hook. . ; ‘ 177

Cladonia perfilata, Hook. . 192

Clavija spathulata, R. & P. 140

Clitoria viridiflora, Bout. . 152

Coccinia Indica, W.§ A. . 138

Crateeva Roxburghii, Br. . 178

Cymbidium plicatum, Harv. 104

Dicranum Jamesoni, Hook. 179

Diplazium cordifolium, Bic 184

Douglasia nivalis, Zindl. . 180

Eleeocarpus coriaceus, Hook. 154

pubescens, Hook. 155

Escallonia polifolia, Hook. . 114

Euphorbia aphylla, Brouss. 182

Fenzlia dianthiflora, Benth. 199

ium cuneatum, Hook.

Glyphocarpa Roylii, Hook. jil. 194, C

Grimmia aad Hook. fil.

194, D

Guarea? microphylla, Hook. 129

Gymnogramma vestita, Wail. 115

Gymnopsis uniserialis, Hook 145

Gymnostomum setifolium, HZ. 5 A. 135

: TAB.

Hamadryas Andicola, Hook. 137

Harveya Capensis, Hook. . 118

Holothrix Ha arveiana, Lindl. 103, A

Hugelia virgata, Benth.

Hymenoxis? aa Hooh. 146

Tlex crassifolia, 149

microphylla, se - ; 139

Indigofera aspalathoides, Vahl, 188

Iresine grandiflora, Hook. . 102

Lindernia Capensis, Th. 151

Lindseea macrophylla, Kaulf, 193

Lisianthus daturoides, Griseb. 196

frigidus, Sw. e 1

Lomaria Fraseri, All. Cunn. 185

Lycopodium Jussieui, Desv. 186

a eres

Macleania flo ident Hoo oats

Marchantia trichocephala, ae: 158

Mimosa rubicaulis, Zam. (156

Neurocalyx Zeylanicus, Hook. 174

Niebuhria linearis, W. & A 124

oblongifolia, W. 5 A, 127

Oligogyne Burehellii, Hook. 10]

INDEX,

Pachyphyllum parvifolium, Lindi. 1 it i

Palafoxia Texana, Hook. . if

Polypodium biauriculatum, Hook. :

Polytrichum semilamellatum, Hook.

is es ‘ 134

Pteris flexuosa, Hook.

Pterospermumreticulatum, Wight, 1g

Ranunculus sagittifolius, Hook, 17

Rhynchosia rufescens, DC. Al

Rivina inequalis, Hook. ‘ lz 9

Shuteria glabrata, W. §- A. 149

Sphyrospermum a Hook. H,

Sterculia colorata, Rozb. }

Tephrosia suberosa, DC. .

Thibaudia opera Hook.

a, Hook.

ee er ca, oe & P.

Trichomanes montanum, Hook.

Vaccinium ane Hook.

ae Hook,

Valla via Pergulasia, B 1

Weissia canoes, Hisok et

A at

ee es 194, 4}

Pothos remotiflorus, Hook. . Wg i

\ J

\ i y

‘We

Burchelliane, ; N.O. Com positae.

TAB: Ch

OLiGoGyYNE BuRcHELLI.

Gen. Cuan. Capitulum pluriflorum heterogamum, fl. radii 1—5

fcemineis ligulatis, disci 6—8 hermaphr. tubulosis. Znvolucr.

i-seriale erectum, squamis 5 ovali-oblongis foliaceis. Recept.

planum, paleis lineari-lanceolatis (cuneatisve) planis. Styli fl.

herm. rami exserti hispidi. Achenia obcompressa seu teretius-

; a Ce Re :

Herbe Americane, habitu Sanvitalize, diffuse, puberule. Folia

opposita petiolata ovaia serrata subtriplinervia. Pedicelli

axillares tricephali. Capitula parva. Flores flavi. Genus

affine Sanvitalie. D. C.

Oligogyne Burchellii, pedunculis capitulo plerumque multo longi-

oribus, acheniis oblongo-obovatis obtuse trigonis, paleis cunei-

formibus apice incisis.

Haz. Rio Janeiro. Wm. J. Burchell, Esq. (n. 12.)

I think it will be seen from the above character of De Candolle

that the present plant belongs to his Genus Oligogyne ; notwith-

standing some slight discrepancies, such as the included branches

of the style in the discal florets, and the very different form of

the pales. The former may be owing to the less advanced state

of the flowers in our specimen; the latter can only be con-

sidered of specific importance. Independent of this peculiarity

in the palez, our plant does not well accord with the characters,

slightly marked as they are, of any of that author’s 3 species, of

which two are from Brazil and one from Mexico. ©

Fig. 1. Capitulum. f. 2. radial floret with its palea. ff 3,

discal floret with its palea. f. 4. achenium (scarcely meee ee

J. 5. an arista or scale of the pappus:—magnified.

ie 2D

Mathewsiane. N. O. Amaranthacez.

LABCCH.

fi RESINE GRANDIFLORA,

Caule erecto tereti glabriusculo, foliis ovato-acuminatis glabris,

paniculze elongatze foliosee ramis patentibus subpubescentibus

szepissime trichotomis, spicarum floribus solitariis subglomera-

tisque, sepalis obtusis striatis, lana exserta.

Has. Casapi, Cordillera of Peru. Mathews. (n. 1419.)

The Genus Rosea of Martius seems to me only to be distin-

guished from Iresine by having “ polygamo-monoicous,” not

dicecious, flowers :—a character, which, if important, is very

difficult to be distinguished in the dried specimens. From

all the species known to me of these genera, our plant is

easily recognised by the larger flowers, and by their being distantly

placed, and often but not always, solitary (rarely glomerated) upon

the rachis of the spike. In these respects and indeed in the

whole habit and ramification there is a striking affinity between

I. grandiflora and the Hebanthe paniculata, Mart. Nov. Gen. tab;

140 :—but the flowers of that plant have a very different “ cupula

staminea.” The anthers in ours are truly one-celled, though |

a different appearance is, by an error of the artist, given to some

of them in the plate. The woolly hairs in the flowers are very _

copious, arising from the base of each of the two inner sepals. _

Fig. 1. Flower with its bractea. jf. 2. the same laid open:

—magnified.

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Harveiane. N. O. Orchidex.

TAB. CIII. A.

Ho totunrrx HARVEIANA.

Fohis binis ovatis strigosis, scapo retrorsum piloso, spica secunda

multiflora, labello quinquelobo, laciniis lateralibus nanis acutis

subeequalibus acutulis intermedia incurva, calcare horizontali

abrupto subulato. Lindl.

Holothrix Harveiana. Lindl. in Comp. to Bot. Mag. v. 2. p, 206.

Has. Low sandy moist plains, called “ the Flats,” which extend

almost from Table Bay to False Bay ; sometimes abundant.

fon. W. H. Harvey. :

Fig. 1. Side view of a flower. f. 2. front view of do :—mag-

nified.

TAB. CIII. B.

_HoLotTuHRix PARVIFOLIA.

Folio solitario ovato-subrotundo hispido, scapo strigoso, spica

quaquaversa, labello concavo trilobo, laciniis ovatis patentibus,

calcare conico horizontali labelli longitudine. Lindl.

Holothrix parvifolia. Lindl. in Comp. to Bot. Mag. v. 2. p. 207.

Has. In the driest and most barren hills and wastes in a stony

or gravelly soil, about Cape Town and Wynberg. Hon. W.

HI, Harvey.

For both the above drawings I am indebted to my valued —

friend the Hon. W. H. Harvey, Treasurer at the Colony, Cape

of Good Hope, whose exertions in the cause of Botany have

already been crowned with eminent success; and from whom =

much more may be expected. . —

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. bractea :~—magnified,

Harveiane. N. O. Orchidex.

TAB. GU:

CymBIpiuM PLICATUM.

Scapo erecto vaginato multifloro, spica ovata, bracteis ovario

longioribus lineari-lanceolatis, sepalis erectis obtusis, labello

trilobo, lobislateralibus obtusis incurvis medio truncatoinvoluto

ciliato, foliis radicalibus ensiformibus plicatis scapo longioribus.

Lindl.

Cymbidium plicatum. Harv. mst.—Lindl.. in Comp. to Bot,

Mag. v. 2. p. 203.

Has. Wet spots by the sides of drains and in marshes on “ the

Flats” near Wynberg, rare. Dec. 1835. Hon. W. H. Harvey.

I am indebted to Mr. Harvey for the drawing here given.

Fig. 1. Side view of a flower. ff 2. Sepals, petals, and lip.

JF. 3. Column and lip. f. 4. Front view of the column. ff 5.

Anther-case. 7. 6. Pollen-masses :—magnified,

_ Dalhousiane. N. O. Filices.

TAB. CV.

_ASPLENIUM DaLHousi2.

Frondibus ceespitosis lanceolatis pinnatifidis glabris utrinque

nudis, laciniis horizontalibus oblongo-ovatis obtusis integerri-

mis, stipite perbrevi rachideque inferiore subtus paleaceis.

Haz. Simla, in the Himalaya. The Hon. the Countess

Dalhousie. —

This is undoubtedly a true Asplenium : and if the underside

were covered with scales as in the Grammitis Ceterach of our

European rocks and walls, it would be scarcely possible to dis-

tinguish it from that plant. It will be recollected too, with

regard to G. Ceterach, that Mr. Wilson finds “ evident traces

of an involucre, a narrow membrane on the lower side of the

sorus :” so that I think that well-known plant must be referred

to Asplenium and placed next our present one. And they are,

if lam not mistaken, the only species of the extensive genus

Asplenium which have truly pinnatifid fronds.

In the species here figured, besides the sori upon the segments

of the frond, opening towards the central nerve, there is a chain

or series parallel with the main rachis, and opening towards it,

thus turning their backs, as it were, to those situated on the

segment.

Fig. Portion of the frond and segment with the fructifications:

—magnified,

2 &

Mathewsiane. N. O. Solanez.

TAB. CVI.

ATROPA GLANDULOSA.

Caule suberecto fruticoso, foliis geminis cordato-ovatis longe

petiolatis calyceque profunde 5-partito pubescenti-glandu-

losis, corolla longe tubulosa, stylo staminibusque inclusis.

Atropa glandulosa. Hook. in Bot. Misc. v. 2. p. 230.

Has. Peru; Huaylluay, near Pasco, Alex. Cruckshanks, Esq.

Crevices of rocks at Pasco. Mathews (n. 667.

A description taken from Mr. Cruckshanks’ dried specimens

of this plant is given in the Botanical Miscellany above quoted.

Our present figure is executed by Mr. Mathews from recent

native plants, and he has sent me the following observations.

** I find the plant oftener erect than procumbent. It grows from

beneath and out of the interstices of the rocks on various parts of

the Cordillera. When procumbent, this circumstance is caused

by its having been repeatedly eaten down to the hard branches

by the sheep. The corolla in the recent state is clammy, pale-

sulphur, inclining to citron-colour: laciniz frequently imper-

fectly 3-lobed, at length reflexed. The berry is green. The

greatest height of the plant is from 2—3 feet, and it flowers

during nearly the whole year.”

Fig. 1. Corolla laid open. f. 2. Berry :—natural size,

Mathewsiane. N. O. Solanee.

TAB. CVII.

ATROPA DEPENDENS.

Caule pendente fruticoso, foliis geminis cordato-ovatis brevi-

petiolatis glabris, calyce tubuloso tenui-pubescente 5-fido

demum (fructifero) ampliato hinc fisso bacca longiore, corolla

longe tubuloso, stylo staminibusque exsertis.

Atropa dependens. athews mst.

Has. Eastern side of the Cordillera of Peru. Mathews (n. 829.)

Mr. Mathews has favoured us with the drawing of this plant

also from Peru, and remarks that it is ‘‘ a slender wiry branch-

ing plant generally growing from the root of some tall shrub,

among whose branches it rambles for support, extending from

10— 15 feet, its ultimate pendent extremities being covered with

large sulphur-coloured flowers. It isan Alpine species, descend-

ing to where the potato begins to be cultivated: but it is to be

observed that the climate is moister than the same altitude on

the western side of the Andes.” Besides the widely different

size and habit from the last described species (A. glandulosa)

the calyx is much larger and tubular, still further increasing in

size as the fruit advances to maturity, which it quite envelopes,

bursting on one side. The segments of the corolla are nearly

erect, and all of them gradually acuminated. The stamens and

style are much exserted.

Fig. 1. Calyx and pistil. f. 2. Berry :—natural size.

Mathewsiane. N. O. Vacciniez.

TAB. CVIII.

Turpaupia ELLIPTICA.

Ramis obtuse angulatis, foliis ellipticis obtusis mucronatis

penninerviis brevissime petiolatis subtus sparsim punctatis,

racemis densis glomeratis axillaribus terminalibusque, bracteis

parvis, corollis cylindraceis, staminibus longitudine fere tubi,

filamentis in urceolum omnino connatis, anther tubis

longissimis poro terminali dehiscentibus.

Thibaudia elliptica. Ruiz, et Pav. Fl. Peruv. v. 4. Ic, ined. t.

_ 383 (absque corollis).

Has. Cuesta of Huanacabra, Andes of Peru. Mathews. (n, 884.)

This must be an extremely beautiful plant in a living state

with its dense clusters of large scarlet flowers nestled among the

evergreen foliage. I refer it to the 7. elliptica, because 1 think

the figure, though destitute of perfect flowers, sufficiently accords,

and I am unwilling to multiply species unnecessarily. In regard

to the Genus I am quite unable to say whether it should be

referred to Thibaudia or Ceratostemma ; for I cannot understand

what are the essentially distinguishing marks between them:

indeed I am rather inclined to think the two Genera are not

different. Those who have had the best opportunity of judging

of them are not agreed as to their generic characters. Jussieu

was ignorant of the fruit of his Ceratostemma ; and Ruiz and

Pavon, who have figured 3 species (there are no descriptions to

the 4th vol.) do not represent the fruit. Kunth says, ** Cerato-

stemma, Juss. Thibaudia congener, nisi fructus in illa capsularis.”

Poeppig ascribes to both a berried fruit, but observes under

Ceratostemma ;—** Genus Thibaudie nimis affine, filamentis

manifestius in urceolum connatis antherarum basi fixarum loculis

rimula introrsum laterali dehiscentibus et baccis costatis, qua

tamen etiam in Thibaudia Quereme Humb. saltem pentagonze

sunt, zgre distinguendum.” Our present plant would be a

eratostemma of Poeppig were it not for the anthers opening

_ by a small pore, instead of a long rima.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Corolla and column of stamens laid

a Z

Tab. CIX,

PA a SSS ye Te ES ig ee Te

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Mathewsiane. , N. O. Vaccinieze.

TAB. CIX.

MAcLEANIA FLORIBUNDA.

Gen. Cuar. Calyx truncatus obsoletissime 5-dentatus, 5-

alatus, inferne ovario adhzrens. Corolla cylindracea, limbo

5-fido, Stamina decem basi corollz inserta, filamentis per

totam longitudinem in urceolum connatis. Anthere basi affixe, _

dorso muticze, apice in tubum simplicem attenuate et rimula

singula introrsum dehiscentes. Ovarium 5-loculare, multi-

ovulatum. Sructus :—Bacca ?—Frutex habitu Thibaudiz vel

Ceratostemmatis. + Flores numerose azillares secundi. Yolia

subsecunda. Rami cortice deciduo.

Macleania floribunda.

Has. Jambrasbamba, in the Andes of Peru. Mathews (n.

1442,

A shrub, glabrous in every part, with rounded woody branches,

from which the dark-coloured glossy bark is readily deciduous.

The /eaves are an inch or more long, subsecund oyvato-acute,

feather-nerved, coriaceous, beneath paler and obscurely dotted.

Peduncles in fascicles from the axils of the leaves, but pointing

all to one side, and for the most part opposite to the direction

of the leaves, short, articulated below the calyx. Calyx truncated,

with five excessively minute teeth, and furnished with five

longitudinal wings; the lower half adnate with the five-celled

many-ovuled ovary. Corolla an inch or more long, cylindrical,

the limb five-toothed, the faux hairy. Filaments combined for

their whole length into a membrane, at the margin of which the

ten anthers are fixed; these are granulated, much shorter than

the corolla, two-celled, tapering into a single tube, which opens

interiorly by a single longitudinal cleft. Fruit § :

I have named this beautiful Genus as a just compliment to

John Maclean, Esq. of Lima, who has introduced many ex-

cellent living plants to our collections, and by his generous and

friendly assistance has mainly contributed to the success which

has so eminently attended Mr. Mathews’ researches.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Calyx and pistil. jf 3. Stamen. t

Portion of do. f. 5. Section of the Ovary FBO

Mathewsiane. N. O. Vacciniez.

-TABOCU.

THIBAUDIA ANGUSTIFOLIA.

Foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutiusculis subsessilibus obscure

penninerviis marginibus recurvis serratis,* pedunculis axil-

laribus aggregatis pendulis basi parvi-bracteatis 1—3 floris,

corolla brevi-cylindraceis, staminibus tubo brevioribus, fila-

mentis in urceolum brevem connatis, antherz tubis elongatis

rima elongata dehiscentibus, stylo exserto.

Has. Andes of Peru. Taulia (m. 1443) Prov. of Chacapoyas.

(1836) Mathews.

The stamens here entirely agree with those of Ceratostemma,

according to Poeppig, while those of our Tab. 108, have the

united filaments of Ceratostemma and the minute terminal pore

of the tubes of the anther of Thibaudia—thus appearing inter-

mediate. As far as I am aware, the only Thibaudia (including

Ceratostemma of authors) which has serrated leaves is the 7.

caulialata of Ruiz and Pavon, Fl. Peruv. v. 3. Ic. Ined. t. 386;

but that is widely removed from the present species by the

nature of the branches, form and size of the leaves, inflorescence

and stamens.

Fig. 1. Flower. £ 2. corolla and column of stamens laid open.

J. 3. portion of the staminal tube with two anthers :—magnified.

* We regret that owing to the artist looking chiefly at the upper side of the

leaves he has omitted the serratures, which indeed, on account of the recurva-

roan of the margin, are only seen from beneath; and lithography unfor-

mately does not admit of any alteration being made after a proof has been

aon till which time the error was not discovered,

Halliane. N. O. Vaccinieze.

TAB. CXI.

THIBAUDIA ACUMINATA.

Foliis ellipticis basi acutis apice longe acuminatis subquintu-

plinerviis subtus punctatis, racemis axillaribus terminalibus-

que bracteatis, bracteis longitudine florum, corollis cylin-

draceis, staminibus longitudine corollze liberis.

Has. Plains of Quito. Col. Hall. (n. 40).

Frutex ramosus, ramis cortice cinereo-fusco obtectis. Folia 3—4

pollicaria, coriacea, brevi-petiolata, coriacea, glabra, subquin-

tuplinervia, basi acuta, apice longe acuminata, subtus pallida,

punctata, nervis prominentibus. Racemi terminales et in

axillis supremis, folio breviores, bracteati, bracteis ellipticis

obtusis. Pedicelli semiunciam longi. Calycis limbus ovarium

globosum glabrum coronans, 5-dentatus. Corolla pollicaris

cylindracea, apice 5-fida. Stamina 10, basi corolle inserta.

Filamenta brevia. Anthere \ongitudine fere corolla, loculis

longe bicornubus. Stylus subinclusus.

Colonel Hall observes that the fruit of this is fragrant and

eatable.

Fig. 1. Flower. ff 2. Stamens :— magnified.

Mathewsiane. N. O. Vacciniex.

TAB, CXII.

SPHYROSPERMUM MYRTIFOLIUM.

Foliis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, ramis pedunculis calycibusque

hirsutissimis, ovario quadriloculari.

Has. Bagasan, Andes of Peru. Mathews (n. 1466.)

A Genus established by Poeppig and Endlicher, including

S. buxifolium and S. longifolium of the Peruvian Andes, and

chiefly distinguished from Vaccinium, “ simplici dentium caly-

cinorum numero nec non et placentarum situ. Semina fere

Vaccinii Myrtilli, sed integumentum exterius carnoso-succosum,

arillum mentiens.”

Our species constitutes a shrub with very hairy branches and

with numerous leaves, of a narrow lanceolate form, coriaceous

_ texture, entire at the margins, which are revolute, glabrous on

both sides, slightly veiny and glossy above, beneath paler, veinless

and opaque. Peduncles 1—3 from the axils of numerous

leaves, and shorter than they, curved downwards, very hairy as

is the calyx, with long patent hairs. Calyx of 4—5 teeth. Co-

rolla campanulate, 4—5-fid, the segments erect. Stamens 4—6,

inserted on the limb of the calyx. Filaments short. Anthers

two-celled, each cell glandular, tapering into a rather thick

tube dilated and open at the mouth. Ovary four-celled.

Fig. 1. A bud. f. 2. Aflower. (f- 3. Flower, the corolla being

removed. jf. 4. Stamen. f. 5. Calyx and pistil. f. 6. Ovary

cut through transversely :—magnified.

Mathewsiane. N. O. Acanthacee.

TAB. CXIII.

_APHELANDRA ACANTHIFOLIA.

Sericeo-pubescens, foliis late ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis grosse

serratis apice serraturisque spinescentibus, petiolis brevissimis

ad basin spinosis, spicis terminalibus aggregatis densifloris,

bracteis ovatis sepalisque lanceolatis apice spinescentibus,

corolla sericea, staminibus styloque exsertis.

Has. Province of Chacapoyas, Peru. Mathews, 1836.*

Planta singularis, pulcherrima. Folia spithamea, penninervia,

nervis approximatis numerosis. Spice, in nostro exemplari,

tern, pedunculate. Bractee majusculz, concave, ciliate,

calyce majores. Corolla 2—2} uncias longa, sericea, tubulosa ;

limbo bilabiato, labiis patentibus, superiore bifido, inferiore

trifido, lacinia intermedia majore, concava, subcymbiformi,

acuta. Stamina 4, exserta. -Anthere lineares, 1|-loculares.

Stylus filiformis, staminibus longior. Capsula longitudine

bractez persistentis, elliptica, substantia dura, nitida, bilo-

cularis, bivalvis. Loculi dispermi. Semen ovale, punctatum,

singulo retinacula carnosa sustentato.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Capsule. /. 3. One of the valves with

two seeds :—magnified.

* The only usps that came in 1836 was unfortunately not numbered

by Mr. Mathew

26 :

Mathewsiane. N. O. Weinmanniez.

TAB. CXIV.

EscaLLonia POLIFOLIA.

Pubescens glutinosa, foliis lineari-oblongis marginibus recurvatis

integerrimis supra nudiusculis subtus dense pubescentibus,

pedunculis solitariis terminalibus unifloris longitudine foli-

orum, calycis tubo subhemispherico brevi glanduloso denti-

bus e lata basi subulatis.

Has. Province of Chacapoyas. Mathews, 1836.

Rami glabriusculi, fusci ; ramuli pubescentes, breves, foliosi.

Folia sparsa, vix unciam longa, lineari-oblonga, rigida, supra

leeviter subtus dense pul tia, ginib lutis, omnino

integerrimis. Pedunculi terminales, solitarii, vix longitudine

foliorum, cernui, uniflori, superne tuberculati. Calyx pubes-

cens, tuberculatusque. Tubus perbrevis, subhemispheericus :

dentibus 5, erectis, e lata basi subulatis. Petala 5, calycem

triplo excedentia, erecta, spathulata, apice recurvata. Stamina

5, corolla breviora: Filamentis filiformibus: Antheris ob-

longis. Ovarium subsemiinferum: Stylus longitudine sta-

minum, crassus, flexuosus: Stigma dilatato-capitatum.

I do not find any description of an Escallonia, at all coin-

ciding with this species, which has the habit of E. serrata of

Smith, but with extremely different leaves.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Calyx and pistil :—magnified.

WAS

SSSA

Wallichiane. N. O. Filices.

TAB. CXY.

GYMNOGRAMMA VESTITA.

Tota stipite rachi frondibusque pinnatis (subtus preecipue) pilis

fulvis copiosis sericeis vestita, fronde pinnata, pinnis sub-

cordato-ovatis brevissime petiolatis obtusis, soris copiosis ob-

liquis furcatis.

Grammitis vestita. Wall. Cat. of Pl. in E. I. C. Mus. (n. 12.)

Has. On the loftiest mountainsof Kumaon (Robert Blenkworth),

Wallich. Near Tago, Himalaya, The Hon. the Countess Dal-

- housie.

Caudex repens, dense squamoso-birsutus, fibrosus. Stipites

digitales ad spithamzeam, erecti, dense pubescenti-hirsuti.

Frondes stipitem sequantes, oblongo-lanceolate, pinnate,

pinne remotiusculz, subopposite; majores vix unciam longze,

cordato-oblongze seu ovate, obtuse, brevissime petiolate,

integerrime, utrinque (subtus preecipue) pilis pulcherrime

sericeis aureo-fulvis nitidis tectee. Sori angusti, graciles,

furcati. Capsule globosz, annulate, subsessiles. emina

subglobosa, parum angulata.

An extremely beautiful species, to which our plate unfortun-

ately does no justice.

Fig. 1. Underside of a fructified pinna. jf: 2. Capsule. (f. 3.

Seeds :—magnijfied.

Mathewsiane. N. O. Lythrariez.

TAB. CXVI.

ADENARIA PARVIFOLIA.

Ramulis foliisque junioribus preecipue ad nervos pubescentibus,

foliis oblongis utrinque attenuatis brevi-petiolatis glabris sub-

tus pallidioribus nigro-punctatis subcoriaceis, umbellis brevi-

pedunculatis, calycibus 4-fidis, staminibus inclusis.

Has. Prov. of Chacapoyas, Peru. Mathews, 1836.

Frutex, ramis ramulisque subteretibus, junioribus tenuiter pubes-

centibus. Folia opposita, sesquiunciam longa, subcoriacea,

penninervia, vix reticulata, oblonga, acuminata, integerrima,

basi in petiolum perbrevem attenuata, glabra, subtus pallida,

nigropunctata, Unmbelle axillares, plurifloree, pedunculate,

pedunculo pedicellisque 2 lineas longis. Calyx turbinatus,

petalisque oblongo-spathulatis, extus glandulis majusculis

punctatus. Stamina 8, brevia, calyci infra medium inserta.

Ovarium subglobosum, supra hirsutum, nigro-glandulosum,

inferne nudum, in stipitem brevem attenuatum: Sfylus longi-

tudine ovarii: Stigma bilobum. Capsula calyce persistente

semitecta, globosa, indehiscens? bilocularis. Receptacula

dissepimento affixa. Semina numerosa, parva.

If this plant be compared with the specific character alone of

Adenaria otpeossaeme H. oes K. (from the banks of the Magdale-

na) it will be f tirel toagree; but besides the widely

different locality of the two, we find from the description, that

Humboldt’s plant has the leaves **32—36 lines long, thin and

membranaceous, reticulated with veins and thestamens exserted :”

hence I am led to consider the present asa newspecies. A second

of the genus has been sent by Mr. Mathews, among his earlier

collections, from the Quebrada of Panahuanca, n. 824; the

Adenaria floribunda H. and K. It is a tree, 15—20 feet high,

the flowers and leaves larger than in our present species, the

- Jatter as well as the branches and umbels very downy.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Calyx laid open with the stamens, < 3. ce

Pistil. f. 4. Capsule cut open: oe es

Mathewsiane. : N. O. Orchideze.

TAB. CXVII.

PACHYPHYLLUM PARVIFOLIUM, Lindl. :

Foliis ovalibus planis, spicis subaequalibus, labello mutico. Lind.

Has. Chacapoyas, Peru. Mathews, 1836.

Hitherto only one species of this Genus has been described,

the P. distichum of Humboldt and Kunth (Nov. Gen, et Sp. v. 1.

¢. 77.) an inhabitant of Loxa and Gonzanain Peru. From that

our plantis abundantly distinguished by its much slenderer stems,

smaller and by no means falcate leaves, and by the few (appar-

ently constantly) 3-flowered spikes. The sepals are singularly

grooved and carinated : the labellum, (scarcely differing in form

from the petals) is destitute of tubercles, which have been con-

sidered an essential character of the Genus: but Professor

Lindley doubts whether those represented by Humboldt are not

so done by mistake.

Fig. 1. Spike of flowers. jf. 2. Single flower, side view. f. 3.

Column and petals. jf. 4. Lateral sepal. f. 5. Pollen-mass :—

magnified.

Harveyane. N. O. Scrophularine.

TAB. CXVIII.

Harveya Capensts.

Gen. Cuar. Cal. inflato-campanulatus, basi truncatus, 5-fidus,

10-costatus, segmentis acutis marginibusrecurvis. Cor. ringens,

tubo exserto, curvato, superne inflato, fauce compressa, limbo

bilabiato 5-fido, sinubus obtusis, laciniis 2 obovatis, undulatis.

Stam. 4, didynama, medio tubi inserta, inclusa; Filamenta

brevia, glanduloso-pilosa ; Anthere biloculares, loculo unico

fertili, ovato, acuminatissimo, apice poro dehiscente; altero

(inferiore) abortivo, subulato, duplo longiore. Ovarium

ovatum, biloculare; placentis 4 dissepimenti medio affixis,

Stylus erectus, exsertus. Stigma capitatum. Fructus ?—

Herba parasitica, simplex v. ramosa, aphylla, pilis glandulosis

Julvis subviscidis ubique obsita. Caulis squamosus, squamis

oppositis. Flores, ex azillis squamarum superiorum, magni,

pallide roset, Pedicelli infra calycem bibracteati.

Harveya Capensis.

Has, On a dry hill between Wynberg and the Camp ground,

parasitical on the roots of Blairea muscosa and other small

Heaths, not uncommon, flowering in January. Since found

in plenty in various sandy places on “the Flats.” Hon. W.

H. Harvey. TJ have also received specimens from Dr. Thom,

M. Villet, and Dr. Sieber.

This remarkable plant I am anxious should bear the name of the

Hon. W. H. Harvey, Treasurer of the Colony, Cape of Good Hope,

who during his former brief visit to Southern Africa amassed a very

valuable collection, which has been distributed among his friends with

the liberality of a Wallich and a Wight, and who is already well

known by his admirable descriptions of Algz. To him I am indebted

for specimens of the present plant and for an excellent figure,

analysis, and description: but I am unable to refer it to any known

Genus. It has the habit of Orobanchee and it may be included among

the imperfectly described species of Orobanche of Thunberg: but the

structure of the ovary forbids its being united with that family. I

referitto Scrophularine, though I am unable to say in which of the sec- _

tions of Mr. Bentham it should be placed ; perhaps among Buchneree.

Fig. 1. Calyx and bracteas. f. 2. Corolla. f. 3. The same laid —

open. f. 4. Stamen. /f. 5. Pistil (nat. size). f. 6. Ovary cut open:

—all but f. 5, more or less magnified.

Mathewsiane. N. O. Filices.

TAB. CXIX.

PTERIS FLEXUOSA.

Fronde bi- subtri-pinnata, pinnulis petiolatis cordato-ovatis ob-

tusis, rachidibus omnibus insigniter flexuosis junioribus pubes-

centi-hispidis, soris ad margines laterales continuis vix ad

apicem attingentibus. .

Has. Province of Chacapoyas, Peruvian Andes. Mathews, 1836.

Filiz spithameea ad pedalem et ultra. Stipes digitalis, teres,

fuscus, nitidus. Frons circumscriptione ovato-lanceolata, bi-

inferne subtri-pinnata ; pinnis primariis deflexis, longioribus

3—4 pollicaribus; pinnulis remotis, lateralibus deflexis,

terminali recta, omnibus cordato-ovatis subcoriaceis, glabris,

obtusis, integerrimis, obscure costatis, aveniis, brevi-petiolatis.

Rachides omnes insigniter angulato-flexuose, primaria pre-

cipue; secundaria pubescenti-hispida. Sori continui, ad mar-

gines laterales pinne siti, sed vix ad apicem attingentes.

A most distinct species of a very extensive Genus (of which

Dr. Agardh, son to the learned Algologist, is now preparing a

monograph) remarkable for the very flexuose or zigzag rachis,

especially the primary one: the secondary ones are less distinctly

so, but they are singularly deflexed.

Fig. 1. Portion of a rachis with a pinna, seen from beneath:

—magnified.

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Wightiane. N. O. Capparidez.

TAB. CXX.

'TEPHROSIA SUBEROSA,

Arborescens erecta ramosa, ramis junioribus tomentosis, cortice

suberoso-rimosa, foliis a oe ars — elliptico-

oblongis obtusis p lis subtus

sericeis, racemis terminalibus, floribus speciosis geminis longe

pedicellatis, calycis campanulati dentibus brevibus, carina

rectiuscula, vexillo pubescente, stylo glabro, leguminibus longis

rectis sericeo-pubescentibus inter semina constrictis. W.

et A.

Tephrosia suberosa. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 249. Wail. List,

n. 5628. Wight, Cat. n. 882, 883. Wight et Arn. Prodr.

Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. v. 1. p. 210.

T. sericea. De Cand. 1. c. (non Pers. nec De Cand. l.c. p. 255)

Wall. List, n, 5629.

Cytisus sericeus. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 3. p. 1121.

Robinia suberosa. Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 3. p. 327.

R. sennoides. Roxb. Fl, Ind. v. 3. p. 328.

Has, Alpine valleys in Mysore, Madura, Tinnevelley and

Northern Circars (not in Tranquebar). Dr. Wight.

Flowers large, of a deep purple rose colour.

Fig. 1. Portion of a valve of the Legumen, with seeds.

Mecearnanul sritss

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Mathewsiane. N. O. Filices.

TAB. CXXI.

PotypopiuM BIAURICULATUM.

Fronde lato-lanceolata pinnata, pinnis sessilibus plerisque op-

positis approximatis patentissimis lineari-lanceolatis integerri-

mis basi utrinque auriculatis supra pilosiusculis subtus

rachibusque dense pubescentibus, soris copiosis uniserialibus

intra costam et marginem.

Haz. Chacapoyas, Peru. Mathews, 1836,

The stipes is about 6 inches long, terete, dark brown, opaque,

slightly downy. The fructifications are exceedingly copious,

occupying nearly the whole underside of the pinne, and through-

out the whole length of the frond.

Drummondiane. N. O. Ericez.

TAB, CXXII.

ANDROMEDA PHYLLYREIFOLIA.

Glaberrima, foliis sempervirentibus ellipticis oblongisve brevis-

sime petiolatis coriaceis nitidis marginibus revolutis apice

cbscure serratis, racemis laxis axillaribus folio longioribus,

calyce profunde 5-partito, corolla ovaliore 5-dentato, filamentis

dilatatis bicruris, antheris ovatis bifidis dorso biaristatis.

_ Has. Apalachicola, W. Florida. Mr. Drummond, (n. 2'7.)

This is decidedly a new and very beautiful species which can-

not be confounded with any I have ever seen. It would seem

from the long rather straight branches that it forms a shrub of

considerable height, flowering in great perfection in the latter

end of January and beginning of February. The /eaves are

truly elliptical or oblong-obtuse, glossy, when dry distinctly

reticulated with copious veins, the margin revolute. Racemes

numerous, handsome. Bractea, at the base of the pedicels,

minute, subulate. Calyx cleft to the base into 5 upright,

lanceolate segments, half as long as the corolla, which latter

appears to be greenish-white, slightly tinged with red. Filaments

broad, singularly curved or folded twice below the anther.

Germen ovato-globose, with 5 blunt angles and ten small glands

at the base.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Front view, and f. 3. back view of a

stamen. f. 4. Calyx cut se to show the — and glan-

dular disc :—magnified.

Wightiane. N. O. Capparideze.

TAB. CXXIII.

CAPPARIS INCANESCENS,

Fruticosa, ramis diffusis valde flexuosis subdichotomis, stipulis

spinosis curvatis, foliis elliptico-oblongis mucronulatis juni-

oribus ramulisque canescentibus, corymbis multifloris um-

bellatis subsessilibus, pedicellis calycibusque glabris, ovario

‘ globoso acuto glabro, W. et A,

Capparis incanescens. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 24%. Wall.

List, n. 6994. Wight, Cat. n. 106, Wight et Arn. Prodr.

Fil. Penins, Ind, Or. v. 1. p. 26.

C. stylosa, 8. velutina. De Cand. Prodr, v. 1. p. 246.

Has. Southern provinces of the Madras Peninsula. Dr. Wight.

Of this species, which indeed Messrs. Wight and Arnott

scarcely think distinct from the C. Roxburghii, DC. (C. corymbosa

Roxb. Hort. Bengh.) the flowers are small. The sepals are

nearly equal, imbricated: the interior pair thin and membranace-

ous, the two exterior herbaceous. Corolla of 4 lanceolate petals, a

little longer than the calyx. Stamens about 15. Filaments much

curved, as long as the petals. Anthers ovate. Ovary supported

on a stalk as long as the stamens. Fruit a small globose Berry,

usually (by abortion) 1-seeded.

lig. 1. Flower :—magnijied.

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Wightiane. N. O. Capparides.

TAB. CXXIV.

NIEBUHRIA LINEARIS,

Apetala, foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis ovatis oblongis linearibusve

mucrone recurvato terminatis minute punctato-rugosis petiolo

brevioribus, racemis terminalibus, tubo calycino campanulato,

ovario fructuque ovoideis, semine solitario. W. et A.

Capparis linearis. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 244. Wail. List,

n. 6975. Wight, Cat. n. 100. Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fi.

Penins, Ind. Or, v. 1. p. 23.

C. apetala. Roth, Nov. Sp. p. 238.

C. linifolia. Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 41.

Crateeva apetala. Spr. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 448.

Has. Madras Peninsula. Dr. Wight.

For the drawing of this, and of many other Madras plants to

_ be figured here, I am indebted to the kindness of Dr. Wight.

Fig. 1. Fruit cut through transversely to show the solitary seed.

Wightiane N. O. Byttneriacere,

TAB. CXXV.

PTEROSPERMUM RETICULATUM.

Foliis cuneato-oblongis 4-nerviis obliquis basi subcordatis

acuminatis integerrimis vel apicem versus grosse dentatis, sub-

tus albo-farinosis venis prominentibus Pitter Peaances

subtrifloris

foliis involucralibus palmatifidis a flore ‘paululam " remotis

caducis, petalis obovato-oblongis patentibus, filamentis sterili-

bus filiformibus, ovarii loculis subsexovulatis. ~ et

Pterospermum reticulatum. Wight, Cat. n. 241. Wight et

Arn, Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. v. 1. p. 69.

Has. Madras Peninsula. Dr. Wight.

Messrs Wight and Arnott observe of this plant that the flowers

are much larger than those of Pter. suberifolium, Lam. and

much smaller than those of P. Heyneanum, Wall.: two allied

species.

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Wightiane. ; N. O. Capparidee.

TAB. CXXVI.

CapPaRIS BREVISPINA.

Stipulis spinosis brevibus rectiusculis, foliis brevi-petiolatis lato-

lanceolatis ovalibusve magis minusve acutis mucronatis coria-

ceis glabris reticulatis saben feet oe Soe Boies.

See solitariis 1-floris f

dense pubescente, bacca subglobosa levi. W. et A.

Capparis brevispina. Wight et Arn. Prodr, Fl. Penins. Ind.

Or. v. 1. p. 24.

C. acuminata. Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 2. p. 566 (not Willd.)

«, Foliis ovatis seu oblongo-lanceolatis. Wight, Cat.n.99. C.

brevispina, De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 248.

8. Foliis ovalibus oblongis acutis. Wight, Cat.n.97. C. Rheedii.

De Cand. Prodr, v. 1. p. 246. (excl. Syn, se sete C. Wight-

iana. Wall. List. n. 6987.

y- Foliis rotundato-ovatis basi subcordatis. Wight, Cat. n. 101.

C. rotundifolia. Rotél. et Willd.—De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 245.

Has. Malabar and perhaps the Coromandel coasts. Dr. Wight.

"The above copious list of synonyms is taken from the Flora

of Messrs. Wight and Arnott, who observe that future observa-

tions may do away even with the permanency of the varieties.

oblongo

Wightiane. N. O. Capparidez.

TAB. CXXVII.

NIEBUHRIA OBLONGIFOLIA.

Foliis simplicibus ovali-oblongis mucronatis, calycis tubo anguste

obconico, petalis eequalibus lanceolatis undulatis acutis calyce

subduplo brevioribus, ovario cylindrico, fructibus nodosis inter

semina constrictis. W. et A,

. Foliis apice emarginatis. Wight, Cat.n. 86, a. Wall. List, n.

6976, e. N. arenaria, De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 244.

. Foliis retusis obtusisve. Wight, Cat. n. 86. N. oblongifolia.

Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 244. Wall. List, n. 6976. c.e. C.,

heteroclita. Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 2. p. 570. Crateeva oblongifolia.

Spreng.

Foliis ovatis acuminatis. Wight, Cat, n. 85. Wall. List, n.

Has. «. From about Courtallum. y. From Cuddalore, Madras

Peninsula. Dr. Wight.

The leaves differ extremely on the same individual; so that

it is scarcely possible to limit the variations. W. and A.

Wightiane. N. O. Capparidez.

TAB. CXXVIII.

CarpPanris PEDUNCULOSA.

Stipulis spinosis falcatis, foliis subrotundo-ovatis obtusis basi

cordatis, brevissime petiolatis glabris, umbellis sessilibus ter-

minalibus seepe in ramis brevibus axillaribus pauci-(-2—3)- —

floris, pedicellis calycibusque glabris, ovario glo acuto

glabro, fructu globoso polyspermo. . et

Capparis pedunculosa. Wall. List, n. 6999. Wight, Cat. n. 89.

Wight et Arn, Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. v. 1. p. 27.

Has. Near Point Calamere in Tanjore. Dr. Wight.

Fig. 1. Fruit cut through transversely :—magnified.

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Mathewsiane. N. O. Meliacez.

TAB. CXXIX.

GUAREA? MICROPHYLLA.

Foliolis 4—5 jugis ellipticis integerrimis subtus preecipue ramu-

lisque pubescentibus, racemis axillaribus paucifloris, calyce

hirsuto 4-partito, staminum tubo 8-dentato, antheris longe

aristatis, toro obsoleto. :

Has. Prov. of Chacapoyas, Peru. Mathews (n. 2128) 1836.

- Without fruit I cannot possibly refer this to any of Adrien de

Jussieu’s Genera of Meliacee, an order, I believe, extremely

limited, as to number, in Western South America, but to which,

rather than to Cedrelee, I think it certainly belongs. I have

therefore only referred it provisionally to the Genus Guarea.

e anthers are sessile on the staminal tube and interior, alter-

nating with the blunt teeth and terminated by a long flaccid awn,

which appears to be incurved for its upper half.

Although my own specimen bears the number 2128, I have

reason to believe, that no number was attached to the specimens

sent to other subscribers. It came in the collection of 1836.

Fig. 1. Flower, unexpanded. jf. 2. Open flower. f- 3. Sta-

minal tube. jf. 4. Upper part of the staminal tube laid open,

bringing the aristate anthers more distinctly into view. f- 5.

Back view of an anther :—magnified.

Mathewsiane, N. O. Phytolaccez.

TAB. CXXX.

Rivina INZQUALIS,

Herbacea, foliis ovatis, racemis longissimis, sepalo exteriore

longiore.

Has. Tarapoto. Mathews, (n. 1604).

A herbaceous plant, with alternate petiolated leaves; the

petiole slightly downy. Racemes 4—6 inches long, erect, bear-

ing numerous small flowers, which, as well as the fructified

racemes, turnblackindrying. Sepals, elliptical, concave, spread-

ing, glabrous, the outer one longer than the rest, in fruit still

longer, when all the sepals become erect round the globose

somewhat dry berry. Seed solitary, erect.

Fig. 1. Flower. jf. 2. Fruit. jf 3. Included in the persistent

Calyx. f. 4. Fruit laid open to show the seed :—magnified.

Bojeriane. N. O. Vaccinies.

TAB. CXXXI.

VaccINIUM EMIRNENSE,

Foliis sempervirentibus lato-ellipticis subcoriaceis serratis venosis

glaberrimis, racemis terminalibus axillaribusque, pedicellis

bibracteatis (tertia ad basin pedicelli) bracteis cordatis serratis,

corolla subrotata 5-partita, laciniis oblongis, antheris longe

tubulosis exsertis muticis, filamentis dilatatis intus margini-

busque puberulis.

Haz. Wooded mountains in the province of Madagascar.

Professor Bojer.

Apparently a low, much branching shrub, with elliptical,

almost coriaceous, leaves, and copious terminal and axillary

racemes. The ovary is entirely inferior, with a 5-lobed short

limb to the calyx. The corolla with a very short tube and 5

oblong spreading segments. Stamens much exserted, awnless.

Style swollen below the middle, arising from a eae disc

on the top of the ovary.

Fig. 1. 2. Flowers. f. 3. Pistil and calyx. jf. 4. 5. Stamens:

—magnified.

Mathewsiane. N. O. Sapindacee,

TAB. CX XXII.

AMIROLA NITIDA.

Foliis ovatis serratis simplicibus ternatisque eglandulosis, utrin -

que glabris, costa superne petiolisque dilatatis puberulis.

Amirola nitida. Pers. Syn. Pl. v. 2. p. 565. De Cand. Prodr.

v. 1. p. 616.

Llagunoa nitida. Ruiz et Pavon, Fl. Peruv. Prodr. p. 252.

Gen. Fl. Per. et Chil. p. 126. t. 28.

8. Foliis omnibus simplicibus. (Tab. Nostr. CX XXII.)

Has. Peru; and woods of Muna, and rocky places in the

provinces of Canta and Caxatambo. Ruiz et Pavon. Pro-

vince of Chacapoyas. Mathews, 1836.

Ruiz and Pavon describe their original plant as having leaves both

simple and ternate ; ours, which from the locality and other circum-

stances I am disposed to consider the same, has only simple leaves.

Humboldt and Kunth, having detected in New Grenada two other

supposed species having all simple leaves, doubted the correctness

of Ruiz and Pavon in ascribing ternate leaves ; but since another, a

Chilian species, has decidedly ternate leaves, there is every reason to

put confidence in the statements of the Spanish botanists: and I have

hence made Mr. Mathews’ plant here figured a var. I am even dis-

posed to look upon Humboldt and Kunth’s 2 species as not really dis-

tinct from ours ; they were found at Loxa, at no very remote distance

from the provinces above-mentioned, and the difference depending —

upon scarcely any other character than the greater or less degree of

pubescence of the leaves. Indeed those learned authors themselves

say of their A. pinnifolia, “an A. nitida diversa?” and of their fol-

lowing species A. mollis, “ precedenti simillima.”

The species derives the name of nitida from the circumstance of

the natives making rosaries of the black glossy seeds. The dilatation

of the petiole is scarcely seen in the dry state, when the sides turn

up, presenting a grooved front.

Fig. 1. Back of a flower. f. 2. Front view of a male flower. hare ve

do. of a female flower. f. 3. Pistil. f. 4. Capsule : nat. size. f. 5.

burst open showing the 3 seeds :—all but f. 4. magnified.

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TAB, CXXXIII.

PoTHOS REMOTIFLORUS,

Caule scandente gracili flexuoso ramoso, foliis lato-lanceolatis

acuminatissimis trinerviis, petioli vagina elongata canaliculata,

spadice gracili elongato flexuoso pedunculato, spatha lineari-

oblonga acuta spadice breviore, floribus remotis, perianthio 6-

lobo hexandro.

Has. Ceylon. Mrs. Col. Walker.

The learned Austrian Botanists Schott and Endlicher in

their revision of the Balanophoree (Meletemata Botanica)

attribute 4 stamens only to Pothos. Here there are 6, opposite

to the segments of the perianth, if it may be so called, which

seems made up of the rachis itself, forming a 6-lobed cup in

which the stamens and pistil are situated. The Pothos tener

Wall. Cat. n. 4439, from Penang, is nearly allied to this, but it

has a straighter stem and spadix with closely placed flowers,

more rigid leaves and a very different petiole.

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TAB. CXXXIV.

VACCINIUM SECUNDIFLORUM.

Foliis (parvis) sempervirentibus ovali-oblongis coriaceis serratis

acutis glaberrimis subtus pracipue venosis, racemis terminali-

bus lateralibusque secundifloris pedicellis bibracteatis (tertia

ad basin pedicelli) bracteis cordatis integerrimis obtusis,

corolla campanulata 5-fida, antheris longe tubulosis exsertis,

filamentis dilatatis intus marginibusque puberulis.

Has. Madagascar. Professor Baer.

A species allied to our V. Emirnense (tab. 131.) ‘yet very

distinct. The leaves are much smaller, more coriaceous, nar-

rower and more acute, frequently tipped at the serratures with a

conspicuous white gland: and the flowers are secund with a

longer tube to the corolla.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Back view of a stamen. f: 3, Front

view of do. (where the pubescence is omitted on the filament) :

—magnified,

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Mathewsiane. N. O. Musci.

SAB, CARY;

GyMNosTomuM SETIFOLIUM. Hook. et Arn.

Densissime czespitosum elongatum ramosum, foliis subulato-

setaceis serrulatis, nervo crasso excurrente, seta ob innova-

tiones szepe laterali superne inflexo-curvato, capsula globosa

levi, operculo minuto conico depresso.

4B. Huamantantga, Peru. Mathews, n. 586.

Planta densissime cespitosa, radiculosa, superne ramosa, viridis.

Folia erecta, numerosa, imbricata, stricta, subulato-setacea,

suprema longissima, denticulata, nervo crasso longe excur-

rente: perichetialia reliquis similia. Seta terminalis, vel ob

innovationes lateralis, foliis subimmersa, apicem versus insig-

niter inflexa, levis. Capsula globosa, ore subcontracto paul-

ulum elevato. Operculum parvum, breviter conicum. Peri-

stomium nullum.

This plant has the habit of Conostomum and of Bartramia

ithyphylla. and B. stricta: but if generic characters are to be

rigidly derived from the peristome these four must belong to as

many different genera. Bartramia ithyphylla has a double per-

istome, each of a remarkable structure: B. stricta, as far as our

investigations have gone, possesses a single one, and thatinterior:

Conostomum has only the exterior, and the present Gymnostomum,

as We at present consider it, (together with a few others belong-

ing to Brown’s Genus Glyphocarpa,) is destitute of both. The

same peculiarities we have elsewhere noticed in certain mosses

with the habit of Bryum cespititium.

Fig. 1. Tuft, nat. size. f. 2. Portion of a plant. f. 3. 4.

Leaves. ff. 5. Perichztium and leaf. J. 6. Capsule with its

operculum. /- 7. Mouth of the Capsule :—magnified.

Mathewsiane. N. O. Musci.

TAB. CXXXVI.

WEISSIA CAMPYLOCARPA, Arn. et Hook.

Caule brevissimo innovationibus elongato inferne nudiusculo,

foliis imbricatis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis laxe reticulatis

subserratis, nervo distincto ad apicem attingente, seta elongata

apice inflexa, capsula cernua sursum curvata cylindracea,

operculo conico. .

Has. Surrucucho, Peru. Prof. W. Jameson.

Caules fructiferi perbreves superne foliosi: innovationes copiose,

elongate. Folia arcte imbricata, erecta, ovato-lanceolata,

laxe reticulata, obscure serrata, acuminata, nervo attingente

percursa. Sefa uncialis et ultra, erecta, superne valde inflexa.

Capsula majuscula, cylindracea, cernua atque sursum Curvata,

pallide rufo-fusca, levis. | Operculum parvum, conicum.

Peristomium e ciliis 16, equidistantibus, remotis, gracillimis,

albidis, obscure articulatis, basi membrana interna, ut videtur,

connexis.

This moss has much the habit of a Bryum, with the capsule

resembling some Leptostoma, yet having 16, entire, equidistant

cilie. Thus we are led to refer it to Weissia, as that Genus

now stands, from which it will no doubt be eventually separated,

when we come to be better acquainted with the laws which ought

to affect the arrangement of the genera of mosses. The sack

within the capsule, together with its stalk and apophysis are dis-

tinctly seen, in the scarcely ripe state, through the somewhat

pellucid outercoat.

Fig. 1. Tuft: nat. size. jf. 2. Plant magnified. f. 3. Per-

icheetial leaf, f. 4. Cauline do. #5. Capsule. f. 6. Portion —

of the peristome.

Mathewsiane. N. O. Ranunculaceex,

TAB, CXXXVII.

Hamapryas ANDICOLA.

Sericea, acaulis foliis rhombeo-ovatis integris integerrimis juni-

oribus petalis calycibusque subtus basique petioli sericeo-

villosissimis.

Has. Lofty and very cold situations upon the Cordillera of

Andimarca, Peru. Mathews, (n. 1139).

I think there can be no doubt of this being a genuine Hama-

dryas, judging from the figure of H. Magellanica in De Lessert’s

Icones, and from a specimen in our Herbarium collected by Mr.

Darwin: but my specimens of the present species are not suffi-

ciently copious to allow of my examining so minutely as I could

wish, the structure of the flowers, nor do they possess any fruit,

which is still a desideratum among Botanists. It differs essen-

tially from the species just mentioned as well as from H.

comentosa, not only in the entire leaves, but also in the absence of

a stem. The centre of our little plant from which the flower

rises, is clothed with very long beautifully silky hairs.

Wightiane. N. O. Cucurbitacee.

TAB. CXXXVIII.

CoccINnIA INDICA.

Coccinia Indica. Wight et Arn. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or, v. 1. p. 347.

a. Foliis integris 5-angulatis, breviterve 5-lobis. Wight, Cat.

n. 1123.

Bryonia grandis. Linn. Mant. p. 126. De Cand. Prodr. v, 3.

p. 305. Spr. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 15. Wail. Cat. n. 6700.

Bryonia. 7. 856. Linn. Fl. Zeyl. p.

Momordica monadelpha. Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 3. p. 708.

Cucurbita dioica. Roxb. Ic. E. C. Mus. t. 213.

Rheed. Mal. v. 8. f. 14. Burm, Zeyl. t. 19. fi 1. 2. Rumph.

Amb. v. 5. t. 166. f. 1.

8. Foliis profunde 5-fido-palmatis, segmentis oblongis sinuato-

lobatis. Wight, Cat. n. 1124.

Bryonia palmata. Linn.? De Cand. ? 1. c. p. 308, Spr. ? Syst.

Veget. v. 3. p. 17%. Wall, Cat. n. 6711. a. b. c.

Has. Found in almost every hedge about Madras. Dr. Wight.

The authors of this Genus, Messrs. Wight and Arnott, observe

in their work above quoted, that it is allied to Cucurbita in its

campanulate and 5-cleft corolla ;—to Lechiwm in the monadelph-

ous stamens ;—to Momordica in its seeds and in the tendency

of the fruit to split;—and to Bryonia in the highly coloured

fruit and its slightly baccate nature. Both from Momordica and

Bryonia it is easily recognised by the corolla, the staminal

crown, and several other characters.

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Mathewsiane. N. O. Ilicinez.

TAB. CXXXIX.

ILEX MICROPHYLLA.

Foliis parvis rotundato-ovatis coriaceis serratis glabris brevissime

petiolatis, pedunculis brevissimis axillaribus solitariis unifloris

calycibusque puberulis, corolla 4-loba, stigmate depresso-—

capitato, drupa 4-pyrena.

Has. Province of Chacapoyas, Peru. Mathews, 1836.

Apparently a low rigid shrub, with wrinkled bark, copious

branches and numerous very small leaves, some almost entirely

orbicular, others approaching to ovate, obtuse, serrated but not

very distinctly, coriaceous, rather concave, glossy, with an indis-

tinct costa on the upper surface ; beneath convex, paler, with a

slightly prominent midrib. The extremities of the branches, as

well as the short flower-stalks and 4-lobed calyx, are slightly

downy.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Corolla laid open. f- 3. Pistil. fi 4.

Drupe. /f. 5. The same cut open. /. 6. Leaf :—magnified.

Mathewsiane. N. O. Myrsinez.

TAB. CXL.

CLAVISA SPATHULATA,

Foliis sublonge petiolatis: obovato-lanceolatis coriaceo-mem-

branaceis integerrimis, racemis glabris petiolo longioribus

erectis.

Clavija spathulata. Ruiz et Pav. Syst. Veget. Fl, Per. p. 285.

Don, in James. Journ. 1831. p. 235.

Haz. Peru. Woods of Puzuzo and Muna, Peru. Ruiz et

Pavon.— Mathews, (n. 1600 ; the station omitted).

The genus Clavija of Ruiz and Pavon, together with Theo-

phrasta, constitute a distinct order, Theophrastee according to

Mr. Don, in the Gen. System of Horticulture and Botany. In

Professor Lindley’s valuable work, the ‘ Natural System of

Botany,” they form a small group of Myrsinee. The present

species, if we were to judge from the size of the leaves, (which

are a foot and more in length,) forms a large shrub with small

inconspicuous flowers, arranged in racemes. The calyx is 5-

lobed, the lobes rounded, minutely ciliated, imbricated in bud,

like the lobes of the corolla. The latter has 5 rounded scales

at the mouth, and, alternating with them, at the base of each lobe

of the limb, is a concave gland, opposite to the stamens. Fila-

ments short, dilated at the base: Anther roundish, reversed,

and fixed to the filament by a gland at the top of the back.

Germen ovate, 1-celled with a central placenta: style short:

Stigma capitate.

Fig. 1. Flower (scarcely expanded). f. 2. Corolla laid open.

J: 3. Lobe of the corolla with the gland at its base. f 4. Front

view of astamen. /f. 5. Pistil. / 6. Section of do. :—magnijied.

Wightiane. N. O. Leguminose.

TABAGALE

BavuHINIA RACEMOSA.

Inermis arborea, foliis cordato-rotundatis bilobis, racemis elon-

gatis, calyce spathaceo demum reflexo pubescenti-hirsuto,

petalis linearibus, staminibus 10 fertilibus undique hirsutis,

stylo nullo, stigmate plano, leguminibus linearibus crassis. _

-Bauhinea racemosa. Lam. Encycl. Meth. v. 1. p. 390 (non

Vahl) Wight, Cat. n. 626, 627. Wight et Arn. Fl. Penins.

Ind. Or. v. 1. p. 295.

B. parviflora. Vahl. Symb. v. 3. p. 55. De Cand. Prodr, v. 2.

p. 514, Roxb, Fl. Ind. v. 2. p. 323.

B. spicata. Koen.-Roxb.in E. I. C. Mus. t.153, Wall. Cat.n, 5789.

Messrs. Wight and Arnott have restored the name originally

given by Lamarck to this plant, but which was afterwards

applied by Vahl, De Candolle’ and others, to a very different

species.

Fig. 1. Stamen. fi 2. Calyx and pistil :—magnified.

Drummondiane. N. O. Composite.

TAB. CXLII.

Bracuyris RAMOSISSIMA.

Annua glabra valde paniculatim racemosa, ramulis gracilibus

angulatis, foliis alternis filiformi-setaceis, capitulis solitariis,

involucro obovato glutinoso, acheniis extus hirsutis, pappo

radii corona brevissima fimbriata, disci e paleis 5 lineari-sub-

spathulatis corollam subsequantibus basi in | tubum brevem

unitis,

Haz. Texas. II. (m. 155.) Drummond.

An annual very much branched plant, the stem and principal

branches rounded, the ramuli angled. Flowers numerous, deep

fulvous yellow. Ray of 6—8 florets, of which the pappus is

very short and imperfect; that of the disk on the contrary is

formed of 5 linear scales, broader upwards, nearly as long as the

corolla and united below into a short tube.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Floret of the ray. jf. 3. Achenium of

do. f. 4. Floret of the disk. f 5. Corolla of the disk laid open.

J. 6. Apex of the style and stigma. f. 7. Pappus of the discal

floret :—magnified.

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TAB. CXLIII.

STERCULIA COLORATA.

Foliis glabris palmato-5-lobis lobis acuminatis; calyce cylin-

draceo-clavato, carpellis oblongis membranaceis. W. et A.

Sterculia colorata. Roxb. Corom. v. 1. ¢. 25. De Cand. Prodr.

v. 1. p. 483. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 83. Wall. List, n.

1119. Wight, Cat. n, 228. Wight et Arn. Fl, Penins. Ind.

Or, v. 1. p. 63.

Has. Mountainous parts of the Rajahmundry Circar. Dr.

Roxburgh. Courtallum. Dr. Wight.

This must be an extremely handsome plant from the rich

scarlet colour of the entire panicles of flowers, and the rose-

colour of the fruit, according to Dr. Roxburgh ; who further

observes that S. colorata forms a very large tree, which casts its

leaves during the cold season and flowers in April, soon after

which the foliage again makes its appearance.

Fig. 1. Flower laid open :— magnified.

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Wightiane. N. O. Leguminose.

TAB. CXLIV.

SHUTERIA GLABRATA.

Foliolis utrinque glabris margine ciliatis obtusis obsolete mucro-

natis lateralibus ovalibus, bracteis unifloris, calyce glabro vel

parce piloso. W. et A. :

Shuteria glabrata. Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or.

v. 1. p. 207.

Has. Cunnawady. Dr. Wight.

It will be at once seen that this plant belongs to a groupe of

Leguminose whose generic characters are very obscurely defin-

ed. The present Genus of the learned authors of the above

mentioned work, seems to be founded on the Glycine vestita of

Graham in Wail. List, n. 5512, and is so closely allied to their

next Genus Notonia that * they were only satisfied of their being

distinct by the aid of the microscope :” the inflorescence, how-

ever, and the nervation of the leaflets they find to be altogether

distinct in the two genera: still they have candidly expressed

an opinion that they may be censured for creating these on ap-

* parently too slight grounds.

Fig. 1. Flower :—magnified.

Drummondiane. N. O. Composite.

TAB. CXLV.

Gymwnopsis UNISERIALIS.

Caule erecto scabro subdichotomo ramoso, foliis oblongo-ovatis

petiolatis angulato-dentatis supra nudiusculis obsolete punc-

tatis subtus strigoso-pilosis, involucri squamis uniseriatis

oblongo-spathulatis hirsutis, receptaculi paleis achznia gla-

berrima nitida volventibus demum tuberculatis scabris tubu-

losis, pappo coroniformi fimbriato.

Has. Texas. II. (n. 135, bis). Drummond.

This has decidedly the scales of the involucre in a single

series; in other respects it agrees with the Aldama dentata of

Lessing, Gymnopsis Schiedeana, DC. (and Llav. et Lex?) The

leaves are minutely dotted and nearly naked above, beneath

densely clothed with close-pressed hairs. Florets of the ray

neuter: of the disk perfect; the corolla with 5 long lacinize;

branches of the style elongated. The palea of the receptacle

completely envelopes the lower part of the floret and is even

on the surface, afterwards it becomes tuberculated and the edges

seem to combine so as to form a tube, firmly including the

very glossy black achenium, with its short crown-like pappus.

Fig. 1. Floretof the ray. jf 2. Do. of the disk with its palea.

J. 3. The palea in a more advanced state, including the achenium.

f. 4. Achenium. /f. 5. Pappus:—magnijied.

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TAB. CXLVI.

Hymenoxys? LINEARIFOLIA.

Herbacea valde ramosa sub lente pilosa, foliis alternis linearibus

integris integerrimis, pedunculis terminalibus unifloris, capi-

tulo radiato, involucri squamis oblongis hirsutis, pappi paleis

56 ovato-acuminatis nervo excurrente longe cuspidatis.

Has. San Felipe, Texas. III. n. 224. Drummond.

I refer this plant to Hymenoxys with some degree of doubt,

arising chiefly from its undivided leaves. The flowers and

fruit and pappus seem entirely to belong to that Genus, and

the powerful odour of Chamomile exhaled, when the capitula

are bruised, is also characteristic of Hymenoxys. The specimens

are a span or more high, much branched, herbaceous; the leaves

about an inch long. The peduncles are quite naked, terminat-

ing every branch and bearing a solitary yellow flower.

Fig. 1. Floret of the ray. f- 2. Do. of the disk. jf. 3. Acheni-

um of the same. f. 4. Palea of the pappus. f. 5. Scale of the

involucre. f. 6, Apex of the style with the stigma :—magnified.

Drummondiane. N. O. Composite.

TAB. CXLVII.

Bracuyris MICROCEPHALA.

Fruticosa paniculato-ramosissima, ramulis herbaceis angulatis

strictis gracilibus, foliis alternis linearibus, capitulis solitariis,

involucro obovato glutinoso, acheniis glabris, pappo radii nullo,

disci e paleis 5—7 brevissimis dentiformibus.

Brachyris microcephala. De Cand. Prodr, v. 5. p. 313.

B. parviflora. Hook. in Herb. Drum.

Has. Sullico, Mexico. Berlandier. San Felipe, Texas. II.

n. 228. Drummond.

De Candolle’s character, though differently worded from the

one above given, seems intended to characterize the same plant

as is here represented, and in both cases the small size of the

flowers or capitula has suggested the specific name. The main

stem and base of the larger branches are decidedly woody, the

lesser branches dark green and angled, singularly slender, almost

virgate and fastigiate. Radial florets 5—7.

Fig. 1, Flower. f. 2. Scale of the involucre. jf. 3. Radial

floret. f. 4. Achenium of the same. f. 5. Floret of the disk.

J: 6. Upper part of the style and stigma. J. 7. Achenium of the

disk,

Drummondiane. N. O. Composite.

TAB. CXLVIII.

PaLaroxia TEXANA.

Caule herbaceo, ramis petiolis pedunculis involucrisque glan-

dulosis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis integerrimis trinerviis scabris,

capitulis corymbosis radiatis multifloscalis, involucri squamis

10—12; radii corollis profunde trifidis, pappi paleis brevissi-

mis obiuaiatana: ; disci pappi paleis lanceolatis acuminatis

uninerviis achenium tetragonum scabrum zequantibus.

Haz. Texas (Berlandier). IL. n. 136. Drummond.

This seems to be a tall growing plant, the leaves turning black

in drying. Flowers large, handsome, distinctly rayed, of which

circumstance De Candolle takes no notice : but in other respects

his description is so accurate, that I cannot but think the two

plants are the same. The pappus of the disk is very large and

conspicuous, with a strong midrib from which there branch off

numerous delicate oblique veins, the margin is finely ciliated.

Fig. 1. Outer or radial floret, with a scale of the volacre. 2

J: 2. Palea of the pappus. jf. 3. Floret of the disk. “3 4,

Achenium of do. f. 5. Palea of do :—magnijied.

Fightsiane. N. O. Graminez.

TAB. CL.

AIRA ANTARCTICA.

Czespitosa nana, culmis procumbentibus, foliis subulatis longe

vaginantibus paniculas subsessiles eequantibus, spiculis bifloris,

glumis lineari-lanceolatis subsequalibus carinatis apice scabris,

paleis inferioribus profunde bifidis bicuspidatis subcarinatis

infra medium longe aristatis basi pilosis, interioribus plani-

usculis biplicaiis apice bifidis squamulis 2 integris, stigmati-

bus parce plumosis.

Haz. New South Shetland. Dr. Lights.

New South Shetland has been described by voyagers as a

- region which, though yielding a few Lichens upon the hard rocks,

yet is utterly destitute of pheenogamic or flowering plants.

Dr. Eights however collected in that desolate country specimens

of the grass which is here figured; and probably other kinds may

yet reward the researches of the Botanist who shall have the

courage to visit those remote islands. Aira antarctica agrees in

several particulars with our well-known A. caryophyllea ; but the

habit of the two is totally different no less than the colour, in

ours throughout of a yellow green, particularly the pale, not

exhibiting the greyish tint and dry and scariose appearance of

the former. The glumes too in our plant are much longer,

(twice or thrice as long,) narrowed at the base, and the awns

are by no means so much exserted.

Fig. 1. Spikelet. jf. 2. The florets removed from the pales.

J. 3. Stamens, pistil and squamule. jf. 4 Paleze :—magnified. —

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ILex CRASSIFOLIA.

Glaberrima, foliis subrotundo-ellipticis obtusis serratis trans-

versim venosis subtus pallidis punctatis, pedunculis axillaribus

solitariis capitato-trifloris, capitulis calycibusque bibracteatis,

corolla 5-lobo.

Has. Province of Chacapoyas. Mathews, 1836.

In many respects this species agrees with the J. rupicola of

Humboldt and Kunth, an inhabitant of the neighbourhood of

Loxa in the province of Quito; but that is described as having

smaller reticulated leaves (12—14 lines long) and 4 instead of

5 divisions to the floral coverings. Even for a Holly the pre-

sent has singularly thick foliage, but less rigid and far less glossy

than in our J. Aquifolium: it would appear as if, when recent,

the leaves were more fleshy than coriaceous. Beneath they are

pale and sprinkled with rusty coloured dots.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Corolla laid open. f.3.Stamen. f- 4.

Calyx and pistil :—magnijied.

Harveiane. tN. O. Scrophularinze.

AB OLE

Linpernia CAPENSIs.

Perennis, ramis erectis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acutis subin-

tegerrimis glabris, pedunculis solitariis axillaribus unifloris

folio longioribus.

Lindernia Capensis. Th. Fl, Cap. ed. Schult. p. 480.

Has. Cape of Good Hope; Kramrivier, Lurisrivier, &c.

Thunberg. In spots that have been inundated during winter,

near Wynberg. Hon. W. J. Harvey.

Root perennial (**annual” according to Thunberg.) Stems

at first accumbent, often rooting, quadrangular, with a deep

furrow down the opposite sides ; wemckee opposite, nearly erect.

Leaves glabrous, opposite, ovate, obovate or lanceolate, tapering

below, mostly quite sessile, acute, entire or obscurely serrated.

Padeicies longer than the leaves, deflexed in fruit. Calyx 5-

partite ; seoments subulate, acute. Corolla white, faintly tinged

with blue, and with two blue spots on the palate, ringent; upper

lip erect, slightly vaulted, ovate, sharply bifid; lower one of

3 nearly equal, orbicular, spreading lobes. Stamens 2 perfect,

2 sterile: perfect attached to the centre of the tube; anthers of

2 diverging lobes: sterile adnate to the-tube for nearly their

whole length, free above, tubercled, furnished near the apex —

with a single tooth, no trace of anthers. Ovary ovate, 2-celled,

having at the base a yellow waxy cup-shaped ee ee disc.

Style flat, erect, persistent : stigma bilamellate. W. H. Harvey.

The drawing was made at the Cape by Mr. Harvey, from the

recent plant.

Fig. 1. Corolla. ££ 2. The'same laid open. f. 3. Apex of “

fertile stamen. jf. 4. do. of a sterile one. f. 5. Pistil. oe 6

Section of the ovary :—magnified.

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Boutoniane. N. O. Leguminose.

TAB. CLIL

CLiroria VIRIDIFLORA.

Volubilis glabra, foliis ternatis, foliolis ovatis mucronatis, stipellis

setaceis, floribus fasciculatis, vexillo ovato retuso ecalcarato,

calyce campanulato 5-fido, bracteolis lanceolatis longitudina-

liter striatis.

Clitoria viridiflora. Bouton, MSS. in Herb. nostr.

Has. Moist and shady places on the borders of forests in

Mauritius, especially in the district called ** Flacq.” Messrs.

Bouton, Bojer.

A climbing shrubby plant, almost every-where perfectly

glabrous. Leaves of 3 ovate petiolated leaflets, mucronated at

the point, glaucous beneath. There are two small setaceous

stipules between the 2 lateral leaflets and 2 others upon the

petiole of the terminal cone. Flowers 4—6 from the axils of

the leaves, glabrous, each upon a short pedicel which has a few

scattered leaves. Calyx campanulate, glabrous, with 2 striated

bracteas at the base. Corolla of an uniform dull yellowish-green

colour. Vezillum destitute of spur, embracing with its base the

2 wings and the keel, and then suddenly bending back from

near the middle, where there is an oblong reddish spot. Wings

twisted at the apex which is pressed against the extremity of

the keel. Keel slightly curved upwards. Stamens 10, diadel-

phous. Legume broadly-linear, compressed, stipitate, enclosing

8—10 seeds.

Fig. 1. Vexillum. £2. Flower, from which the vexillum is :

removed. /f. 3. Keel. 4. One of the wings untwisted. f. 5.

Calyx and Stamens. f. 6. Pistil :—magnified

Wightiane. N. O. Apocinese.

TAH. CLM.

VALLARIS PERGULARIA.

Foliis ovatis obovatisque acutis glabris, caule fruticoso.

Vallaris Pergularia. Br. Mem. Wern. Soc. v. 1. p. 52.

Vallaris Pergularia. Burm. Ind. p. 51.

Emercia Pergularia. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 401.

Pergularia glabra. Linn. Mant. p. 53.

Has. Madras Peninsula. Dr. Wight.

Stem twining, shrubby. Leaves opposite, ovate or rather oval

or obovate, nerved, rather acute, petiolate. Peduncle interpe-

tiolary, dichotomous. Flowers corymbose. Calyx 5-partite, the

segments lanceolate. Corolla hypocrateriform : tube short ; limb

of 5 cordate spreading lobes. Filaments short, subulate, situated

near the mouth of the tube. Anthers exserted, sagittate, forming

a cone; each with a large fleshy gland at the forking of the cells.

Five glands surround the germen. Style filiform; stigma

conico-ovate,

Rig. 1. Corolla laid open. f. 2. Stamen. jf. 3. Calyx and —

pistil, with the hypogynous glands.

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TAB. CLIV.

ELmocarpus CORIACEUS.

Glaber, foliis brevi-petiolatis coriaceis obovatis utrinque reti-

culatis, racemis copiosis folia superantibus erectis, floribus

pendulis, petalis apice multifido-fimbriatis, staminibus sub-20,

antheris nudis, ovario triloculari.

Has. Mountains of Ceylon, at an elevation of 6,000 feet above

the level of the sea. Col. Walker.

This appears to be a stunted shrub or small tree, with thick

rather tortuose and very woody branches, rough with the closely

placed scars of the fallen -leaves. Leaves exceedingly thick,

coriaceous, glossy above, opaque and a little paler beneath.

Torus large, upon which the ovary is inserted.

Fig. 1. Flower. £ 2. The same, from which the calyx is re-

moved. f. 3. Stamen. /f. 4. Pistil and torus. f. 5. Section of

the ovary :-—magnified.

Walkeriane. N. O. Eleocarpee.

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EL2OCARPUS PUBESCENS. —

Ramis foliisque junioribus dense pubescentibus demum nudius-

culis, foliis lato-ovalibus obovatisque subcoriaceis obscure

serratis, racemis infra foliis e ramis vetustioribus pendentibus

pubescentibus, petalis cuneatis basi utrinque filamento unico

apice fimbriatis, staminibus sub-15, antheris nudis.

4B. Mountains of Ceylon, 6,000 feet above the level of the

sea. Col. Walker (n. 134).

This species is remarkable for the downy almost velvety

nature of its young branches and foliage and racemes, and even

in the older leaves the underside is frequently downy as well as

the upper surface on the midrib and principal nerves.

fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Petal. jf 3. Torus, stamens, and pistil.

J. 4, Stamen. f. 5. Pistil:—magnified.

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Wightiane. N. O. Leguminose.

TAB. CLVI.

Mimosa RUBICAULIS.

Ramis petiolisque uncinato-aculeatis, foliis bipinnatis pinnis

5-jugis glandula setiformi inter omnia paria, foliclis 10—12-

jugis oblongo-linearibus adpresso-pubescentibus, stipulis sub-

ulatis ad basin omnium petiolorum, stipellis petiolo adnatis,

pedunculis monocephalis aggregatis in axillis foliorum (seepe

abortivorum) superiorum, floribus octandris, legumine sessili

compresso-plano glabro obscure articulato, suturis rectis in-

ermibus vel aculeatis. W. et A

Mimosa rubicaulis. Lam. ney. Meth. v. 1. p..20. De Cand.

Prodr. v. 2. p. 429. Wall. Cat. n. 5289. Wight, Cat. n. 565.

Wight et Arn. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. v. 1. p. 268.

M. octandra. Roxb. Cor.v. 2. p. 200. Ej. Fl. Ind. v. 2. p. 566.

M. Rottleri. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 2. p. 206.

Haz. Madras Peninsula. Dr. Wight; by whom the figure

here engraved was communicated.

Flowers 1 rose-colored. Stem and branches tinged with deep

purple.

Fig. 1. Single flower :—magnijied.

Walkeriane. N. O. Dilleniacez..

LAB. CLViIE

ACROTREMA UNIFLORUM.

Foliis obovato-oblongis serratis, pedunculis calycibusque unifloris

longe hirsutis.

Has. Adam’s Peak, Ceylon. Mrs. Col. Walker (n. 16).

Radiz perennis. Caulis perbrevis, erectus, simplex, rarius divisus

vel subproliferus. Folia subradicalia, 8—12, stellatim dispo-

sita, digitalia ad spithamzeam oblongo-obovata, obtusa, serrata,

membranacea, basi attenuata, majora petiolata, costata, ner-

vosa, nervis parallelis fere horizontalibus: pagina superior

intra nervos, inferior in costa nervisque, marginibus ubique

longe pilosis. Petioli vaginantes, hirsuti. Pedunculi plurimi,

axillares, uniflori, graciles, folio multo breviores. Calya e

foliolis 5 ovalibus hirsutis. Corolla 5-petala, petalis ovalibus

calyce longioribus. Stamina 5. Anthere poris duobus. Ger-

men ovale; styli 3. Capsula 3-locularis. Semina numerosa,

reniformia, punctata.

This is a very different species of Acrotrema from either of the

two yet described, A. costatum Jack, from Penang, and 4.

Wightianum Wall. from Travancora; both of which have many-

flowered scapes or peduncles. A fourth species has been also

sent to me from Ceylon, by Mrs. Walker, which may be called—

A. lanceolatum ; foliis lanceolatis acutis sinuato-dentatis oblique

nervosis adultis glaberrimis, pedunculis unifloris.

Has. Adam’s Peak, Ceylon. Mrs. Col. Walker, (n. 15).—

This appears to have an annual root: and the plant is not

more than half the size of A. uniflorum,

Fig. 1. Flower, scarcely expanded. f 2. Expanded flower.

J. 3. Front and f, 4. back view of astamen. f. 5. Pistil. f. 6.

The same cut through vertically. 7. Capsule. J. 8. Seed :—

magnified,

Douglasiane. N. O. Hepatice.

TAB. CLVIII.

MARCHANTIA TRICHOCEPHALA.

F'rondibus membranaceis opacis ex areolatis oblongis pinnatifido-

lobatis, pedunculis elongatis, receptaculo hemispherico 5—6-

lobo supra pilis longis erectis fuscis hirsutissimo.

Haz. Sandwich islands. D. Douglas, (n. 71).

This well marked species of Marchantia is one of the com-

paratively few species of plants, discovered by Mr. Douglas in

the Sandwich islands, which have reached this country. Its

fronds form widely spreading patches which are imbricating,

dark-green, opaque, membranaceous, lobed in a_pinnatifid

manner, the lobes oblong, obtuse, sinuato-pinnatifid, the texture

is very compact, almost like that of Jungermannia epiphylla, and

‘no reticulations are visible to the naked eye. Peduncles at or

near the apex of the segments of the frond, at first short and

hairy, at length an inch or an inch and a half long, naked,

terminated by an hemispherical involucre, clothed above with

copious long erect hairs, the margin about 5-lobed, and bearing

beneath as many pendent capsules, filled with seeds and spiral

filaments.

Fig. 1. Portion of the fertile frond. f. 2. Receptacle with a

sules. . 3. Spiral filaments. f, 4. Seeds or sporules :—magnijied.

Cunninghamiane. N. O. Leguminosz.

TAD: ALI

ACACIA SERTIFORMIS, A. C.

Glaberrima glauca, phyllodiis sessilibus subrotundis obliquis

coriaceis marginatis mucronatis spinosis basi superne glandu-

losis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis vel binis monocephalis

folio longioribus, capitulis globosis.

Acacia sertiformis. All. Cunn. in Herb. nostr.

Has. Western skirts of Liverpool plains ; N. S. Wales. Allan

Cunningham, Esq.

Mr. Cunningham notices this as a lovely shrub, forming beau-

tiful garlands with its bending many-flowered branches. It is

extremely difficult to describe the form of foliage in the numerous

species of New Holland Acacie which have oblique or inzequila-

teral leaves. In the present species, were the two halves of the

phyllodium equally large, the shape would be cordate, but besides

that the one half is much smaller than the other, this lesser

one is suddenly contracted above the middle, and thence to

_the apex presents little more than the thickened margin

running parallel with the costa. There is a small subulate

stipule on each side the base of the phyllodium. The heads

of flowers are numerous in the axils towards the extremity of the

branches, handsome and yellow.

Fig. 1. Phyllodium :—magnified.

Cunninghamiane. N. O. Leguminosee.

TAB. CLA.

Acacia TRANSLUCENS, A. C.

Glabra subglauca, ramis virgatis angulatis, phyllodiis sessilibus

dimidiato-ovatis obliquis falcatis parallelo-nervosis marginatis

hinc basi obsolete glandulosis junioribus apice latioribus dis-

coloribus incrassatis pellucidis, pedunculis solitariis monoce-

phalis folio longioribus.

Acacia translucens. All. Cunn. in Herb. nostr.

Has. Montagu Sound on the N. W. coast of N. Holland.

Allan Cunningham, Esq. '

An erect, twiggy shrub, with very angled branches. Phyllo-

dia scarcely an inch long, oblique and falcate, marked with

parallel nerves and with an indistinct small gland on the base

of the upper margin: the young ones are singularly dilated at

the apex and these apices are swollen, pellucid, and appear as

if, in the living state, they were filled with gummy or resinous

fluid ; in age this singular character disappears and the phyllo-

dium becomes narrow and more acute at the apex, but seldom

mucronated. Stipules 2, small, ovate, acute, appressed. Pe-

duncles about twice as long as the leaves, solitary, bearing a

globose head of flowers.

Fig. 1. Young phyllodium. / 2. Old phyllodium: —magnified.

Cunninghamiane. N. O. Leguminose.

TAB. CLXI.

ACACIA HISPIDULA, A.C.

Tota pubescenti-scabra, ramis teretibus, phyllodiis oblongis

falcatis coriaceis subobliquis marginatis mucronatis margini-

bus costisque spinulosis, pedunculis axillaribus subsolitariis

monocephalis folio brevioribus.

Acacia hispidula. All. Cunn. in Herb. nostr.

Haz. New Holland. Allan Cunningham, Esq., but the parti-

cular locality is not marked on the only specimen I have seen.

A very harsh and stiff-looking shrub, with rigid phyllodia,

which, as well as the stem and branches, are rough with short

bristles, while the thickened margins of the phyllodia and the

midrib are clothed with short prickles. Heads of flowers globose,

partially concealed by the phyllodia, which are a little longer

than the peduncles.

Fig. 1. Phyllodium :—magnified.

Forbesiane. N. O. Lycopodiacee

TAB. CLXII. CLXIII.

LycopopIUM LEPIDOPHYLLUM.

Caulibus plurimis cespitosis bi-tri-pinnatis stellatim dispositis

siccitate incurvis globum formantibus, ramis undique foliosis,

foliis distichis arctissime imbricatis coriaceo-rigidis late ovatis

obtusis margine scariosis basi ciliatis subtus pallidis rufescenti-

bus, stipulis folic subsimilibus margine toto ciliatis, spicis

terminalibus acute triquetris, bracteis cordato-acuminatis.

Lycopodium lepidophyllum. Hook. et Grev. Enum. Fil. suppl.

in Bot. Misc. v. 3. p. 106.

Mexico (near San Blas.) Capt. Henry Dundas. I possess

specimens from Alex. Caldcleugh, Esq., Mr. Cuming, J. T.

Mackay, Esq. and Dr. Forbes :—all I believe from Mexico.

This plant, in S, America, long enjoyed such a celebrity from its

remarkably hygrometric property, that specimens form an article

of commerce between Mexico and Peru. Like the Anastatica

Hierochuntica, or famous Rose of Jericho,—in a dried state, the

stems and branches are incurved so that the whole plant forms

an elastic ball :—on being moistened, the stems and branches

spread out horizontally : and this experiment may be repeatedly

performed. Mr. Cuming gave an equal weight in gold for the

specimen, which, so far as I know, was the first perfect one ever

brought to Europe, and which he kindly presented to me; but

numerous and finer specimens have since been given me by

Dr. Forbes of Chichester, through the Rev. G. E. Smith.

Fig. 1. Portion of a branch, underside. jf 2. Upperside. f- 3.

Leaf. f. 4. Stipule. f. 5. Fertile spikes. jf 6. Bractea, and

J. 7. Capsule from the same : — magnified.

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TAB. CLXIII.

LycoPoDIUM LEPIDOPHYLLUM.

This figure represents the plant in a dried state rolled up like

a ball, and is one of many liberally communicated to me by Dr.

Forbes of Chichester. The some gentleman has supplied the

Rey. G. E. Smith with a considerable number, which has enabled

him to draw up a Memoir on the structure and properties of

this and of some other hygrometric plants belonging to the pre-

sent Order and to the Filices, which I trust will soon be given to

the public.

Cunninghamiane. N. O. Leguminose.

TAB. CLXIV.

ACACIA BUXIFOLIA.

Glabra, ramis virgatis, phyllodiis oblique lanceolatis obscure

venosis marginatisque acutis, glandula infra medium marginis

superioris seepe obsoleta, capitulis racemosis axillaribus phyl-

lodio duplo longioribus.

Acacia buxifolia. All. Cunn. in Field’s Austral, v. 2. p. 344. n. 50.

Hap. Pine (Callitris) ranges, Macquarie River. Allan Cun-

ningham, Esq.

A shrub ; with slender twiggy branches, and numerous, nearly

erect, lanceolate, very smooth and glabrous phyllodia, on which

the marginal gland is sometimes conspicuous, but more gener-

ally wholly wanting. Racemes of 4—6 globose capitula, longer

than the leaves, deep yellow. -

Fig. 1. Phyllodium :—magnified.

Cunninghamiane. N. O. Leguminose.

TAB, CLAY.

ACACIA CUNNINGHAMII.

Ramis acute trigonis, phyllodiis (palmaribus) late lanceolatis fal-

catis basi apiceque attenuatis parallelim nervosis furfuraceis

basi antice uniglandulosis, spicis elongatis vermiculiformibus

axillaribus sessilibus folio brevioribus, floribus 5-fidis.

4B. Forest ground, near Brisbane river. Allan Cunning-

ham, Esq.

A tree, 10-15 feet high, with very large falcated phyllodia,

clothed, more especially in the young state and on the young

branches, with a mealy substance, which in older plants is

deciduous. The spikes are generally 2 together in the axils of

the leaves, sessile, flexuose. Between the parallel nerves are

lesser oblique and often anastomosing ones.

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TAB. CLXVI.

ACACIA SETIGERA, Ac,

Pilosa, ramis diffusis teretibus, phyllodiis ellipticis obliquis

undulato-tortuosis venosis marginatis marginis basi superiore

uniglandulosis apice in mucronem elongatum subulato-seti-

formem acuminatis, pedunculis axillaribus monocephalis folio

longioribus, (foliis superioribus sub flores seepe abortivis).

Acacia setigera, All. Cunn. in Herb. nostr.

Haz. Sandstone ridges on the western branches of Hunter’s

river, N. Holland. Allan Cunningham, Esq.

The phyllodia and branches of this shrub are black in drying:

the latter are quite cylindrical, pilose: the former are scarcely

an inch long (even the largest of them), elliptical, oblique, coria-

ceous, acute at the base, acuminated at the apex into a long

slender curved subulate or almost setaceous point: the margin

is thickened and ciliated with long hairs: the surface has a few

scattered hairs. Heads of flowers globose, copious, on peduncles 4

twice as long as the phyllodia, from the axils of which they —

spring: these phyllodia, however, gradually become smaller, 2

and altogether disappear beneath the uppermost peduncles, —

which thus form a terminal raceme.

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Wightiane. N. O. Capparidez.

TAB. CLXXVIII.

CratTevA RoxBuRGHII.

Foliolis ovatis acuminatis basi attenuatis lateralibus basi inaequali-

bus, neem limbo ovato-r ee nggemisc oe numerosis

(16-20 vel pluribus, ) toro} bosa. Wet A.

Crateeva Roxbu urghii. Br. in ‘Denh. et Clap. Trav. App.—

pes Cat, n. 83, 84. Wight et Arn. Fl. Penins, Ind.

Ur. 0.1, p. 33.

C. te Ham. in Linn. Trans, v. 15. p. 118.

C. religiosa. Ham, 1. c. (non Vahl). Wall. Cat. n. 6972.

C. Tapia. Vahl, Symb. 3. p. 61.

Capparis trifolia. Rowb. Fl. Ind. v. 2, p. 571.

Haz. Not uncommon on the coast of Coromandel. Dr. Wight.

Fig. 1. Section of the fruit. f 2. seed. f. 3. seed laid open :—

slightly magnified.

Fraseriane. N. O. Leguminos.

TAB, CLXVII.

ACACIA ANCEPS,

Glaberrima, ramis ancipitibus alatis, pbyllodiis elliptico-lanceo-

latis distichis parallelim nervosis, pedunculis axillaribus mono-

cephalis solitariis phyllodio multoties brevioribus.

Has. Margins of dense forests at Brisbane River, N. Holland.

Charles Fraser,

A singular and well-marked species, having the stem (as much

as my solitary specimen exhibits of it) and branches singularly

compressed, ancipitate and winged; the phyllodia inserted on

the two opposite edges upon a tooth or projection, large, ellip-

tical-lanceolate, very obtuse, sometimes with a short mucro, the

nerves parallel, but united by lesser ones which anastomose.

Heads of flowers globose, solitary, axillary, on a very short

peduncle,

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Cunninghamiane. N. O. Leguminosze.

TAB. CLXVIII.

Acacia NEUROCcARPA, A. C.

Canescens demum glabra, phyllodiis (omnium maximis) semi-

ovatis obtusis in petiolum attenuatis oblique 3—4-nerviis

margine inferiori curvato, floribus spicatis, leguminibus (im-

perfectis ?) tortuosis.

Acacia neurocarpa. All. Cunn. in Herb, nostr.

Haz. Cambridge Gulf, N. Holland. Allan Cunningham, Esq.

I preserve the ms. name given to this plant by Mr. Cun-

ningham, though my own specimen, in consequence of the im-

perfect state of its fruit, does not indicate the character from

which that name is derived. It is also destitute of root and

flowers: but the great size and shape of the phyllodia and the

acutely triangular branches, together with the hoary appear-

ance of all the younger parts of the plant, will readily mark

this species. One of the phyllodia measures above. 8 inches

in length and between 5 and 6 in width. These large ones, it

may be observed, are broader in proportion than the older ones;

all of them taper into a rounded petioliform base, the apex is

very blunt, having a mucro at the oblique point.

Cunninghamiane. N. O, Leguminose.

TAB. CLXIX.

ACACIA DOLABRIFORMIS, A. C.

Ramis obtuse angulatis superioribus floriferis non vero aphyllis,

phyllodiis late semiovatis obtusis brevi-petiolatis oblique 3—5

nerviis marginatis, margine inferiori recto, spicis elongatis

cylindricis axillaribus, leguminibuslinearibus obtusis subtereti-

bus, seminibus isthmis pulposis interceptis.

Acacia dolabriformis. All. Cunn. in Herb. nostr.

Has. Various parts of the North coast of New Holland. Allan

Cunningham, Esq.

Allied to the preceding species, and according to Mr. Cun-

ningham’s notes some of the phyllodia are nearly as large as in

that plant, but they are distinguished by the lower margin forming

a straight line, while the upper forms a remarkable curved one.

The spikes seem to be truly axillary, but in the very luxuriant

flowering specimens, the phyllodia disappear among the spikes,

which thus form large panicles of blossoms.

Fig. 1. Legumen :—natural size.

Cunninghamiane. N. O, Leguminose.

TAB. CLXX.

ACACIA CULTRIFORMIS, A. C.

Glabra, ramis (e phyllodiis subdecurrentibus) angulatis, phyllo-

diis cultriformibus marginatis mucronato-acutis angulo supe-

riori uniglandulosis costatis venosis, racemis paniculatis infe-

rioribus axillaribus.

Acacia cultriformis. All, Cunn. in Herb. nostr.

Has. Bushy forest ground, Hunter’s River, New , Holland.

Allan Cunningham, Esq.

An erect, twiggy, branching shrub, the 6 hes reddish-purple,

and slightly angular. Phyllodia numerous, about an inch long,

of a shape which is perhaps best expressed by Mr. Cunningham’s

Specific name, or in other words semi-rhomboid; the lower

margin forming a straight line ; the upper, two sides of a triangle,

having a gland on the upper angle, the nerve running nearest —

to the lower margin. Racemes forming handsome panicles of

Jlowers, collected into globose capitula: the lower racemes are

however often leafy.

Fig. 1. Leaf :—slightly magnified.

Fraseriane. N. QO. Leguminose.

TAR CLARE

ACACIA FRASER].

Pulverulenti-glauca albida pubescens, phyllodiis ellipticis sub-

obliquis mucronatis marginatis costis marginibusque ciliatis,

capitulis racemosis, racemis phyllodio 3-plo longioribus.

Has. Banks of the River Logan, N. Holland. Charles Fraser.

This plant has the phyllodia, stems, and peduncles white with

a powdery substance, which is particularly abundant on the

younger parts: the whole is likewise clothed with a fine down,

while the margins of the phyllodia and their costa are distinctly

ciliated. These phyllodia have their sides but slightly unequal, —

and there is no perceptible gland on the margin.

Fig. 1. Phyllodium :—slightly magnified.

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Cunninghamiane. N. O. Leguminosz.

TAB. CLXXII.

Acacia LYCOPODIIFOLIA, A. C.

Pubescenti-hirsuta, foliis minutis verticillatis linearibus mucro-

natis, stipulis setaceis, pedunculis sparsis axillaribus solitariis

monocephalis glabris foliis multo longioribus, leguminibus

lineari-oblongis compressissimis.

Acacia lycopodiifolia. All. Cunn. in Herb. nostr.

Has. Cambridge Guif, N. Holland. Allan Cunningham, Esq.

This is indeed a very remarkable species of this most exten-

sive genus. The leaves (phyllodia ?) are arranged in verticilli

(8—10 in a whorl), each with a grooved line on the upper and

underside, a pair of setaceous stipules at the base, mucronate

at the point and hairy on the surface. Heads of flowers

sparingly scattered on solitary peduncles, which are many times

longer than the little leaves.

Fig. 1. Whorl of leaves. f. 2. Single leaf with its stipules :—

magnified.

Walkeriane. N. O. Ranunculacez.

TAB: CLAAIML

RANUNCULUS SAGITTEFOLIUS.

Foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis (petiolis hirsutis) cordato-

sagittatis obtusis crenatis cauleque erecto glabris, superioribus

sensim tioril i tiolati to-pinnatifidis, flori-

Oo : a

bus terminalibus subpaniculatis, sepalis 5 patentibus petalis

triplo minoribus, rhizomate crasso elongato radicante.

AaB. Ceylon. Mrs. Col. Walker.

Rhizoma crassum, repens. Caulis erectus, spithameus ad

pedalem, teres, striatus, glaber, superne paniculatus. Folia

pleraque radicalia, longe petiolata, cordato-sagittata, obtusa,

crenata, glabra: caulina magis ovata, minusque petiolata:

suprema lanceolata, subsessilia, pinnatifido-serrata. Pedunculi

erecti, graciles. Flos mediocris. Calycis sepala 5, subro-

tundata, patentia. Petala 5, subrotundo-obcordata, glabra,

flava. Ovaria in capitulum subrotundum congesta. Achenia

immatura subrotunda, compressa, stylo persistente mucronata

terminata, glabra.

A smaller specimen than that here figured sent by Mrs.

Walker to Dr. Graham, exhibits a creeping root or rhizoma

3 or 4 inches in length, throwing out numerous thick radicles

from its underside.

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Walheriane. N. O. Rubiacez.

TASS CLAW,

NEUROCALYX ZEYLANICUS,

Gen. Cuar. Calycis tubus obconicus pentagonus: limbus 5-

partitus, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis foliaceis nervosis persistenti-

bus. Corolla rotata 5-partita, calycis foliolis -duplo breviori-

bus. Stamina 5: Filamenta 0: Anthere magne in tubum

pyramidalem coalitee. Ovariwm turbinatum, disco operculari

coronatum: Stylus discum perforans filiformis, staminibus

paululum Jongior: Stigma simplex. Capsula 5-locularis?

Semina numerosa, parva.—Herba caude simplici perbrevi,

radice sublignosa perenni (?). Folialanceolata, acuminata, mem-

branacea, penninervia, integerrima, basi longe attenuata, Stipules

multifide, laciniis subulatis. Racemi aziilares, folio breviores ;

pedicelli bracteati.

Neurocalyx Zeylanicus.

Has. Ceylon. Col. Walker.

Quite a new genus; certainly allied to, but very distinct from

Argostemma of Wallich, as Dr. Arnott has justly observed to me.

The underside of the foliage is much paler than the upper.

Fig. 1. Flower. f: 2. Calyx and ovary. f. 3. Section of the

immature fruit :—magnifted.

Walkeriane. N. O. Aroidez.

TAB. CLXXV.

PoTHOS SCANDENS.

Scandens radicans, foliis lanceolatis in petiolum latissimum

articulatis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis basi vaginatis folio

brevioribus, spadice pedicellata ovali-globosa, spatha cucul-

lata.

Pothos scandens. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1347. Ker, Bot. Reg. t.

1337. Wall. Cat. n. 4435.

Ana-Parna. Rheed. Hort. Mal. v. 7%. p. 75. t. 40.

Appendix duplo folio. Rumph. Amb. v, 5, t. 184. f. 2.

Has. Apparently frequent over a great part of India, as

Chittagong, Malabar, Amboyna and other Eastern Islands.

(Roxburgh). Ceylon. Col. Walker.

So unlike is this plant to the P. scandens figured by Mr. Ker

in the Botanical Register above quoted, that I could not believe

that it was the same species, until on a comparison of various

individuals i in my Herbarium it appeared to be liable to great

variation, even on different parts of the same plant, especially in

the relative length of the petioles and peduncles. The nerva-

tion of the leaves is however very incorrectly represented in

the Bot. Reg.

Our figure is taken from Ceylon specimens.

pi 2

Walkeriane. N. O. Ranunculacee.

TAB. CLAAVI.

ANEMONE WIGHTIANA,

(Sect. Anemonospermos.)

Sericeo-villosa, foliis longe petiolatis circumscriptione cordato-

subrotundis tripartitis, segmentis profunde trifidis laciniis

cuneatis crenato-lobatis, involucralibus sessilibus (1—2) ple-

rumque trifidis segmentis oblongo-linearibus integris bi-trifi-

disve, sepalis ellipticis sub-7, stylis uncinatis.

Anemone Wightiana. Wall. Cat. n. 4697. Wight, Cat. n. 9.

ll. Wight et Arn. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. v. 1. p. 3.

8. major, A. dubia. Wall. Cat. n. 4698. Wight, Cat. n. 10.

Wight et Arn. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. v. 1. p. 3.

Has. «a. and 6. Neelgheries. Dr. Wight. Ceylon. Col. Walker.

My own specimens from Col. and Mrs. Walker (of which the

smaller kind is here figured) as well as those from Dr. Wallich

and Dr. Wight, confirm the opinion expressed in the work of

Dr. Arnott, that A. Wightiana and A. dubia are merely

varieties of the same species. It is a mountain plant, and so far

as we at present know, confined to the Neelgherie hills and those

_ of Ceylon; in the latter country growing at an elevation of 6000

feet above the level of the sea.

Nimmoane. N. O. Orchideze.

TAB. CLXXVII.

CATASETUM CRISTATUM; var. monstrosum.

Monacanthi et Myanthi cristati, proles biformis. Lindl. Bot.

Reg. t. 1951.

I had, more than a year ago, expressed my opinion that

Myanthus could not be distinguished generically from Catasetum,

and Jam happy to find that the learned author of the former genus

now not only coincides in that opinion, but also unites his Mona-

canthus with it. Indeed the very plant upon which this latter

genus was founded (M. viridis, Bot. Reg. t. 1752), I have long

known at Wentworth Gardens, and on the first sight of it, I

mentioned to Mr. Cooper my opinion that it was only a mons-

trosity of some Catasetum ; nor am I sure that it is not the very

Species here figured, with all its flowers metamorphosed so

as to resemble the original Catasetum, having no perfect anther

and the sets of the column obsolete. Monacanthus discolor

(Bot. Reg. t. 1735), having perfect flowers and no sete, has a

better right to be distinguished from Catasetum than M. viridis,

In regard to the present singular monstrosity, some information

respecting it was many months back communicated to me by

Dr. Schomburgk from Demerara, and the specimen was sent to

Dr. Brown in London. Shortly after, my friend and former

pupil, Dr. Nimmo, favoured me with the plant here figured,

preserved in spirits. In the meanwhile a fine specimen flowered

at Zion House, which Professor Lindley figured in the Botanical

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Jamesoniane. N. O. Musci.

TAB. CLXXIX.

DickanuM JAMESONI.

Caulibus elongatis czespitosis, foliis densis erecto-patentibus

secundis nitidis subulatis canaliculatis apice ad marginem

carinamque serrulatis, nervo crasso latissimo, setis subaggre-

gatis flexuosis ob innovationibus caule brevioribus, capsula

oblonga inclinata sulcata basi strumosa, operculo e basi conico

subulato.

AB. Surucucho, Columbia. Prof: W. Jameson.

Caules digitales, superne precipue ramosi atque proliferi.

Folia numerosa, nitida, magis minusve flexuosa, inferne lata,

planiuscula, fere lanceolata, in acumen longum angustissimum

desinentia, apice solummodo serrata. Peristomium e dentibus

16, longiusculis, rubris, ultra medium fissis: Calyptram non

vidi.

The drawing was made by W. Wilson, Esq.

Fig. 1. 1. Plants; natural size.—f. 2, 3. Leaves. jf. 4. Section

near the middle of a leaf. jf 5. Section near the base of do.

Two of the teeth of the peristome :—magnified.

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Douglasiane. N. O. Primulacez.

FAB CEAAR,

Doveuasia NIVALIS.

Gen. Cuar. Cal. obconicus, angulatus, 5-dentatus. Cor. infun-

dibuliformis, tubo ventricoso, limbo plano 5-partito, fauce callo

lineari sub utroque sinu. Ovarium uniloculare; placenta

centrali libera pedicellata fungilliformi, margine 5-dentata ;

ovula 5, dentibus placente opposita. Capsula vestita, unilo-

cularis, 5-valvis. Semina 2, concava, scrobiculata.—-Ceespites

suffruticulosi (Americe borealis), foliis indivisis, floribus sub-

umbellatis, solitariisque. Lindl.

Douglasia nivalis ; foliis linearibus pube rigida ramosa incanis

subverticillatis, floribus longe peduneulatis subumbellatis.

Lindl. in Brande’s Journ. 1828. p. 383. Bot. Reg. t. 1886.

Has. On the Rocky mountains of N. America, in lat. 52° N.,

long. 118° W., at an estimated elevation of 12,000 feet above

the level of the sea: flowering in April, while surrounded by

snow. D. Douglas.

I was favoured with this drawing from the able pencil of Miss

Drake by Dr. Lindley, and the present engraving was made

from it at the time when the only account of the plant that

had appeared was in Brande’s Journal above quoted. Since

that period a figure has appeared in the Botanical Register :

but Iam yet unwilling to withhold the present plate from the -

public, especially as it contains an analysis of the fructification.

— A second species of the Genus (D. arctica) is in my possession,

gathered by Dr. Richardson on the arctic shores of N. America.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Part of the corolla with the stamens

and glands laid open. f. 3. Portion of the corolla, with a single

_ stamen. /f. 4. Pistil. jf 5. Placenta, with ovules. f- 6. Seed :

| magnified.

Wightiane. N. O. Capparidez.

TAB. CLXXXI.

CaPPARIS DIVERSIFOLIA.

Fruticosa, stipulis brevibus uncinatis, foliis linearibus acu-

minatis junioribus oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis reticulatis

-glaberrimis, corymbis umbelliferis ad apices ramulorum

vetustiorum pauci-(-2—8)- floris, pedicellis calyceque (ejus-

dem longitudinis) puberulis, ovario anguste oblongo glabro.

W. et

Capparis diversifolia.

p. 27.

Has. Madras Peninsula. Dr. Wight.

F.owers moderately large, purple rose-colour.

Wight et Arn. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. v. 1.

Fig. 1. Calyx and pistil :—magnified.

Webbiane. N. O. Euphorbiacez.

TAB. CLXXXII.

EuPHORBIA APHYLLA,

Fruticulosa inermis aphylla nuda articulato-prolifero-ramosa,

ramis simplicibus subclavato-cylindricis levibus glaucis, flori-

bus terminalibus, appendiculis involucri ovalibus integerrimis,

capsulis levibus glabris. Lowe.

Euphorbia aphylla (Brouss.) Willd. Enum. p. 501. Spreng.

Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 787.

Has. Canary. Broussonet. P. B. Webb, Esq.

The drawing here engraved was obligingly made by Miss

Young in the island of Madera and communicated-by the Rev.

R. T. Lowe with the following remarks :—* Sent from Grand

Canary (to Madera) in 1829, by my friend P. B. Webb, Esq.,

then actively engaged in exploring the Natural History of the

Canarian Archipelago in most of its branches, and from whose

discoveries and researches the highest results may be expected.

He then informed me that he had only met with Z. aphylla in

a single locality in Teneriffe, though it is very common in Grand

Canary. It is rarely found above the distance of a mile from

the coast, and in hot dry sunny situations.”

SEE rE ee ee Pee eA OTe

Gardneriane. : N. O. Filices.

TAB. CLXXXIII.

ANTIGRAMMA REPANDA.

Antigramma repanda. Presl, in Herb. Hook.

Scolopendrium repandum. Raddi, Fil. Bras. t. 57.f. 1. Spreng.

Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 69.

Has. Brazil. Raddi. Sellow. Mr. Gardner.

I have long known this plant as the Scolopendrium repandum

of Raddi; and I have lately received the same from my friend

Dr. Klotzsch, marked as the Antigramma repanda of Presl.

Whether or not the latter author has any where published it,

under that name, I am ignorant :—but the Genus I gladly adopt,

differing remarkably as it does from Scolopendrium in not having

the double involucre arising from the same vein, but from two

different veins or branches, often considerably remote from each

other. In fact the fructification of Scolopendrium may be looked

upon as in single lines, covered by an involucre which separates

in the middle through its whole length. In Antigramma, the

fructifications are in twin lines from different nerves, each pair

opening internally with an external unilateral involucre.*

This plant grows in tufts from densely matted fibrous roots.

Fronds \anceolate, shortly stipitate, membranaceo-coriaceous,

somewhat waved at the margin, about a foot long.

Fig. 1, Fructifications :—magnified.

* While this description is in the press, I have received a copy of Pres!’s

“ Tentamen Pteridographia,” where 1 find the Genus established at p. 120.

t. 4. f. 9, 10.

Lab. CLEXXIV.

Wallichiane. N. O. Filices.

TAB. CLXXXIV.

DIPLAZIUM CORDIFOLIUM.

Frondibus longe stipitatis cordato

repandis membranaceis, stipite inferne paleaceo. Bheane:

Diplazium cordifolium. Blume, Enum. Pl. Jav. p. 190.

D. ovatum. Wall, MSS. in Herb. Hook.

Has. At the sources of rivers in the mountains of Gede, Java.

Dr. Blume. Sylhet? Dr. Wallich.

I have long possessed this plant from Dr. Wallich, but no

particular station was given with the specimen, nor do I find it

named in the extensive ‘ Catalogue” of that distinguished author.

It agrees so well with the D. cordifolium ‘of Blume, that I do

not hesitate about retaining the above name: indeed one of my

two specimens is shorter and more cordate at the base than that

here given. In both, the lower part of the stipes is wanting:

what remains is more than a foot long, smooth, but not glossy;

grooved on the upper side. Frond 6 to 8 inches in length, ovate

or oblongo-subcordate, in one instance proliferous at the base,

between membranaceous and coriaceous, slightly repand at the

margin, entire, glabrous: the parallel almost transverse dicho-

tomous veins beneath almost wholly covered with fructifications,

having on each side a slender continuous involucre.

Fig. 1. Portion of the fructification :— magnified.

Fraseriane. N. O. Filices.

TAB. CLXXXV.

Lomaria FRASERI.

Frondibus bipinnatis glabris, pinnulis lanceolatis profunde pin-

natifidis sessilibus basi decurrenti-coadunatis, sterilium seg-

mentis oblongis .serrato-repandis integrisve falcatis acutis,

terminali elongata, fertilium lineari-oblongis integris obtusi-

usculis, stipite anguloso infra pinnas inequaliter alato, basi

paleaceo-squamoso, caudice scandente scabro. All. Cunn.

Lomaria Fraseri. All. Cunn. in Specimen of Bot. of N. Zeal. in

Hook. Comp. to Bot. Mag. v. 2. p. 364.

Has. Forests in the Northern Island of N. Zealand, on the

East Coast. C. Fraser, 1825, also at —— and Hoki-

anga, in dense forests. 2, Cunningham. 183

The fronds themselves of this fern do not a to attain a

length of more than a foot or a foot and a half; but the caudex

probably grows to a considerable height, as Mr. Fraser mentions

specimens which he saw 20 feet in length. The fertile fronds

are densely covered beneath with rich golden-brown capsules.

Fig. 1, Segment ofa fertile frond, seen from above :—magnijied.

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TAB. CLAAAVE.

Lycopopium JUSSIEUI.

Caule decumbente, ramis erectis dichotomis densis, ramulis

elongatis, foliis distichis alternis ovatis acuminatis basi adnatis

decurrentibus integerrimis, stipulis inferis biseriatis subulato-

lanceolatis obtusis, pedunculis elongatis dichotomis squamosis,

spicis cylindricis, bracteis cordato-acuminatis squarrosis.

Lycopodium Jussieui. Desv. Enc. Bot. Suppl. v. 3. p. 543.

Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. Gen. v. 1. p. 31. Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p.

10. Hook. et Grev. Enum. Fil. in Bot. Mise. v. 2. p. 379.

Peru. Humboldt. In the province of Chacapoyas. Mathews,

(1836). Jamaica. Dr. Macfadyen.

Beautiful specimens of this Lycopodium are in Mr. Mathews’

last collections of Peruvian plants, of which one is here figured.

Dr. Macfadyen’s specimens are without fructification; but the

foliage and stipules leave no doubt of their identity. These

stipules are close pressed and have the lower half adnate with

the underside of the stem.

Fig. 1. Portion of a stem with leaves, upper side. f- 2- Por-

tion of do., underside. f. 3. Stipule. f° 4, 5. Bracteas with

their capsules. f. 6. Portion of peduncle with its scales, or

rather reduced leaves and stipules :—magnified.

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TAB. CLXXXVII.

‘TRICHOMANES MONTANUM.

Frondibus oblongis basi attenuatis subsessilibus pinnatifidis,

laciniis obliquis oblongis obtusis subsinuosis fructiferis termi-

nalibus cuneatis, involucro exserto urceolato apice bialato,

columna longe exserta. |

Has. On the trunk of a tree near La Sierra on the road to

Esmeraldas, Colombia: elevation about 8,500 feet. Prof.

W. Jameson.

I am not aware that this can be confounded with any known

species of Trichomanes. The caudex is slender, creeping, and

partially clothed with rusty down. Fronds erect, oblong and

SO tapering below as to be somewhat cuneate, nearly sessile,

about 2 inches long, pinnatifid, nerved and finely reticulated :

the fertile segments broader upwards, with a rather deep notch

from which the involucre rises. This is wholly exserted, urceo-

late, with 2 lips at the extremity which are compressed, broader

than the tube.

Fig. 1. Fertile segment :—magniied.

Wightiane. N. O. Leguminose.

TAB. CLXXXVIII.

INDIGOFERA ASPALATHOIDES.

Fruticosa erecta, partibus junioribus canescentibus, ramis gracili-

us numerosis undique patentibus, foliis sessilibus digitatim

3—5-foliolatis, foliolis anguste cuneatis parvis superne glabris

subtus parce pilosis, pedunculis solitariis unifloris longitudine

foliorum, floribus minutis, corolla cito decidua, leguminibus

cylindricis acutis strictis subglabris 4—6-spermis. W. et A

Indigofera aspalathoides. Vahl, in Herb. Juss. De Cand.

Prodr. v. 2. p. 231. Wight, Cat. n. 845. Wight et Arn. Fi.

Penins. Ind. Or. v. 1. p. 199.

I. aspalathifolia. Roxb, Fl. Ind. v. 3. p. 371. Wall. Cat. n.

4545. ;

Aspalathus Indicus. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1001. Burm. Ind. p. 155.

Lespedeza juncea. Wall. Cat. n. 5743. b.—Pluhen, t. 101. S:

6. and 101. f. 2.— Rheed. Mal. 9, t. 37.

Has. Madras Peninsula. Dr. Wight.

Flowers deep rose colour.

Fig. 1. Flower. jf. 2. Carina: magnified,—f. 3. Legume ;

natural size.—f. 4. Seed : magnified.

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TAB. CLXXXIX.

RHYNCHOSIA RUFESCENS.

Diffusa vix scandens dense pubescens, foliolis rotundato-ovatis

rugosis utrinque venis reticulatis prominentibus, racemis

gracilibus plerumque elongatis pauci-(2—6)-floris, floribus

solitariis distantibus subsecundis, segmentis calycinis longitu-

dine fere leguminum elliptico-oblongis obtusis, legumine

lenticuliformi acuto monospermo pubescente. W. et A.

Rhynchosia rufescens. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 387. Wight,

Cat. n. 167, ‘168, 1769. Wight et Arn. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or.

v. 1, p. 289. .

Glycine rufescens. Willd. Nov. Act. Nat. Cur, Ber. 4. 1803. p.

222. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 3. p. 196.

G. Pondicheriensis. Spr. l. c.

Cylista suaveolens. Graham, in Wall. Cat. n. 5587.

Has. Soratoor, Gingie and the Cunnawady mountains. Dr.

Wight.

Fig. 1. Flower (with the calyx removed). f- 2. Flower, with

the petals removed : magnified.—f. 3. Seed-vessel laid open :—

natural size.

N. O. Filices.

Gardneriane.

TAB. CXC.

ANEMIA GARDNERI,

Fronde pinnata glabra, pinnis cordato-rotundati latis|

petiolatis pulcherrime radiatim striatis, pedunculis binis ad

basin frondis, spiculis paniculatis.

Has. Brazil. Mr. Gardner, (n. 4).

Caudex repens (?) pilis longis sericeo-aureis densissime tectus.

Stipes digitalis, erectus. Frons longitudine stipitis, impari-

pinnata, glabra, pinnis subdecem, alternis, unciam longis,

orbiculari-cordatis, brevi-petiolatis, crenulatis, pulcherrime

striatis, striis e basi radiantibus, supra subconvexis, viridibus,

subtus paululum concavis, pallidis. Peduneuli bini e basi

frondis ejusdemque longitudinis, superne paniculati. Caps

numerose, in spiculas congestz.

A species quite distinct from any that I have ever seen or found

described, and which I wish should bear the name of its dis-

coverer, who is most zealously engaged in investigating the

Botany of South America. The radiated striz and the rounded

form of the pinne in this species are highly remarkable.

Gardneriane. N. O. Filices.

TAB. CXCI,

ADIANTUM DOLABRIFORME.

Fronde elongata pinnata, pinnis petiolatis membranaceis sub-

ovatis margine superiore arcuatis lobulatis, inferiore basique

superiore truncatis, supremis oblique cuneatis, lobulis fructi-

eris.

Has. Brazil. Mr. Gardner.

The species that comes nearest to the present one is the Ad.

lunulatum, Sw., of the East Indies;—but there, as the name

implies, the pinne are curved or somewhat half-moon shaped.

Here the lower margin formsa straight line, as does the superior

base, while the rest of the margin describes the segment of a circle.

This configuration, the petiole being inserted at the lower angle

and in a nearly straight line with the lower margin, gives to the

pinnuli, including the petiole, somewhat the appearance of a

hatchet.

Fig. 1, Pinna :—magnijied.

-Gardneriane. N. O. Lichenes,

TAB.“CXCH.

CLADONIA PERFILATA.

Podetiis elongatis erectis ramosis, scyphis(?) numerosis orien:

laribus, podetiis perfilatis nigro-fimbriatis demum reflexis.

Has. Summit of the Pedra Bonita, at Tejuca, Brazil. Nov. 1836.

Mr. Gardner.

This is one of the most remarkable Lichens with which

I am acquainted, and the same structure prevails in all the

numerous specimens sent to me by Mr. Gardner. At first I

was disposed to refer it to the Cladonia perfoliata of Martius,

but a more careful comparison with the description and a refer-

ence to the figure of that species in Raddi’s * Memoir on Bra-

zilian plants,” (¢, 3. f 4.) has convinced me that it is a totally

different plant. The scyphi, if such they may be called, are

almost exactly orbicular, developing as the podetium developes,

at first small and convex, then larger and plane, beautifully mar-

gined with black fimbriz, at length reflexed, frequently in a

triangular manner as represented at. 1. The colour is green-

ish-white, often tinged with brown.

Fig. 1. View of the underside of a scyphus (?) -—magnified.

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Tab. CXCWL

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Vauthierane. N. O. Filices.

TAB. CXCIIL

Linps#a MACROPHYLLA.

Frondibus pinnatis, pinnis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis magis

minusve acuminatis, soris in utramque marginem fere ad

apicem continuis.

Lindszea macrophylla. Kaulf: Enum. Fil. p, 218.

Has. Guiana. Kaulfuss. Ilhios, Brazil. Vauthier.

Stipes pedalis, erectus, nitidus, nigerrimus, scaber. rons cir-

cumscriptione late ovata, pinnata, pinnis 8—11, petiolatis,

lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, obtusis vel acuminatis,

costatis atque oblique venosis, apice subserratis. Sort mar-

ginales, continui, fere ad apicem pinnarum attingentes.

This fine species of Lindsea, part of the collection of M.

Vauthier, I received from M. Moricand of Geneva.

Fig. 1. Portion of the fructified pinna :—magnijied.

Royleane. IN; G, Mosc.

TAB. CXCIV. A.

PoLYTRICHUM SEMILAMELLATUM. Hook. fil.

Caulibus czespitosis brevibus simpliciusculis, foliis lanceolatis

concavis integerrimis subcoriaceis laxe imbricatis siccitate

contortis, nervo superne latiore lamellato, lamellis undulatis,

seta caulibus longiore, capsula inclinata subcylindracea, oper-

culo longe rostrato.

Has. Himala mountains. Dr. Royle.

Fig. 1. Plant, natural size ; f. 2. ditto, magnified ; f. 3. Leaf,

and f. 4. Perichetial leaf:—magnified.

TAB. CXCIV. B.

GrimMIa LAXIFOLIA. Hook. fil.

Caulibus elongatis czespitosis, foliis mollibus lurido-virescenti-

bus oblongo-lanceolatis carinatis integerrimis acutis siccitate

crispis, seta elongata, capsula elliptico-oblonga leevi.

Has. Himala mountains. Dr. Royle.

Fig. 1. Plant, natural size ; f. 2. ditto, magnified. f. 3 and 4.

Leaves, and f{ 5. Capsule laid open, showing the columella :

—magni,

TAB. CXCIV. C.

GuiypHocarPA Royuit. Hook. fil.

Foliis lanceolato-subulatis longissime acuminatis, nervo piliformi

serrato excurrente, areolis oblongis, capsula globosa levi.

Has. Himala mountains. Dr. le.

Fig. i. Plant, natural size ; f. 2. Ditto, magnified. f. 3. Leaves;

: 4. A portion of ditto, showing the areole; f 5. Apex of

ditto:—magnified. J. D. H.

Lab. CXC.

lin bi ingunen ae

Guildingiane. N. O. Gentianeae,

LABOR VV:

ListantHUS FRIGIDUS.

Caule fruticoso, ramis tetragonis angulis marginatis, foliis petio-

latis ovatis breviter acuminatis, pedunculo terminali subtri-

floro, corollz tubo subcampanulato, limbi laciniis rotundatis

obtusis patentibus, staminibus e tubo exsertis.

Lisianthus frigidus. Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. v. 1. p. 352. Roem. et

Sch. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 195.

Has. La Souffriére, Dominica, Pointheau. La Souffriére, in

the island of St. Vincent. Rev. L. Guilding.

The whole plant in drying assumes a yellowish tint. The

leaves are 3—5 inches long, ovate or rather oval and acute at

the base, shortly acuminate at the apex, coriaceo-membranace-

ous, opposite, penninerved. Flowers 2 inches long, buff-yellow.

Fig. 1, 2. Stamens. 3. Calyx and pistil :—magnified.

8.5

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Mathewsiane. N. O. Gentianez.

TAB. CXCVI.

‘LisranTuus DATUROIDES. Griseb,

Caule fruticoso tetragono crasso, foliis sessilibus cvatis acutis,

pedunculo terminali subtrifloro, corollz tubo campanulato

calycem vix duplo superante, limbi laciniis rotundatis acu-

tissimis patentibus, staminibus e tubo exsertis.

Lisianthus daturoides. Griseb. in Herb. no.

Has. Jambrasbamba, Andes of Peru. Mathews (n. 1317).

This has the largest flowers of any species of Lisianthus with

which I am acquainted, and will, with many other new species,

be more fully described in a Memoir on the Gentianee, now

in the press, by Dr. Grisebach. This plant turns almost black

in drying.

Mathewsiane. N. O. Filices.

TAB. CXCVII.

AcrosticuuM SQUAMIPES,

Caudice repente ramoso, frondibus ovatis obtusis supra viridibus

subtus pallescentibus utrinque stipitibusque squamis sparsis

ferrugineis tectis, fertili conformi minore.

Has. Province of Chacapoyas, Peru (1836). Mathews.

Caudex longe repens, valde ramosus, crassitie penne corvine,

dense squamosus, squamis rufo-fuscis. Stipites bipollicares,

erecti, flexuosi, squamosi. Frondes unciam long, ovate,

obtuse, coriacese, = virides, — b gicee utrinque

etseas ubique (preter marginem) capeulia numerosissimis

atro-fuscis obtecte.

This species has great affinity with A, ovatum, Hook.

and Grev. Ic. Fil. 1. 146, from the Andes of Columbia; but

that is amuch smaller plant, more clothed with scales, and those

scales are much finer and more delicate, giving a downy appear-

ance to the whole surface.

Fig. 1. Sterile, and f#. 2. fertile frond :—slightly magnified.

Tab. CXCVIL

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Menziesianc. N. O. Geraniacez.

TAB. CXCVIII.

GERANIUM CUNEATUM.

Fictowa, _— —— coriaceis — _ ee den-

: tatis,

Has. Sandwich islands. A. "itenstes Esq.

I can meet with no description of this well marked Geranium

in any work to which I have access, though it was found by the

venerable Menzies so long ago as during the voyage of Captain

Vancouver ; and though numerous Naturalists have since visited

the Sandwich islands. Mr. Vancouver observes that it is =

only species of this genus he detected there.

N. O. Polemoniacez.

TAB. CXCIX.

FENZLIA DIANTHIFLORA,

Fenzuia, Benth. Cal. tubuloso-campanulatus, pro-

us, sinubus membranaceis, laciniis linearibus acuti-

erectis, Cor. infundibuliformis, tubo brevi, limbo 5-

laciniis obovatis dentatis. here ovate, sagittatee,

bo breviter exsertex. Capsule loculi polyspermi. Benth.

a di a Benth. se Reg. sub t. 1622,

Folia opposita, beni integerrima. J

lati. Corolla fere pollicaris, pu ee

Douglasiane. N. O. Polemoniacex.

TAB, CC,

HUuGELIA VIRGATA.

Gen. Cuar. Huce ta. Benth. Cal. tubuloso-campanulatus

semi-5-fidus, sinubus vix membranaceis, laciniis subineequali-

bus, linearibus, rigidis, subspinosis. Cor. infundibuliformis,

tubo breviter exserto, limbo 5-partito, laciniis oblongis inte-

gerrimis. Stam.ad faucem inserta. Anthere lineares sagittate.

Capsule \oculi polyspermi.—Herbze annue vel perennes, plus

minusve albo-lanate. Folia alterna, linearia, integra v. pinna-

tifida. Flores dense corymboso-capitati, calycibus bracteisque

imbricatis lana densa basi immersis.—A Gilia differt habitu

et antheris. Benth.

~ Hugelia virgata; erecta stricta, foliis elongatis simplicibus v.

_ pinnatifidis laxe albo-lanatis, corollze tubo exserto, staminibus

corolla brevioribus. h.

Hugelia virgata. Benth. in Bot, Reg, sub t. 1622.

Has. California. D. Douglas.

Flowers bright blue.—This beautiful Genus, of which four

species are described, all inhabiting California, is named Hugelia

by Mr. Bentham, in compliment to Baron Charles Hugel of

Vienna, a distinguished Naturalist and Traveller. Hugelia of

Reichenbach is Didiscus, D. C.