pedicellis calycibusque hirsutis: caule terragono.
Habitat in Insula Jamaicæ.
JUSTICIA with a shrubby stem: leaves elliptic: flowers mostly by
threes: footstalks and calyx hairy: stem four-sided.
Native of Jamaica.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A blossom spread open.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
This ornamental stove plant was raised from West India seed, by Mr. J.
Milne, nurseryman at Fonthill, about the year 1807; and from a fine
specimen communicated by him in June 1811 our figure was delineated.
It is a perfectly new species, and has not hitherto, we believe, been
either figured or described.
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PLATE DCXLIV.
LOBELIA SPECULUM.
_Lobel’s Venus’s Looking-glass._
CLASS XIX. ORDER VI.
_SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA._ Tips united. Flowers simple.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 5-fidus. Corolla 1-petala, irregularis. Capsula infera,
2-seu 3-locularis.
CUP 5-cleft. Blossom 1-petalled, irregular. Capsule beneath, 2-or
3-celled.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
LOBELIA foliis linearibus, integerrimis, superne acutis, ad basin
dentatis, et ad apicem latioribus: corollis atro-purpureis,
laciniis subequalibus: frutex pygmeus, ramulis numerosis
tenuissimis patentibus.
LOBELIA with linear leaves, entire, and pointed on the upper part
of the plant, but toothed on the lower part, and broader at the
end: Blossoms of a dark purple colour, with nearly equal segments.
A dwarf shrub, with numerous slender spreading branches.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A blossom spread open.
2. The empalement, chives, and pointal, tips and summit magnified.
Of this perfectly new species of Lobelia we do not find either figure
or description in any author ancient or modern. The resemblance
it bears to the _Campanula Speculum_, or Bell-flowered Venus’s
Looking-glass, induced us to give it the same specific title. It is a
delicate slender little annual, with an abundant succession of dark
purple flowers, which appear to great advantage when the sun shines.
In the regularity of its corolla it differs essentially from the genus
Lobelia, and in a manuscript of the late Dr. Solander we find an
intention to separate it by the generic title of _Speculare_.
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PLATE DCXLV.
EPIDENDRUM FRAGRANS.
_Sweet-scented Epidendrum._
CLASS XX. ORDER I.
_GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
NECTARIUM turbinatum, obliquum, reflexum.
HONEY-CUP top-shaped, oblique, and reflexed. See Pl. XIII. Vol. I.
Epidendrum cochleatum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
EPIDENDRUM folio lanceolate bulbo innato, scapo abbreviato
multifloro, lamina labelli cordata acuta.
_Wildenow’s Sp. Pl._
EPIDENDRUM with a lance-shaped leaf upon the bulb, with a short
stalk, many-flowered.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement, chives, and pointal.
2. The honey-cup.
This species of Epidendrum is an old inhabitant of the hot-house, and
much esteemed for the fragrance of its flowers, and the only one at
present known to us (the angustifolium excepted) with a single leaf.
It is enumerated in the Species Plantarum of Willdenow, as described
by Swartz; but we do not find that any figure of it has before been
published.
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PLATE DCXLVI.
PROTEA RADIATA.
_Radiated 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 obtuse lanceolatis, obliquis, horizontaliter sitis:
squamis calycinis spathulatis, rubris, tomentosis, marginibus
pilosis: caule erecto, bipedali.
PROTEA with leaves obtusely lance-shaped, standing sideways in an
horizontal direction: scales of the empalement spathula-shaped,
red, and downy, with hairy margins. Stem upright, and about two
feet high.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower complete.
2. The empalement and flowers of a green variety.
This Protea is nearest allied to the P. coronata published in the
Seventh Volume of this Work, Pl. 469, but differs essentially from it
(and also from every other species of Protea at present known to us)
in having so few flowers, that the centre looks like an empty cup,
the flowers being spread out towards the imbricated scales of the
empalement in a circular manner; whence its specific title of radiata.
In the bud state it does not promise that splendid appearance which it
exhibits when expanded. Our figure represents a plant from the nursery
of Mr. Knight, of the King’s Road, Chelsea. At the base we have added
the head of flowers of a green variety, communicated to us from the
Hammersmith Nursery, raised from Cape seed, at the same time as the
red, about the year 1809, and which flowered for the first time in this
country last autumn (1811).
* * * * *
In our last Number we forgot to mention that the figure of the Lobelia
Speculum was taken from a plant in the nursery of Messrs. Colville, and
the Epidendrum fragrans from the collection of J. Vere, esq.
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PLATE DCXLVII.
ANDROSACE CORONOPIFOLIA.
_Buck’s-horn Plantain-leaved Androsace._
CLASS V. ORDER I.
_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Stamens. One Style.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
INVOLUCRUM umbellatum. Corolla hypocrateriformis, 5-loba, ore
glanduloso. Capsula quinquevalvis.
UMBEL with an involucre. Corolla salver-shaped, five-lobed, with
glands at the mouth. Capsule with five valves.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
ANDROSACE foliis lineari-lanceolatis dentatis, umbellæ radiis
laxis sub-capillaribus numerosis, corollis calyce duplo
longioribus.
ANDROSACE with linear-lanced toothed leaves: the rays of the umbel
hair-like, loose, very numerous, and the blossoms double the
length of the calyx.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A blossom spread open.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
4. A ripe seed-vessel.
5. The same opened to expose the seeds.
Our drawing of this elegant little plant was taken at the nursery
of Messrs. Malcolm and Co., at Kensington, July 1811. No figure or
description of the species has before been published; but we have seen
wild specimens of it in the herbarium of A. B. Lambert, esq., gathered
by the Swedish naturalist Laxman, near the Lake Baical in Siberia,
and marked _Androsace angustifolia_. The height of the plants in
cultivation with us varies from three to ten inches, the number of rays
in the central umbel are from twelve to twenty, and in the lateral ones
from six to fourteen; the plant is annual, and generally sows itself
upon the borders where it grows. We are informed it was introduced
about 1806, by Mr. Bell, of Sion Gate near Brentford, who received
seeds of it from Siberia, under the name of _Androsace lactea_.
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PLATE DCXLVIII.
CROTOLARIA SALTIANA.
_Salt’s Crotolaria._
CLASS XVII. ORDER IV.
_DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Two Brotherhoods. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
LEGUMEN turgidum, inflatum, pedicellatum: filamenta connata, cum
fissura dorsali.
POD turgid, inflated, pedicelled. Chives conjoined, with a dorsal
fissure.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
CROTOLARIA frutescens, floribus spicatis: ramis teretibus,
tomentosis: foliis ternatis: foliolis ovatis, tomentosis: petiolis
uncialibus.
SHRUBBY Crotalaria. Flowers grow in spikes: branches are round and
downy. Leaves ternate. Leaflets ovate and downy. Petioles an inch
long.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. The standard.
3. The under-side of the same.
4. One of the wings.
5. The keel.
6. The chives.
7. Seed-bud and pointal.
This nondescript species of Crotolaria was introduced by Mr. Salt last
April (1811) from the distant region of Abyssinia. We have therefore
named it after him, in compliment to that ardour, which in the pursuit
of natural history has twice impelled him to undertake a journey to so
remote a country. Our figure represents a fine specimen communicated to
us by A. B. Lambert, esq., who raised it from seed in his hot-stove at
Boyton, and where it flowered last summer (1811) for the first time in
this country.
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PLATE DCXLIX.
ALSTROMERIA EDULIS.
_Eatable Alstromeria._
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 6-petala, sub-bilabiata: petalis 2 inferioribus
basi-tubulosis. Stamina declinata.
BLOSSOM 6-petalled, nearly bilabiate: two of the lower petals are
tubular at the base. Stamens standing sideways.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
ALSTROMERIA foliis alternis, ellipticis, lanceolatis, acuminatis,
glabris: floribus terminalibus, cernuis, pedunculis longis. Caulis
volubilis. Radices tuberosæ, globosæ.
ALSTROMERIA with alternate elliptic leaves, lance-shaped, pointed,
and smooth: flowers terminate the branches upon long footstalks,
nodding. Stem twining. Roots tuberous and round.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower spread open.
2. The same shown from the outer side.
3. A half ripe seed-vessel.
This elegant plant was introduced to this country by T. Evans, Esq.,
who received it in 1801 from the late Dr. Anderson, of the Botanic
Garden in the Island of St. Vincent, and which flowered for the first
time in the hot-house of the Countess de Vandes at Bayswater last
autumn (1811).
The only figure of it extant is a good coloured one recently published
in the Flore des Antilles, by F. R. Tussac, a colonist of Saint
Domingo; who describes it as being eagerly sought after by the Negroes,
not for the beauty of its flowers, but for the sake of the roots, which
not only serve them for food, but for an article of commerce, which
they take with them when they travel to the Cape of Good Hope, and sell
under the title of white Jerusalem artichokes.
This species very much resembles the A. Salsilla. The principal and
almost only distinction is, that the roots of the Salsilla are long
and ligneous, while those of the edulis are round and succulent, about
the size of young potatoes, and when boiled are said to be a light
and delicate food. A farinaceous or mealy substance is also made of
them, from which cream is made, wholesome and very agreeable to the
taste.--All the species which compose this fine genus are to be found
in the superb gardens of the Incas of Peru, where it is indigenous.
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PLATE DCL.
XERANTHEMUM FASCICULATUM, _var. flore rubro_.
_Bundled-leaved Everlasting Flower; red-flowered variety._
CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
RECEPTACULUM paleaceum. Pappus setaceus. Calyx imbricatus,
radiatus; radio colorato.
RECEPTACLE chaffy. Feather bristly. Cup tiled, rayed; the ray
coloured.
See _Xeranthemum speciosissimum_, Pl. LI. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
XERANTHEMUM foliis caulinis linearibus, fasciculatis, longissimis:
floribus solitariis; squamis calycinis lanceolatis, rubris.
EVERLASTING FLOWER with the stem-leaves linear, roundish,
bundled, and very long. Flowers solitary; the scales of the cup
lance-shaped and red.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. An hermaphrodite floret with its seed magnified.
2. Seed-bud, chives, and pointal, magnified.
This Xeranthemum was raised from seed brought over from the Cape of
Good Hope by Mr. Niven in 1809, and resembles in its habit and foliage
the X. fasciculata figured in the Fourth Volume of this Work, Plates
242 and 279, but is much more esteemed than either of them for the
brilliance of its fine red flowers. It requires no other treatment than
what is common to most of the genus, and continues in flower from May
till October.
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PLATE DCLI.
CYMBIDIUM ANDERSONII.
_Anderson’s Cymbidium._
CLASS XX. ORDER I.
_GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointals. Two Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 4-5-petala, erecta vel patens, labello basi concavo.
Anthera opercularis, decidua.
BLOSSOM 4-5-petalled, upright or spreading, with a nectary concave
at the base. Tips covered, deciduous.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
CYMBIDIUM caule elato: foliis vaginatis, lanceolatis, costatis:
floribus in spicis longis ramosis: corollis flavis.
CYMBIDIUM with a tall stem: leaves sheathed, lance-shaped, and
ribbed. Flowers grow in long branched spikes: blossoms yellow.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower without the nectarium.
2. The nectarium.
Our figure represents a nondescript species of Cymbidium communicated
to us by T. Evans, Esq., in whose collection at Stepney it flowered
last summer (1811) for the first time in this country. We have given
it the specific title of _Andersonii_, as a tribute of respect to the
late Dr. Anderson, by whom it was introduced in 1804, with many other
fine new plants, from the botanic garden in the island of St. Vincent,
and may be considered as a valuable addition to the hot stove, from its
great height and numerous large yellow blossoms.
* * * * *
⁂ In the description of the Alstromeria edulis of our last Number, Cape
of Good Hope is inserted instead of Cape François, a mistake occasioned
by our writing it off in a hurry along with some pages of the Erica, a
tribe of plants (with few exceptions) all natives of the Cape of Good
Hope. We detected the error as soon as printed, but did not think it of
sufficient consequence to cancel the page and prolong its publication,
as it had already been too long delayed; and should have only
noticed it in the Errata at the end of the Volume, (which is nearly
terminated,) were it not for the partial criticism in the Monthly
Magazine given by an interested friend to the Botanical Magazine,
who probably imagines the sale of our work is detrimental to that
publication, and reminds us of the story of the man with a very short
nose, who was always railing at the long nose of another person; which
led to the conclusion that he thought it was made at the expense of his
short one. But as our readers may think these observations long enough,
they will doubtless think those of the botanical report still more so,
as in the comments on the Protea radiata, fifteen lines are nearly
filled with technical phrases, in an ineffectual attempt to explain
the meaning of two botanical terms which he allows to be differently
accepted by different authors, and at last leaves off just where he
began. But meeting with a better opportunity in Alstromeria edulis, he
has not only made the most of that, but rather more than enough of it,
verifying the old adage, that those who can make something of nothing
will make a little go a great way.
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PLATE DCLII.
XERANTHEMUM HUMILE.
_Low-growing Xeranthemum._
CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
RECEPTACULUM paleaceum, Pappus setaceus. Calyx imbricatus,
radiatus, radio colorato.
RECEPTACLE chaffy. Feather bristly. Cup tiled, rayed, the ray
coloured.
See _Xeranthemum speciosissimum_, Pl. LI. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
XERANTHEMUM foliis subulatis sub-vestitum. Caulis humilis,
robustus, ramulis procumbentibus: floribus magnis rubris.
XERANTHEMUM with awl-shaped leaves nearly clothing the stem. Stem
low and stout, with branches hanging down. Flowers large, and of a
red colour.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. An hermaphrodite floret with its seed magnified.
This fine dwarf species of Xeranthemum was introduced from the Cape
of Good Hope at the same time with the X. fasciculatum rubrum by Mr.
Niven. It is a hardy robust green-house shrub, of humble growth, and
appears as if it would always retain that character. It requires an
airy situation, and when watered (which should not be often) to be
thoroughly wetted, as partial watering is a general destroyer of
plants, by suffering the atmosphere to exhale the humidity before it
has half penetrated to the bottom; which by repeated wetting rots the
upper part, and leaves the roots below to starve for want of moisture.
[Illustration]
PLATE DCLIII.
CORRÆA SPECIOSA.
_Showy Corræa._
CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX monophyllus, quadri-dentatus. Corolla 4-petala. Stamina
octo. Germen superum. Capsula quadrilocularis. Semina quatuor.
EMPALEMENT one leafed, four-toothed. Blossom four-petalled. Eight
chives. Seed-bud above. Capsule four cells. Seeds four.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
CORRÆA foliis oblongis, oppositis, undulatis, hirsutis, supra
viridibus, subtus tomentosis, ferrugineis: ramulis oppositis,
alternis, ferrugineis, scabre pilosis: corollis bicoloribus,
scabris.
CORRÆA with oblong opposite leaves, waved, and harshly haired,
green on the upper surface and downy and rusty beneath. Branches
opposite, alternate, rusty, and roughly haired. Blossoms
two-coloured, and rough.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A blossom spread open.
2. One of the chives.
3. Empalement, seed-bud, and pointal.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
This elegant species of Corræa, a native of New Holland, is enumerated
in Donn’s catalogue by the specific title of speciosa, but has been
overlooked in the new edition of the Hortus Kewensis. It is a hardy
green-house plant with brilliant flowers in great succession, and may
be propagated by cuttings. It requires an airy situation, and must not
be too often watered. Our figure represents one half of a fine plant in
the collection of Messrs. Colvilles.
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PLATE DCLIV.
GNAPHALIUM EXIMIUM.
_Showy Gnaphalium._
CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
_SYNGENESIS POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
RECEPTACULUM nudum. Pappus pilosus vel plumosus. Calyx,
imbricatus, radiatus, radio colorato.
RECEPTACLE naked. Down hairy or feathery. Empalement imbricated,
rayed, with the ray coloured.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
GNAPHALIUM foliis sessilibus, ovatis, confertis,
erecto-patentibus, lanatis: floribus terminalibus, paniculatis.
GNAPHALIUM with sessile ovate leaves crowded together, erect,
spreading, and woolly: flowers paniculated and terminal.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. One of the scales of the empalement.
2. A floret.
3. The chives and pointal.
4. Seed-bud and pointal.
This magnificent species of Gnaphalium was introduced to the British
gardens from the Cape of Good Hope by Capt. W. Paterson in 1704, and is
said to be found in a wild state on the borders of the Caffre country
50O miles from the Cape. It flowers in perfection during the months of
July and August, and when in the bud state much resembles a rich ripe
fruit, with leaves like flannel. The only figure we have seen of it is
a small one given in the Botanical Magazine many years ago, before it
was well naturalized, and on that account better adapted to the scale
of their work. Our figure was taken from the Clapham collection when in
its greatest splendour, and where several fine plants of it flowered
with a luxuriance fully equal to what we have represented. It should be
kept in an airy part of the greenhouse; and when watered, care should
be taken not to wet the leaves, as that frequently destroys the plant.
[Illustration]
PLATE DCLV.
CERBERA MANGHAS.
_Poisonous-fruited Cerbera._
CLASS V. ORDER I.
_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Stamens. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
FLORES contorti. Corolla infundibuliformis, pulposa. Drupa
monosperma.
FLOWERS contorted. Blossom funnel-shaped, pulpy. Seed-vessel
one-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
CERBERA foliis alternis, lato-lanceolatis, glabris: ramis
floriferis terminalibus: corolla alba, infundibuliformi:
perianthio 5-phyllo: foliolis lanceolatis, deciduis: fructu
persistente.
CERBERA with leaves alternate, broadly lance-shaped, and smooth:
flower-branches terminal: blossoms white and funnel-shaped:
empalement 5-leaved: leaflets lance-shaped and deciduous: fruit
persistent.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A blossom spread open.
2. Empalement, summit magnified.
Our drawing represents a new species of Cerbera introduced from
Pulo-Pinang in 1809, and which flowered late in the autumn of 1812,
for the first time in this country, in the hot stove of T. Evans, Esq.
whose collector informs us that it grows in abundance by the sea-side,
and is a handsome shrub about three feet high. By the natives it is
called Devil’s flower, a title they apply indiscriminately to all
noxious plants. But although it is considered as poisonous (as are
all the Cerberas at present known) the natives of Amboyna are said
by Rumphius to use it medicinally as a purgative, but that it is too
powerful to be taken with safety by strangers. In Macassar an oil
is expressed from the fruit, which is burnt in lamps, and emits a
disagreeable smell. It bears a variety of names. By the Dutch it is
called Mükhout; in Portugal and Malay, Manga Brava; at Amboyna, Wabba;
in Macassar, Lambuto Baleyice, Bintaro and Sassura Utan, and by some
Caju Mattu, Buta or Blinthout. There are three uncoloured figures of
it; one in Burmann’s Zeylanica, page 150, tab. 70. figure 1; another in
Rumphius’s Amboynensis, vol. ii. page 243, figure 81; and in Rheede’s
Hortus Malabancus, page 71, tab. 3. there is a representation of it by
the title of Odallam; and, although a rough draft, it is certainly not
the worst figure of the plant.
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PLATE DCLVI.
CRASSULA PERFOLIATA.
_Perfoliate-leaved Crassula._
CLASS V. ORDER V.
_PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA._ Five Chives. Five Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX pentaphyllus. Petala quinque. Squamæ quinque nectariferæ ad
basin germinis.
EMPALEMENT five-leaved. Petals five. Five honey-bearing pores at
the base of the germ.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
CRASSULA altissima: foliis subulatis, crassis, amplexicaulibus,
subtus convexis, glaucis.
CRASSULA with a tall stem: leaves awl-shaped, thick, and
surrounding the stem, convex beneath, and of a sea-green colour.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower.
2. The pointals.
Of this species of Crassula we know of no other figure extant, but a
very small uncoloured one in the Hortus Elthamensis of Dillenius. Our
specimen was taken from the hot stove of the Countess de Vandes, where
it flowered for the first time in this country in 1809--in size and
grandeur like the C. obliqua, with an equal profusion of blossoms, and
bending down as if the weight of the terminal mass of flowers was too
much for the stem to support; which we do not consider as the positive
character of it, but only arising from the situation in which it stood;
being too near the glass, which most likely drew too much of its
strength out in length of stalk, and in all probability occasioned the
loss of the plant, as it damped off very soon after flowering.
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PLATE DCLVII.
PASSIFLORA LUNATA.
_Crescent-leaved Passion-flower._
CLASS XX. ORDER V.
_GYNANDRIA PENTANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointals. Five Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
TRIGYNIA. Calyx 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Nectarium coroniforme. Bacca
pedicellata.
THREE styles. Cup 5-leaved. Petals 5. Honey-cup forming a crown.
Berry standing on a footstalk.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
PASSIFLORA floribus axillaribus, binis: foliis lunatis: flore
parvo, albo: fructu succulento, ovato.
PASSIFLORA. Flowers axillary, by twos: leaves crescent-formed;
flower small and white: fruit oval and succulent.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower spread open.
This Passiflora is (like every one of the genus) a graceful meandering
plant, and calculated to make an ugly wall look beautiful. It bears
an abundant succession of delicate small flowers, which are fragrant,
and open early in the day, and during the summer and autumnal months
is a great ornament to the hot stove. Our drawing was made from the
collection of the Countess de Vandes at Bayswater.
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PLATE DCLVIII.
STYLEDIUM GRAMINIFOLIUM.
_Grass-leaved Styledium._
CLASS XX. ORDER II.
_GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointals. Two Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.