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“ICONES PLANTARUM;

FIGURES,

WITH

BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS AND REMARKS

NEW OR RARE PLANTS,

SELECTED FROM THE AUTHOR'S HERBARIUM.

By SIR OL camiers fap te! HOOKER, KB,

LL.D., F.R.A. AND L

BER OF THE IMP. ACAD. NAT. CUR, ETCe, ETC., TCs,

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

CHIRURGICAL SOC, OF LONDON, ETC,, ETC., ;

AND

REGIUS PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN vin Marnik OF GLASGOW.

VOL. HL

Mo. Bot. Garden

1903.

4 LONDON:

LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.

“MDCCCXL.

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INDEX

TO THE

PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOLUME IIL;

ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE NATURAL ORDERS,

RANUNCULACEZ.

Anemone crassifolia, Hook. 257

Ranunculus pimpinellifolius, Hook. 260

DILLENIACES,

_Hibbertia virgata, Br. 7 Sy

= MAGNOLIACE.

Talauma tenors Hook. 208,

09, 210, 211, 212

: _ ANONACE.

Guatteria Maypurensis, Hook. 227

CRUCIFER. :

_ Arabis gigantea, Hook. 259

Cardamine intermedia, Hook. 258

. —— incisifolium, J. Hook.

276

Hymentobs divaricatus, Wuit. nite

oe Arabica, De Cand. 223

- ‘VIOLARIEZ.

: Viola balsaminoides, Gardn. 217

TREMANDBEZ,

TAB,

FRANKENIACA,

Frankenia cymbifolia, Hook. 265

ELATINEZ, ©

Merimea (an Bergia?) Texana,

| MOORE. ‘ : ‘

_CARYOPHYLLER,

Spergula affinis, Hook. a ee

Leeflingia Texana, Hook. . 275

MALVACEA. ~

.

Lawrencia spicata, Hook. 261, 262

TERNSTREMIACER,

Visnia Mocanera, Juss. 253

RUTACEA.

Boronia nana, Hook. . é 270

.

* STACKHOUSIER,

Stackhousia flava, Hook, . 269°

RHAMNES. . Ee

Ceanothus papillosus, Torr. et Gr. ma

Condalia obovata, Hook...

LEGUMINOS&.

Trifolium macrocalyx, Hook. 285

Trifolium gees obtusi-

folium, A .

—_ sushie, Sm. . A 282

ROSACEH.

Amygdalus glandulosa, Hook. 288

Rubus Gunnianus, Hook, . 291

Stylopus vernus, Raf. nO

RHIZOPHORE,*

Cassipourea elliptica, Poir. 280

ONOGRARIEZ.

Epilobium macranthum, J. Hook. 297

HALORAGES.

Myriophyllum variefolium, J.

Hook. 289

ee cordifolia, z Hoo 299

oniocarpus serpyllifolius, 3

ook. . in 2c Soo

MYRTACEA.

- Beckia thymifolia, J. Hook. 284 (A)

TO look. oD

affinis, Hook. - (CD)

leptocaulis, Hook. . 298

LOASES,

Microsperma lobata, Hook. 234

PORTULACEZ.

Claytonia Australasica, J. Hook. 293

Calandrinia = J. om 296

SCLERANTHEA.

Mniarum fasciculatum, Hook. 283

CRASSULACER.

Tillea verticillaris, Br. : 995

SAXRIFRAGEA.

_ Sera Maderensis, Don. 279

INDEX.

CUNONIACES.

Tetracarpeea Tasmannica, Hook. 264

UMBELLIFERZA,

Eryngium humile, Cav. 7 218

Caldasia sire: J. Hook. 800

LORANTHE.

Loranthus lageniflorus, Wight.

229, 220

RUBIACEX.

Sabicea cana, Hook. : Q47

COMPOSIT A.

Adenostemma triangulare, Hook. 239

Brasilianum, Cass. 238 _

Baccharis platypoda, DC. 241, 242

Keerlia skirrhobasis, De ca 240

Krigia nervosa, Hoo 237°

VACCINIEZ.

Vaccinum Imrayi, Hook, . 292

Antho opte Tus racemosus, Hook 243 nee

ERICER.

Andromeda Katagherensis, Hook. 246

ILICINE.

~ Tlex cuneifolia, Hook. 2 294

GENTIANEZ. :

Prepusa connata, Gardn. 225, 226

POLEMONIACEZ, he

Gilia oe. Hook. -

SCROPHULARINES. _ :

Melasma ? Zeyheri, Hook. . 255

CHENOPODEA. ;

Grayia polygaloides, Hook. et Arn. 271

AMARANTHACE.

Oplotheca Floridana, Nutt. . 256

* By an error called Ruizosotea at Tab, 280.

TAB,

Gossypianthus rigidiflorus, Hook. 251

_ POLYGONES.

Nevins multiflorum, Benth. 250

THYMELEZ ?

Cevallia sinuata, Lag. : 252

_ ARTOCARPER,

Dorstenia elata, Gurdn. - 220

AMENTACEZ.

Quercus Mackiana, Hook. 224

TAXINEZ.

Torreya taxifolia, Arn. 232, 233

BALANOPHORE&.

Langsdorffia Indica, Wight. 205, 206

GRAMINEZ.

| ord capitata, Hook. 273, 274

BURMANNIACEX,

~ Apteria orobanchoides, Hook. 254

IRIDEZ. ,

: ‘Sisyrinchium alatum, Hook. 219

; sulcatum, Gill. 218

ORCHIDE#.

214

j Disa ferruginea. 7h.

INDEX. -

LYCOPODIACE&.

Lycopodium compactum, Hook. 244

biforme, Hook. 228

OPHIOGLOSSE&.

Ophioglossum Bergianum, Cham. 263

FILICES.

Anemia Dregeana, Kun 236

Acrostichum caudatum, Hook. 215

Selliguea Wallichiana, Wal. 204

Polypodium pilipes, Hook. 221

Niphobolus Penangianus, Shik. 203

Asplenium parvulum, Hook. 222

Scolopendrium sagittatum, DC. 213

Pteris seticaulis, Hook. ns 207

HEPATIC.

Riccia velutina, Wilson. 249

MUSCI.

Andrea subulata, Harv. . 201

Bruchia brevipes, Harv. . 231

Entosthodon obtusifolius, J. Hook.

245 (A)

Mathewsii, J. Hook.

; 245 (B)

latifolius, J. Hook.

245 (C)

Schizymenium bryoides, Harv. 202

Tridontium Tasmannicum, J. Hook.

248

INDEX

PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOLUME IIL;

ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.

: peter abe TAB. ‘

: Acrostichum oye Hook. 215 . Condalia dining Hook. . 287

Disa ferruginea, 7h. oe

Dorstenia elata, Gardn. , 220

Entosthodon latifolius, = fe Hook.

245 (C)

Mathewsii, J. Hook.

245 (B)

obtusifolius, J. ae

45 (A)

- Apteria orobanchoides, Hook. 254 Epilobium macranthum. J. por 297

bd Arabis gigantea, Hook. . ° 959 Eriogonum multiflorum, Benth. 250

As parvulum, Hook. 292 Eryngium humile, Cav. 216

4 ‘Baccharis platypoda, DC. 24%, 242 Frankenia segs Hook. 265.

. Beckia affinis, Hook. 284 (C. D.) Gilia congesta, Hoo

ee leptocaulis. J. Hook. 298 Goniocarpus rp, J Hook.

a - prostrata, Hook. 284, (B) -290 >

thymifolia, J. Hook. 284, (A) Gossypianthus rigidiflorus, Hook. 251 _

_ Boronia nana, Hoo Grayia polygaloides, Hook.et Arn. 271

: i Guatteria Maypurensis, Hook, 227

Hibbertia virgata, Br. 267

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-Hymenolobus divaricatus, Nutt. sart

Tlex cuneifolia, Hook. 294

Keerlia skirrhobasis, De Cand. 240

Krigia nervosa, Hi pf eee

allia ta, _ Langsdorffia Indica, Wight. ‘205, 206 Se

tonia alti, J Hook. 293 Lawrencia spicata, Hook. 261, 262 :

Loeflingia Texana, Hoo 275

~ Loranth aac tihsts pone 229,230

Lycopodium biforme, Hook. 228

compactum, Hook. 244

_ Melasma? Zeyheri, Hook. . 255

Merimea (an Bergia ?) Nezana,

a Merostachys? eaplite, Hook 273, pi

sperma lobata, Hook. = 234

Milligania cordifolia, J. Hook. 299

Mniarum fasciculatum, Hook. 283

ee am variefolium, J.

Hook. 289

Niphobolus Piiobities, Hook. 203

hioglossum Bergianum, Cham. 203

Oplotheca Floridana, Nutt. 276

2

Phaca densifolia, Hook. : 82

_ Polypodium pilipes, Hook. 221

_Prepusa connata, Gardn. 225, 226

INDEX.

Pteris seticaulis, Hook. :

Quercus Mackiana, Hook.

Ranunculus pimpin, Hoda ,

Riccia velutina, Wilson.

Gunnianus, Hook. .

Talauma fragrantissima, Hook.

09, 210, 211, 212

Te toon emer: Hook.

ratheca a; Lindl.

i verti, Br. :

Trifolium (Involucraria) obtusi- é

rum, Hook. : : Cl

Trifolium macrocalyx, Hook.

Vaccinium Imrayi, Hook. .

Viola balsaminoides, Gardn.

Visnia Mocanera, Juss.

WW. Shariey hay Dal.

Harveyane. / ON. O, Musci.

TAB. CCI.

ANDREA SUBULATA. Harv. mst.

Caule subramoso, foliis basi vaginantibus attenuato-subulatis

falcato-secundis enerviis, pericheetialibus convolutis late ellip-

ticis apiculatis. Harv.

Has. Rocks near the summit of the gorge leading to ‘Table

Mountain, called “the Port;” Cape of Good Hope, March

21, 1837. Hon. W. H. Harvey.

Till lately the curious Genus of Andrea was supposed to be

exclusively European, and four species only have been known

_to botanists. Now, thanks to the exertions of our scientific

travellers, a fifth species has been discovered in the southern

hemisphere, the one here represented; and a sixth exists in our

Herbarium, from the Quitinian Andes of South America, where

it was lately found by our valued friend, Professor Wm. Jame-

son. ;

The present species, in general habit, resembles Andrea

nivalis, or luxuriant specimens of A. Rothii, but it is well dis-

tinguished by the nerveless leaves, and the broad convoluted

one of the pericheetium being apiculated.

Fig. 1. 1. Specimens; nat. size. f. 2. Single plant. f. 3.

Leaf. f. 4, 5. Perichzetial leaves. jf. 6. Capsule :—magnified.

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TAB. CCII.

ScuizyMENIUM BrRyoIDEs. Harv. mst.

Gen. Cuar. Seta terminalis. Peristomium simplex; mem-

brana horizontalis ex integumento interno orta, in ciliolis

subtilibus subramosis fissa. Calyptra dimidiata? Harv.

Schizymenium bryoides.

Habitus Bryi, preecipue B. elongati. Caules unciales, ramosi,

dense czespitosi, inferne copiose radiculosi; rami erecti,

foliosi, superne dilatati. oka erecta; laxiuscule imbricata,

lato-lanceolata, acuminata, membranacea, subscariosa, nitida,

flavo-viridia, laxe reticulata areolis oblongis, margine superne

serrata, Seéa terminalis, 5-6-lineas longa, erecta, apice curvata,

levis. Capsula inclinata, subhorizontalis, oblongo-subpyri-

formis, pallide flavo-fusca, levis, ad oram non contracta.

Operculum fere exacte conicum seu conico-convexum, acutum.

Annulus magnus maxime cellulosus, operculo delapso cito

deciduus. Peristomium simplex, e membrana interna ortum,

horizontale, reticulata, in ciliolis 16 gracilibus articulatis parum

ramosis fissa.

Whether the structure and direction of the fringe of this new

Moss, are sufficient to constitute a Genus, distinct from some of

the other single-peristomed Bryoidee, may admit of a question.

Indeed, notwithstanding all that has been done of late years in

the beautiful Order of Musci, only serves to show us how much

yet remains to be done before the limits of the Genera can be

so defined as to afford a satisfactory and natural arrangement.

To this Genus may doubtless be referred our Weissia campylo-

carpa, Ic. Pl. t. 136. ,

Fig. 1. Tuft of Schizymenium bryoides ; nat. size. f. 2. Leaf.

f. 3. Portion of a leaf. f. 4. 5. Capsule and portion of the seta.

f-6. Operculum. f 7. Front view of a ripe capsule on the re-

moval of the operculum; showing the divergent annulus and

horizontal peristome. f. 8. Portion of the peristome of the

annulus :—more or less magnified.

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NipHopo.us PENANGIANUS,

Fronde late ensiformi-lanceolata submembranacea breviter acu-

minata margine sinuata integerrima, venis internis incon-

spicuis, supra glabra subtus fusco-stellato-tomentosa, soris

prominentibus copiosis discum versus apicem frondis occu-

Has. Pulo Penang. Lady Dalhousie.

This extremely fine species of Niphobolus will rank near to

N. albicans of Blume (Fl. Jav. Fil. t. 25); but that has a much

narrower, much more acuminated and coriaceous frond, with

the margins revolute, a more compact tomentum, with nerves

conspicuously prominent; whence Dr Wallich had called that

plant by the much more appropriate name of N. costatus.

What may be the nature of the venation of many of the

Niphoboli of Presl, we are ignorant, since, as that author justly

observes, *“venze venuleeque in plurimis speciebus invisibiles.”

The present species, however, when held up between the eye and

the light, exhibits a nervation very different from that figured by

Presl of Niphobolus costatus, Wall.; and indeed very similar to

that of his Genus Campyloneurum. To us the Genus Niphobolus

has always appeared an artificial one, depending on the presence

of the copious stellated down, clothing the underside of the

fronds, and in which the sori are more or less immersed. Our

figure, let it be observed, represents the primary and secondary

veins much stronger than they are in nature, except when seen

against the light. The sori are very much crowded towards the

apex of the frond, but not approaching the margin: between

the primary nerves they are beautifully arranged in dense trans-

verse lines, of 3 or 4 sori each. These are “abundantly inixed

with stellated hairs.

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Wallichiane. N. O. Filices.

TAB. CCIV.

SELLIGUEA WALLICHIANA.

Fronde ensiformi acuminata integerrima inferne longe in petio-

lum perbrevem attenuata, soris linearibus elongatis obliquis,

costa prominente.

-Grammitis macrophylla. Wail. Cat. n. 10 (non Blume).

Has. Pulo Penang. Dr Wallich, Lady Dalhousie.

Caudex —? Frondes pedales v. sesqui-pedales, ensiformes, brevi-

ter acuminate, inferne sensim in petiolum perbrevem attenu-

ate, ubique integerrimee, submembranaceze, supra medium

2-fere tres lineas latee, grosse reticulate, venis obliquis sub-

parallelis, venulis anastomosantibus maculis seu areolis irre-

gularibus formantibus. Sori cum venis alternantes, lineares,

flexuosi, integri (non interrupti), sesquiunciam longi.

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Lanesporrria INDICA.

Gen. Cuan. Receptacula solitaria, stipites simplices terminantia,

unisexualia. FLores Mascuri inter paleas clavatas basi

complanata in favi modum nexas sessiles. Perigonium infundi-

buliforme, limbo 3-5-fido, laciniis sestivatione induplicato-

valvatis. Stamina 3-5, monadelpha, perigonii laciniis opposita,

columna solida tubo perigonii adnata, parte libera antheris

breviore. Anthere connate, extrorse, biloculares; loculi

zequales, juxta totam longitudinem dehiscentes; ovarii rudi-

mentum nullum. FLorres Famine: (imperfecti?) confer-

tissimi, pedicellati. Stylus filiformis, simplex. Ovarium stipi-

tatum in stylum gracilem attenuatum.— Herbee carnose stipites

e rhizomate hypogaeo cowrapersrer ae ieee =

obsessi,

mascula, alia _fieminea. Arnott.

Langsdorffia Indica; rhizomate czspitoso ramoso, stipitis squa-

mis patulis ellipticis margine glabris, perigonio masc. 4-5-fido

laciniis demum reflexis, floribus foem. circa glandulam pyri-

formem stipitatam insertis levibus. Arn.

L. Indica. Wight. et Arn. ined.—Arn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. ined.

Balanophora Indica. Wall. Cat. n. '7247.—B. elongata. Blume

Has. In Peninsula Indie Orientalis prope Courtallam et

Cunnawady, atque in monte Newere-Ellia in Insula Ceylano ;

Wight.

A more full description of this plant than is necessary to ac-

company the figure, together with a history of the Genus, will

very shortly be given in Zaylor’s Annals of Nat. History, to

which we refer our readers.

Fig, 1. Receptacle of male flowers :—nat. size. f. 2. Single male

flower. jf. 3. Female flowers. f.4. Single do. 5. Portion of

the style :—magnified.

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Preris SETICAULIS.

Fronde stipitata vege pinnata, —_ ie cca seen

oan Aatic HAYIRPON.

PUUIGIVGaALUS

basi truncatis subcordatis, stipite rachique setoso-paleaceis.

Has. Pulo Penang. Lady Dalhousie.

Caudex —? Stipes digitalis et ultra, teres, fusco-purpureus,

crassitie penne corvine, paleis setiformibus horizontaliter

patentibus obsitus. ros pedalis et ultra, circumscriptione

lanceolata, Prope sete Pe = _ he pinnis

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branaceis, ‘ebionige fapcesbin,” acutis, omnino integerrimis,

obscure costatis, paululum falcatis, basi truncatis subcordatis,

angulis acutis, superiori vix auriculato, supra saturate viridi-

bus, subtus pallidioribus, omnino glaberrimis. Sort marginales,

continui. Jndusium angustum, membranaceum. Capsule

rufofuscee. Rachis fusca per totam suam longitudinem setoso-

paleacea, paleis patentibus.

The quite entire pinnz of this plant, the dark-coloured terete

stipes and rachis, clothed with copious bristle-like palex, will

readily distinguish this species of Pteris from all the species with

which I am ‘aequainted. The nerves are altogether internal,

and only seen if the specimen be held up between the eye and

the light, when they are observed to branch off from the costa

in an oblique direction, and to be 2 or 3 times forked.

Men kFergusct. they:

Gardnerianc. N. O. Magnoliacez.

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Fruit of TALAUMA FRAGRANTISSIMA. Hook.

Gen. Cuar. Calyx 3-phyllus, deciduus. Gynophorum magnum,

inferne subcylindricum sepius clavatum. Petala 6-12, obtusa,

crassa. Stamina numerosa, supra petala gynophoro inserta;

JSilamenta brevissima, vix manifesta: anthere filamento con-

tinue, immobiles, lineares, longee, introrse, 2-loculares, longi-

trorsum dehiscentes; connectivo in appendicem antherse

continuam liguleformem obtusam apice producto. Ovaria

indefinita, 1-locularia, 2-sperma, parti clavatee gynophori insi-

dentia, in massam valde compactam omnino coadunata, haud

distinguenda nec nullo modo absque Jaceratione disjungenda

ovariumque unicum —— —— ex stylis ad-

pressis squamoso ala \ocu-

lamentorum mr oto ascendentia, intermediorum peritro-

pia, inferiorum suspensa! Styli indefiniti, complanati. Stigmata

totidem ex rima terminali ad faciem stylorum. Fructus ex

coadunatione unicus, magnus, strobiliformis, lignosus, multi-

locularis, irregulariter dehiscens; fragmentis valde inzequalibus,

receptaculo centrali dehiscentia libero, magno, clavato, lignoso,

Phaili esculenti more favoso. Semina in receptaculis faveolis

bina vel quandoque solitaria, dehiscentia peracta seminuda.—

Arbores glaberimi. Folia alterna, simplicia, integerrima,

reticulatim venosa; petiolus superiore pagina ex vestigits

stipularum basi callosus. Stipule gemine, laterales, petiolo

adnate (folio haud opposite) gemmam terminalem foventes,

mox caduce, superstite in ramulis earumdem vestigio circulart.

Flores magni, terminales, solitarii; pedunculus crassus,

ramulo continuus, cinctus circulari vestigio bractee stipularis

decidue. Mart.

The present figure shows the entire fruit of our Zalauma

Sragrantissima ; nat. size.

Lab.

Gardneriane. N. O. Magnoliaceze.

TABS. CCIX. CCX.

Fruit of the

TALAUMA FRAGRANTISSIMA,

burst open and exhibiting the seeds; nat. size.

This figure exhibits the fruit as it bursts naturally and irre-

gularly: the outer and indurated and thickened coats of the

united carpels thus, as it were, forming the pericarp, the interior

being filled with cells, and these containing each one or two

seeds. The pericarp, on thus separating, carries away the upper

half of the cells; while the lower half, with the seeds, form the

surface of the receptacle.

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TALAUMA FRAGRANTISSIMA,

Foliis lato-ellipticis obtusis, petiolis elongatis marginibus leevibus

facie superiori minute tuberculatis, petalis 9 (— 10?)

Has. Swampy grounds in the Organ Mountains, Brazil.

Mr Gardner. (2d Coll. n. 305.)

Having received the fruit of this plant before the flowering

specimens arrived, and indeed without being aware that any

_ were to be expected, the two preceding plates were lithographed

and printed, when the Herbarium arrived from Brazil, contain-

ing the splendid specimen with leaves and blossoms here repre-

sented (one of two which were alone gathered in that state), which

I am thus tempted to figure also. I was at first disposed to

refer this plant to the Talauma ovata, St Hil. Fl]. Brazil. Merid.;

but besides that the latter is an inhabitant of the western part

of the province of Minas Geraes, it differs botanically from the

present one in its smaller size, fewer petals, and shorter petiole

wrinkled at the margins. It agrees better with the original T.

Plumieri of the West Indies; but without further means than I

possess of determining whether it be that or not, I think it safer

to consider it distinct. The differences of the three species

hitherto described are by no means very important, and it is

possible they may all be mere varieties of 7. Plumieri. I regret

that the roughness of the whole upper and plane side of the

petiole is omitted in the accompanying plate, and the error was

not discovered till it was too late to be corrected.

Like the Magnolias (from which the Genus scarcely differs

but in the union of the carpels into a many-celled dehiscent

capsule) all the species are probably fragrant; but the present

one has so powerful an odour, that it can be perceived ‘at the

distance of more than half a mile. This tree attains a height of

40 feet, and the flowers are greenish-yellow.

Fig. 1. represents the united ovaries of 7. Sellowiana (from

Martius) the better to illustrate the character of the Genus.

Requieniane. N, O. Filices,

TAB. CCXIII.

ScoLoPENDRIUM SAGITTATUM.

Humile, frondibus oblongis basi dilatatis hastato-bilobis lobis

angulatis, sor is per totam longitudinem frondis oblongis ob-

_ liquis.

S. sagittatum. De Cand. Fl. Fr. v. 5. p. 238. Bot. Gail. v. 1. p.:

S. Hemionitis. De Cand. 1. c. v. 2. p. 552 (non Asplenium He-

mionitis, L. fide De Cand.).

Has. About Marseilles, and near Bonifacio in Sicily. Reguien

(in Herb. nostr.).

The above are the stations given by M. De Candolle for his

S. sagittatum, a plant which some botanists have united with S.

vulgare, and others again with §. Hemionitis, Willd. ( Asplenium,

.). The specimens here figured are from Bonifacio, kindly

given to me by M. Requien: .and it is certainly a very distinct

species from our common Hari’s Tongue, not only in the size

and shape of the fronds, but in the form and direction of the

sori. I am not, however, so well satisfied respecting its differ-

ences from S. Hemionitis of Cavanilles, a native of Spain, Por-

- tugal, and Italy, of which I possess no authentic specimen, nor

have I the opportunity of referring to the original figure in the

Annales dos Sciencias Nat. But if the representation in Schkhuhr’s

Filices (t. 84), which is always quoted for the true plant, be

correct, I should say that the present differs from it only in the

lesser development of the lobes at the base of the frond.

Harveyane. N. O. Orchideze.

TAB. CCXIV.

Disa FERRUGINEA.

Bulbo solitario indiviso, foliis radicalibus lineari-lanceolatis

Striatis basi attenuatis, scapo vaginato plurifloro, galea acuta

basi in calcar ovario longius producta, petalis ext. ovato-lan-

ceolatis carinatis, carina infra apicem in ‘aristam desinente,

labello lineari-lanceolato longitudine petalorum exteriorum.

D. ferruginea? Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. 2. p. 11.

Has. Summit of Table Mountain, Cape of Good Hope. Hon.

W, H, Harvey.

Bulb oblong, undivided. Leaves radical, linear-lanceolate, at-

tenuated at the base. Scape slender, cylindrical, smooth,

about a foot high, sheathed, the sheath close-pressed, short,

acute. Spike dense, ovate, many-flowered. Flowers, includ-

ing bracteze and ovaria, of a bright orange colour. Bractee

shorter than the ovarium, lanceolate, acute, erect. Galea

with a long subulate spur, longer than the ovarium, tapering

—its mouth very narrow, compressed at each side with deep

depressions, the lips reflexed—apex acute. Outer petals spread-

ing, narrow, ovate, acute, furrowed in front, keeled at back,

the keel ending in a spur: inner small, connivent, obtuse or

slightly angular in front, behind produced into a cuspidate

point, yellow. Labellum linear-lanceolate, as long as the outer

petals, acute. Ovarium slightly twisted, triquetrous, the pos-

terior angle much more prominent and distinct. Stigma

obtuse, tubercular. Pollen-masses short, didymous. Harvey.

I am indebted to Mr Harvey for the drawing here repre-

sented.

a. Front view of a flower. 6. Two outer and two inner sepals

and lip. c. Side view of a flower. d. Portion of the germen

and anther-case. ¢. Pollen-mass :—magnified.

f,

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Jamesoniane. N. O. Filices.

TAB. CCXV.

ACROSTICHUM CAUDATUM.

Fronde longe stipitata oblongo-ovata subcoriacea margine squa-

mulosa apice longe angusteque attenuata caudiformi, sterili

supra nudiuscula subtus resinoso-punctata, fertili minore supra

stipiteque squamulosa subtus dense capsulifera.

Haz. On Pillzhum, at an elevation of 12,000 feet above the

level of the sea, Andes of Columbia. Prof. W. Jameson.

Caudex brevis, crassus, radicatus, ramosus, paleis subulatis intense

atro-fuscis nitidis imbricatis obsitus. Stipites erecti, digitales

fere ad palmarem, graciles, hinc sulcate, pallide fuscee, parce

squamulose. Frondes 2-3 uncias longe, oblongo-ovate, sub-

coriacee, nitidiuscule, integerrimee, apice in caudam longam

gracilem desinentes, costatee, venosze, venis horizontalibus

parallelis, margine squamuloso :—Séerilis supra nudiuscula,

subtus resinoso-punctata:—fertilis sterili subduplo minor

supra subdense squamosa, subtus ubique capsulifera.

This very distinct Acrostichum came in the last parcel I had

the pleasure to receive from my invaluable correspondent, Prof.

. Jameson, now resident at Pillzhum, in Columbia, where he

still prosecutes his botanical researches, and with increased suc-

cess.

Jamesoniane. N. O. Umbelliferze.

TAB. CCXVI.

ERYNGIUM HUMILE; var. caulescens.

Caule simplici vel ramoso, foliis radicalibus ellipticis serrato-

spinosis in petiolum angustatis, capitulis subglobosis solitariis,

involucri foliolis circiter 10 oblongo-lanceolatis rigidis inciso-

spinosis capitulo sublongioribus, ovariis tuberculatis.

E. humile. Cav. Jc. v. 6. p. 37. t. 556. f. 1. Delaroche Eryng.

p. 55. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. v. 5. p. 33. De Cand. Prodr.

v. 4. p. 93.

Var. 1. subacaule ; foliis longe petiolatis. Cav. Ic. 1. c.

Var. 2. latipes ; subacaule, foliis subsessilibus.

Var. 3. caulescens; caule pee: ramoso, foliis radicalibus longe

petiolatis. Ic. Nostr. CCX

Has. On the Quitinian pists: ; as upon Chimborazo, San

Antonio, Antisana, Surrucucho, Pillzhum, &c., at an eleva-

tion of from 11,000 to 14,000 feet above the level of the sea.

Née. Humboldt. Prof: W. Jameson.

The present species seems to be liable to considerable varia-

tion. The usual state of the plant, as found in several localities

by Professor Jameson, is to be stemless; the scape bearing a

single head of flowers. That here represented differs from

Cavanilles’ figure in its evident stem; a variety which was first

noticed by Humboldt, and was found by him on Antisana. In

all the varieties, the entire plant is harsh and rigid. The leaves

are marked with oblong oblique reticulations. The head of

flowers is of a dark, almost black colour, when dry; probably

blue when recent; while the involucre is very pale and glossy,

forming a beautiful ray around the little mass of flowers.

Tab. CCXVI

Gardneriane. N. O. Violariez.

TAB. CCXVII.

VIOLA BALSAMINOIDES. Gardn. mst.

(§. LepripruM.)

Caule erecto angulato basi stolonifero, foliis ovatis acutis obtuse

serratis glabris basi in petiolum sensim attenuatis, stipulis

lanceolatis longe ciliatis, laciniis calycinis lineari-subulatis

basi productis, petalis imberbibus, calcare brevissimo obtuso.

Has. Ina shady virgin forest, on the banks of a small river

called the “ Imbahy,” Organ Mountains, Brazil. Mr Gardner

(2d Coll, 2. 311).

Species valde distincta. Caulis erectus, spithameeus et ultra,

simplex, vel nunc ramosus, angulatus, glaber, inferne nudus

(aphyllus), basi stoloniferus, superne foliosus. Folia 1-2

inferiora parva, subrotunda; reliqua fere exacte ovata, acuta,

ntembranacea, glabra, obtuse serrata, basi sensim in petiolum

longiugculum attenuata. Stipule majuscule foliaceo-mem-

branacee, e lata basi lanceolate, fimbriato-ciliate. - Peduncult

solitarii, ex axillis superioribus, graciles, uniflori, folio bre-

viores, medium versus bibracteati, bracteis anguste subulatis,

alternis. , Flores (albi?) cernui. Calyz profunde 5-partitus,

laciniis lanceolato-seu lineari-subulatis corolla brevioribus,

basi productis obtusis. Petala imberbia subsequalia ; inferiore

longiore brevissime calcarato.. Germen ovatum. Stylus sta-

minibus longior. Stigma obtusum. Fructus ellipticus, calyce

persistente brevior.

a, Flower. 0. Stamens and Pistil. c. Pistil :—magnified.

— Tab. CCXVIN. .

Gilliesiana. N. O. Iridez.

TAB. CCXVIIL

SIsyRINCHIUM suLcaTuM. Gill, mst.

Caule repetitim dichotomo gracili ancipiti (sub lente) sulcato

flexuoso glaberrimo, foliis parvis subulatis, pedunculo termi-

nali solitario curvato, capsula globosa. .

8. sulcatum. Gillies in Herb. nostr.

Has. Maldonado, in South Brazil. Dr Gillies.

A very curious and distinct species, which I can hardly doubt

belongs to the Genus Sisyrinchium, although the only specimen

I possess is destitute of flowers. The stem is scarcely a span

high, slender, much branched in a dichotomous manner, anci-

pitate, from the stem being furnished with a narrow wing on

each side, deeply striated or almost furrowed (as well as the

leaves), whence Dr Gillies’ specific name. At every angle or

geniculation is a small broadly or ensiformi-subulate leaf, with

a sheathing base. Peduncle scarcely an inch long, terminated

by a globose capsule.

Gardneriane. N. O. Iridez.

TAB. CCXIX.

SIsyRINCHIUM ALATUM.

Caule erecto simplici vel parce ramoso subflexuoso latissime

ancipiti-alato folioso, foliis ensiformibus falcatis alisque tenui-

striatis, spatha diphylla terminali, pedunculis 2-4 ageregatis,

perianthio glabro purpureo-lineato, capsulis ellipticis.

aB. Demerara. Dr Hancock, Organ Mountains, Brazil.

Mr Gardner (2d Coll. n. 683). Marshes of La Plata. Tweedie.

Caulis erectus, pedalis et ultra, subflexuosus, simplex vel raro

divisus, utrinque lato-alatus, foliosus. Folia biuncialia, ensi-

formia, basi equitantia, subfalcata, acuta, striata. Spatha

diphylla, bracteis foliiformibus. Pedunculi 2-4 ex eadem

spatha, spatham excedentes. Germen inferum, ovale. Pert-

anthii lacinie 6, obovate, glabra, flava, purpureo-lineate.

Capsula elliptica, erecta.

This species of Sisyrinchium has, it would appear, an exten-

sive range; from Demerara, where it was first found by Dr Han-

cock, to the marshes of the Plate River; yet I do not find that

it has been described by any author.

Gardneriane. _ NN. O. Artocarpese.

TAB, CCXX.

”

DorstEnia ELATA.

Glabra, caule elongato flexuoso folioso, foliis ellipticis subcoria-

ceis obtusis basi cordatis brevi-petiolatis, stipulis 2 oppositis

magnis late ovatis obtusis persistentibus, pedunculis axillari-

bus solitariis folio subbrevioribus, receptaculo subquadrangu-

lari peltato.

Has. Rocks in the deep forests of the Organ Mountains. Mr

Gardner (2d Coll. n. 621)

This remarkable plant has a suffruticose, rounded, flexuose

stem, like that of a Pepper, three feet in height. A large leaf,

more than a span long, arises from each geniculation of this

stem, and is elliptical in form, obtuse, between membranaceous

and coriaceous, quite entire, cordate at the base. From the

costa diverge several parallel, rather distant, and nearly hori-

zontal nerves, which are connected by reticulated veins. Petioles

scarcely half an inch long, much shorter than the two opposite,

ovate, obtuse appressed stipules. Peduncile axillary, nearly as

long as the leaves, terminated by the large peltate, obtusely

4-angled receptacle.

A second species of caulescent Dorstenia was discovered in the

same country by Mr Gardner, (but so rare that only two speci-

mens were gathered,) nearly allied to the East Indian D. Indica

of Dr Wallich’s Cat.n. 4639; which may be thus characterized:—

D. hispida; piloso-hispida suffruticosa caulescens, foliis bre-

vissime petiolatis oa aR subacuminatis sinuato~

dentatis, stipulis —?, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis folio

multo brevioribus, receptaculo suborbiculari peltato.— Has.

- Banks of the Rio Camprido, Organ Mountains, Brazil. Mr

Gardner (2d Coll. n. +35):

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Allea-€ Ferguson litheg.Clasgm,

Mathewsiane. N. O. Filices.

TAB. CCXXI.

PotyropiuM PILIPEs.

Fronde profunde pectinato-bipinnatifida, glabra, laciniis lineari-

bus elongatis sinuato-dentatis, stipitibus pilis horizontalibus

ferrugineis dense obsitis, soris solitariis subellipticis.

~ Chacapoyas; Andes of Peru, on the eastern declivity.

Mathews (last collection, 1838, without No.).

Frondes spithameze, circumscriptione variabiles, nunc lanceolate,

nunc latissime ovate, caespitosee, stipulate, profunde pectinato-

pinnatifidee ; laciniis elongatis linearibus, simplicibus, sinuato-

dentatis, vel saepe iterum pectinato-pinnatifidis, glabris, sub-

coriaceis, costatis, sub lente squamuloso-punctatis, subtus

ubique, usque fere ad stipitem, soriferis. Stipites 2-4 pollicares,

graciles, densissime hirsuti, pilis longis rufis horizontalibus.

Sori subelliptici, elevati, nervos simplices obliquos terminantes.

_ The only specimens I have seen of this handsome Polypodium

are gathered by Mr Mathews on the eastern side of the Peru-

vian Andes, towards the head waters of the Amazon River. It

is remarkable for its deeply and doubly pectinated fronds, every

segment of which is, on the underside, studded with sori, and

for having the stipites clothed with long, copious, ferruginous,

spreading hairs.

Fig. 1. Portion of the underside of a segment, with sori :—

magnified.

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Tweediane. N. O. Filices.

TAB. CCXXII.

_ASPLENIUM PARYULUM.

Humile, frondibus laxe ceespitosis simplicibus stipitatis ovato-

rhombeis sublobatis crenatis glabris, soris oblongis obliquis,

stipite glabro ad basin solummodo paleaceo-squamoso.

Haz. South Brazil. Tweedie.

This is one of the smallest of the Genus with which I am

acquainted, the whole plant scarcely exceeding two inches in

eight. Of this the stipes occupies about one half; it is slender,

pale brown. Several stipites arise from one point, (so as to be

loosely czespitose,) perhaps from a small caudex which bears

pale brown scales, and from beneath sends out fibrous roots.

The frond is between ovate and rhomboidal, obtuse, the margin

irregularly lobed and crenated. From an obscure central nerve

or costa diverge several lateral ones, on which the oblong fructi-

fications are situated on each side, but near the centre.

The lower figure represents the underside of a frond, magnified

to about twice its natural size.

Allan & Ferguson, tithag. Clasyé a

Fischeriane. | N. O. Cruciferze,

TAB. CCXXIII.

Schouwia ARABICA.

Gen. Cuar. Cal. erectus, sepalis 2 oppositis paululum pro-

ductis. Petala unguiculata, limbo obovato. Filamenta eden-

tula. Anthere lineares, acute. Ovarium sessile, ellipticum,

alato-marginatum. Stylus subulatus, ovarii longitudine.

Stigma sagittiforme, tenui-pubescens. Silicula (fere unciam

longa), elliptica, insigniter lateraliter compressa, planiuscula,

ala lata cincta, bivalvis, stylo elongato persistente terminata.

Septum angustissimum. Valve membranacee, reticulatim ner-

vosee, Semina in quoque loculo plurima, subrotunda, com-

pressa, horizontalia. Podospermum tenue, elongatum. Coty-

ledones conduplicate.—Herba annua glabra ramosa. Habi-

tus fere foliorum Brassicee.

S. Arabica. De Cand. Regn. Veget. v. 2. p. 644. Prodr. v. 1. p.

- 224,

Subularia purpurea. Forsk. Fl. Aigypt. Arab. p. 117.

Thlaspi Arabicum. Vahl, Symb. 2. p. 76 (excl. syn. Linn.).

Has. Arabia Felix, in moist sandy mountains, near Mor.

Forskahl. At Hermonthis. Sieber. Uncultivated fields in

the valley of Fature, flowering the end of February. S. Fischer

(n. 108).

Radix mihi ignota. Caulis pedalis et ultra, ramosus, ubique

glaber. Folia alterna, oblongo-ovata basi profunde cordata,

amplexicaulia, penninervia, integerrima vel rarius obscure

denticulata. Flores in racemos demum (fructiferos) valde

elongatos ebracteatos terminales et laterales dispositi. Pedi-

celli breves calyce 3-plo breviores. Petala pallide lilacina,

unguibus flavis.

The specimen here represented is from the collection of M.

S. Fischer, above quoted.

Fig. 1. Silicula, slightly magnified.

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Machiane. N. O. Amentaceze.

TAB. CCXXIV.

Quercus Mackiana.

Foliis perennantibus (?) brevissime petiolatis oblongo-ovatis

subcoriaceis integerrimis basi acutis apice brevi-acuminatis

nervis utrinque petiolis ramisque novellis pubescentibus,

glandibus spicatis conico-ovatis apiculatis pube tenui obductis,

cupula brevissima ee e squamis brevibus subulatis

~ pubescentibus.

Has. Assam. Mrs Mack.

I am indebted tothe lady of the Rev. Mr Mack of Serampore

for a most interesting collection of plants from Assam, during a

visit made to that country on account of her health. Amongst

other undescribed species is the present strikingly handsome

Oak, well marked by its foliage and acorns. The latter, even

in the fully ripe state, are clothed with a very fine down. e

cups, too, are a shallow, and the scales are subulate and

downy.

Gardneriane. N. O. Gentianezx.

TAGS. CGXXV, COX RVL

_Prepusa CONNATA. Gardner mst.

Herbacea, foliis caulinis connatis, calyce latissime campanulato

maxime inflato exalato.

Has. Growing gregariously on the nearly bare face of a dry rock

in the Cigin Mountains, Brazil, at an elevation of about 5000

feet above the level of the sea. Mr Gardner (2d Coll. n. 541).

Few plants among Mr Gardner’s many Brazilian discoveries

have given me more pleasure than this, a second species of

Martius’ fine Gentianeous Genus Prepusa:* for such it most

unquestionably is, differing from the generic character only in

the wingless calyx, which, in this case, I consider of value only

as a specific distinction. I shall give Mr Gardner’s own descrip-

tion, drawn up on the spot.

Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, a foot or a foot and a half

high. Leaves oblong, obtuse, about 5-nerved, somewhat

fleshy, those of the root 4-5 inches long and spreading, of the

stem much smaller, opposite, and connate; those at the fork-

ings of the branches united almost for their whole length, and

forming a large two-lipped sheath. Flowers large. Calyx

particularly large, inflated, membranous, reddish-purple, 6-

toothed; teeth apiculate. Corolla yellowish, with a few faint

purple streaks, a little longer than the calyx; tubular below,

ventricose in the middle; limb erecto-patent, 6-lobed, lobes

broadly ovate, slightly crenulate, apiculate. Stamens 6, ris-

ing from the bottom of the ventricose portion of the corolla,

and included. Filaments filiform. Anthers versatile, purple,

2-celled.. Pollen brown. Ovary cylindrical, 1-celled, 2-valved,

many-seeded: Seeds attached to 4 parietal placentae, which

are obviously formed by the inflexed margins of the valves.

Style subulate, of the same length as the filaments. Stigma

bilamellate, green. Gardn. in litt.

The other species of the genus is P. montana, a shrub 8-10

feet high, inhabiting the interior mountains of Bahia.

Fig. 1. Corolla :—nat. size. f. 2. Stamen. f. 3. Pistil:—magn.

“* So named from +gerourw, on account of the conspicuous character of the plant.

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Gardneriane. N. O. Anonacez.

TAB. CCXXVII.

Guatrerta Maypurensis.

Foliis oblongis acuminatis in petiolum brevem decurrentibus

subcoriaceis glabris nitidis costa subtus pedunculis ramulisque

novellis fulvo-hirsutis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis uni-

floris, petalis oblongo-lanceolatis exterioribus paullo minori-

bus omnibus utrinque calyceque extus pubescenti-pilosis.

G. Maypurensis. Humb. et Kunth, Gen. Am. v. 5. p. 42. De

Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 94.

Has. Banks of the river Paquequer, in the Organ Mountains.

Mr Gardner (2d Coll. n. 306).

Every one who has at all had occasion to study the Anonacee

in a dried state, will comprehend the difficulty of determining

specimens, often very incomplete, by the aid of books alone,

where they are in general but meagrely described. Such is the

case with the present species, of the Genus of which I cannot

feel certain in the absence of fruit. Unwilling to multiply

species unnecessarily, I refer it to the Guatteria Maypurensis

of Humboldt, with the character of which it sufficiently cor-

responds., Mr Gardner notices it as a much branched shrub,

from 10-12 feet high. Its branches are slender and glabrous,

except at the extremities, where the young shoots, as well as

peduncles, and the middle of the leaves beneath, are clothed

with ferruginous patent hairs. The flowers are an inch or an

inch and a half in diameter, spreading; the calyx small, exter-

nally hirsute. Petals all over downy, hairy at the lower part of

the outer ones beneath.

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Gardneriane. N. O. Lycopodiaceze.

TAB. CCXXVIII.

LycopoDiIUM BIFORME.

(§ PHLEGMaRIA.)

Caule gracili repetitim dichotomo pendente, foliis laxis remotis

undique insertis subdisticho-patentibus lineari-subulatis inte-

gerrimis, nervis subtus paullo prominentibus, capsulis axil-

laribus et in spicis elongatis gracilibus dichotome ramosis,

bracteis late ovatis brevi-acuminatis capsula minoribus.

AB. Face of a shady rock, at an elevation of about 5000 feet

above the level of the sea, on the Organ Mountains. (2d

Fern Collection, . 80).

This must be referred to the Pilegtariaigrons of the Lyco-

podia, of which it is the slenderest species, and with the most

Jax and distantly inserted foliage, of any known to me. It

possesses occasionally the characters of the group ‘‘ Capsulis

axillaribus,” that is, the capsules are not unfrequently in the

axils of the common leaves of those branches which have not

been converted into bracteated spikes.

Fig. 1. Portion of a plant with axillary capsules :—nat. size,

f. 2. Capsule and bractea from a spike. ff 3. Capsule and |

bractea from f. 1:—magnified.

Wightiane. N. O. Loranthez.

TABS. CORSA: CCK.

‘Lorantuus LAGENIFLORUS.

Corolla longe tubulosa sequaliter 5-fida, antheris erectis, invo-

lucro campanulato magno colorato circa flores paucos sub-

capitatos. Arn.

Loranthus lageniflorus. Wight, Cat. n. 248'.—Arn. New or rare

Indian Pl. in Ann. of Nat. Hist. ined.

Has. Malabar. Dr Wight.

Lignosus, glaber, parasiticus. Folia opposita, petiolata, petiolo

2-4 lineas longo, ovato-lanceolata, seu elliptico-oblonga, obtusa,

basi rotundata, penninervia, crassa, coriacea. Peduneuli fas-

ciculati ad ramos annotinos orti, brevissimi, apice involucrum

sanguineum gamophyllum campanulatum magnum 4-5-lobum

ferentes. Flores 4-5 in fundo involucri subsessiles. Calycis

limbus cupularis membranaceus, repando-5-dentatus. Corolla

puberula, tubulosa, involucrum duplo superans, apice supra

medium quinguefida, versus laciniarum basin per estivationem

inflatim annulata, laciniis linearibus demum reflexis. Anthere

erectee. Arn.

This is perhaps the most beautiful of the Genus. Its blood-

red involucres are about an inch long, and four to six lines across.

Arn.

Harveyane. N. O. Musci.

TAS. CCOXXXI.

‘Brucura BREVIPES.

Laxe ceespitosa minuta acaulis, foliis ovatis valde concavis acu-

minatis nervo valido Jongissime excurrente, seta foliis duplo

breviore erecta, capsula obovata cum operculo coadunato

acuminata, calyptra magna mitriformi-campanulata longe

apiculata margine in lobulis plurimis subaequalibus brevibus

ssa.

Has. Road-side, near “ Newlands,” Cape of Good Hope.

Hon. W. H, Harvey.

Our valued friend, Mr Harvey, has been already eminently

successful in his Muscological researches in Southern Africa, even

in the immediate vicinity of Cape Town, and the present is a

new species of a little known Genus, intermediate between

Splachnum and Voitia, of which only one species has yet been

characterized, namely, B. Vogesica, of the Vogesian Alps;

though the authors of the beautiful Bryologia Europea, Messrs

Bruch and Schimper, are of opinion that the Phascum flexuosum

of Schwegrichen also belongs to the same Genus.

This very humble species forms scattered tufts on the ground,

only recognisable as a plant by an eye accustomed to investigate

‘the minuter beauties of the vegetable creation. Root small,

fibrous. Stem almost none. Leaves longer than the whole

fructification, ovate, very concave, tapering upwards and uniting

hair-like point. Seta scarcely longer than the capsule, which

latter is obovate, tapering into a moderately long beak,—the

operculum being continuous with the capsule, as in Phascum.

Calyptra large, covering the capsule almost entirely, campanu-

late, cut at the margin into a number of obtuse, pretty equal

lobes, and tapering upwards suddenly into a long mucro.

_ Fig. 1. Small tuft :—nat, size. f. 2. Single plant. f. 3. Outer,

and f. 4, inner leaf. 5, Capsule and seta. f. 6. Calyptra.

Ff. 7. Sporules :—magnified.

Liab. CONES

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SNS Py Ss

Torreyane. N. O. Taxinez.

TABS. CCX XXII. CCXXXIII.

ToRREYA TAXIFOLIA.

Gen. Cuan. Torreya. Arn. (non Spreng.) Dioica.-—Masc.

Amentum primo subglobosum, demum elongatum. Rachis

nuda, demum elongata, basi squamis siccis quadrifariam im-

bricatis bracteata, multiflora. Squame staminifere pedicel-

latee, subpeltatee, dimidiatee, hinc antheram 4-locularem pen-

dulam gerentes.—Fam. Amentum ovatum, basi, ut in mare,

bracteatum, uniflorum. Discus carnosus hypogynus nullus.

vulum erectum. Semen ovatum, basi squamis siccis haud

grandefactis bracteatum, ceeterum nudum; ¢esta crassa extus

carnoso-coriacea, intus fibrosa: tegmen crustaceum, durum.

Albumen ruminatum. Embryo subcylindricus, brevis; cotyle-

dones connatee.—Arbores. Rami patentes; ramuli distiche fur-

cati. Folia disticha, linearia, rigida, mucronato-pungentia. Arn,

T. taxifolia. Arn, in Tayl. Ann. of Nat. Hist. v. 1. p. 130.

Taxus montana. Nutt, in Journ. Ac. Se. Phil. v. VII. (non Willd.)

Has. Middle Florida; as upon calcareous hills on the eastern

bank of the Appalach River, near the confluences of the Flint

and Chattahoochie; and at Flat Creek of the Appalach, and

at Aspalaga, plentiful. (Dr Torrey.)

For a more full account of this fine taxoid plant, which

forms a middling-sized tree, and is named in compliment to a

distinguished naturalist, and one of the most estimable of men,

I refer to Dr Arnott’s Memoir above quoted.

Tas. CCX XXII. Branch from a male tree. Fig. 1. Male

amentum. f. 2. Front; and f. 3. back view of an antheriferous

scale :— magnified,

Tas. CCX XXIII. Branch from a female tree. Fig. 1. Female

amentum, with the fecundated ovule:—magnified. f. 2. Ovule

cut through vertically, showing the ¢esta (or outer coat) with

the fibrous bodies imbedded in the substance; next to it the

tegmen, including the nucleus :—magnified. f. 5. Mature seed :

nat. size. f.6. The same, with the testa removed, which, at

J. 7, is cut through vertically to show the ruminated albumen.

J. 8. The embryo. jf. 3. Germinating seed, the cotyledons pro-

truded. 4. The shrivelled albumen removed from f. 3.—

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TAB. CCOARALIV.

_MIcRosPERMA LOBATA.

Gen. Cuar. Calycis tubus obovatus, ovario adherens, limbi

laciniis 5 lanceolatis patentibus. Petala 5 patentia, ovalia.

Stamina numerosa, calyci inserta: Filamenta libera, brevia,

zqualia: Anthere rotundate, compresse, ad margines longi-

tudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium apice solummodo liberum, in

stylum filiformen attenuatum, demum deciduum. Stigma

obtusum. Capsula calycis limbo coronata, ad apicem, intra

calycem, dentibus 5 dehiscens. Receptacula 5, filiformia,

parietalia, longitudinalia. Semina minutissima, numerosa,

ovali-oblonga, subpellucida, angulata.—Herba aspera, Mezi-

cana, subsucculenta. Caulis flexuosus, subvolubilis? Folia alterna

cordato-ovata, sublonge petiolata, penninervia, lobata, serrata.

Flores majusculi, racemosi, secundi, bracteati, terminales. Corolla

ava.

Microsperma lobata.

Has. Santa Catarina, near Monterrey, Nouv. Leon, Mexico.

Berlandier.

The specimens I possess of this plant are not so perfect as I

could wish, yet I think the figures made from them are quite

correct; and from these it will be seen that it belongs to the

se@, but to an undescribed Genus, most allied to Menéze-

fia; differing in habit, in the inflorescence, in the more abund-

ant stamens, and especially in the 5 valves of the capsule, and

the exceedingly numerous minute seeds.

_ Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Anther, f. 3. Calyx and nearly ma-

ture capsule. f. 4, Ripe capsule, laid open. Sf. 5. Seeds —

magnified,

Douglasiane., N. O. Polemoniacee.

TAB. CCXXXYV.

GiL1A CONGESTA.

(§ Evert.)

Lanata subsimplex, foliis bipinnatifidis carnosis laciniis linearibus

obtusis, floribus (albis) densissime capitatis capitulis racemosis,

calycibus 5-dentatis rheerea ee dense lanatis.

Gilia congesta. Hook. Fl, Bor. Am. v. 2. p. 75.

Phacelia furcata. Douglas, mst.

Has. Sandy plains of the Colinibia. Douglas. :

Root somewhat fusiform, annual? Stems 3 or 4 from the top

of the root, scarcely a span high, simple, rather copiously

leafy and very woolly. Leaves woolly, an inch or more long,

fleshy, pinnatifid and bipinnatifid; the segments linear, obtuse.

Flowers in dense, exceedingly woolly clusters or heads, so

woolly as almost to conceal the flowers. Heads racemose.

Pedicels of the flowers scarcely any; bracteas about as long

as the calyx, linear. Calyx bell-shaped, 5-fid. Corolla with

the tube as long as the calyx: the limb of 5 oval spreading

segments, white, with a yellow eye. Stamens exserted. Anthers

oval-oblong. Germen oval or obovate, triquetrous. Style

shorter than the stamens, filiform. Stigma trifid.

Fig. 1. 2. Flowers. f. 3. Pistil:—magnified.

Drégeane. N. O. Filices.

TAB. CCXXXVI.

Anemia DritazEana. Kze.

Fronde sterili lineari-oblonga pinnata, pinnis subsessilibus,

oblique ovatis obtusis subauriculatis basi sursum truncatis

deorsum cuneatis, margine crenulato, subtus ad venas strigosis,

supra glabris nitidulis, fertili apice tripartita, partitionibus dua-

bus fertilibus tripinnatis, tertia sterili pinnata, stipite rachi-

busque utriusque frondis villoso-paleaceis. Kunze.

Anemia Drégeana. Kunze, Acotyl. Afr. Austr. Recens. 1. p. 13.

Has. Shady clefts of rocks in woody places at Omsamwubo,

and at the great cataract between Omsamwubo and Omsam-

caba, Southern Africa. Drége.

Hitherto the Genus Anemia had been considered exclusively

an inhabitant of the New World: but the present is one of the

many important discoveries made by the German botanist Drége,

in Southern Africa. Kunze, in the little work above quoted,

has made 2.vars., but upon very slight grounds;—«, pinnis

sterilibus ovato-oblongis obtusiusculis ;—f. pinnis sterilibus bre-

viter ovatis obtusissimis.—Our specimens of « exhibit both these

kinds of pinne.

Drummondiane. N. O. Composite.

TAB, CCXXXVIL.

_Kriaia NERVosA.

Foliis radicalibus ovatis lyrato-pinnatifidis caulinis subintegris,

involucri foliolis ovatis 1-2-nerviis paleis patentibus breviori-

bus, nervis validis prominentibus, scapis hispidis.

Has. San Felipe deAustin, Texas. Drummond (Coll. III. n. 164).

In the United States are three genera of Composite-Cichoracee,

(DC.), which have a striking general similarity the one with the

other :—I allude, Ist, to Krigia, Schreb., which has a pappus of

5 broad palez, and an inner one of 5 alternate setee : 2. Cynthia,

Don, which has a pappus of several broad paleee, and an inner

one of many sete: and, 3. Apogon, Nutt., which is destitute of

pappus, or, when present, it is minute and simply composed of

5 short and broad paleze.—The learned De Candolle has given

their characters very correctly, but has erred by following Nuttall

in referring to the Genus Krigia, K. Caroliniana, which certainly

belongs to Cynthia. The K. leptophylla, I have reason to think,

is only a var. of the original K. Virginica. K. dichotoma is now

acknowledged by Nuttall himself to be nothing more than the

autumnal state of the species last mentioned; and K. montana is,

to say the least of it, a very dubious plant, from the high moun-

tains of Carolina, and apparently only known to Michaux.

Thus it would seem we had only one certain species described,

till Mr Drummond detected the present (as well as K. Virginica*)

in Texas. The character of K. Virginica may stand thus—

K. Virginica ; foliis radicalibus oblongis lyrato-pinnatifidis cau-

linis plerumque integris linearibus, involucri foliolis enerviis

leevissimis lanceolatis pappo erecto brevioribus, scapo glabro.

In K. Virginica the involucre becomes reflexed after the fruit

has fallen, the fruit is larger than in K. Texana, the pappus

longer and whiter, twice as long as the nearly black fruit: (in

K, Texana, of the same length as the brown fruit). In both,

the fruit is deeply striated, and longitudinally impresso-punctate

and rough, and the number of paleze and setz constantly 5.

although Nuttall says that they vary from 5 to 8.

Fig. 1. Involucre with ripe fruit. f. 2. 3. Achenia :—magnified.

* This is in Mr Drummond’s 3d Texas Coll. n. 163, also from San Felipe

de Austin,

Gardneriane. N. O. Composite.

TAB. CCXXXVIII.

_ADENOSTEMMA BrasILiaNum.

Caule erecto scabriusculo, foliis Eigencne ee —

petiolum subcuneatis obtuse ineequaliter dent

paniculze ramis puberulis, capitulis subcorymbosis, involuce

squamis glabriusculis ovali-oblongis obtusis, corolla tubo

pubescenti, styli ramis longissimis, acheniis muricatis.

Adenostemma Brasilianum. Cass. Dict. d Hist. Nat.— De Cand,

Prodr. 5. p. 112.

Verbesina Brasiliana. Pers. Syn. Pl. v. 2. p. 472.

Has. Brazil. Vandeili. St Catherine, Bacle. Organ Moun-

tains. Gardner (2d Coll. n. 502).

** Involucrum polyphyllum, multiflorum. Heceptaculum subcon-

cavum, nudun, scrobiculatum. Flosculi omnes hermaphroditi.

Corolla alba, tubulosa, 5-dentata, extus tomentosa glutinosa.

Stamina inclusa. Styli rami corolla duplo longiores. Achenium

obovatum, triangulare, paululum curvatum. Lappus aristis 3

patentibus apice glandulosis, glutinosis, inferiore breviore.”

Gardner, mst.

Of this Genus, so remarkable in the nature of its pappus,

there are species in South America and the West Indies, in

South Africa, the East Indies, and in the Friendly Islands; and

many of them, even from widely different localities, very much

resemble each other. The present, though departing in some

trifling particulars from the description of De Candolle, is,

nevertheless, I feel satisfied, the 4. Brasilianum, as I equally am

that the following is the A. riangulare of that distinguished author.

Fig. 1. Involucre with flowers. jf. 2. Single floret. sf. 3.

Achenium :—magnified.

Gardneriane. N. O. Composite.

TAB. CCXXXIX.

_ADENOSTEMMA TRIANGULARE.

Caule erecto pubescenti-hirto, foliis petiolatis trilobo-triangu-

laribus grosse ineequaliter acutissime serratis levibus, petiolo

superne alato, panicule ramis elongatis glabriusculis, involucro

hemisphzerico truncato obtuse dentato, squamis fere ad apicem

concretis, corollz dentibus valde hirsutis, styli ramis brevibus,

Has. Brazil. About Rio Janeiro. Lund. On a moist bank

in the Organ Mountains, at an elevation of about 3800 feet

above the level of the sea. Mr Gardner (2d Coll. n, 503).

Although, at first sight, this very much resembles the 4. Bra-

silinianum, it is truly and abundantly distinct. The leaves are

larger, smoother, with a tendency to be 3-lobed; the styles are

short; the tips of the corolla very hairy, and the achenia more

coarsely muricated or tuberculated; but what distinguishes it

best, is the circumstance of the scales of the involucre being united

into one piece, an hemispherical cup, truncated, or at most only

shortly and bluntly toothed, at the margin. In these two species,

and probably in all, the corollas adhere together by their viscid

surface, so as to fal] off in a mass from the achenia. ©

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TAB. CCXL.

KEERLIA SKIRRHOBASIS.

Annua ramosa canescenti-velutina, foliis sessilibus oblongis

obtusis basi attenuatis integerrimis aut serratis, involucri

squamis margine submembranaceis, ligulis 20-25 linearibus,

corollarum omnium tubo basi demum incrassato et indurato.

Keerlia skirrhobasis. De Cand. Prodr. v, 5. p. 310.

Has. Mexico, between Bejar and Rio Trinidado. Berlandier.

Rio Brazos of Texas, and at San Felipe de Austin. Drum-

mond (III. Coll. ». 186).

I had marked this as a distinct Genus among Mr Drummond’s

plants, when the fifth volume of De Candolle’s Prodromus reached

me, where that admirable botanist has given it under his Genus

Keerlia (so named after a Mexican traveller, F. W. Keerl).

Three species are there brought under it: and under one (K.

linearifolia) is doubtfully introduced (and not only there but also

under Aphanostephus ramosissimus) Brachyeome xanthocomoides,

Less., a plant which may probably be safely referred to the

Bellis integrifolia of Michaux. With the second species of

Keerlia (K. ramosa) I am unacquainted. The third is our pre-

sent plant, remarkable for the base of the tube of the corollas

(both the tubular and ligulate ones) becoming singularly thick,

indurated, and corky. The pappus is a cup-shaped border to

the achenium, thin and somewhat membranaceous at the margin, :

thick and corky at the base, as is also the achenium itself, espe-

cially the radial one.

Fig. 1. Radial floret. f. 2. Achenium of the same. ff. 3.

Central floret. f. 4. The same, with the corolla laid open.

Gardneriane. N. O. Composite.

TABS. CCXLI. CCXLII.

BaccHARIS PLATYPODA.

Fruticosa glabra resinoso-viscosa (?), ramis striato-angulatis,

floridis ancipiti-compressis, foliis petiolatis obovato-cuneatis

obtusis grosse dentatis coriaceis uninerviis venis hince inde

innumeris pennatis subreticulatis, capitulis ad apices ramorum

florid. dense aggregato-corymbosis, involucri squamis ovato-

oblongis obtusis. DC.

as. Brazil. Marianna, in Minas Geraes. Vauthier. Sphag-

num-bog on the Organ Mountains, about 5500 feet — the

level of the sea. Mr Gardner (2d Coll. n. 515).

A glabrous, dicecious shrub, from 4-6 feet high: the stem

‘clothed with pale brown bark: the branches acutely angular,

those bearing the flowers compressed and almost ancipitate.

Leaves confined to the ends of the branches, from 2-4 inches

long, shortly petioled, obovato-cuneate, coriaceous, very coarsely

and obtusely serrated, mostly in the upper half, with very copious

oblique reticulated nerves; there is also a distinct nerve running

round the leaf, just within the margin. The leaves of the male

plant are smaller and less obovate (more ovate). Heads of

flowers collected into dense corymbs; more compound, and with

longer branches in the male plant. Involucre ovate; its scales

closely imbricated, oval-oblong, very obtuse, resinous. Male

plant: florets with a very distinct corolla, protruded stamens,

and a short, wavy, pale red-brown pappus.—Female: florets

with a narrow, indistinct corolla, a protruded style, a striated

fruit, and a spreading red-brown pappus.

This is perhaps one of the most distinct and well-marked

species of this extensive Genus. The leaves of the female plant

are often four inches long.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Stamens. jf. 3. Single stamen separated

from the rest. jf. 4. Pistil. f£. 5. Transverse section of the

young fruit :—magnified.

Mathewsiane. N. O. Vaccinieee.

TAB. CCXLIII.

ANTHOPTERUS RACEMOSUS.

Gen. Cuar. Calyx ovario adherens, turbinatus, alto-5-alatus,

5-dentatis, dentibus ovatis erectis. Corolla monopetala, conico-

urceolata, 5-alata, 5-dentata, dentibus acuminatis erectis v.

erecto-patentibus. Stam. 10. Filamenta brevia in membranam

connata, calyce ad basin corollee inserta. Anthere biloculares,

loculis longissime rostratis, rima elongata ad apicem introrsum

dehiscentibus. Ovarium 5-loculare, pluriovulatum. Fructus

subbaccatus, 5-alatus, indehiscens, 5-locularis, dentibus caly-

cinis coronatus,—Frutex parasiticus, glaber, habitu Thibaudiz

ef Macleanise. Rami sétricti. Folia lanceolata, coriacea, tri-

nervia. Flores majusculi, racemosi. Pedicelli elongati, basi

unibracteati, medium versus bibracteatt.

Anthopterus 7acemosus.

AB. Province of Moyobamba, Peru; parasitic on trees.

Mathews ; received in 1838.

In Macleania, figured at t. 109, vol. II, of this work, we have

an instance of a plant of the Vacciniee which has a 5-winged

calyx: here we have the still more remarkable circumstance of

the corolla also having 5 broad wings, corresponding with the

5 teeth of the corolla; in which respect, as well as in the differ-

ent shape of the corolla, of the calyx, and in the different struc-

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from Macleania, and, as far as I know, from all of the natural

order. The leaves are from 4-5 or almost 6 inches long, sessile,

and the racemes equal to them in length. The fruit, in our

specimens, is not quite ripe, and can scarcely be called a berry;

but the pericarp is thick and coriaceous, and apparently inde-

hiscent.

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Lycopopium COMPACTUM.

Caule erecto dichotome ramoso, ramis crassis obtusis, foliis pluri-

fariam imbricatis arctissimis ovatis obtuse subacuminatis

patenti-incurvis glanduloso-serratis basi obtuse carinatis intus ~

concavis infimis sublinearibus, capsulis axillaribus.

Has. Pillzhum, one of the Quitinian Andes. Prof. W. Jameson.

In size, in the ramification, and in the shape and outline of the

branches, this species so much resembles our L. rufescens (Tab.

XXXVI. of the present work), that at first sight the two might

be mistaken for the same species; but on the slightest inspection

of the leaves they will be found to be abundantly different. The

colour, too, of the present one is greener, though considerably

tinged with red. The lowermost leaves are almost linear and

reflexed; but they soon become broader and moderately patent,

and always more or less incurved towards their apex.

Fig. 1. 1. Apex of a branch, with capsules. f. 2. Back view

of a leaf, with its capsule. 3. Front view of do. :—magnijied.

Mathewsiane. N. O. Musci.

TAD, CUXLYs A;

ENTOSTHODON OBTUSIFOLIUs. J. Hook,

Dense czespitosus, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis obtusis integerrimis,

capsula (cum apophysi) anguste pyriformi.

Has. Moist places, Lomas of Amancaes, near Lima, Peru.

Mathews (n. 958).

Fig. 1. Single plant. 2.2.2. Leaves. £3. Portion of do.

J.4. Peristome. f.5. Operculum. f. 6. Calyptra. f£ 7%. Teeth

of the peristome :—all more or less magnified.

TAB. CCXLV. B.

EntostHopon Matuewsi. J. Hook.

Laxe czspitosus, foliis late oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis ser-

ratis, capsula (cum apophysi) anguste pyriformi.

AB. Near Lima, Peru. Mathews.

Fig. 1. Single plant. ff 2. 2. Leaves. f. 4. Portion of the

capsule and peristome. jf. 5. Teeth of the peristome :—all more

or less magnified.

TAB. CCXLV. C.

Eyrtostuopon tatiroitus. J. Hook.

Laxe ceespitosus, foliis obovatis acuminatis serratis, capsula (cum

apophysi) lato-pyriformi.

Has. Near Lima, Peru. Mathews.

Fig. 1. Single plant. jf. 2. 2. Leaves. f 3. Peristome. f.

4. Operculum. f. 5. Teeth from the peristome :—all more or

less magnified.

That portion of Mr Mathews’ collection of plants which was

gathered in the neighbourhood of Lima, has afforded 3 species

of Moss, having all the characters and habit of Schwaegrichen’s

Genus Entosthodon: and all different from the European £.

Templetoni; although one, our E, obtusifolius, comes so very

near to it, that were it not for the constantly very blunt apex of

the leaf, and the rather narrower form, I should have been dis-

posed to consider it the same. In all there is the same thin, but

lax, cellular structure in the foliage, the same general form of

the capsule (pyriform), and the same flattened operculum, with

a minute, but more or less distinct umbo. (J. Hooker.)

Schmidiana. N. O. Ericeze.

TAB. CCXLVI.

ANDROMEDA KATAGHERENSIS.

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Fruticosa glaber, ramis subtriquetris striatis, foliis brevi-petiolatis

coriaceis ovalibus serratis acutis obtuse mucronatis reticulatis

subtus ad venas fusco-glanduloso-punctatis, racemis axillari-

bus solitariis simplicibus, pedicellis tribracteatis, corolla ovali

calycem partentem duplo excedente, ore parvo, anthere loculis

sublonge acuminatis, stigmate truncato.

Has. Kataghery, in the Nylgherry hills, East Indies. Dr

Schmid. (Sir F. Adam, Bart.)

I am indebted for this fine new Indian Andromeda to the

kindness of Sir Fred. Adam, Bart., late Governor of Bombay,

who obligingly presented me with a collection of plants from the

Nylgherry hills, made there by a German botanist, Dr Schmid.

The species seems to form a rather tall glabrous shrub, with

large leaves, 3 inches and more long, evergreen, coriaceous,

oval, on short petioles, acute at both extremities, serrated at the

margin, tipped with a blunt mucro, somewhat glossy above,

reticulated on both sides, but more especially beneath, where the

colour is paler, and where the veinlets are spotted with brown,

in consequence of numerous glands, which appear to be resinous,

but are scarcely at all prominent. Racemes much shorter than

the leaves, axillary, solitary, bearing flowers to the very base.

Each pedicel has a bractea more than half its length at its base,

and two others near the middle. Calyx large in proportion to

the size of the flower, of 5 ovato-acuminate spreading segments,

more than half the length of the oval corolla, which latter has

a very contracted mouth, and a limb of 5 small rounded, reflexed

lobes. Stamens 10, inserted on the receptacle, much shorter

than the corolla. Filament short, curved. Anthers oblong-

ovate, each cel] with a long acumen bent back, in which is the

elongated opening, or pore. Germen globose, 5-lobed, wrinkled.

Style shorter than the corolla, longer than the stamens. Stigma

obtuse, truncated.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Calyx and pistil. ££ 3, Stamen :—mag-

nified.

Mathewsiane. N. O. Rubiaceze.

TAB. CCXLVII.

_SaBICEA CANA.

Foliis elliptico-ovatis integerrimis petiolatis basi apiceque acutis

supra laxe arachnoideo-lanatis, subtus ramis stipulisque lato-

cordatis densissime canescenti-tomentosis albis, calyce tu-

buloso a dentato; corollz ‘laciniis ovatis acutis, stigmate

- A-parti

Has. Province of Moyobamba, Peru. Mathews (last coll. 1838).

Caulis fruticosus. Rami teretes, dense albo-tomentosi. Folia

opposita, petiolata, elliptico-ovata, omnino integerrima, sub-

coriacea, basi apiceque acuta, parallelo-nervosa, subtus reticu-

lata, — Sel segee —— cuneatis, — laxe arachnoideo-

ata, ti tomentosa

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alba. Petioli- subunguiculares. ‘Stipu le magne, cordate,

subtus albo-lanatee. Flores in axillis et intra stipulas glomerati,

sessiles, bracteati; bractee ovate, concave, extus (floresque)

lanatee. Calyx tubulosus, superne liber, obtuse 5-dentatus.

Corolla infundibuliformis, fauce dense lanata; limbo 5-fido,

laciniis ovatis, acutis, patenti-recurvis. Stamina 5, ——

prope medium tubi inserta. Ovarium 4-loculare. Semina

numerosa, compressa, obscure reticulata. Stylus corolla brevior,

disco rotundato carnoso insertus; stigma 4-partitum.

vix, ut videtur, baccatus,

This, I believe, is a true species of Sabicea ; though the fruit

can scarcely be considered a berry, but rather an almost dry

and coriaceous indehiscent capsule, densely woolly. The stamens

are much disposed to become united and monstrous.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Bracteas and calyx; the latter in put

laid open. f. 3. Corolla laid open. fi 4. Section of a you 8

fruit :—magnified,

Gunniane. : N. O. Musci.

TAB. CCXLVIII.

Tripontium TasMannicum. J. Hook.

Seta terminalis, exserta. Capsula turbinata. Peristomium sim-

plex; dentibus 16 elongatis, siccitate reflexis; singula e ciliis

tribus articulatis magis minusve connexis formata. Calyptra

mitriformis, hinc fissaa—Muscus aquaticus. Caules elon-

gati, parce (nunc innovationibus) ramosi, rigidi, flexuosi, laxe

cespitosi. Folia laze undique disposita, patentia, lineari-

lanceolata, opaca, obtusa, nervo valido fusco fere ad apicem

attingente, supra canaliculata, margine omnino integerrima:

pericheetialia angustiora, subacuminata: textura compacta,

cellulis minutissimis. Seta capsulaque intense fusce rigide.

Operculum conico-longe rostratum. Calyptra fusca, rigida,

oblongo-acuminata, hinc basi usque ad medium fissa.

Tridontium Tasmannicum.

Has. Ben Nevis, Van Diemen’s Land. Ronald Gunn, Esq.

This remarkable Moss has been sent to me, by Mr Gunn, ©

with many others, from Van Diemen’s Land. It was growing

in a creek at a considerable elevation on Ben Nevis, the water

trickling over it; in such a locality that it must have been sub-

merged for nine months in the year. Its habit in this respect —

approximates it to Scowleria and Wardia, with which it further

agrees in the dark-brown colour and rigid texture of the capsule.

. Hooker.

Fig. 1. Leaves. f. 2. Perichetial leaf. jf 3. Capsule and

operculum. f. 4. Calyptra. f. 5. Capsule and _ S-6.

Teeth of the peristome :—magnified.

Tab, CCAD

Vi

Drummondiane. N. O. Hepatice.

TAB. CCXLIX.

Riccia VELUTINA.

Terrestis subtus copiose radiculosa velutina, fronde orbiculari

crassa celluloso-succulenta convexa lobata, lobis imbricatis

cuneatis subifidis, laciniis incrassatis obtusis, capsulis copiosis

immersis demum superficialibus, sporulis aterrimis.

Riccia velutina. W. Wilson, mst.

Haz. On the ground, Texas. Drummond.

The appearance of the well-dried specimens of this plant,

when the surface is not broken up by the fructifications, is

exactly that of a piece of bright yellow-green velvet, occasioned

by the numerous raised points of the cellules catching and

reflecting the light. Fructified specimens have a very different

appearance. In a young state, the capsules, exactly globose,

and formed of a thin membrane, filled with dark-coloured

sporules, seem to occupy all parts of the internal cellular mass;

in age becoming superficial, and then, the sporules escaping, the

upper surface exhibits a number of little pits or hollows, and the

_ beautiful velvety hue of the more perfect specimens has entirely

vanished. I see no appearance of an apiculus or style, as it has

been called, to the capsules; but much allowance must be made

for our being able to examine only the dried state of the plant.

Fig. 1. Single barren plant:—nat. size. f. 2. Section of a

portion of the same. jf: 3. Fructifying plant. sf. 4, Section of

a portion :—magnified.

= eres: ré

Drummondiane. N. O. Polygonee.

TAB. CCL.

ERIOGONUM MULTIFLORUM.

Monoicum v. polygamum? caule erecto elato ramoso, foliis

oblongo-lanceolatis undulatis dentatis supra arachnoideo-

subtus albo-lanatis, perencwe -clongato apne mace

ramosissimo corymboso, involucris turbinatis

nudiusculis plurifloris, perianthii laciniis ext. basi biauricu-

latis, int. minutis.

Eriogonum multiflorum. Benth. in Linn, Trans. v.11. p. 418.

Has. Texas. Between Brazosia and San Felipe de Austin,

Texas. Drummond (2d Coll. n, 235. 3d Coll. n, 351).

‘This is perhaps the tallest species of a Genus which has

been lately admirably illustrated by Mr Bentham, and to which

Messrs Douglas and Drummond have added so many new ones

by their researches in the western parts of N. America. I be-

lieve they are exclusively confined to that country, no species

having been found to the east of the Mississipi River.

Of the present, the foliage is large and crowded in the lower

patt of the plant, gradually smaller and more distant upwards.

The long peduncle is quite naked. The leaves are cobwebby

above, but this woolly substance is more dense from certain

points, so that ata little distance they look as if spotted with

white. Flowers very numerous. Involucre with about 6-9

flowers, woolly within. The outer segments of the perianth are

remarkable for their base being extended into two auricles: the

inner ones are very small, linear. The inside of each flower is

also woolly. Stamens 9: anthers red. Pistil of the male flower

abortive: of the female (which has abortive filaments), ovato-

acuminate, acutely triquetrous, with three long styles.

Fig. 1. Involucre with flowers. f. 2. Female flower. f. 3.

Male flower. f. 4. Young fruit :—magnified,

—

Drummondiane. N. O. Amaranthacese.

> SAB. COLI

GOSSYPIANTHUS RIGIDIFLORUS.

Gren. Cuar. Perianthium profunde 5-partitum densissime

Januginosum ; laciniis lanceolato-acuminatis. Stamina 5.

Filamenta dilatata, omnino libera. Anthera terminalis,

oblonga, unilocularis. Germen ovatum, l-ovulatum. Stglus

brevis. Stigma bifidum: Uériculus stylo stigmate coronatus,

monospermus, pendens, ex apice funiculo filiformi.—Radix

perennis. Caules herbacet, procumbentes, flexuosi, lanati, pre-

cipue apicem versus. Folia radicalia, elongata, spathu

caulina multo minora, subsessilia, opposita, ovata, omnia inte-

gerrima, magis minisve sericeo-lanata, Flores in axillis folio-

rum caulinorum dense aggregati sessiles, lana copiosissima tecti,

basi tribracteati ; bracteis late ovatis membranaceis scariosis

glaberrimis.

Gossypianthus rigidiflorus ; perianthii laciniis profunde striatis

rigidis.

Fas Texas. Drummond (Coll. II. n. 262),

I have in vain endeavoured to refer this plant, and a nearly

allied species from the same country, to any of the genera of

Amaranthacee which have been established or confirmed by

Martius. Its nearest ‘affinity is with Jresine and Rosea, but

there are differences in the flowers, and still more in the habit,

which would make me very unwilling to unite them. As in

Oplotheca of Nutall, the flowers are most curiously enveloped in,

and concealed by, a dense mass of fine wavy silky cotton; after-

wards it becomes more lax, but always completely hiding the

dense axillary clusters of flowers. The lower leaves, too, are

remarkable for being much larger and longer than those o

the stem. ‘The same characters now mentioned are equally

apparent in the other species to which I have alluded, and which

may be thus define

Gossypianthustenuiflorus; perianthii laciniis tenui-membranaceis

estriatis.

Has. Texas. Drummond (2d Collection; and 3d Coll. where

it has been mixed with n. 262, G. rigidiflorus).

In this species the habit is exactly that of G. rigidiflorus, nor

can I point out any other character, save that of the difference

in the perianth.

SSS

= Sat =

SSS

<=

Berlandiere. — ' N. O. Thymelez ?

cap, COLI.

(Crvatita sinuata, Lag.

Gen. Cuan. Calyz ovario adherens, tubo obovato, limbo subde-

cempartito, laciniis elongato-linearibus persistentibus erectis.

Cor. 0. Stamina 5, erecta, ad basin laciniarum inserta :

Filamenta lope: a pores gre affixes, wicca

biloculares,

cem stibulatolanceolatam, ened sntheia subduplo lon-

giorem, productee.. Ovarium calyci arcte adherens, l-ovulatum,

ovulo ex apice etree Saeed Stylus a Stigma a

tum. Ach villosi

monospermum. Semen pundulens aalbucstieatia. Embryo

dicotyledoneus : Cotyledones ovate, subhemispherice. Radi-

cala brevis, ad hilum seminis versa.—Herba ramosa, pubescens

pasate la beet fetis ad panies ae (urentibus ie

Ca cort. nitido tecti. Folia

ele

alterna, otatipatan: tice oblonga, sinnato-pinnatifida, costata.

Flores dense capitati, sericeo-hirsuti. Capitula hemispherica,

demum fructifera subglobosa, pedunculata. Pedunculi terminales

vel laterales, ebracteati.

Cevallia sinuata. Lagasca Gen. et Sp. Pl. Nov. p. 11. cum Ie.

Has. New Spain. Née (Lagasca). ‘ Bejar a Austin,” Texas.

Berlandier, in Herb. Nostr.

Of this rare and remarkable plant, it may be said that the stems

“and foliage resemble those of some Loasa or Bartonia, the in-

florescence that of an Echinops, while the fructification, as far

as I know, is quite peculiar. Lagasca, the only author I believe ©

who has, hitherto, had the opportunity of examining the plant,

refers it doubtfully to Boraginee, Lindley to Santalacee with

equal uncertainty, while our friend Dr Arnott considers it rather

a Thymeleous plant, or “ — sui Ordinis,” in which he is

very likely correct.

Fig. 1. Flower. fi 2. The same, Mise a portion of the calyx

removed. f. 3. Stamen. /f. 4. Pistil. £5. Ovule. f. 6. Fruit

laid open. f. 7. Embryo. f. 8. Sie or sting from the leaf :—

magni —

Finlayane. N. O. Ternstroemiacez.

TAB. CCLIII.

Visnia Mocanera. L.

Mocanera Canariensis. Juss. Dict.-Sc. Nat. v. 31. p. 505.

Has. Canary islands; whence Dr Kirkman Finlay brought the

specimen here figured. It inhabits the Laurel region, accord-

ing to Mr Webb, who notices it among those plants of the

Canaries “qui sont des monotypes des genus qui n’ont pas

encore des analogues.”

Fruter glaberrimus. Rami juniores, angulati, fusci. Yolia alterna,

perennantia, subcoriacea, brevi-petiolata, elliptico-lanceolata,

obtusa, obsolete serrata, nervosa, nervis indistinctis. Pedunculi

axillares, bini, breves, recurvati, uniflori. Calyx profunde

5-partitus, basi bibracteatus, segmentis ovalibus, obtusis, sub-

‘scabris. Petala 5, obovata, obtusa, patentia, basi coalita

staminifera. Stam. 20, petalis breviora. Filamenta nuda,

libera; Anthere basi affixee, ovate, longe acuminate, ad

margines longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium ovatum, basi

constrictum, obechre loaiigu atum, pilosum, 3-loculare; loculis

biovulatis, ovulis pendentibus. Styli 3, filiformes, suberecti. .

Stigmata obtusa.

The fruit I have not seen. It has been by some writers sup-

posed to be the “ Mocan” of the Guanches, or ancient inhabi-

tants of the Canaries, who made akind of syrup of it, which was

much used with their daily food and in medicine: hence the

specific name applied to it by Linnzus. But Bory de St

Vincent seems to think that the fruit of the Carob-tree, or of the

Myrica Faya, was the famous Mocan. We doubt not but that

Mr P. B. Webb will diseuss the subject with his usual ability,

in a forthcoming number of his valuable work on the Canary

Isles. The place of the Genus in the natural arrangement has

been much questioned; indeed the plant is known, we apprehend,

to very few Botanists: but it seems rightly referred to Tern-

streemiacee.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Corolla. jf. 3. The same laid open.

SF. 4. Stamens. jf. 5. Pistil. jf 6. The ovary cut through verti-

cally. f. 7. The same cut through transversely. f. 8. Ovules :—

_ magnified.

Miersiane. N. O. Burmanniacez.

TAB. CCLIV.

APTERIA OROBANCHOIDES.

Aphylla, squamis ovatis hyalinis longissime ciliatis, floribus race-

mosis nutantibus urceolatis.

Dictyostegia orobanchoides. Miers mst.—Gardner, Herb. Braz.

n. 842,

Has, Shady woody ranges of the Corcovado mountains in the

vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, on decaying timber, at an elevation

of 2000 feet. Mr Miers.

Radix subfusiformis, fibrosa. Caulis erectus subsimplex, spitha-

meeus fere ad pedalem, teres, squamosus, albus ; squamis ovatis

appressis, membranaceis, reticulatis, longissime ciliatis. Mace-

mus terminalis, simplex vel furcatus, pluriflorus, floribus urceo-

latis, nutantibus, bracteatis. Perianthium superum, 6-fidum,

segmentis ovatis, erectis, interioribus (seu petalis) minoribus.

Stamina: Filamenta brevissima, crassa, tubo inserta petalisque

opposita: Anthere loculi laterales, bivalves, transversim dehis-

centes. Ovarium subglobosum: Stylus brevis: Stigmata 3,

patentia, apice dilatata. Capsula subglobosa, unilocularis,

3-valvis, stylo mucronata: valvis medio placentiferis, polysper-

mis. Semina minutissima, arillo fusiformi reticulata obtecta.

Iam indebted to John Miers, Esq. for the accompanying figure

~ and many accurate details respecting this curious plant, which that

gentleman had no means of knowing to be identical (as it proves

to be) with the Genus Apteria* of Nuttall in Journ. Acad. Philad.

v. 't. p. 64. t. 9. f. 1. Besides its leafless habit, it differs in the

wingless flowers from Burmannia: but in other respects the struc-

ture is very similar to that Genus.

Fig. 1, 2. Scales of the stem. f. 3. Flower. jf. 4. The same

with the perianth laid open. / 5, 6. Stamens. ff 7. Capsule.

Jf. 8. The same burst open. f. 9. The same cut through trans-

versely. f. 10. Seed :—magnified.

* This, the Apferia setacea of Mr Nuttall, a native of Florida, may be thus

characterized :—Aphylla, squamis ovatis nudis, caule simplici vel ramoso, rami

unifloris, floribus erectis infundibuliformibus. 7.

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baa ee ee,

eyheriane. N. O. Scrophularine.

TAB. COLY.,

ME asa? ZEYHERI.

Gen. Cuar. Metasma. Benth.—Cal. laxus, foliaceus, dein in-

flatus, apice 5-fidus. Cor. infundibuliformi-campanulata, -

limbi lobis brevibus latis. Stam. subdidynama, corolla bre-

viora. Anthere omnes fertiles, loculis basi apiculatis.—Herbee

Americane v. Capenses; foliis sepius oppositis ; pedunculis

axzillaribus unifloris bracteatis subracemosis. Benth.

? Zeyhert; foliis ovatis subtrifido-laciniatis scabris, floribus in

axillis supremis foliorum bibracteatis, laciniis calycinis lanceo-

latis, antherze loculis longissimis recurvis, ovario hinc gibboso.

a Uitenhage. S. Africa. Zeyher. (Zeyher, Herb. Uitenh. n.

375.)

I refer this temporarily to Melasma till I can have Mr Ben-

tham’s further opinion upon it. From a casual glance that dis-

tinguished Botanist considered it to be not a true Melasma, and

indeed the structure of the anthers and the long narrow segments

_ of the calyx would confirm this opinion :—though in otber char-

acters and in general habit it accords sufficiently with Melasma

scabrum, Berg. et Benth. (Gerardia Nigrina and Nigrina viscosa,

L.), the only South African species yet known to us.

Fig. 1. Calyx with its bracteas, including the pistil. f 2.

Pistil. £ 3. Stamens. f. 4. Section of the ovary :— magnified.

Nuttalliane. N. O. Amaranthacee.

TAB. CCLVI.

OPLoTHECA FLORIDANA.

Sericeo-subt tosa, caule erecto vel declinato subrobusto, foliis

lanceolatis sessilibus subtus sericeis inferioribus petiolatis, spi-

culis multifloris superioribus approximatis, perianthio dense

lanato, fructifero cristis firmis latissimis fissis dentatisque.

Oplotheca Floridana. Nutt. Gen. Am. v. 2. p. 79. et in Herb.

Hook.— Drummond, Herb. Texas. 11. n, 236.

Has. Florida and Alabama. Nuttall. Texas. Drummond. Jamaica,

Dr M‘Fadyen.

This Genus is the Froelichia of Moench (but not of Vahl, nor

Wulf), and its essential character depends on the curious crests

of the perianth, only appearing, however, in the fructified state.

Tam far from certain that the Gomphrena interrupta of Jamaica

(L’Heérit. Stirp. t. 3.) Celosia procumbens (Jacq. Ic. t. 51.) is

not the same species. Certainly my Jamaica specimens are by

no means different from the plant here figured. Other species,

however, are found in Brazil; and a very distinct one also exists

in Mr Drummond’s “ei Coll. from Texas, n. 244, which may

be thus characterized :—

Oplotheca gracilis ; pubescenti-sericea, caulibus gracillimis basi decumbentibus

geniculatis dein erecta, fotits eqs! lineari-lanceolatis, aproals parvis —_

floris remotis, p

dentatis,

Has. Texas. Drummond.

Tas. CCLVI. Oplotheca Floridana, Fig. 1. Flower and

bracteas. /f. 2. Floral perianth (destitute of crests). f. 3. Sta-

minal tube. /. 4. Upper portion of the same, seen from within.

J. 5. Pistil. f 6. Fructiferous perianth with its broad crests.

J. %. Another do. laid open. /f. 8. Utricle. f. 9. Seed and seed-

stalk :—magnified.

4 ios i >

Gunniane. N. O. Ranunculacez.

TAB. CCLVIL.

_ANEMONE CRASSIFOLIA.

Radice subtuberosa fibris crassiusculis, foliis omnibus radicalibus

paucis petiolatis cordatis coriaceo-carnosis trifidis lobis incisis

subtrifidis supra pilosiusculis subtus glabris, scapo simplici

appresso-piloso superne dense sericeo, involucri diphylli foliolis

trifidis incisis, sepalis 6 ovalibus (albis), carpellis ovatis longs

rostratis glabris apice uncinatis.

Has. Abundant near the summit of the Black Bluff mountain,

Van Dieman’s Land, at an elevation of from 4000 to 4500 feet

above the level of the sea, 6n the ascent approaching from the

Vale of Belvoir. Feb. 1837. Ronald Gunn, Esq. (n. 775. o in

* company with Dr. Milligan.

One of the most distinct of all this extensive and very beauti-

ful Genus, and at the same time perhaps one of the most rare.

No locality is yet known for it besides that above given: and

though abundant specimens were gathered by one of the two

gentlemen above mentioned (Mr Gunn), yet, Mr Gunn observes

** | unfortunately left them at a place agreed upon to be picked

up by my servant, who was following on foot with my specimen- —

book :—and I can hardly express to you my disappointment

when, on his arrival at the Hampshire Hills, I found that he

had passed the spot without thinking of them, and consequently

left me without a specimen. Fortunately Dr Milligan had put

a few into his pocket-book, and of these he allowed me to par-

take.”

Gunniane. N. O. Cruciferze.

TAB. CCLVIII.

_CaRDAMINE INTERMEDIA.

Annua, glabra, caule erecto flexuoso, foliis (preecipue radicali-

bus) longe petiolatis pinnatis, pinnis 5-7 petiolulatis ovato-

cordatis obtusis integerrimis, caulinis superioribus angustiori-

bus, sepalis parvis, petalis late obovatis unguiculatis (albis),

pedicellis fructiferis patentibus, siliquis erectis linearibus brevi~ _

rostratis, seminibus punctatis.

Has. Western mountains of Van Dieman’s Land. R. Gunn,

Esq. (n. 446 ?).

A solitary specimen alone of this exists in our collection from

Mr Gunn, but that is not referrible to any described species.

It is allied on the one hand to our C. lilacina (Hook. in Comp.

to Bot. Mag. v. |. p. 72 in note); and on the other to our C.

heterophylla (Ic. Plant. v. 1. t. 58.) but is abundantly distinct

from both.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Calyx, stamens, and pistil. f£ 3. Pistil.

J. 4. Siliqua. f. 5. Seed :—magnified. ag

VT, i BS f Me

Guanniane. N. O. Crucifere.

TAD CCLIA:

_ARaBIs GIGANTEA.

Glabra elata ramosissima, foliis lanceolatis acutis serrato-dentatis

basi attenuatis, petalis obovatis unguiculatis (albis) sepala

acuta vix duplo superante, pedicellis fructiferis siliquisque

linearibus rostratis patentibus, valvis (sub lente) reticulatis,

seminibus punctatis.

Haz. On the Bluff of Circular: Head, Van Dieman’s Laid R.

Gunn, Esq.

A species possessing little beauty indeed, but remarkable for its

large size. ‘I found it,”” Mr Gunn observes, “ very abundantly

in one small spot of sich soil near the sea on the Bluff of Cir-

cular Head. It grows there among Ferns, Nettles, the Sam-

bucus Gaudichaudiana, &c., to the height of 3 feet.”

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Sepal. jf. 3. Petal. . 4. Stamens and

pistil. 5. Stamen. f. 6, 7. Silique. f. 8. Seed :—magnified.

Gunniane. N. O. Ranunculacee.

446+ CCL.

RANUNCULUS PIMPINELLIFOLIUS. Br,

Patenti-hirsutus, foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis pinnatis foliolis

_ 5 ovatis cordatisque brevi-petiolulatis incisis terminali trifido

v. tripartito, caulinis tripartitis v. integris, caule seu scapo

paucifolio unifloro floribus inter minores, petalis 5 flavis, calyce

membranaceo setoso-piloso, carpellis ovato-rotundatis com-

pressis laevibus glabris stylo uncinato breviusculo terminatis.

. laxe pilosus, scapis petiolisque elongatis ae R. pim-

pinellifolius. Hook. in Bot. Journ. v. 1. p. 243

f. vestitus ; dense pilosus, scapis petiolisyue ei (Tas.

nostr. CCLX.

Has. a. Moist places, with 2. lappaceus, and £. abundant on the

edge of a stream called Blackman’s river, near Hobart Town,

Van Dieman’s Land. Ronald Gunn, Es

I was at first disposed to consider this as distinct from 2. pim-

pinellifolius. It is, however, probably the more perfect form of

that species; that which I first described, rather appearing as if

it had grown crowded and drawn up among other plants.

Fig. 1. Petal. jf. 2. Carpel :—magnified.

Rg

Gunniane. o ‘'N.O. Malvacex.

TAD. COLAL COCLXH.

Lawrencia* spicata, Hook.

Gen. Cuar. Laweencta. Hook.—Calyx monophyllus, subinfla-

tus, 5-fidus, bractea trifida stipatus. Petala 5, lanceolata, basi

coalita. Stamina 15-20, filamentis in tubum longum coadu-

natis, basi cum petalis unitis: Anthere \-loculares. Ovaria 5,

lato- -ovata, acuta, in orbem circa styli basin congesta leviter

coalita, l-ovulata. Stylus 1, brevis: Stigmata 5, filiformia,

exserta. Carpella unilocularia, indehiscentia, monosperma.

Semen reniforme, suspensum. JZ o curvatus. Radicula

cylindracea, ad hilum seminis versa. Cotyledones crasse

.

crassa, annua? pluriceps. Caulis erectus, simplex, crassus,

herbaceus, medullosus, \-ped. ad 3-ped. et ultra. YF olia stipu-

lata, subcarnosa, ovali-spathulata subtrinervia obscure serrata;

radicalia longe petiolata ; summis sessilibus multoties minoribus,

arctissime imbricatis numerosissimis, floriferis. Flores parvi,

sessiles, bracteati, Solis Sloriferis tecti, in spicam longam densam

arctissime congesti.

L, spicata.

Has. Port Arthur, Van Dieman’s Land; and at Por Pairy;

South Australia, growing on the side of a salt-water _

where the ground was marshy. Ronald Gunn, Esq.

This is another of the many new and undescribed plants which

I have received from my valued friend and correspondent, Mr

Gunn. Iam quite unable to point out any Genus of the Order,

to which it is here referred, with which in habit it has any close

affinity. The whole plant is singularly thick and fleshy, shrink-

ing a good deal in drying ; and when dried, both the leaves and

flowers become so much distorted that it is difficult to represent —

the structure of the latter with entire accuracy. I think,’ how-

ever, the analysis here given may be depended upon.

Fig. 1. Flower and bractea. (f. 2. Flower. (f. 3. Corolla, with the staminal

column and stigmas. f. 4. Pistil, in a nearly ripe state. jf. 5. Calyx, from

which the five capsules have fallen away; leaving the persistent base of the

style to which they were attached. 6. Ripe carpel. jf. 7. The same laid open,

to show the seed. /f. 8. Seed laid open, showing the embryo surrounded by

an inner coat. f. 9. The seed laid open, showing the embryo itself. f. 10.

Embryo :—magnified.

* So named after the late R. W. Lawrence, Esq., of Van Dieman’s Land, a

most enthtusiastic Botanist, to whom I am indebted for my first Van Dieman’s _

Land collections, and from whom Mr Ronald Gunn imbibed his — thirst

for science.—ZLaurencia of Lamour. is Chondria. 3s

Lab OLN.

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Herveyane. N. QO. Ophioglosseze.

TAB. CCLXIII.

OPHIOGLOSSUM BERGIANUM.

Pusillum, scapis nudis (!), frondibus radicalibus linearibus

angustissimis subcarnosis, radice fasciculata.

O. = ram Schlecht. Adumbr. Pl. p. 10. Kunze, Acot, Afr.

Austr. p

Has. At tie ene of the Lion’s Mountain, Cape of Good Hope. ©

Bergius. Near the same locality. Hon. W. H. Harvey.

This pretty and very distinct species of Ophioglossum was

detected by Bergius at the Cape, and described by Schlechten-

dal: and though not seen (as it appears) by the indefatigable

collectors, Drege, and Ecklon, and Zeyher, it was nevertheless

discovered by my lynx-eyed friend, Mr Harvey. Indeed, he sus-

pects it not to be of rare occurrence, though being very small and

growing in a scattered manner it is easily overlooked. “ Its

whole appearance,” Mr Harvey observes, ** led me, when first I

espied it, to fancy I had found a very simplified Aroideous

plant.”

Fig. 1. Spike of capsules :—magnijied.

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TAB. CCLXIV.

TETRACARPHA TASMANNICA.

Gen. Cnar. Cal. 4-sepalus, parvus, persistens. Petala 4,

subrotunda, unguiculata. Stam. 8, hypogyna, 4 pistillis op-

posita; 4 iis alternatia. Filamenta filiformia, sequalia, per-

sistentia; Anthere ovales, ad margines longitudinaliter dehis-

centes. Connectivum conspicuum. FPistilla 4. Ovarium ob-

longum, in stipitem brevem attenuatum, apice in stylo cras-

siusculo brevi acuminatum. Stigmata obtusa. Fructus:

Folliculi 4, subfusiformes. Semina numerosa, parva, ad suturas

sita.—Frutex Tasmannicus, humilis, glaberrimus; ramis sub-

angulato-alatis. Folia alterna, exstipulata, simplicia, sem-

pervirentia, obovato-lanceolata, nitida, coriacea, inctso-serrata,

subtus pallidiora, costata, oblique nervosa, basi in petiolum

breviusculum latum attenuata. Flores racemosi, albi: racemi

capsuliferi anni preteriti persistentes. Pedicelli bracteati.

Tetracarpeea Tasmannica.

Has. First detected in 1833, near the source of the Meander (or

Western) River, Van Dieman’s Land. (n. 293) Ronald Gunn,

Esq.: afterwards gathered on the Hampshire Hills by Dr

Milligan, from whose specimens the accompanying figures were _

made.

This beautiful little shrub is altogether new to me: but much ,

as it differs in certain characters, both of the foliage and fructi-

fication, from the Order Cunoniacee, I think it may safely |

referred to it. The 4 carpels, which have suggested the Generic

name, are perfectly free even in the earliest state of the ovary.

The seeds are numerous and very small: but I regret that my

specimens do not afford any in a fit state for examination.

Fig. 1. Flower. jf. 2. Stamens and pistils. ff. 3. Anthers.

J. 4. Carpels with the persistent calyx and filaments. /f. 5, 6.

Separate carpels or follicles. jf. 7. A carpel cut transversely :— _

magnified.

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TAB. CCLXV.

FRANKENIA CYMBIFOLIA.

Ramosissima, procumbens, foliis distichis cymbiformibus elves

busque sericeis, floribus a petalorum laminis

oblongis concavis il I longum connatis, antheris.

exsertis, stigmate bifido.

Has. Communicated by Mr Ronald Gunn ; bat gathered by

Mr James Backhouse at Great Swan Port, east coast of Van

Dieman’s Land. (n. 661.)

The beautifully silky fetches and boat-shaped leaves of

this plant will at once distinguish it from every hitherto described

species of the Genus. In the pistil the style is distinctly jointed -

upon the 2-ovuled ovary. The stigmas are capitate.

Fig. 1. Apex of a flowering branch. /f. 2. Leaf. f. 3. Calyx

laid open. f. 4. The united petals, f. 5. — J. 6. Ovary

laid open :—magnified.

Gunniane. N. QO. Caryophyllez.

TAB. CCLXVI.

SPERGULA AFFINIS,

Ceespitosa, subacaulis, foliis oppositis lineari-elongatis attenuatis

costatis flexuosis, pedunculis folio longioribus, floribus apetalis

petandris, sepalis ovatis acutis capsulum duplo brevioribus.

Has. Hampshire Hills, Van Dieman’s Land. Ronald Gunn,

Esq. (n. 967.)

Nearly allied to S. apetala, Labill Nov. Holl. v. 1. p. 112. ¢.

142; having the same densely-tufted mode of growth, the same

elongated somewhat grass-like and closely placed leaves, and

apetalous flowers. Here, however, the foliage is more flaccid,

with an evident mid-rib, the calyx-leaves are broader, less taper~

ing to a point, and in every instance much shorter than the cap-

sule ; which latter is shorter than the calyx in S. apetala. . The

hypogynous disk is, in this species, very conspicuous, saucer-

shaped, with 10 obtuse lobes, at every alternate one of which a

stamen is inserted. Capsule 5-valved.

Fig. \. Capsule, showing its length relatively with the sepals.

f. 2. Flower, with the sepals spread open. jf. 3. Seed. f. 4.

Embryo :—magnified.

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TAB. CCLXVII.

Hispertia VIRGATA.

Glabra v. villosa, ramis elongatis virgatis, foliis lineari-setaceis

dense fasciculatis, floribus solitariis sessilibus in apice ramorum

perbrevium, sepalis ovatis acutis basi 4-bracteatis, petalis ob- —

cordatis, staminibus sub.-12, carpellis 3. -

a. ramis foliisque glabris. (Tas. Nostr. CCLXVII.)

8. ramis foliisque patentim pilosis.

Has. Circular Head, Van Dieman’s Land. Ronald Gunn, Esq.

(n. 465.) F2. Oct. and Nov.

A small, apparently procumbent shrub, allied to H. prostrata,

Hook. chiefly differing in its elongated stems, which are about a

foot long, but with the branches attenuated and virgate, densely

clothed with fascicles of leaves, not inaptly resembling those of

the larch. Flowers large and meraecons yellow, nestled, as it

were, among the leaves.

Fig. 1. Calyx and bracteas. f. 2. Flower. jf. 3. The same

fully expanded. Jf. 4. Flower with the petals removed. jf: 5.

Stamen. J. 5. Single carpel :—magnified. SS

Gunniane. — N. O. Tremandrez.

TAB. CCLXVIII.

TETRATHECA CILIATA.

Ramis elongatis subhirtis, foliis alternis oppositis ternisve rhom-

beo-ovatis subciliatis subtus pallidioribus, racemis terminalibus

foliosis, pedicellis nutantibus calycibus ovariisque glanduloso-

setosis, petalis obovatis basi attenuatis, antheris fusiformibus.

T. ciliata. Lindley in Mitchells Austral. v. 2. p. 206

Has. Abundant at West Head, near the mouth of the Tamar.

Ronald Gunn, Esq. (n. 648.)—Australia Felix. Major Mitchell.

Amongst a very considerable collection of species of this —

beautiful Genus in my herbarium, I find none that will at all

correspond with this. There is, however, in Major Mitchell’s

Travels in S. Australia a species briefly characterized by Profes-

sor Lindley; ‘*T. ciliata, caulibus erectis tomentosis filiformibus,

foliis oppositis verticillatisque obovatis ovatisque ciliatis subtus

glabris, pedicellis setosis concavis acutis, petalis obovatis ;”—

but which in many points sufficiently accords with our plant: and

which proves, upon an examination of an original specimen in

'Mr Bentham’s Herbarium, to be identical with it.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. The same more expanded. f. 3. Flower

from which the petals are removed f 4. Single stamen. /- 5.°

The same cut transversely through the anther. /f. 6. Pistil.

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TAB. CCLXIX.

Srackuousta FLAVA,

Foliis linearibus, racemis spicatis oblongis obtusis, floribus sub-

glomeratis (parvis flavis) deflexis, bracteis brevissimis plurimis —

_ pedicellos zequantibus, lobis calycinis obtusis.

Has. Woolnorth, and on the Harens river near Woolnorth, in

a poor sandy soil. Nov. 1836. Ronald Gunn, Esq. (n. 793.)

A very distinct species, as justly remarked by Mr Gunn. The

flowers are considerably the smallest of the species, clustered

upon the raceme (rather than a spike), drooping, of a. yellow

colour, (not white as in the other species), with a cluster of very

minute bracteas at the base, scarcely so long as the pedicels,

The fruit I have notseen. The stamens are 3 long and 2 short.

Style single. Stigmas 2 or 3. (J. H.)

Fig. 1. Flowers. f. 2. Flower, with the corolla removed.

Ff. 3, 4. Pistils :—magnified.

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Gunniane. N. O. Rutacez.

TAB. CCOLAX:

Boronia NANA.

Radice fusiformi multicipite, caulibus numerosis brevibus gra-

cilibus simplicibus, foliis breviter petiolatis 3-foliolatis, foliolis

Janceolatis acuminatis punctatis, pedunculis axillaribus lon-

gitudine foliorum, floribus octandris, filamentis ciliatis stylo

hirsuto, carpellis 2.

Has. On the top of Rocky Cape, Van Dieman’s Land. Ronald

Gunn, Esq. (n. 894.)

Radix lignosa, fusiformis, tortuosa, parce fibrosa, superne multi-

ceps. Caules plurimi, simplices, breves, foliosi. Folia opposita,

breviter petiolata, trifoliolata : foliola crassiuscula, quasi carnosa,

lanceolata, acuminata. Pedunculi solitarii, Strate uniflori,

angulati, rubri, foliorum longitudine. Sepala 4, persistentia,

ovata, acuta, rubicunda. Peiala 4, persistentia, ovata, obtusa,

calycem duplosuperantia. Stam, 8. Filamenta erecta, paulu-

Jum incurvata; alternis brevioribus, omnibus ciliatis persisten-

tibus : Anthere cordate. Ovarium profunde 4-lobum, disco

hypogyno parvo insertum. Stylus brevis, pilosus. Carpel

2, majuscula, patentia, oblonga, subrecurva, compressa, supra

longitudinaliter dehiscentia.

I quite agree with the discoverer of this, Mr Gunn, in eonsi-

dering it an entirely new species. The tallest of the numerous

stems never exceed those now figured, and all the specimens

possess the characters here given. It is among the smallest, if

not the very smallest of its kind. (J. H.)

Fig. 1. Portion of the stem with leaves. f. 2. Flower. /f. 3.

Stamens and pistil: (the ciliated margin of the stamens, repre-

sented in the original drawing, is here by an oversight omitted.)

et 4, Pistil. jf 5. Fruit, surrounded by the persistent floral cover-

f. 6. Carpels, separated from the floral coverings :—

ecaiasied

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Tolnieane. N.O. Chenopodee.

TAB. CCBAAL

GRAYIA POLYGALOIDES.

Gen. Coar.—Grayia. Hook. et Arn.—Flores dioici, subracemosi.

—Masc. Perianthium 5-partitum, laciniis equalibus inappen~ ~

diculatis. Stamina 5, receptaculi inserta, perianthii laciniis

opposita; squamule hypogyne nulle.—F rm. Perianthium mo-

nophyllum, marginato-alatum, compressissimum, apice emar-—

ginatum, muticum, intus supra medium utriculatum. Ovarium

in fundo utriculi sessile, anguste oblongum, apice attenuatum,

uniloculare, uniovulatum. Stylus subulatus, basi articulatus;

Stigmata duo, filiformia, exserta, hirsuta. Fructus compressus,

orbiculatus, perianthio aucto membranaceo venoso persistente

inclusus, styli basi apiculatus. Semen verticale, compressum,

orbiculatum, pericarpio tenui arcte adherens; ¢esta mem-

branacea. Embryo hippocrepiformis, periphericus, albumen

farinaceum cingens. Radicula infera.—Fruticulus erectus,

ramosus. Rami subspinescentes, cortice albido tecti, juniores

_ pubescentes. Folia solitaria v. fasciculata, oblongo-lanceolata,

basi connata, juniora puberula et carnosula, integerrima. Hook.

et Arn.

G. polygaloides. Hook. et Arn. Bot. of Beech. Voy. 1. p. 338.

Chenopodium? spinosum. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2. p. 127.

Has. Interior of California. Douglas. Snake Country, tiear the

sources of the Rio Colorado, which falls into the Gulf of Cali-

fornia. Tolmie.

We had great pleasure in naming this new atid very curious

Genus, in the Botany of Beechey’s Voyage above quoted, in com- _

pliment to a very distinguished American Botanist, and our very

excellent friend, Dr Asa Gray. We regret that the male flowers

_ were unknown to us at the tinte our figure was executed, or they

would have been added to the plate. They resemble the male

flowers of the Atriplex, while the female blossoms exhibit a totally .

different appearance. -

Fig. 1. Flower and bractea. f. 2. Pistil. £3. Fructiferous

perianth. f. 4. Fruit. £5. The same laid open. f. 6. Em-

bryo :—magnified.

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TAB. CCLXXII.

CEANOTHUS PAPILLOsuS. T. et Gr.

Ramis teretibus hirto-tomentosis hic illic resinoso-verrucosis,

foliis alternis densis oblongis coriaceis penninerviis junioribus

stipulatis supra margineque glanduloso-papillosis pubescenti-

bus subtus tomentosis, pedunculis subaggregatis ad apices ra-

mulorum, floribus (czeruleis) capitatis deciduo-bracteatis, ovario

lobulis tribus elongatis erectis.

C. ee, ‘Torr. et. Gr. Fl. N. Am. v, 1. p. 268. Hook. et

Arn. Bot. of Beech. Voy. 1. p. 328.

- Has. Near Monterrey, ee Douglas.

A very distinct and well-marked species, abounding in resinous

exudations which emit a east smell.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Ovary, with its 3 erect lobes or i

pendages, and surrounded by its cae cclacag disk. f. 3. Leaf:

—magnified.

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TAB. CCLXXIII. CCLXXIV.

_ MERrosracnys? capirata.

Ramis verticillatis inferne aphyllis, foliis distichis lato-lanceolatis

nervosis, vaginis superne utrinque setis longissimis fasciculatis

barbatis, spiculis in capitulum globosum sessile terminale con-

gestis.

Has. Common in low woods about Rio. Mr Gardner. (n. 136.)

South Brazil. Tweedie. (n. 1324.)

That so large and so remarkable a grass as the present should

be found common in low woods about Rio, and also in South

Brazil (thus indicating a very extensive range), and not have —

found a place in any botanical work, especially in the volume of

Martius’ Brazilian Grasses by Nees von Esenbech, seems scarcely

credible. Yet after a considerable search, I am obliged to come

to this conclusion, and to describe it as a new species. Even

with the regard to the Genus I am doubtful, and have only placed

it provisionally in Merostachys, which ought to have a secund

spike for its inflorescence. Mr Gardner in his notes says, ** This

grass attains to a considerable height, climbing among, and sup-

porting itself on, the branches of the shrubs among which it

grows. ‘The stem is a slender cane, from the nodi of which

whorls of small branches (such as the specimen here figured ex- _

hibits) arise.” Each spikelet of the capitulum is about ?ths of —

an inch long, rigid. The calycine glumes are 2, ovato-subulate, —

nearly equal. Valves of the corolla 2, unequal, exterior ovato-

lanceolate, acuminate, very concave, hispid at the margin: inner

lanceolate, acuminate, obtuse, and bidentate at the point, the back

with a deep furrow forming 2 keels which are hispid, and between

which lies an abortive pedicellated floret. Of the perfect floret

the hypogynous scale is large, bipartite, ciliate. Stamens 3.

Pistil (sometimes wanting) small. Style filiform. Stigmas 2,

plumose.

Fig. 1. Spikelet. ,f. 2. Flower expanded. /f- 3. Outer corolline .

valve, jf. 4. Abortive floret from the same. S 5. Scale and

stamens and pistil from a perfect floret. f. 6. Pistil. fC 7. Scale

and stamens from a baren floret. jf. 8. Stamen:—magnified. _

Drummondiane. N. O. Caryophyllez.

TAB. CCLXXV.

Lorrtineta TEXANa.

Pentandra, stylis 3, coadunatis monogyna ramulis subsecundis,

foliis subulatis connatis basin versus bisetosis, sepalis supra

medium bisetosis, ovario trigono.

Haz. Interior of Texas. Drummond (3d Coll. n. 464.)

Neither the description of authors nor the figures of Cavanilles

of the two European Loeflingie agree correctly with the present, _

and yet the differences are so slight by which all the three are

characterized that it may be doubtful how far they are specifically

distinct, and whether the present may not have been introduced

by the Spanish settlers from the old World. I have referred the

Genus to Caryophyllee, rather than to Paronychiee, in conse~

quence of the absence of stipules, the only really distinguishing :

character. 2S

Fig. 1. Portion of the stems ith leaves: f. 2. Flower. f. 3. p

The same laid open. f. 4 Sepal. f. 5. Pistil. sf 6. Capsule

burst open. . 7. Seeds :—magnijied.

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Gunniane. N. O. Cruciferee.

TAB. CCLXXVI.

STENOPETALUM INCISIFOLIUM. J. Hook.

Gen. Cuar.—Siliqua ellipsoidea, valvulis concavo-planis, loculis

polyspermis. Stylus 0. Semina in quoque loculo biserialia

minima subovata. Cofyledones incumbentes. DC.

Stenopetalum incisifolium ; foliis inciso-pinnatifidis, siliquae valvis

concavis, loculis 12-14 spermis.

Has. Blackman’s River, on the road to Hobart Town, Van

Dieman’s Land. Ronald Gunn, Esq. (n. 644.) Fl. Nov.

Radix annua, parva ramosa; Caules plurimi ex eadem radice,

suberecti, valde ramosi, graciles, fructiferi spithamei et ultra,

Folia oblonga, inciso-pinnatifida, basi attenuata, laciniis 3-5.

Flores ignoti. Racemi = oa elongati, digitales: et. ——

gracillimi, flexuosi. Pedi patentes

Siliqua (fere silicula), duas lineas longi, vix lineam lata, stylo

perbrevi terminata, ellipsoidea, glabra: Valvule concave,

venose. Loculi polyspermi: Semina sub-13 in quoque loculo,

biserialia, obovata. Radicula dorso incumbens

_ The present plant is probably not ierietieally’ distinct from

Stenopetalum, though the valves of the siliqua are more concave

than is consistent with De Candolle’s character, and the seeds in

each cell are more numerous, and the stigma is not sessile.

These circumstances, however, together with the deeply cut

leaves will keep it specifically distinct from S. dineare (Br. in De

Candolle). I have to regret that Mr Gunn did not find any

flowering specimens. J. Hooker.

Fig. 1. Siliqua. f. 2. Transverse section of do. f. 3. Siliqua

with the valves separating. /f. 4. Siliqua with the valves removed.

J. 5. Seed. f. 6, 7. Embryo :—magnified.

Nuttalliane. N. O. Crucifere.

TAB. CCLXXVII.

e

HYMENOLOBUS DIVARICATUS.

Gen. Cuar.—Hymeno opus. Nutt.—Silicula ovata seu elliptica,

valvis subtumidis paululum carinatis apteris, loculis polysper-

mis. Stigma sessile-—Herbe annue, parve, graciles, glabre ;

_ caulibus divaricatis ; foliis pinnatifidis v. laciniatis. Nutt. in

Torr. et Gr. Fl. N. Am. v.11, p. 117.

H. divaricatus ; procumbens ramosus, foliis brevibus pinnatifidis,

lobis plurimis oblongis, supremis linearibus szepe integerrimis,

silicula elliptico-oblonga obtusa. Nutt. in Torr. et Gr. 1. c.

Haz. Shady grassy plains of the Oregon, (Columbia) N. W.

America, near the junction of the Wahlamet. Nuttall.

The specimens here figured are those communicated to me by

the kindness of Mr Nuttall. It will be at once seen how very

closely this Genus is allied to that of our preceding figure

(Stenopetalum incisifolium) from Australia. Here the valves of

the silicula are keeled, and thence there is an approach to the

winged keel of Capsella, which has led Messrs Torrey and Gray

to make the remark that it is “ scarcely different from Capsella ; _

with which it is apparently connected through C. edliptica, C. A. —

Meyer, (Pl. Caucas. p. 194.) Hutchinsia procumbens, Desv.

Hymenolobus procumbens, Nutt. mst.”

Mr Nuttall describes a second species from the Oregon which

I have not seen, but which, he says, grows with the preceding,

and very nearly allied to it. It is

‘* H. erectus ; caule erecto ramoso, foliis oblongis subpinnatifidis

v. integris, silicula lineari-oblonga.”

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2, 3. Silicula. f. 4. Valve of do. f. 5. —

Dissepiment and seeds. fi 6. Seed. f. 7. Scarcely mature —

embryo :—magnified. fy

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Drummondiane. N. O. Elatinex.

TAB. CCLXXVIIL.

Merimea (an Bereta?) Texana.

-Prostrata, foliis obovato-spathulatis serratis basi utringue stipu-

latis, floribus brevissime pedunculatis solitariis pentandris,

seminibus punctato-lineatis.

Has. Texas. 2d coll. (n. 462.) Drummond.

Caules procumbentes, spithamei fere ad pedalem, ramosissimi,

purpureo-fusci, pubescenti-scabri, plerumque oppositi. Folia

opposita, unciam fere longa, patentia, obovato-spathulata, in

petiolum brevem attenuata, serrata, supra glabra, subtus

glabriuscula. Stipule parve, ovate ad basin petioli. Flores

axillares, brevissime pedunculati. Sepala 5, ovata, acumina~

ta, dorso hirsuto-scabra. Petala 5, obovata, calyce breviora.

‘Stam. 5, longitudine ovarii. Anthere cordate. Ovarium—

subglobosum. Styli 5, breves, distincti. Stigmata capitata.

Capsula globosa. Semina oblongo-reniformia, punctis ele-

vatis lineata. |

I have referred this plant to Merimea rather than to Bergia,

because it is a plant of the New World, (as is Merimea,) although

the seeds are marked with dotted lines, which is the character

of Bergia and not of Merimea. The exact dehiscence of the

' capsule I have not been able to detect: for in that particular —

and the coating of the seeds lie the only distinctions (according

to Cambessedes) between the two genera in question.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Nearly mature ovary and stamens.

S. 3. Seeds :—magnified.

Lippoldiane. N. O. Saxifrageee.

LAB: GCLAXALA

| SaxrFraca MapERrENsIS.

_Surculosa glabriuscula, foliis cordatis subquinquelobis incisis—

inferioribus longe petiolatis, supremis cuneatis subsessilibus,

paniculis terminalibus bracteatis, pedicellis seu ramis elonga-

’ tis, ovario _— calycis laciniis lanceolato-subulatis, petalis

obovatis.

S. Maderensis. Don, in Linn. Trans. v, 13. P. 414, De Cand.

Prodr. v. 4, p. 30.

Has. Madeira. Masson. Rev. R. T. Lowe. Dr Lippold.

A very distinct species of Saxifrage, and known in a living state

we apprehend to very few botanists. The specimens to which

Mr Don had access were probably in very poor condition, desti- .

tute of petals, affording very imperfect materials for the descrip-

tion of calyx and ovary, and the leaves do not seem to accord

with those of our plant: for they are said to be cuneiform,

whereas ours are constantly cordate, except the uppermost ones,

which gradually pass into bracteas. The whole plant is of a

rigid character: the petioles peculiarly straight, firm, slender,

dilated only at ogee base. Petals large, white.

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TAB. CCLXXX.

Cassipourea ELLIPTICA. Poir.

Foliis ellipticis utrinque acutis acuminatisve breve petiolatis

integerrimis, foliis distincte pedicellatis petalis subpalmato-

fimbriatis.

Cassipourea elliptica. Poir, Suppl. 2. p. 131.

Legnotis elliptica. Swartz. Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 966. t. 17 ( ‘flos.)..

AB. Elevated mountains of Jamaica. Swartz. Interior of

Dominica. Dr Imray.

Arbor excelsa, 20-30-pedalis, ramis cortice fusco rimoso tectis.

Folia opposita, exstipulata, brevi-petiolata, 3-4 uncias longa,

subcoriacea, glabra, elliptica, basi apiceque acuta y. subacu-

minata, integerrima, costata, nervosa. Pedunculi axillares,

aggregati, petiolo paululum longires, uniflori, basi minute

bracteati. Calyz brevi-tubulosus, latus, 4-lobus, lobis obtusis.

Petala 4; obovato-spathulata, unguiculata; lamina longe

‘fimbriata, laciniis pubescentibus. Stamina 15 dorso annuli

membranacei (imo calycis inserti) affixa, erecta, libera.

Anthere subrotunde, biloculares. Ovarium subrotundum

pubescenti-hirsutum, 3-loculare, loculis pluriovulatis. Stylus

elongatus; Stigma dilatatum. Fructus non vidi. :

I am indebted to my intelligent and valuable corréspontase,

Dr Imray, of Dominica, for specimens of this rare plant. A

second species of this genus is in Dr Schomburgk’s Guiana Her-

barium (n. 527) which has the leaves twice as large, and in pro-

Portion, longer, decidedly serrated, and the flowers larger and

sessile. It is perhaps the C. macrophylla, De Cand., who de-

scribed it from Martins’ collection, as an inhabitant of Para.

_ Fig. 1. Flower. (f. 2. Stamens, with the annular menbratie

_ from which they rise. f. 3. Petal. f. 4. Pistil. jf. 5. Section |

of ovary :—magnified.

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TAB. CCLXXXI.

Trirotium (InvoLucRaRIA) OBTUSIFLORUM.

Pubescens, caule elongato, foliolis obovato-lanceolatis, spinuloso-

. denticulatis, stipulis lanceolatis profunde inciso-spinosis, pe-

dunculis axillaribus folio multo longioribus, involucris plani-

usculis parvis reticulatis inciso-spinosis capitulo laxiusculo

majusculo triplo brevioribus, calycis dentibus subulato-spino-

sis integerrimis longitudine tubi carina obtusa apice subden-

tata multo brevioribus, ovario oblique oboyato subdispermo,

stylo longissimo.

iy er eae Hook. et Arn. Bot. of Beech. Voy. v. 1. p. 331.

,Has. Near Monterrey, California. Douglas |

This plant is about a foot high, downy. “The fiowell large

in proportion to the size of the involucre. Corollas long, pale- _

coloured, with a dark spot on the keel, the vexillum very blunt, _

and at the apex slightly toothed or jagged. Ale very narrow, —

almost as long as the vexillum.

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Pistil:—magnijfied.

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TAB. CCLXXXII.

PHACA DENSIFOLIA.

Decumbens subincano-pubescens, caule striato, foliolis 16-18-

jugis densis obovato-cuneatis retusis, stipulis connatis ovatis

acuminatis membranaceis, pedunculis folio longioribus, ra-

cemis ovatis demum reflexis densifloris, bracteis parvis subu-

latis pedicellos zequantibus, calycis tubo brevi dentibus lato-

subulatis brevibus rectis subeequalibus, legumine maximo sub-

biuniciali elliptico acuto inflato.

P. densifolia. Sm. in Rees, Cycl—De Cand. Prodr. 2. p. 274.

Hook, et Arn. Bot. of Beech. Voy. \. p. 138 and 334. Torr.

et Gr. Fl. of N. Am. |. p. 344.

P. canescens. Nutt. in Torr. et Gr. lc.

California. Menzies. Beechey. Douglas. Nuttall.

A species remarkable for its numerous leaves and crowded

leaflets, and for the large size of the inflated pods. é

Fig. 1. Flower. /f. 2. Pistil :—magnijied.

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TAB. CCLXXXIII.

Myiarvum rascicutatum. Br.

Caule multiplice procumbente ramoso, ramis tenuissime pubes-

centibus, foliis per totam longitudinem denticulatis. Br.

-Mniarum fasciculatum. Br. in De Cand. Prodr. 3. p. 378.

Has. Van Dieman’s Land. Brown. Gathered near Ross

- and at Circular Head in that country by Ronald Gunn, Esq.

(n. 97.) It forms dense patches on the ground, stones, &c.

A genus very closely allied to Scleranthus, and scarcely differ-

ing but in the 4 (not 5) divisions of the calyx and | stamen

(not 5 or 2 stamens). Of this plant there are two varieties in

the collection; that here figured with crowded flowers, and a

_ smaller state with the flowers more scattered. Neither agrees

with the original M. biflorum of Forst., which however only —

seems to differ from M. fasciculatum in the minute (for it is very

minute) denticulation being confined to the base of the foliage.

The Order Scleranthee is separated by Linck from Paronychiee, _

in consequence of the absence of petals and stipules. Professor —

Lindley considers them more nearly related to Chenopodee,

‘from which they chiefly differ in the indurated tube of the

calyx, from the orifice of which the stamens proceed, and in the.

number of the latter often (not in Mniarum) exceeding that of

the divisions of the calyx.”

Fig. 1. Flower. Ff. 2. The same laid open. fr 3. Pit

magnified.

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TAB. CCLAZAXIV.

(A.)

Bacxia THYMIFOLIA. J. Hook.

Ramis prostratis, foliis remotiusculis ellipticis obtusissimis su-

perne lineatis, floribus ex axillis foliorum superiorum, pedun-

culis folia subeequantibus, infra medium bibracteatis,

Has. Van Dieman’s Land, abundant among the stones on

the banks of the south Esk, where it makes a very lively ap-

pearance. Mr Lawrence. Ronald Gunn, Esq., (n. 86.) Port

Arthur. Mr Backhouse.

‘ALB. thymifolia. Fig. 1. Flower and peduncle. f. 2. Flower, -

‘the petals being removed. f. 3,4. Stamens. f. 5, 6. Leaves :—

magnified.

(B.)

B. prostrata; ramis prostratis, foliis remotiusculis linearibus

leevibus, floribus axillaribus versus apicem ramorum, pedun-

culo foliis breviore apice bibracteato.

Haz. Circular Head, plentiful there in a sandy tract of land,

extending some miles inland from the Peninsula.

Gunn, Esq. (n. 816.)

_B.—Fig. 1. Flower and peduncle. /. 2. Leaf.

(C. D.)

B. affinis ; ramis prostratis, foliis

lanceolatisve acutiusculis, floribus ex axillis foliorum supe-

riorum, pedunculis longitudine foliorum medio vel paullo infra

medium bibracteatis.

a. foliis linearibus punctatis

C.—Fig. 1. Flower and peduncle. f: 2. Leaf:—magnijied.

8. foliis lanceolatis acutis vix punctatis.

D.—Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Leaf :—magnified.

Has. Bed of the Elizabeth River at Campbell Town, Nov. 1835.

Ronald Gunn, Esq. (n. 683.)

The above three species are ct nearly allied to each

other, yet I think distinct. J.

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_ Drummondiane. N. O. Leguminosee,

TAB. CCLXXXV.

TRIFOLIUM MACROCALYX,

Erecta glabra, foliolis obcordatis serratis, stipulis lanceolatis,

capitulis subglobosis, calyce amplo ad basin bilabiato reticu-

lato, labio inferiore minimo lineari-subulato, superiore pro-

funde 4-fido subdentato, vexillo vix calycem superante ovato-

rotundato sessili apice denticulato, alis bifidis grosse serratis,

carina minima inclusa, leguminibus oblongis 7-9-spermis.

Has. Texas: San whiny Drummond. Bejar and the Rio

Trinidad. Berlandi.

One of the most cacy marked species of this very exten-

sive genus. Iam unacquainted with any that at all approaches

it in the structure of its flower. The calyx is peculiarly

large, deeply and very unequally 2-lipped: the lower lip minute

entire, the upper 4-fid, the superior segments shorter and

broader, the whole distinctly reticulated, and more or less hairy,

as are the pedicels. The petals are as singular in structure as

the calyx. The vexillum is sessile, scariose, brown when dry,

scarcely longer than the calyx, broadly ovate, the sides deflexed

so as to include, almost entirely, the alw, as they do completely

the small carina. Ale with the lamina bifid, the lobes acute

and serrated. peor oblong, ciliated above, including several

seeds.

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J. 4. Vexillum. f. 5. Ale. f. 6. Carina. f. 7. Stamens. /f. 8.

Pistil. ££ 9. Legumen :—magnified.

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TAB. CCLXXXVI.

STILOPUS VERNUS. ©

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Stylopus vernus. Rafinesque.

Stylopus vernus. Short. Suppl. Cat. Pl. of Kentucky, p. 599.

Has. Kentucky. Dr Short.

Radix ut videtur perennis, fibris crasiusculis, fuscis. Caules

plurimi ex eadem radice, erecti, vel adscendentes, pedales ad

bipedalem, simplices, superne floribus paniculati, striati, hine

pilosi. Folia pilosiuscula, omnia (supremis seu bracteis ex-

ceptis) sublonge petiolata : radicalia cordata, lobata, obtusa,

crenata; caulina pinnatisecta, pinnis ovato-cuneatis, incisis,

inferioribus sepe nanis. Stipula magne, semiovate profunde —

inciso-serratee. Flores in ramis brevibus terminalibus, demum

(post anthesin) paniculam amplam formantes, erecti, parvi.

Calyx obconicus basi obtusus, ultra medium 5-fidus, laciniis

ovatis, demum arcte reflexis. Petala oblonga, flava? vix caly-

cem superantia. Stamina plurima, ad oram calycis tubi

inserta, persistentia. Pistilla numerosa, in capitulum globosum

brevi-stipitatum intra calycem congesta, glabra. Ovarium

- ovatum, compressum; Stylus filiformis demum elongatus, per-

sistens, apice uncinato-geniculatus. Fructus maturi capitulum

longe stipitatum, stipite e calyce longe exserto- Carpella ovata,

stylo elongato apice geniculato longe aristata. |

Of this rare and little known plant, I have had the pleasure

to receive beautiful specimens from my valued friend Dr Short ;

and it will be seen by the figures and accompanying description,

how very closely it is allied to the genus Geum: perhaps not

generically distinct. Iam unable to find that it has yet been

described by any author.

Fig. 1, Flower. jf 2. Carpel. J: 3. Portion of a fruiting :

panicle, nat, size. f. 4. Fruit ._All but f. 8. magnified.

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TAB. CCLXXXVII.

ConpDaLia OBOVATA.

Spinosa, foliis alternis obovato-spathulatis integerrimis, floribus

axillaribus aggregatis.

Has. Texas. 3d Coll. (n. 459.) Drummond.

Frutex glaber, ramis flexuosis, seepe spinosis, cortice cinereo

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tectis. Folia alterna, vix unciam longa, obovato-spathulata,

in petiolum brevem attenuata, integerrima, tenui-marginata,

mucronata, sub lente reticulata. Flores parvi, virides, axillares,

subaggregati, brevissime pedicellati. Calycis tubus perbrevis,

intus disco carnoso annulatus, limbo profunde 4-fido, laciniis

ovatis, acutis, patentibus. Corolla 0. Stamina laciniis caly-

cinis alterna, erecta, ad marginem exteriorem disci inserta.

ilamenta brevia, erecta. Anthere subrotunde, biloculares.

Ovarium fere omnino liberum, ovatum, glabrum, in stylo brevi

attenuatum ; Stigma parvum, trilobum. /ructus drupaceus,

magnitudine Pist minoris, globosus, apiculatus, basi calyce

persistente cinctus, monospermus. men carnosum.

Embryonis radicula infera. Cotyledones convexe, carnosze.

I am at a loss whether to refer this Texian plant to Rhamnus

or Condalia. It seems to agree best with the latter, yet the

segments of the calyx are not deciduous, but persistent, remain-

ing when the fruit is ripe.

Fig. 1, 2. Flowers. f. 3. Drupa. jf. 4. The same cut through

transversely. f. 5. The embryo :—magnijied.

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TAB. CCLXXXVIII.

AmygpaLus GLANDULOSA.

Foliis (parvis) elliptico-lanceolatis calycibusque pubescenti-

_ tomentosis marginibus glanduloso-dentatis, floribus solitariis

vel aggregatis brevi-pedunculatis.

Haz. Between Laredo and Bejar, Texas. Berlandier.

Rami flexuosi, cortice cinereo obtecti. Folia pollicaria, alterna,

solitaria vel fasciculata, stipulis brevissimis stipata, oblongo-

seu elliptico-lanceolata, obtusa, vix petiolata, supra dense

pubescentia, subtus subpannosa, pallidiora, marginibus den-

tato-serratis, serraturis glandula majuscula terminatis. Pedun-

culi axillares, solitarii vel fasciculati, 1-2-lineas longi, pubes-

--centes. Calyx dense pubescens: tubus globoso-hemispheri-

cus; limbus 5-fidus; laciniis ovalibus, patentibus, marginibus

glanduloso-dentatis. Petala 5, obvato-subrotunda. Stamina

20-25. Ovarium liberum, ovatum, pubescens, 1-loculare,

_l-ovulatum, ovulo appenso. Stylus longe exsertus, filiformis,

flexuosus. Stigma parvum, capitatum,

This interesting little Amygdalus, will undoubtedly rank next

to the A. microphylla, Humb. and Kunth, Gen. et Sp. v. 6. p.

191. @ 564:—though it differs from it in many particulars:

especially in the very downy foliage and calyx, in the glands

which terminate every ane of the serratures, in the obtuse apex

to the leaves, and in the more numerous stamens.

Fig. 1. Leaf. f. 2. Flower. jf. 3. Flower from which the

petals are removed. ff. 4. Pistil. f 5. Ovary cut open to show

the position of the ovule :—magnijied.

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TAB. CCLXXXIX.

MyR10PHYLLUM VARIEFOLIUM. J. Hook.

Simplex v. ramosum, foliis verticillatis nunc omnibus lineari-

bus simplicibus dentato-pectinatis nunc superioribus lineari-

bus integerrimis intermediis pectinato-inferioribus (submersis)

capillaceo-pinnatifidis, floribus axillaribus, fructibus pubes-

centibus. ook.

Has. Stagnant waters; Lachlan River, N.. Holland. Allan

Cunningham, Esg. Van Dieman’s Land. Ronald Gunn,

Esq. (n. 75.

Caulis erectus, subpedalis, simplex vel dichotome divisus, teres,

ad apicem foliosus. Folia verticillata, quaterna vel sena,

nunc omnino linearia denticulata v. etiam pectinato-dentata,

nunc superiora jinearia, integerrima: inferiora pectinata,

ae (submersis) capillaceo-pinnatifidis, segmentis tenuissi-

s axillares, solitarii v. subaggregati, brevissime

plensiin Masc. superiores. Cal. 4-lobus. Petala 4,

demum patentia. Stamina 8. Filamenta brevia. Anthere

lineari-oblonge. Fam. FPistilla 4, in unum coalita, calyci

arcte adhzrentia, oblonga, basi unibracteata. Stigmata crassa,

_tomentoso-plumosa. Carpella 4, subconcreta, pubescentia,

stigmatibus coronata.

We have long possessed what we consider the same species

as that of Van Dieman’s Land from the Lachlan River, gathered

by Mr Allan Cunningham. His specimen is however larger,

and the leaves are all more or less dentated. But it is well

known how variable is the foliage of many aquatic plants.

ig. 1. Male flower in the axil of a leaf. f. 2. Male flower,

oh expanded. f. 3. Stamen. f. 4. Female flower in the

_axil ofa leaf. f. 5. Fruit. f. 6. Single carpel :—magnified.

Gunniane. N. O. Halorageze.

TAB. CCXC.

GonIocaRPus SERPYLLIFOLIUS. J. Hook.

Diffusus minute pubescenti-scaber, foliis oppositis ovatis acutis

marginatis integerrimis vel grosse subinciso-serratis, floribus

solitariis sessilibus in axillis folioram supremorum subspicatis,

petalis cymbiformibus acutis extus hirsutis.

Has. Common on open plains of the western parts of Van

Dieman’s Land, and on the Hampshire Hills. Ronald Gunn,

Esq. (n. 257.) :

Caules ramosi, diffusi, graciles, scabriusculi. oka opposita,

parva, vix 2 lineas longa, rigida, minute -pubescenti-scabra,

ovata, sessilia, marginata, enervia, supra convexiuscula, subtus

paululum convexa, margine subcartilagineo-pallida, integer-

rima vel grosse et remote serrata. Flores sessiles, solitarii, in

axillis folioram minorum superiorum, et quasi spicati. Calycis

tubus obovatus, tetragonus, 8-striatus, ovario 4-loculari arcte

adherens: limbus 4-partitus, laciniis cordatis acutis margina-

tis. Petala 4, ovario longiora, cymbiformia, acutissima, dorso

carinato hirsuto. Stamina 8. Filamenta brevissima. Anthere

lineari-oblonge, 4-loculares. Stigmata 4, sessilia, magna,

dense plumosa. ?

Fig. 1. Leaf. f. 2. Flower and floral leaf. f. 3. Stamen. f. 4.

Flower, with the petals and stamens removed. f. 5. Ovary laid

open vertically, showing two of the cells and the pendent ovules.

__f. 6. Transverse section of the ovary :—magnified.

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TAB. CCXCI.

Rusus GUNNIANUS.

Repens inermis subherbaceus, ramis brevissimis apice foliosis,

foliis ternatis (rarius integris simplicibus) foliolis inciso-serra-

tis glabris terminali triplo majore, petiolis dilatatis, flore ter-

minali solitario, pedunculo pubescente foliis breviore, calyce

_ glabro, ovariis subquinque.

Has. On the Surrey Hills, Van Dieman’s Land, abundantly

in fruit in February. It also grows as low down as the —

Hampshire Hills, but the fruit does not there come to per-

fection. Ronald Gunn, Esq. (n. 271.) Dr Milligan.

‘This forms large patches in exposed situations, covering

_ spaces 2 feet or more in diameter, generally growing on decayed

wood, frequent on’ the rotten end of a tree, of which the other

end is still sound. In general, if there be no traces of wood

_ remaining, yet, on examination, I have generally found the soil

_ consisted principally of decayed wood or bark, mixed with other

vegetable matter. The fruit, which is large, and nearly of the

size of Rubus saxatilis, as figured in the Flora Londinensis, (to

_ which indeed it bears a great resemblance,) grows beneath the

foliage, usually hidden from the light, and partly, sometimes

_ wholly, buried in the light soil in which it grows. The flavour

is excellent, being very similar to that of the Cranberry. From

its growing where snow covers the ground a considerable part,

_ of the winter, and where the climate is at all seasons very cold,

I think it would succeed well in your country, and be an

_ agreeable addition to your list of esculent fruits.’— Mr Gunn in

Letter.

So interesting a plant, found in a country which is proverbial

for being destitute of esculent fruits, richly deserves the name of

- its inestimable discoverer, who has so successfully exerted himself

in making known the vegetable productions of Van Dieman’s

he species belongs to the same group with Rubus

arcticus, saxatilis, Chamemorus, §c.

Fig. 1, 2. Flower. f. 3. Calyx laid open :—magnified.

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VaccInUM ImMRayI.

Fructicosum glaberrimum, foliis brevi-petiolatis ovatis utrinque

acutis coriaceis subtus reticulatis, corymbis pedunculatis axil-

_laribus terminalibusque, corollis -quinguefidis _crassissimis,

antheris muticis.

Has. Mountains of Dominica. Dr Imray. (n. 147.)

Frutex elatus, ramis lignosis, junioribus rufescentibus. Folia

bi-triuncialia et ultra (in unico exemplari 5-uncialia) coriacea,

dura, ovata, integerrrima, acuta, basi in petiolum brevem at-

tenuata, supra leevia, obscure et oblique penninervia, subtus

venis prominentibus reticulata. Pedunculi folio breviores,

axillares vel terminales, apice corymbosi. Pedicelli superne

dilatati, sub calycem articulati. Flores majusculi. Calycis

tubus subglobosus, limbo brevi, 5-lobo, lobis latis brevi-

subapiculatis. Corolla longitudine ovarii, subcampanulata,

crassissima, limbo 5-lobo, lobis ovatis acutiusculis erectis mar-

ginibus involutis. Stamina 10, ad basin corolle inserta, Fila-

menta brevia, dilatata. Anthere ovata, apice attenuate, sabato

poris 2 obliquis dehiscentes.

This is one of the most remarkable species of the genus with

which I am acquainted, and one of many fine and beautifully

preserved plants of Dominica, for the possession of which, I am

indebted to my valued correspondent Dr Imray. Of the present

plant the firm coriaceous leaves are, in one specimen in my pos-

-session, 5 inches long. The pedicels are, each of them, dilated

immediately beneath the ovary or calyx, and there jointed ; but

the most remarkable feature in the plant is its extremely thick

corollas, so thick and so firm, that they are difficult to dissect,

_ even with a very sharp knife. ,

Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Calyx and pistil. - 3. Portion of the

: corolla and two of - stamens :—magni,

— Gunniane. N. O. Portulacez.

TAB. CCXCIII.

Craytonta Austratasica. J. Hook.

Czespitosa, foliis elongato-linearibus subspathulatis, pedunculis

1-bifloris, petalis obovatis calycem quadruplo superantibus.

Has. Sidmouth and Emu Plains, on the road to Bathurst,

New Holland (an aquatic). Allan Cunningham, Esq., in Herb.

nostr. Wet places, Circular Head, and Hampshire hills, Van

Dieman’s Land. Ronald Gunn, Esq. (n. 160.)

This plant is somewhat succulent and so delicate, that it is —

difficult to distinguish the exact structure of the flowers and

the fruit. There can, I think, be no doubt of its being a true

Claytonia, very different from any hitherto described, and, as far

_as I can distinguish, the first species that has been detected in

Australia, or even in the southern hemisphere. The plant varies

much in size, from 1 to 6 or 8 inches in height, generally grow-

ing in rather dense tufts, sometimes more straggling, and then

the stems are creeping. Leaves from 2 to 4 or 5 inches long,

generally alternate. Flowers large (for the genus), pure white.

Capsule globose, mucronate, included in the persistent 2-leaved

calyx. Capsule 3-valved. Seeds large, about 3.

Fig. 1. Flower. f 2. Petal and stamen. f- 3. Pistil. f. 4.

Fruit. 5 Capsule, burst open. jf. 6. Seed :—magnified.

- Macfadyenane. N. O. Tlicinez.°

SAG; COXCHIV.

Atex CUNEIFOLIA.

Tetrandra, ramis angulatis, foliis alternis brevi-petiolatis ob-

ovato-cuneatis, coriaceis glabris supra nitidis convexis subtus

pallidioribus, ee 1-3 floris, calycibus corollaque crenu-

~ latis.

Piss. Jamaica. Dr M‘Fadyen. (n. 26.) ,

Much as the island of Jamaica has been visited in a commer-

cial point of view, we are satisfied its extensive woods and lofty

_ mountains are not yet explored as they ought to be, by the

_ botanist ; and we are glad to find that Dr Macfadyen, limited

as his professional engagements allow his excursions to be,

_ seldom undertakes a botanical journey that is not rewarded by

some new or little known plant. A future number of this work

_ will exhibit a new and very distinct Garrya, which that gentle-

man has discovered in Jamaica. The present plate is devoted

to what we consider a new Ilex, although the fruit is at present,

unknown to us. It does not accord with any described species.

_ Fig. 1. Flower-bud. f. 2. Fully expanded flower. f. 3.

Corolla laid open. f. 4. Pistil :—magnified.

Leb COEOY

Vv

- Gunniane. N. O. Crassulacese.

TAB. CCXCV.

TILLmA VERTICILLARIS.

Caule ascendente basi preecipue ramoso, foliis oppositis lato-

lanceolatis costatis venis lateralibus arcuato-deflexis, novellis —

axillaribus fasciculatis, floribus quadrifidis pedunculatis axil-

liaribus solitariis v. subverticillatim congestis, squamis hypo-

is fasciculatis.

Tillzea verticillaris. De Cand. Prodr, 3. p. 382.

Tillaa pedunculata. Sieb. Pl. Exsicc. Nov. Holl. n, 173. (non Sm.)

Has. New Holland. Sieber. Van Dieman’s Land; abundant —

on rocks where there is a scanty soil, being, as it were, the

first production after the original Lichens hase constituted

a little soil. Ronald Gunn, Esq. (n. 91.) King George’s

Sound. Mr Fraser.

_ Caules palmares ad spithamzam, basi procumbentes ramosi, dein

erecti. Folia semiunciam fere longa, membranaceo-carnosa,

opposita, lato-lanceolata, acuta, integerrima, sessilia, fere

connata, costata, nervosa, nervis arcuato-deflexis. Folia

novella axillaria, fasciculata, Pedunculi axillares, vel supe-

riores congesti, seepe subverticillata, nunc foliis breviores nunc —

- longiores, uniflori. Sepala 4, late ovata, —— petal-

orum ovato-lanceolatorum longitudine. & 4, a

hypogyne A, spathulatee germini appressz, iain alter-

nantes. Ovaria 4, in stylum acuminatum recurvatum atten-

This is the largest species of the genus with which I am

acquainted. It seems not uncommon in. Australia.

_ Fig. 1. Portion of the stem with leaves and flowers. f. 2.

‘ingle flower. /- 3. The same fully — magnified. —

Gunniane. _N. O. Portulacez.

TAB. CCXCVI.

CaLANDRINIA CALYPTRATA. J. Hook.

Annua, caule ramosissimo ramis valde diffusis, foliis lineari-

spathulatis superioribus minutis bracteiformibus, pedunculis

’ axillaribus post anthesin deflexis, petalis in corollam calyptri-

formem unitis. :

Has. Circular Head, Van Dieman’s Land, where it a with

Tillea verticillaris, usually on the tops of large rocks.

Gunn, Esq. (n. 128.)

I am doubtful whether to refer this to Calaibiaas 6 or to Clay-

tonia: the numerous seeds rather induce me to place it with

the former genus. The singular calyptriform corolla will

scarcely suffice to constitute a distinct genus of it. Nuttall’s

Calyptridium (from California) with a sania corolla and habit

of Calandrinia, or Claytonia, has a very different fruit.

Fig. 1. Flower: the 2 sepals including the calyptriform

corolla. f. 2. Corolla laid open to show the stamens and pistil.

J. 3. Ripening ovary about to throw off the corolla. f. 4. Calyx,

including the fruit. 5. Fruit separated from the calyx :—

Lib, CCACVA

Gunniane. N. O. Onagrarie.

TAB. CCXCVII.

Eri.ozium MACRANTHUM. J, Hook.

Caule elato terete simplici puberulo, foliis lineari-lanceolatis

obtusiusculis dentatis glabris alternis rarius oppositis sessilibus

_ superioribus paululum decurrentibus, calycis pubescentis

limbo fere ad basin 4-partito, petalis (magnis) obcordato-

bilobis, siliquis longissimis incanis, stigmate clavato inzequali-

ter bilobo.

‘Has. A very common plant in wet places in Van Dieman’s

Land. Ronald Gunn, Esq. (n. 252.) Dr —_ (who

finds it at Woolnorth, and Circular Head.)

This, Mr Gunn observes, is the finest species in the island,

often 3-4 feet high, having a long creeping perennial root.

ihe flowers are of a fine sade ae colour and of an unusually -

_ large size for a true Epilobium :

Fig. i: oe ii part of the ovary ied style pe

Lib, CONCH,

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Gunniane. , N. O. Myrtacez.

TAB. CCXCVIII.

BAcKEA LEPTOCAULIS. J. Hook.

Ramis erectis virgatis gracilibus, foliis oppositis angusto-lineari-

_ bus acutis impresso-punctatis, pedunculis in axillis folioram

superiorum binis ebracteatis folio brevioribus unifloris, flori-

bus pentandris. :

Has. Top of Rocky Cape, Van Dieman’s Land. Ronald

Gunn, Esq. (n. 817.)

_ + This has the habit of Beckea frutescens from China, and of

_ B. trichophylla of Sieber (Exsicc. Nov. Holl. n. 280) and of B.

diffusa of the same author (Ezasicc. Fi. Nov. Holl. n. 276) :-—

but the foliage and inflorescence will readily distinguish it. The

reaves are grooved on the upper side, and semicylindrical on the

Fig. 1. Flower. f 2. Calyx and corolla laid open :—

| magnified. |

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’ Gunniane. N. O. Haloragee.

TAB. CCXCIX.

MILLIGANIA CORDIFOLIA. J. Hook.

Gen. Cuar.— Mituicania.* Hook.—Dioica. Masc. Spice

pedunculate. Flores subsessiles, monandri, nudi, 1-bibrac-

teati. Filamenta brevissima. Anthere (magne) subrotunde,

biloculares, ad marginem longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Fam.

Flores capitati, ana 1 eee bracteati. Calyx ovario

arcte adherens; t2 t laris, limbo tripartito,

inzequali, piloso, unico duplo longiore. Styli 2, subulati,

_ pubescenti-hirsuti, eequales, nunc 4 ineequales quorum duz

breviores. Ovarium 1-loculare, 1-ovulatum, ovulo pendente

ex apice podospermi. aiéatings apes siccitate rugosus.

to-triangul a.—Herba

paludosa, acaulis, radice subfiefiriis. Abioat | Polix see:

petiolata, patentia, cordata, obtusa, serrata, supra glabra subtus

nervis petiolisque glanduloso-hirsutis. Pedunculus (seu scapus)

radicalis. Flores masculi spicati: foeminei capitalati, brac-

- teati. _ Fructus capitulum rubrum, Rubi Ideei magnitudine.

= Aas. Burghley and Middlesex Plains, Van Dieman’s Land,

_ growing in wet places, in large dense patches, many feet in

extent. Ronald Gunn, Esq. (n. 877.)

“ Of this curious plant,” Mr Gunn observes, ‘I could only

2 procure one or two old spikes of male flowers. The fruit is

__as large and as red as a strawberry.” Of the natural family to

_ which it belongs I think there can be no doubt; nor can one

fail to observe its close affinity both in habit and structure of its

flowers with some Gunnere. J. Hook,

_ The principal figure represents a male plant nat. size. Fig.

a: Capitulum of female flowers. /f. 2, 3. Single female flowers.

f. 4. Ovary laid open. f. 5, 6. Female flowers, varieties, with

4 styles. f.'7. Fruit in a dry state. f 8, 9. Male flowers. /f.

10. fF Athor, cut through transversely :—magnified.

. So named in compliment to Dr Milligan, of Van Dieman’s Land, the —

friend of Mr Ronald Gunn, and his companion in many of his herborizing ex- —

sions.

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Gunniane. - N. O. Umbelliferee.

TAB: COG.

CALDASIA ARGENTEA. J. Hook.

Pulcherrime ee dec ea ccricen, pedicellis tomentoso-sericeis in-

volucro vix longioribus, fructibus ovatis acuminatis -demum

glabriusculis.

Haz. Middlesex Plains, Van Dieman’s Land. Feb. 1837.

Ronald Gunn, Esq. (n. 823.)

An extremely beautiful species, owing to the svi silkiness

of the whole plant; the fruit only, when ripe, being nearly desti-

tute of hairs. It was gathered at Middlesex Plains, by my in-

defatigable friend Mr Gunn along with C. eriopoda DC. and

_ C. brachycarpa,* J. Hook. under the following circumstances ;—

*‘ Middlesex Plains,” says Mr Gunn, ‘were about 35 miles

_ from our head quarters on the Hampshire Hills and from the

- nearest inhabited house, and over a mountainous country.

_ very limited means of carrying a large collection of plants had,

I regret to say, the effect of reducing the number of each species

very considerably. All my specimens, tent, blankets, food, &c.,

_ had to be carried on the backs of two men, and mercy toward

_ them induced me to load them with as few specimens as possible,

On my return to Circular Head, after an absence of a fortnight,

my collection of plants, after being partially dried, weighed

40 Ibs., and had to be carried on a man’s back from Emu Bay

to Circular Head, 60 miles; and the plants in question were

_ carried altogether on my servant’s back, about 115 miles before

_ they were half dried.” ;

_ Fig. 1. Fruit, scarcely mature. f. 2. Section of a carpel :—

_* C. brachycarpa ; \axe pilosa, pedicellis piloso-sericeis involucro subduplo

ngioribus, fructibus ovatis acutis glaberrimis. ee aye eriopoda (also

ibaatet at Launceston) is Mr Gunn’s n. 491 and a