2. A chive.
3. The same shown from the outer side.
This odoriferous plant is figured by Catesby in his Caroliniensis, who
describes it as a stately tree eighty feet high; that it perfumes the
woods with its fragrance; that its fruit is of a glittering red, not
falling immediately to the ground, but hanging pendulous by small white
threads about two inches long, in which state it must still be a
beautiful object. It very rarely, if ever, perfects its seed in this
country. Independent of its fine large sweet-scented flowers, it is a
handsome evergreen. There are several variations of it in foliage. It
succeeds well, trained up against a south wall. From a plant so
situated, on the premises of Messrs. Whitley and Brames, our figure was
delineated.
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PLATE DXIX.
COMMERSONIA ECHINATA.
_Bristly-fruited Commersonia._
CLASS V. ORDER V.
_PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA._ Five Chives. Five Pointals.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX monophyllus, 5-partitus.
COROLLA. Petala 5, linearia, basi lobata, apice inflexa. Nectarium
5-partitum.
STAMINA. Filamenta 5, brevissima, ad basin petalorum. Antheræ
sub-rotundæ, parvæ.
GERMEN globosum, villosum. Styli 5, breves, approximates. Stigma
globosum.
CAPSULA dura, setacea: setis longis, pilosis, 5-locularibus:
loculamentis dispermis.
SEMINA ovata.
EMPALEMENT one-leafed, 5-parted.
BLOSSOM. Petals 5, linear, lobed at the base, and turned inward at
the point. Nectarium 5-parted.
CHIVES. Threads 5, very short, at the base of the petals. Tips
nearly round, and small.
SEED-BUD globular and villose. Shafts 5, short, and approximating.
Summit headed.
CAPSULE hard and bristly. Bristles long and hairy, 5-locular; the
loculaments 2-seeded.
SEEDS ovate.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. The petals and honey-cups.
3. A petal and chives, magnified.
4. Seed-bud and pointals.
5. The capsule spread open.
6. One of the loculaments divested of the bristles.
7. The same split open, one seed detached.
This fragrant plant was named by Forster after Commerson, the celebrated
botanist, who accompanied Bougainville in his Voyage round the World,
and explored the coasts of Brazil and Buenos Ayres, the Streights of
Magellan, and the Islands of Otaheite, New Britain, Bouro, Java, and the
Mauritius, for the space of seven years, and returned to France with a
herbarium of above 3000 species, amongst which were many new genera; all
which, together with his manuscripts, are preserved in the Museum of
Natural History at Paris. Duplicates of them were by him sent to
Linnæus, and are now in the possession of Dr. Smith, President of the
Linnæan Society. Our drawing was made from a plant (the only one at
present in the kingdom) in the hot-house of A. B. Lambert, esq. Boyton
House, who informs me that it flowered with him the second year from
seed, in great abundance, and continued in flower all the summer, during
the warmer part of which it was extremely fragrant; which renders it a
valuable addition to our collection of stove plants. The flowers for
several weeks proved abortive, owing to their very singular
construction; in which the short stamina are completely excluded from
the pistillum. As a remedy for this, Mr. Lambert introduced a hive of
bees into the hot-house, which soon produced the desired effect, as in
three or four days after the germens began to swell. The form of the
leaves varies exceedingly, particularly whilst the plant is young,
coming sometimes much broader and with two side lobes; which has been
mistaken by some for a different species. Almost every part of the plant
is villous. Rumphius informs us (in his Herbarium Amboynense) that the
Commersonia grows to a tree in the Moluccas, and is so plentiful that
its wood is in common use as _deal_; that the bark is manufactured into
matches; and that the bruised leaves smell like the flowers of the
_Sampacca_, which is considered by the natives as one of the sweetest
flowers in India. It is a native of Amboyna, New Caledonia, and other
Islands in the South Seas.
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PLATE DXX.
EUOSMA ALBIFLORA.
_White-flowered Euosma._
CLASS V. ORDER I.
_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX persistens, basi bracteatus, quinque-partitus, laciniis
subrotundis appressis.
COROLLA campanulata, limbo patente 5-lobo.
STAMINA quinque tubo inserta, inclusa, divisurisque corollæ
alterna: Filamenta brevia: Antheræ subrotundæ, compressæ.
GERMEN superum, subovatum: Stylus crassus, brevis: Stigma
capitatum.
CAPSULA glabra cuneato-ovata, stylo persistente coronata, bisulca,
dicocca: Cocculi bivalves polyspermi, intus ad apices dehiscentes:
Receptacula in singulo cocculo singulum, subtrigonum, longum,
erectum, marginibus valvarum annexum.
SEMINA ovata, hinc convexa, inde depressa papillis minutissimis
undique scabra, duplici serie receptaculo imposita.
EMPALEMENT persistent, bracteated at the base, 5-parted, with the
divisions nearly round, and lying close.
BLOSSOM bell-shaped, the mouth spreading 5-lobed.
CHIVES five inserted in the tube and included, alternate with the
divisions of the blossom: Threads short: Tips nearly round,
compressed.
SEED-BUD above, oval: Shaft thick and short: Summit simple-headed.
FRUIT a dry capsule of an oval wedge-shape, two-furrowed, dividing
into two parts, and crowned with the persistent shaft: each part is
two-valved and many-seeded, opening on the inside at the top:
Receptacles for the seeds one in each cell; they are long,
three-sided and erect, lying upon the edges of the valves.
SEEDS oval, convex on one side and depressed on the other, every
where rough with minute tubercles, and placed upon the receptacle
in a double series.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A blossom.
3. The same spread open.
4. Seed-bud and pointal.
5. The same magnified.
6. The capsule.
7. The same split into two divisions.
8. One of the divisions uncovered, to show the situation of the seed.
9. A ripe seed.
The specimen of this new and very distinct genus was communicated April
the 11th by the marquis of Blandford from a fine plant in his lordship’s
collection at White Knights, planted against a wall on a south aspect,
about four feet high, and nearly covered with blossoms. Its great
fragrance, more resembling that of the _May_ (Cratægus Oxyacantha) than
any thing else we are acquainted with, makes the plant very desirable to
collectors, and the more so, that it is hardy enough to bear our winters
without the shelter of a green-house, and blossoms so early in spring.
This fragrant shrub is a native of New Holland in the neighbourhood of
Port Jackson, from whence we have seen fine specimens in the collection
of A. B. Lambert, esq. who favoured us with the ripe fruit. Who first
introduced the plant, we have not been able to learn, but have seen it
in several collections.
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PLATE DXXI.
ERIOSPERMUM FOLIOLIFERUM.
_Leaflet-bearing Eriospermum._
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX nullus.
COROLLA. Petala sex basi connata, subtus lanceolata, acuta: tria
exteriora patula: tria interiora erecta, cum limbo acuto patulo
connivente. Omnia post impregnationem erecta, in modum coni.
STAMINA. Filamenta sex, late lanceolata, acuta, plana, apicibus
introrsum volutis. Antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes.
PISTILLUM. Germen superum, subrotundum, trisulcatum. Stylus
filiformis, erectus. Stigma obtusum.
PERICARPIUM. Capsula triloba, trilocularis, trivalvis.
SEMINA pauca, lanceolata, acuta, pilis tomentosis obsessa.
EMPALEMENT none.
BLOSSOM. Six petals approaching together at the base, beneath
lance-shaped and pointed, the three outer ones spreading: the three
inner ones upright, with a pointed wide approaching border. All
after impregnation stand upright, like a cone.
CHIVES. Six threads broadly lance-shaped, pointed, and flat, with
the points turned inward. Tips oblong, and lying on them.
POINTAL. Seed-bud above, nearly round, three-furrowed. Shaft
thread-shaped, upright. Summit blunt.
SEED-VESSEL. Capsule 3-lobed, 3-locular, 3-valved.
SEEDS few, lance-shaped, pointed, and covered with downy hairs.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
ERIOSPERMUM foliis sub-cordatis, superne folia parva erecta
linguæformia, filamentis albis parvis obsessa, ferentibus. Flores
spicati, laxi. Corolla lutea, viride striata.
Habitat in Caput Bonæ Spei.
ERIOSPERMUM with nearly heart-shaped leaves, bearing on their upper
surface little upright tongue-shaped leaflets beset with small
white threads. Flowers grow in a loose spike. Blossom yellow,
striped with green.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. Chives and pointal.
2. A chive magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal.
4. Seed-bud cut transversely, magnified.
This curious Cape plant is not at present, we believe, in any other
collection in this kingdom than that of G. Hibbert, esq. where we first
observed it in the autumn of 1806. It was not then in bloom, but
flowered the following summer. It is by no means specious in its
flowers, but very interesting in the singularity of its foliage, whose
uncommon structure is very distinct from any plant we have ever seen.
Mr. Knight, the botanic gardener, informs me that it increases from the
root, but not abundantly, and, like most Cape bulbs, is in a dormant
state during the latter part of autumn, at which time it should be
watered very sparingly. It appears rather impatient of having its roots
often disturbed: once in two or three years is necessary, not only to
renew the earth, but to take off any small bulbs it may have produced.
It delights to grow in a light loamy or peaty soil, and should stand in
an elevated part of the green-house, to enjoy a full circulation of
air.
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PLATE DXXII.
PROTEA ABROTANIFOLIA HIRTA.
_Hairy Southernwood-leaved Protea._
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, petalis infra
apices insertæ. Calyx proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria.
BLOSSOM four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips linear, inserted into
the petals below the points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
PROTEA foliis bipinnatis, filiformibus, pilosis: floribus ramos
terminantibus in umbellis confertis: pedunculis brevissimis:
bracteis erectis: corollis pallide carneis. Stigmata nigra.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
PROTEA with doubly-winged leaves, thread-shaped, and hairy. Flowers
terminate the branches in crowded umbels. Footstalks very short.
Floral leaves upright. Blossoms of a pale flesh-colour. Summit of
the pointal black.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower-prop.
2. The chives spread open.
3. A chive magnified.
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
This hairy-leaved Protea resembles the P. abrotanifolia, Pl. 507, but is
upon examination very distinct. The flowers are of a pale rose colour,
but have a lively appearance from the contrasted blackness of the
stigma. It is a round bushy plant, flowering early in the autumn,
requiring the same treatment as the generality of those species with
small divided leaves.
Our figure was made from a plant in the Hibbertian collection.
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PLATE DXXIII.
GORTERIA PAVONIA.
_Peacock Gorteria._
CLASS XIX. ORDER IV.
_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA NECESSARIA._ Tips united. Necessary Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
RECEPTACULUM nudum. Pappus lanatus. Corolla radiata, lingulata.
Calyx monophyllus, squamis imbricatis tectus.
RECEPTACLE naked. Down woolly. Blossom rayed, tongue-shaped.
Empalement one-leafed, covered with imbricated scales.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
GORTERIA foliis pinnatis: foliolis æqualibus, ovatis, marginibus
revolutis, pilosis, subtus albis: petalis radii magnis, aurantiis,
ad basin eleganter notatis. Caulis herbaceus.
GORTERIA with winged leaves. The leaflets are equal, ovate, rolled
back at the edges, hairy, and white beneath: petals of the ray
large, of a gold-colour, and elegantly marked at the base. Stem
herbaceous.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. One of the radiating petals.
3. The same shown from the under side.
4. A petal as it appears when rolled up.
5. A floret of the disk.
6. The seed-bud and pointal.
This new species of Gorteria stands foremost in the ranks of beauty
whilst expanded by the solar ray, whose absence is soon visible in the
plant by the rolling up of the petals; but on the following morn, when
the sun’s beams begin to warm the vegetable world, they again unfold
themselves with undiminished lustre, and so continue successively for
near a fortnight.
Our drawing was made from a fine plant in the nursery of Mr. Harrison at
Brompton. We also observed it in bloom at Messrs. Colville’s; from whom,
to complete the dissections, we received a flower, which, although it
had been a week in bloom, continued to perform its diurnal evolutions
(in a glass of water) of rolling up and expanding for nearly a week
longer--but only from eleven till one in the day:--a shorter time, most
probably owing to its being kept in a room whose northern aspect
prevented the exhilarating rays of Phœbus from approaching. It was
introduced from the Cape of Good Hope by G. Hibbert, esq. about the year
1804, and considered as biennial.
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PLATE DXXIV.
LACHNÆA BUXIFOLIA.
_Box-leaved Lachnæa._
CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX nullus. Corolla quadrifida; limbo inæquali. Semen unum,
sub-baccatum.
CUP none. Blossom four-cleft; border unequal. One seed, nearly
berried.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
LACHNÆA foliis ovatis, glabris, glaucis: floribus in capitulis
globosis: corollis albis, odoratis. Caulis teres, longissimus.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
LACHNÆA with ovate, smooth, glaucous leaves. Flowers in globular
heads. Blossoms white, and sweet-scented. Stem round, and very
long.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A blossom spread open.
2. The seed-bud and pointal.
3. The flower-receptacle.
This fragrant species of Lachnæa is the L. buxifolia of Lamarck, and the
Gnidia filamentosa of Linnæus; but certainly not a Gnidia, as it wants
the four small inner petals, the distinguishing feature and most
essential distinction between those two genera.
Our figure delineates a plant in the conservatory of G. Hibbert, esq.
that was upwards of five feet high; and interspersed amongst some fine
bushy shrubs, its compact flowers and delicate glaucous foliage gave it
a picturesque appearance.
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PLATE DXXV.
PODALYRIA HIRSUTA.
_Hairy Podalyria._
CLASS X. ORDER I.
_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX sub-bilabiatus, quinquefidus. Corolla papilionacea. Alæ
vexilli longitudine. Legumen ventricosum, polyspermum.
EMPALEMENT nearly bilabiate, five-cleft. Blossom butterfly-shaped.
Wings the length of the standard. Pod ventricose, and many-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
PODALYRIA foliis simplicibus, hirsutis, ovatis vel oblongis:
corollis magnis, purpureis, plerumque simplicibus: pedunculis
longis: ramis teretibus, pilosis.
PODALYRIA with simple, hairy leaves, ovate or oblong. Blossoms
large and purple, mostly single. Footstalks long. Branches round
and hairy.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. The standard.
3. One of the wings.
4. The keel.
5. Chives and pointal.
6. The chives spread open.
7. Seed-bud and pointal.
Podalyria is a section of the genus Sophora, separated from it by
Lamarck, and named after the son of Æsculapius, the celebrated physician
who accompanied the Grecians in their famous expedition against Troy.
This species, we have little doubt, is the P. hirsuta (an unfigured
species) enumerated by Willdenow, although by some it is thought to be
distinct from it, on account of the leaves being somewhat longer, the
flowers of a finer colour; differences, we think, accounted for in the
latitude of growth resulting from varied modes of culture.
Our drawing was made from a plant raised from Cape seed, by Messrs.
Whitley and Brames, in the year 1806.
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PLATE DXXVI.
PROTEA CESPITOSA.
_Turfy Protea._
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, petalis infra
apices insertæ. Calyx proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria.
BLOSSOM four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips linear, inserted into
the petals below the points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
PROTEA foliis rigidis, lanceolatis, pilosis, undulatis, glabris,
patentibus, apice adscendente, supra convexis, infra concavis:
capitulo globoso, terminali: corollis ferrugineis: squamis pilosis,
interne læte rubris. Caulis humilis.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
PROTEA with rigid, lance-shaped, hairy leaves, waved, smooth, and
spreading, with an ascending point, convex above, and concave
beneath: head of flowers globular, and terminal. Blossoms of a
rusty colour. Scales hairy, and of a bright red on the inside. Stem
low.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower complete.
2. Seed-bud and pointal.
This new dwarf Protea is named from its sod-or turf-like appearance.
Although of low and humble growth, it is by no means deficient in
attraction. The inner side of the imbricating scales is of a fine red,
which is a great addition to its beauty whilst expanded: but in our
plant this was of short duration, occasioned by the pressure of the
leaves from the rapid growth of the surrounding side shoots.
Our figure was made from the Hibbertian collection.
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PLATE DXXVII.
RUELLIA FULGIDA.
_Bright-flowered Ruellia._
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 5-partitus. Corolla monopetala, limbo 5-lobo, inæquali.
Stamina biconjugata. Stylus filiformis. Stigma bifidum. Capsula
dissepimentis dentatis, elasticis, dehiscentibus. Semina pauca.
EMPALEMENT 5-parted. Blossom one petal: border 5-lobed, unequal.
Chives by pairs. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit two-cleft. Capsule
with the partitions toothed, elastic, and splitting. Seeds few.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
RUELLIA foliis petiolatis, ovato-acuminatis, undulatis, pilosis,
crenatis: pedunculis axillaribus, cum multis floribus tubæformibus.
RUELLIA with petiolated leaves ovately pointed, waved, hairy, and
scolloped. Footstalks axillary, with many long trumpet-shaped
flowers.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A blossom spread open.
3. Seed-bud and pointal.
4. The capsule.
5. The same split open.
6. A ripe seed.
This new and beautiful species of Ruellia was introduced by Lord
Seaforth from the West Indies, and flowered in Mr. Lambert’s stove at
Boyton, in June 1807, for the first time in England; and continued, as
he informs us, to flower during the greatest part of the summer,
ripening its seeds in abundance, and being easily propagated by
cuttings.
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PLATE DXXVIII.
ORNITHOGALUM ELATUM.
_Lofty Ornithogalum._
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 6-petala, persistens. Filamenta basi dilatata. Capsula
3-locularis. Semina subrotunda, nuda.
BLOSSOM 6-petalled, remaining. Threads widened at the base. Capsule
3-celled. Seeds roundish and naked.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
ORNITHOGALUM foliis lanceolatis: floribus in racemo longissimo
crescentibus, albis et parvis: staminibus longitudinem corollarum
fere æquantibus.
ORNITHOGALUM with lance-shaped leaves. Flowers grow on a very long
spike, are white and small. The stamens scarcely the length of the
blossoms.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A petal and chive.
2. A chive shown from the outer side.
3. Seed-bud and pointal.
4. The same magnified.
This tall and delicate plant was introduced by J. M. Cripps, esq., who
found the roots in Egypt on the plains of Alexandria, near the spot
where the famous battle was fought in the year 1801; and from one which
he planted in his garden at Staunton in Sussex our drawing was made. It
agrees in habit with the Ornithogalum latifolium, but is perfectly
distinct both in the blossoms and foliage from that species. The plant
which our figure represents had already produced four side bulbs. It
flowered in March last, and appears to propagate freely.
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PLATE DXXIX.
NITRARIA SCHOBERI.
_Schober’s Nitraria._
CLASS XI. ORDER I.
_DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Twelve Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 5-petala, cucullata.
CALYX 5-fidus. Stamina 15. Drupa 1-sperma.
BLOSSOM five-petalled, hooded.
EMPALEMENT 5-cleft. Chives 15. Berry oneseeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
NITRARIA foliis integerrimis, obtusis.
Habitat in Siberia.
_Pallas’s Flora Rossica_, vol. i. tab. 50.
NITRARIA with entire leaves, blunt.
Native of Siberia.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A petal.
3. Seed-bud, chives, and pointal.
4. A chive magnified.
5. Seed-bud and pointal.
6. The same magnified.
This species of Nitraria is named after Schober, a physician and lover
of botany in Russia. It grows in the barren salt deserts near the
Caspian Sea, particularly about the salt lakes in Siberia, and is also
found in Astracan. It bears reddish berries of a salt taste, is a very
rare plant in our gardens, but successfully cultivated by Mr. Bell, who
not only puts salt to the roots, but also on the foliage. From a plant
of his thus treated our drawing was made last summer. Only one more
species of the genus has yet been discovered.
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PLATE DXXX.
BIGNONIA UNCATA.
_Hooked Bignonia._
CLASS XIV. ORDER II.
_DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA._ Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 5-fidus, cyathiformis. Corolla fauce campanulata, 5-fida,
subtus ventricosa. Siliqua bilocularis. Semina membranacea, alata.
EMPALEMENT 5-cleft, cup-shaped. Blossom bell-shaped at the mouth,
5-cleft, and bellied beneath. A pod of two cells. Seeds winged,
with a skinny membrane.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
BIGNONIA foliis conjugatis, longo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, et
tribus cirris acutis uncatis.
BIGNONIA with conjugate, long-lanced, acuminate leaves, and three
hooked sharp tendrils.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A flower spread open, the segments of the border cut off.
3. Seed-bud and pointal.
This new species of Bignonia flowered for the first time in England in
the stove of A. B. Lambert, esq. Boyton. We have seen it (but not in
flower) in other collections, and have heard it called by the specific
title of ophthalmica: but as no reason could be assigned for that
appellation within the reach of our inquiry, we have named it from its
hooked tendrils. It is an autumnal-flowering plant running to a great
length, with frequent blossoms, is a native of Cayenne, and was
introduced by Lord Seaforth.
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PLATE DXXXI.
VERONICA DERWENTIA.
_New Holland Veronica._
CLASS II. ORDER I.
_DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Two Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA limbo 4-partito: laciniis infimis angustioribus. Capsula
bilocularis.
BLOSSOM, border 4-parted. Lowest segments narrower. Capsule
two-locular.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
VERONICA foliis lanceolatis, oppositis, alternis, dentatis:
floribus spicatis, axillaribus: corollis parvis, pallide violaceis,
fragrantissimis.
VERONICA with leaves lance-shaped, opposite, alternate, and
toothed. Flowers grow in spikes from the axillæ of the leaves.
Blossoms small, of a pale violet colour, and very fragrant.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A blossom spread open.
3. Seed-bud and pointal.