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PLATE CXLV.
HILLIA LONGIFLORA.
_Long-Flowered Hillia._
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium hexaphyllum; foliolis oblongis, acutis, erectis.
COROLLA monopetala; tubus cylindricus, longissimus; limbus sexfidus;
laciniis oblongis, planis.
STAMINA. Filamenta sex, brevissima. Antheræ oblongæ, erectæ, intra
faucem corollæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen inferum, oblongum, obsolete hexagonum. Stylus
filiformis, longitudine tubi. Stigma capitatum.
PERICARPIUM oblongum, compressum, biloculare.
SEMINA numerosa, minima.
EMPALEMENT. Cup six-leaved; leaflets oblong, sharp pointed and upright.
BLOSSOM one petal, tube cylindrical, very long; border six-cleft;
segments oblong, flat.
CHIVES. Threads six very short. Tips oblong, upright, within the mouth
of the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath oblong, slightly six-sided. Shaft
thread-shaped, the length of the tube. Summit headed.
SEED-VESSEL oblong, flattened and two celled.
SEEDS many, very small.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Hillia corollis sexfidis, laciniis lanceolatis, supra convexis; foliis
ovatis, acutis, glabris.
Hillia with blossoms six cleft, segments lance-shaped, convex above;
leaves egg-shaped, pointed and smooth.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower cut open, to expose the number and situation of the Chives.
2. The Shaft and its summit, natural size, placed by the flower, to shew
its proportional length to the tube.
3. The Seed-bud, with the leaflets of the Empalement attached, cut
transversely, to shew the division of the cells in the center.
This species of Hillia was first introduced to our gardens in the year
1789, from the Island of Barbadoes, sent in plants, by Mr. J. Elcock, to
Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith. Originally this shrub was
specifically termed, _parasitica_ by professor Jacquin, when he first
formed, and titled the Genus, after Dr. J. Hill, of voluminous memory;
from a supposition that it was to be found growing, only, upon some
other plant; a circumstance, which being denied by Swartz, he has
altered it to _longiflora_. We have followed the latter name that ours
may go in unison with the author of the last Species plantarum now
publishing by Willdenow, as well as professor Martyn, who in his edition
of Miller’s Dictionary has followed Swartz; they appearing to be the
most accurate, as well as the most read and followed of any modern
Botanical authorities. It is a tender hot-house plant, strikes easily
from cuttings, thrives in rich mould and flowers about the end of
February. To the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Valentia we are indebted, for
the specimen from which our figure was taken, sent from his Lordship’s
famed collection at Arley near Bewdley, Staffordshire; where, we
believe, it has flowered for the first time in England.
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PLATE CXLVI.
PSORALEA ACULEATA.
_Prickly Psoralea._
CLASS XVII. ORDER IV.
_DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Chives in two sets. Ten Chives.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, tuberculis punctatum, quinquesidum;
laciniis acutis, æqualibus, persistentibus; infima duplo longiore.
COROLLA papilionacea, pentapetala.
_Vexillum_ subrotundum, emarginatum, assurgens.
_Alœ_ lunulatæ, obtusæ, parvæ.
_Carina_ dipetala, lunulata, obtusa.
STAMINA. Filamenta diadelpha (simplex setaceum et novem coalita),
adscendentia. Antheræ subrotundæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen lineare. Stylus subulatus, adscendens, longitudine
staminum. Stigma obtusum.
PERICARPIUM. Legumen longitudine calycis, compressum, adscendens,
acuminatum.
SEMEN unicum, reniforme.
EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, dotted over with small tubercles, and
five-cleft; the segments equal and remaining, the lower one twice the
length of the others.
BLOSSOM butterfly-shaped, five petalled.
_Standard_ nearly round, notched at the end, turned upwards.
_Wings_ half-moon-shaped, obtuse, small.
_Keel_ two-petalled, half-moon-shaped, obtuse.
CHIVES. Threads in two sets (a single one like a bristle, and nine
united), ascending. Tips nearly round.
POINTAL. Seed-bud linear. Shaft awl-shaped, ascending, the length of the
chives. Summit blunt.
SEED-VESSEL. A pod the length of the cup, flattened, ascending, and
tapered to the point.
SEED, one, kidney-shaped.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Psoralea foliis ternatis, minimis, confertissimis, recurvatis, in
spinulam desinentibus.
Psoralea with three-leafletted leaves, very small, very crowded, bent
back, and ending in a small spine.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The Standard of a Blossom.
3. One of the Wings of the same.
4. The two Petals of the Keel.
5. The Chives, a little magnified.
The Prickly Psoralea is not a new plant in our collections; for, it was
first introduced by Mr. F. Masson to the Royal Gardens at Kew, as we
learn from the Catalogue, in the year 1774. But although so long a
sojourner with us, it is not found in many collections, owing to the
difficulty in its increase, as it seldom ripens its seeds; and cuttings,
the only remaining method, but seldom succeed; although by taking them
from a vigorous growing plant and giving them the assistance of the
bark-bed of the hothouse, early in March, a few plants have been
procured occasionally. Our drawing was made from a most beautiful plant
in the Clapham Collection, last year, in the month of August.
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PLATE CXLVII.
GLADIOLUS CUSPIDATUS.
_Spear-spotted Gladiolus._
CLASS III. ORDER I.
_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA sexpartita, ringens. Stamina adscendentia.
BLOSSOM six divisions, gaping. Chives ascending.
See GLADIOLUS ROSEUS. Plate XI. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Gladiolus foliis lineari-ensiformibus, glabris; corolla ringente;
laciniis longissimis, acuminatis, undulatis, subæqualibus, tribus
inferioribus in medio macula oblonga notatis.
Gladiolus with leaves that are linearly sword-shaped and smooth; blossom
gaping; segments very long, tapered to the point, waved and nearly
equal, the three lower in the middle have an oblong spot.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.
2. A blossom cut open, with the Chives remaining attached.
3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit.
The Gladiolus here figured, represents a variety of one of the most
errant species of the Genus, known commonly by the name of Spade
Gladiolus, and of which we have drawings of eight, quite distinct; yet
all, unquestionably, originating in one common parent. It was introduced
in 1796, from the Cape of Good Hope, by Mr. R. Williams, nurseryman of
Turnham-green, near Brentford; is a very hardy greenhouse bulb,
increases from the root in abundance, if planted in very sandy peat
earth, and flowers about the Month of April, or May.
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PLATE CXLVIII.
LACHENALIA QUADRICOLOR.
_Four-coloured Lachenalia._
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COR. 6-petala, infera; petalis 3 interioribus longioribus. Stamina
erecta. Capsula subovata, trialata. Semina globosa.
BLOSS. 6-petals, beneath; the three inner petals the longest. Chives
erect. Capsule nearly egg-shaped, three winged. Seeds globular.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Lachenalia foliis geminis, lineari-lanceolatis; scapo erecto; corollis
propendulis, cylindricis, quadricoloratis, cum limbo petalorum
interiorum patulo.
Lachenalia with leaves in pairs, linearly lance-shaped; flower-stem
erect; blossoms hanging down, cylindrical, and four-coloured, with the
border of inner petals spreading out.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Flower cut open, with the Chives remaining.
2. An inner Petal, with its Chive, shewn from the inside.
3. An outer Petal, shewn from the outside.
4. The Pointal complete.
About the year 1789, this very handsome species of Lachenalia was first
received by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, from the Cape of Good
Hope, sent in bulbs to them by J. Pringle, Esq. It is as hardy as the L.
tricolor, to which it much inclines, well known to collectors, and is
equally easily propagated; an excellent figure of which is to be found,
in the 82d Plate of the Botanical Magazine of Mr. Curtis. The L.
quadricolor is given as a synonym by Willdenow to L. pendula, a plant we
have already figured, and from which this stands quite distinct in the
conformation of every part; they are both to be found in the 2d Vol. of
Icon. of Jacquin, from whom we copy our specific title, the pendula, t.
400, the quadricolor, t. 396.
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PLATE CXLIX.
STRUTHIOLA CILIATA
_Fringed-leaved Struthiola._
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
PERIANTHIUM diphyllum. Corolla tubulosa, 4-fida; Nectarium, glandulæ
octo fauci circumpositæ. Semen unum, subbaccatum.
CUP two-leaved. Blossom tubular, 4-cleft; Honey-cup, 8 glands placed
round the mouth of the blossom. One seed like a berry.
See STRUTHIOLA IMBRICATA, Pl. CXIII. Vol. II.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Struthiola foliis ovato-lanceolatis, mucronatis, ciliatis, concavis,
quadrifariam imbricatis, apice incurvis; corolla subalbida.
Struthiola with leaves between egg and lance-shaped, pointed, fringed,
concave, tiled in four rows, turned inwards at the point; blossom
whitish.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A leaf shewn side-ways that the incurvature of the upper part may be
seen.
2. A flower complete.
3. The two leaves of the Empalement, magnified.
4. A blossom cut open, to expose the situation of the chives, at the
mouth of the tube, magnified.
5. The Pointal, a little magnified.
This is the variety of Struthiola ciliata promised in the last number.
It varies from the other in the largeness and incurvation of the leaves,
and colour of the flower, as well as, in the growth of the plant; in
this, the stem rises to three feet; in that, it seldom exceeds one. With
rather less difficulty it is increased and preferred than the red
variety, and makes a very handsome figured plant, flowering in the month
of August, at which season, last year, our drawing was taken from a
plant in the Hibbertian Collection. This Var. has the advantage of the
other, in having the blossoms extremely fragrant, in the evening.
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PLATE CL.
GERANIUM PRÆMORSUM.
_Bitten-leaved Geranium._
CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. _of Suppl. Syst. Veg. 1781._
_MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.
One Pointal. Five summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
berries.
See GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM, Pl. XII. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Geranium foliis inciso-lobatis, reniformibus; lobis cuneiformibus,
præmorsis; floribus subsolitariis, heptaudris; caule flexuoso,
subcarnoso.
Geranium with leaves deeply cut into lobes and kidney-shaped; lobes
wedge-shaped, and bitten at the ends; flowers generally solitary, with
seven fertile tips; stem grows zig-zag, rather fleshy.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement cut open, to shew its tubular structure.
2. The Chives and Pointal.
3. The Chives spread open.
4. The Pointal and Seed bud.
The Geranium præmorsum offers a most beautiful addition to this already
very extensive genus, but is without doubt a true species. It is a
native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced to us, from thence,
in the year 1798, by Captain Quarrel; brought in seed, and communicated
to Mr. J. Colville of the King’s Road, Chelsea; who informs us, that it
flowers from March, till November, that he keeps it in rich dungy earth,
and that it is raised, pretty freely, by cuttings; requiring the heat of
a dry stove in the winter months. Our figure was made at the nursery,
Chelsea, about the beginning of March this year.
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PLATE CLI.
PITTOSPORUM CORIACEUM
_Thick-leaved Pittosporum._
CLASS V. ORDER I.
_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium pentaphyllum, inserum, deciduum.
COROLLA. Petala quinque; ungues concavi, in tubum urceolatum
conniventes; laminæ ovato-oblongæ, patentes.
STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, subulata, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ
sagittatæ, erectæ, filamentis dorso affixæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, superum, compressum. Stylus brevissimus,
cylindricus. Stigma capitatum, planum.
PERICARPIUM. Bacca subglobosa, 2-5 locularis, 2-5 valvis; loculamentis
pulpa resinosa scatentibus; dissepimenta valvulis contraria.
SEMINA, tria seu quatuor, angulata, oblonga, obtusa, ossea.
EMPALEMENT. Cup five-leaved, beneath, and falling off.
BLOSSOM. Five petals; claws concave, closing into a tube pitcher-shaped;
the borders oblong egg shaped, spreading.
CHIVES. Threads five, awl-shaped, inserted into the receptacle. Tips
arrow shaped, upright, fixed by the back to the threads.
POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, above, flattened. Shaft very short,
cylindrical. Summit headed, flat.
SEED VESSEL. A roundish berry 2-5 cells, 2-5 valves; the cells filled
with a resinous pulp; partitions contrary to the valves.
SEEDS, three or four, angulated, oblong, obtuse, and bony.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Pittosporum foliis ovalibus, obtusis, glaberrimis, coriaceis,
integerrimis.
Pittosporum with oval leaves, blunt ended, very smooth, leathery, and
quite entire.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Petal of the Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. The Pointal separated from the Chives.
5. A Berry of the size when ripe.
About the year 1763, this plant was first raised in Britain, from seeds
which had been received from the Island of Madeira, by Messrs. Lee and
Kennedy, Hammersmith. It forms one of the most decorative and
conspicuous plants, either in the Conservatory, or Green-house; and if
encouraged in its growth, by being planted in the border of the one; or
kept in rich earth, in a large pot in the other, will attain the height
of from 6 to 8 feet. The finest specimen we believe, in England, of this
plant is to be found in the elegant Conservatory of the Right Honourable
Lord R. Spencer, Woolbedding, Sussex. The flowers, which grow in
clusters from the ends of the branches in May, have the flavour of
Jasmine; but are rather transitory. It is propagated but slowly and with
difficulty, as it does not perfect its seeds with us, and it is not to
be increased by laying: the only method is cuttings, which should be
taken whilst very young and tender from the plant, about April, and put
from 6 to 8 in a pot, fixed very tight, in stiffish loam; they must
remain under a hand-glass on a shady border till Autumn, when they may
be removed into the hot-house and plunged into the bark bed, where they
will begin to grow the ensuing spring.
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PLATE CLII.
GERANIUM SPATHULATUM.
_Spatula-leaved Geranium._
CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. _of Suppl. Syst. Veg. 1781._
_MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.
One Pointal. Five summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
berries.
See GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM, Pl. XII. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
GERANIUM foliis integerrimis, spathulatis, glabris, obtusis,
radicalibus; calycibus monophyllis; staminibus quinque fertilibus;
radice tuberosa.
GERANIUM with quite entire leaves, spatula-shaped, smooth, blunt, and
growing from the root; cups one-leaved; five fertile chives; root
tuberous.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement cut open, to shew its hollow structure.
2. The Chives and Pointal natural size.
3. The Chives spread open, to shew the number and situation of the
fertile ones, which are alternate.
4. The Pointal magnified.
The greater number of Geraniums which have been introduced of late, are
of the tuberous herbaceous kind; drawings of 14 we have, independent of
those already figured; constituting a distinguished, and distinct
natural branch of this extensive family. For the most part, they have
only five fertile chives with tubular empalements, some only two, and
others seven, with the footstalk of the flower solid up to the bottom of
the cup. This species is as yet, we believe, only in the Hibbertian
Collection, Clapham, where our drawing was taken in April this year. The
roots had been received in the autumn of 1800 from the Cape. It appears
to require the same management as G. punctatum, and like it, may be
increased by the root.
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PLATE CLIII.
VIOLA PEDATA.
_Bird’s-foot-leaved Violet._
CLASS XIX. ORDER VI.
_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA MONOGAMIA._ Tips united. Flowers simple.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium pentaphyllum, breve, persistens; foliolis
ovato-oblongis, erectis, apice acutioribus, basi obtusis, supra basin
affixis, æqualibus, sed dispositione variis: quorum duo fulciunt petalum
α; singula singulum petalum β. γ.; unicum duo petala δ. ε. simùl.
COROLLA pentapetala, irregularis, petalis inæqualibus; quorum.
_Petalum_ α. _supremum_ rectum, deorsum spectans, latius, obtusius,
emarginatum, desinens basi in nectarium corniculatum, obtusum, inter
calycis foliola prominens.
β. γ. _Lateralia_ paria, obtusa, opposita, recta.
δ. ε. _Insima_ paria, majora, sursum reflexa.
STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, minima, quorum duo petalo α. proxima
appendicibus annexis intrant nectarium. Antheræ sæpius connexæ, obtusæ,
membranis ad apicem auctæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum. Stylus filiformis, extra antheras
prominens. Stigma obliquum.
PERICARPIUM. Capsula ovata, trigona, obtusa, unilocularis, trivalvis.
SEMINA plura, ovata, appendiculata, valvis affixa. Receptaculum lineare,
per singulam valvulam lineæ instar excurrens.
_Obs. Stigma vel in hamum simplicem reflectitur, vel capitulum est
concavum apice perforato._
CUP five-leaved, short, permanent; leaflets oblong-egg-shaped, erect,
sharpish at the point, blunt at the bottom, joined together above the
base, equal, but variously disposed; of which, two support petal α. one
each petal β. γ. and one the two petals δ. ε. together.
BLOSSOM five petals, irregular, unequal petals, of which
_The upper petal_ α. is upright, bent back, broader, and blunter than
the rest, notched at the end, terminating at the base in a blunt
horn-shaped honey-cup, protruding between the leaflets of the cup.
_The lateral petals_ β. γ. grow in pairs, obtuse, opposite, upright.
_The lower petals_ δ. ε. grow in pairs, larger, and reflexed upwards.
CHIVES. Five threads, very small; of which the two nearest to the petal
α. have small appendages which enter the honey-cup, Tips generally
united, blunt, enlarged by skinny substances at the end.
POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish. Shaft thread-shaped, projecting beyond the
tips. Summit oblique.
SEED-VESSEL. Capsule egg-shaped, three-sided, blunt, one cell and three
valves.
SEEDS many, egg-shaped, having appendages, fixed to the valves.
Receptacle linear, running like a line along each valve.
_Obs. The summit is either reflexed into a simple hook, or a concave
small head perforated at the end._
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
VIOLA acaulis; foliis pedatis, septempartitis; laciniis dentatis.
VIOLET without a stem, leaves formed like a bird’s foot, with seven
divisions; segments toothed.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
2. One of the upper Petals of the Blossom.
3. One of the lateral Petals.
4. The lower Petal, with its Honey-cup.
5. The Chives and Pointal with the Appendages that fall into the
Honey-cup from the two hinder threads.
6. The Pointal magnified.
The Bird’s-foot-leaved Violet is a native of North America near
Philadelphia; and (according to the Kew Catalogue) was cultivated by Mr.
P. Miller, in 1759, at the Physic Gardens, Chelsea. It is a hardy
herbaceous plant, but is sometimes destroyed by the wetness of our
autumnal months: the flowers, if kept in the open air, expand about May,
or the beginning of June; but if kept in pots they, with a slight
protection from the Spring frosts, will be produced in April. Peat earth
is the soil it approves most, and it should not be exposed to too much
wet, whether planted in the borders or in pots. The roots may be parted
in March.
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PLATE CLIV.
ECHIUM ARGENTEUM.
_Silvery-leaved Viper’s-Bugloss._
CLASS V. ORDER I.
_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA irregularis, fauce nudâ.
BLOSSOM irregular, mouth naked.
See ECHIUM GRANDIFLORUM, Pl. XX. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Echium foliis lanceolatis, acutis, sericeo-villosis; spicis
terminalibus; corolla violacea, subæqualia.
Viper’s-bugloss with lance-shaped leaves, sharp-pointed and
silkily-hairy; spikes terminate the branches; blossom violet colour,
nearly equal.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives remaining attached.
3. The Seed-buds, Shaft, and Summit.
This fine species of Echium, was raised from seeds received from the
Cape of Good Hope in the year 1789, at the nursery, Hammersmith; where
our drawing was made, last year, from a plant which had been planted in
the open ground, for the summer months; and where it had grown to the
height of four feet. It is a hardy green-house plant, and grows best in
light earth, either peat, or leaf mould; and flowers about July. It is
as difficult to propagate as either, the E. grandiflorum, or E.
ferocissimum; but only to be increased, like them, by cuttings.
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PLATE CLV.
IXIA POLYSTACHIA.
_Many-spiked Ixia._
CLASS III. ORDER I.
_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 6-partita, patens, equalis. Stigmata 3, erectiusculo-patula.
BLOSSOM 6-divisions, spreading, equal. Summits three, nearly upright and
spreading.
See IXIA REFLEXA, Vol. I. Plate XIV.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ixa foliis linearibus; scapo spicis pluribus; floribus oppositis,
spicatis; corollis albidis.
Ixia with linear leaves; flower-stem with many spikes; flowers grow
opposite and spiked; blossoms white.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.
2. A flower cut open to shew the situation of the Chives.
3. The Pointal natural size.
This is the plant which is figured by Miller, in the coloured plates
which correspond with the dictionary, 104, t. 155. fig. 2. under the
specific title it here bears; and, says the Kew Catalogue, was
cultivated by him 1757. Since this is the first which bore the title of
Polystachia, and being of the colour we think is mostly primitive in
flowers, we have given it the preference; and shall confider all the
other 18, (of which we have drawings and decidedly of this species) as
varieties from this. The flowers of this species are more lasting than
most of the others; and are in general, especially this sort, very
hardy. It propagates freely by the root and by seed. Our drawing was
made at the nursery, Hammersmith, last year, in the month of May.
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PLATE CLVI.
BANKSIA ERICÆFOLIA.
_Heath-leaved Banksia._
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
_Receptaculum commune_ elongatum, squamosum. Corolla tetra-petala.
Stamina limbo inserta. Capsula bivalvis, disperma, interjecto seminibus
dissepimento mobili. Semina alata.
Common receptacle elongated, scaly. Blossom of four petals. Chives
inserted into the limb of the blossom. Capsule with two valves, two
seeds, and a moveable partition between them. Seeds winged.
See BANKSIA SERRATA, Pl. LXXXII. Vol. II.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Banksia foliis linearibus, margine revolutis, truncato-emarginatis,
supra glabris.
Banksia with linear leaves, rolled back at the edge, appearing cut off
at the ends, which are notched and smooth on the upper side.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Blossom complete.
2. The same spread open.
3. The Petals of a flower, with their chives magnified.
4. The Pointal natural size, with the Summit detached, magnified.
5. The rudiments of a cone, cleared from the flowers.
The seeds of this species of Banksia were amongst the first which
arrived from New Holland, and plants were raised at the nursery,
Hammersmith, in the same year as the B. serrata. To the directions in
the management and increase of which plant, we refer our readers for the
treatment of this, as it requires no other. It grows to the height of
five, or six feet, very bushy from the bottom, and the leaves, which are
harsh and numerous, are not very subject to decay. Although it has
flowered in many collections, where we have seen it, we have had no
opportunity of making an accurate drawing until last month, March 1801,
from a fine plant in the collection of G. Hibbert Esq. Clapham.
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PLATE CLVII.
CORDIA SEBESTENA.
_Rough-leaved Cordia._
CLASS V. ORDER I.
_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum, apice dentatum, persistens.
COROLLA monopetala, infundibuliformis: tubus patulus, longitudine
calycis; limbus erecto-patens, sectus in quinque (quatuor vel sex),
lacinias obtusas.
STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, subulata. Antheræ oblongæ, longitudine tubi.
PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, acuminatum. Stylus simplex, longitudine
staminum, superne bifidus, laciniis bifidis. Stigmata obtusa.
PERICARPIUM. Drupa globosa, acuminata, calyce accreta.
SEMEN. Nux sulcata, quadrilocularis.
EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, tubular, toothed at the upper part, remaining.
BLOSSOM one petal, funnel-shaped; tube widening, the length of the cup;
border upright and spreading, cut into five (four or six) obtuse
segments.
CHIVES. Five threads, awl-shaped. Tips oblong, the length of the tube.
POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, tapered. Shaft simple, the length of the
chives, two-cleft at the upper part, segments two-cleft. Summits blunt.
SEED-VESSEL, pulpy, globular, tapered, growing to the cup.
SEED. A furrowed, four-celled nut.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Cordia foliis oblongo-ovatis, scabris; floribus miniatis, crispis,
hexandris.
Cordia with oblong egg-shaped rough leaves; flowers deep orange colour,
crumpled, and with six chives.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Blossom spread open, with the Chives in their place.
6. The Pointal and Seed-bud.
As it should seem a determined principle in the inscrutable arrangement
of nature’s productions, to the greater humiliation of our very limited
understandings; that no effort as emanating solely from thence, shall be
perfect; so must we be content to pursue our Botanical travel, under the
guidance of a system decidedly defective; yet certainly, the best we
have to boast. Scarce a genus, comprehending a number of species, but
must be strained in its class or order, for the introduction of one, or
more species, evidently of the same family. So convinced was our great
master of the science, of the impossibility of forming such certain
data, that to prevent the confusion and difficulty, which must have
arisen, from such an accumulation of Genera, if every sexual character
was attended to, that, where certain other characters (called by him
essential, and adopted as a substitute for such occasional hiatus) are
formed, the plant is retained under the Genus so characterised. This
disquisition is the natural result of our examination of the present
plant, which, although the chives are six, is placed in the fifth class!
The Rough-leaved Cordia is a native of the Weft India Islands and was
cultivated, says Martyn’s Dictionary, from Dillenius, in the year 1728,
by Dr. Sherard. It is a tender hot-house plant, may be increased by
cuttings made about the month of April, if kept from too much moisture,
in a pot of sandy loam, under a small striking glass in the bark-bed. At
present it is rather a scarce plant in our collections, and as it is
rather difficult to propagate, is likely to continue so, at least for
some years. From an imported plant, received by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy,
Hammersmith, from the island of Barbadoes, our figure was taken in the
year 1789, about the month of July. It is grown to the greatest
perfection by keeping it in a mixture of rotten dung and loam.
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PLATE CLVIII.
GERANIUM ECHINATUM. _Var. flore rubro-purpureo._
_Prickly-stalked Geranium. Red-purple flowered Var._
CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. _of Suppl. Syst. Veg. 1781._
_MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
MONOGYNA. Stigmata 5. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.
ONE POINTAL. Five Summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry
berries.
See GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM. Pl. XII. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Geranium foliis sericeis, cordatis, inequaliter dentatis; caule spinoso,
subcarnoso, spinis retrofractis; floribus hexandris, rubro-purpureis;
calycibus pilosis.
Geranium with silky heart-shaped leaves, unequally toothed; stem spiny,
rather fleshy, spines turned downwards; flowers with six fertile tips
and red-purple; cups hairy.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
2. An upper Petal of the Blossom.
3. An under Petal of the Blossom.
4. The Chives and Pointal.
5. The Chives spread open.
6. The Pointal, magnified.
This fine variety of the Prickly-stalked Geranium, was introduced, at
the same time with the white variety, by Mr. Francis Masson, to the
Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1795. It is a tender plant, and requires
the heat of the hot-house, through the winter months to preserve it,
being a native of that part of Africa near the Namaqua land, which is in
most parts a barren, arid sand, extremely hot and parched, experiencing
little change through the whole year. The propagation is either produced
by cuttings, or from the roots, which are tuberous, in most instances,
if the plant is kept in light sandy peat earth. The drawing was made, in
March this year, at the Nursery of Mr. J. Colville, King’s Road,
Chelsea.
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PLATE CLIX.
IXIA CAPITATA. _Var. flore albo, fundo nigro._
_Bunch flowering Ixia._ _Var. white flowered, black bottom._
CLASS III. ORDER I.
_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 6-petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria, erectiusculo-patula.
BLOSSOM six petals, spreading, equal. Summits three, nearly upright,
spreading.
See IXIA REFLEXA, Vol. I. Plate XIV.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ixia, foliis ensiformibus; floribus capitatis, consertis, albidis,
petalis basi nigrissime notatis.
Ixia, with sword-shaped leaves; flowers grow in close bunches, whitish,
the petals very dark, marked at the base.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.
2. A Blossom spread open, with the Chives remaining.
3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, one Summit detached, magnified.
As no difference, either in culture or increase, is necessary for this
plant, more than is required for the other varieties of this species of
Ixia; we shall refer our readers to the directions for the treatment of
them, for the management of this. Our figure is from a drawing taken at
the Hammersmith nursery in the year 1799, about the month of May. It is
one of those introduced to the Royal Gardens at Kew by Mr. F. Masson
about the year 1774, although lost to us for some years, but since
received from the collections in Holland.
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PLATE CLX.
ARISTEA MAJOR.
_Spike-flowered Aristea._
CLASS III. ORDER I.
_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
PETALA 6. Stigma concavum. Capsula triloba, trilocularis, loculis
compressis. Semina in singulo loculo bina, compressa truncata.
PETALS 6. Summit concave. Capsule three-lobed, three-celled; cells
flattened. Seeds two in each cell, flattened and appearing cut off at
the end.
See ARISTEA CYANEA, Pl. X. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Aristea foliis ensiformibus longissimis; floribus spicatis, cæruleis.
Aristea with very long leaves; flowers grow in spikes, and blue.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.
2. A Blossom with the Seed-bud, both cut open and remaining attached,
the Shaft removed.
3. The Pointal natural size, with the summit detached magnified.
4. A ripe seed-vessel, natural size.
5. The same with the cells laid open to shew the situation of the seeds.
The Genus Aristea, having certainly been formed from a dried specimen of
the plant, the alterations we have made in our Generic and Essential
characters, will, upon inspecting the dissections, appear absolutely
necessary; as the shaft is not bent, in either species we have examined,
whilst the flower is perfect; but assumes that appearance on its decay,
as it becomes involved with the petals, which twist up in the manner of
Morœa, Iris, &c. The Summit likewise, is not funnel-shaped, but merely a
little concave, with a border; other small variations have been made, in
the character of the seed-vessel and seed. In the year 1794, this fine
plant was raised by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, from seeds received by them
from the Cape of Good Hope, where it is native. It is one of the very
hardiest inhabitants of the greenhouse, and is propagated, either from
the seed, which ripens with us; or by the offsets made from the root.
The plant is persistent, but does not acquire a stem; the leaves growing
to the length of from two, to three feet, the flower-stem sometimes to
the height of four feet; which was nearly that of the plant in the
Collection of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham, from which our drawing was taken
in the month of July 1800. It should be planted in sandy peat.
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PLATE CLXI.
HERMANNIA PULVERATA.
_Powdered Hermannia._
CLASS XVI. ORDER II.
_MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA._ Threads united. Five Pointals.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, quinquefidum, subrotundum, inflatum;
lacinulis inflexis; persistens.
COROLLA pentapetala, spiralis; ungues longitudine calycis, utrinque
aucti membranula connivente in tubum cucullatum nectariferum; limbus
patens, latiusculus, obtusus.
STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, latiuscula, inferne levissime in unum corpus
coalita. Antheræ erectæ, acuminatæ, conniventes.
PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, pentagonum, quinquangulare. Styli
quinque, filiformes, approximati, subulati, staminibus longiores.
Stigmata simplicia.
PERICARPIUM. Capsula subrotunda, pentagona, quinque-locularis, apice
dehiscens.
SEMINA plurima, parva.
EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, five-cleft, roundish and swelled out; segments
turned inwards; remaining.
BLOSSOM, five petals, spiral; claws the length of the cup, widened on
both sides by a small skinny substance forming a honey-bearing,
cowl-shaped tube; border spreading, broadish, blunt.
CHIVES. Five threads, broadish, slightly joined at the base into one
body. Tips upright, tapered, and approaching each other.
POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, five-sided, five-angled. Shafts five,
thread-shaped, close together, awl shaped, longer than the Chives.
Summits simple.
SEED VESSEL. Capsula roundish, five-sided, five-celled, splitting at
top.
SEEDS, many, small.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Hermannia foliis bipinnatifidis, scabriusculis, albicantibus; pedunculis
bifloris, longissimis; corollis sordidé luteis.
Hermannia with doubly wing-cleft leaves, rather rough and whitish;
flower-stems two-flowered, very long; blossoms of a dirty yellow.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A leaf of the Blossom, to shew its incurved character at the base.
3. The Chives, magnified, with the pointals remaining, to shew their
length with regard to the Chives.
4. The Seed-bud, Shafts, Summits, magnified.
This plant appears to stand an intermediate character, between Mahernia
and Hermannia: the general habit affines most to the former, and indeed,
the shape of the threads, on which the essential generical distinction
rests, approaches very near to those in Mahernia; for, although they
have not absolutely foot-stalks, they are much larger, above the middle,
than is usual in Hermannia, as may be seen on the plate; where these
parts are shewn, magnified. It has likewise that singularly curious
character, seen in Mahernia, of the two blossoms which terminate the
flower-stems, each taking a contrary direction, in its spiral twist, to
the other. As a greenhouse plant, it is rather tender in regard to damp,
though not to cold; therefore, should be kept in the most airy part of
the house. It is a native of the Cape, from whence it was introduced in
the year 1796, to the Royal Gardens, Kew. By cuttings made in the month
of April, it may be preserved, and increased, as it is not a long-lived
plant. Loam, with a small portion of old rotten dung, it thrives in
most. Our drawing was taken, at the Nursery, Hammersmith, in June 1800.
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PLATE CLXII.
VERBASCUM FERRUGINEUM.
_Rusty-flowered Mullein._
CLASS V. ORDER I.
_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, quinquepartitum, parvum, persistens;
laciniis erectis, acutis.
COROLLA monopetala, rotata, sub-inæqualis; tubus cylindraceus,
brevissimus; limbus patens, quinque-partitus; laciniis ovatis, obtusis.
STAMINA. Filaments quinque, subulata, corolla breviora. Antheræ
subrotundæ, compressæ, erectæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine staminum,
inclinatus. Stigma crassiusculum, obtusum.
PERICARPIUM. Capsula subrotunda, bilocularis, bivalvis, superne
dehiscens. Receptacula dimidiato-ovata, dissepimento affixa.
SEMINA numerosa, angulata.
_Obs._ In plerisque stamina inclinata sunt, villisque coloratis interne
vestita.
EMPALEMENT. Cup of one leaf, with five divisions, small, remaining;
segments upright, sharp pointed.
BLOSSOM one petal, wheel-shaped, rather unequal; tube cylindrical, very
short; border spreading, five divisions; segments egg-shaped, blunt.
CHIVES. Threads five, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom. Tips
roundish, flattened, upright.
POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the
chives, bent downward. Summit rather thick and blunt.
SEED-VESSEL. Capsule roundish, with two cells, two valves, splitting at
the top. Receptacles the form of half an egg, fixed to the partition.
SEEDS numerous, angular.
_Obs._ In the greatest number of species the chives are bent downward,
and clothed with soft, coloured hairs on the lower part.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Verbascum foliis subvillosis, rugosis; caulinis subsessilibus, æqualiter
crenatis, radicalibus oblongis, cordatis, duplicato crenatis.
Mullein with leaves a little hairy and rough: stem leaves almost without
foot stalks, equally scolloped; leaves from the root oblong,
heart-shaped, and doubly scolloped.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Leaf of the plant, from the lower part.
2. The Empalement.
3. A Blossom, shewn from the front.
4. The same cut open from the side, to shew the insertion of the chives.
5. One Chive magnified.
6. The Pointal and Seed-bud, magnified.
The rusty-flowered Mullein of the Kew Catalogue, collated from
Sutherland’s Hortus Medicus Edinburghensis, is undoubtedly our plant;
but, though it stands a name in the book, we much question its having
graced the garden, at the time of its publication. It certainly has been
lost to us above a century, and but recently introduced to the Oxford
Botanic Garden by the late Dr. Sibthorpe. Being a hardy biennial, it
will perfect its seeds about July, which may be sown in August the same
year. It will grow in any soil, but a sandy compost of light peat and
loam suits it most. The flowers on the spikes, which grow sometimes to
the length of four feet, continue to expand, upwards, for above two
months; that is to say, from April, till June. Our figure was taken from
a specimen sent by the Hon. W. H. Irby, from his garden at the
Parsonage, Farnham Royal, Bucks.
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PLATE CLXIII.
AMARYLLIS FOTHERGILLIA.
_Fothergillian Lily Daffodil._
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 6-petala, campanulata. Stigma trifidum.
BLOSSOM 6-petalled, bell shaped. Summit three-cleft.
See AMARYLLIS RADIATA, Pl. XCV. Vol. II.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Amaryllis spatha multiflora; petalis lanceolatis, apice revolutis;
genetalibus erectis; foliis linearibus, sub-canaliculatis, obtusis,
glaucis.
Lily Daffodil with many flowers in the sheath; petals lance-shaped,
rolled back at the point; parts of fructification upright; leaves
linear, rather channelled, obtuse, and of a sea-green colour.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Petal, with its Chive attached.
2. The Seed bud, and Pointal.
3. A ripe Seed-vessel, with the Seeds.
Even amidst this splendid family, Amaryllis Fothergillia stands
conspicuously preeminent; the flowers have the same vivid character of
refulgence, when exposed to the sun’s rays, which is perceived in A.
Sarniensis, or the Guernsey Lily, to which it is nigh affined. The late
Dr. Fothergill (to whom the botanical world is so much indebted, for the
zeal and extraordinary liberality he constantly manifested, in advancing
the science) received this plant from China at the same time with A.
aurea, A. radiata, &c. about the year 1777. It is rather a scarce and
tender bulb, as it is subject to rot by overmuch wet. It has hitherto
been kept, as are most plants on their first arrival from China, in the
hot-house; but, from every appearance, we should be led to suppose, it
would not perish if kept in the Green-house, as we question much,
whether it is not equally hardy with the Guernsey Lily, and a native,
originally, as well as the latter, of Japan.
It should be planted in sandy loam, with a small quantity of rough peat,
above the tiles in the pot, to make it flower. The propagation is from
offsets, which are produced but rarely from the old bulbs. Our figure
was taken from a plant in the Hammersmith nursery this year, 1801, in
the month of May.
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PLATE CLXIV.
GALAXIA GRANDIFLORA.
_Large-flowered Galaxia._
CLASS XVI. ORDER I.
_MONADELPHIA TRIANDRIA._ Threads united. Three Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
SPATHA univalvis. Corolla monopetala, 6 fida, tubus filiformis. Stigma
multipartita.
SHEATH of one valve. Blossom one petal, 6-cleft, tube thread-shaped.
Summit many divisions.
See GALAXIA OVATA, Pl. XCIV. Vol. II.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Galaxia foliis canaliculatis, acuminatis, arcuatis; corolla magna,
lutea, folia æquantia.
Galaxia with channelled leaves, tapered to the point, and arched;
blossom large, yellow, and the length of the leaves.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The sheath of the blossom.
2. A Blossom spread open, with the Chives attached.
3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, the summit detached, magnified.
The figure of this delicate little bulb was taken from a plant in the
Hibbertian Collection, which had been imported in the last, and flowered
in February this year 1801. It is a tender plant, and the roots are very
subject to decay after flowering, for which reason, they should be
removed from the pot before the leaves are quite decayed. Mr. Allen
informs us he has kept it, in the greenhouse, with the other Cape bulbs,
planted in light sandy peat earth.
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PLATE CLXV.
ECHIUM GLAUCOPHYLLUM.
_Sea-green-leaved Viper’s-Bugloss._
CLASS V. ORDER I.
_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA irregularis, fauce nuda.
BLOSSOM irregular, mouth naked.
See ECHIUM GRANDIFLORUM, Pl. XX. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Echium caule fruticoso; ramis calycibusque glabris; foliis
ovato-lanceolatis, glaucis, glabris, margine serrulatis; corollis
subæqualibus.
Viper’s-Bugloss with a shrubby stem; branches very smooth; leaves
between egg and lance-shaped, of a sea-green colour, smooth, and
slightly sawed at the margin; blossoms nearly equal.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Blossom cut open, to shew the insertion of the chives.
3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified.
This shrubby species of Echium was introduced, to the Royal Gardens at
Kew, by Mr. F. Masson, in the year 1792, from the Cape of Good Hope. It
grows to the height of three feet, or more, rather bushy at the top,
flowers about the month of May, and perfects its seeds with us; by which
only method, it is to be propagated. It thrives best in a light loamy
soil, with a small proportion of sandy peat, about one fourth.
Professor Martyn, in his Miller’s Dic. has collated two descriptions of
Echiums under the titles of lævigatum, and glabrum; the first, No. 9,
from Lin. Sp. Plant. 199; the second, No 19, from Vahl. Symb. 3. 22.
Thunberg has likewise, in his Prodromus, 33. two names of plants, as E.
lævigatum, and E. glabrum; from whom Willdenow, in his new Edition of
Sp. Plant, p. 785, has copied them under the same titles; adding, the
various synonyms, from Linnæus’s Sp. Plant, to the one; and to the
latter, Prof. Jacquin’s specific of glaucophyllum, taken from his Ic.
rar. 2. t. 312, and his Collect. 2. p. 325. Now, we have little
hesitation in declaring our opinion, and we think, those who choose to
compare our figure with the different descriptions here mentioned, will
coincide with us, that this is the plant from which they must all have
originated, except the E. glabrum of Vahl, which we take to be a
different plant; as, the cup is described hairy, the length of the tube
of the blossom; the chives longer, and the flower smaller. Wherefore, we
have taken, for our plant, the specific title of Jacquin, as being, in
our idea, the most appropriate.
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PLATE CLXVI.
GLADIOLUS ABREVIATUS.
_Shortened-petalled Gladiolus._
CLASS III. ORDER I.
_TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA sexpartita, ringens. Stamina adscendentia.
BLOSSOM six divisions, gaping. Chives ascending.
See GLADIOLUS ROSEUS, Pl. XI. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Gladiolus foliis linearibus, cruciatis, scapo longioribus; corolla
tubulosa, striata, ima angustata, lacinia summa magna, recta, ovata,
reliquæ vero parvæ, abreviatæ.
Gladiolus with linear leaves, cross shaped, longer than the flower-stem;
blossom tubular, streaked, and narrowed at the lower part, the upper
petal is large, grows straight out, and egg-shaped, the others are
small, and appear as if shortened.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The outer sheath of the Empalement.
2. The inner sheath of the Empalement.
3. A Blossom spread open, with the Chives attached.
4. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summits.
This most singular Gladiolus was received, amongst a variety of others,
in the year 1799, from the Cape of Good Hope, by Messrs. Lee and
Kennedy, Hammersmith; at whose nursery it flowered in March, this year
1801, for the first time. It is a hardy bulb, and propagates freely from
the root; grows about two feet high, and, before flowering, has much the
appearance of G. tristis.
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PLATE CLXVII.
BRUNSFELSIA UNDULATA.
_Waved-flowered Brunsfelsia._
CLASS XIV. ORDER II.
_DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA._ Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, campanulatum, quinquedentatum, obtusum,
minimum, persitens.
COROLLA monopetala, infundibuliformis; tubus longissimus, subincurvus;
limbus planus, quinquefidus, obtusus.
STAMINA. Filamenta quatuor, brevissima. Antheræ oblongæ, erectæ,
filamentis dorso affixæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, parvum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine
tubi. Stigma crassiusculum.
PERICARPIUM. Capsula extus baccata, globosa, unilocularis, bivalvis.