[INDEX
TO THE PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOL. VIII.]
[ERRATA VOL. VIII.]
Vol. VIII.
of the
Botanist’s Repository
Comprising
Colour’d Engravings
of
New and Rare Plants
ONLY
With Botanical Descriptions &c.
——in——
Latin and English,
after the
Linnæan System.
by
H. Andrews
Botanical Painter Engraver, &c.
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PLATE CCCCXCIII.
BIGNONIA GRANDIFLORA.
Large-lowered 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.
See Bignonia Leucoxylon, Pl. XLIII. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Bignonia foliis pinnatis: foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis, serratis: floribus in paniculo terminali, vel potius in racemo e pedunculis trifloris, oppositis, alternatis: corollis magnis, coccineis, campanulatis: caule erecto, radicante, et scandente.
Bignonia with winged leaves: leaflets of an oblong lance-shape, and sawed: flowers grow in a terminating panicle, or rather in a raceme upon footstalks with three flowers, opposite and alternate: blossom large, of a scarlet colour, and bell-shaped: stem upright, rooting, and climbing.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A blossom spread open.
3. Seed-bud and pointal.
This superb Bignonia is well characterized by the specific appellation of grandiflora; and although, in several genera, this title has been rendered nugatory by the introduction afterwards of still larger flowering species, yet we think it is not likely to be the case in the present instance. In Kæmpfer’s Icones there is a tolerably good figure of this fine plant. It flowers in the autumn, and great hopes are entertained that it will ultimately prove to be of a hardy character, when a fair trial of it is made, with its scarcity has hitherto prevented.
Our figure was made from a plant seven feet high, in the conservatory of G. Hibbert, esq. where, under the care of Mr. Knight, his botanic gardener, that valuable collection is in the most luxuriant state of cultivation.[Pg 3]
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PLATE CCCCXCIV.
SCUTELLARIA SERRATA.
Sawed-leaved Scutellaria.
CLASS XIV. ORDER I.
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. Two Chives longer. Seeds naked.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Os calycis, ad perfectionem seminum post florescentiam, claudit, quasi cum operculo tectum.
Empalement. The mouth of the cup, to perfect the seed after flowering, shuts as if covered by a lid.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Scutellaria foliis oppositis, ovato-acuminatis, serratis: floribus ramos terminantibus in spicâ laxâ cæruleo-purpureâ: caule erecto, quadrato.
Habitat in Carolina et Florida.
Scutellaria with opposite leaves ovately-pointed, and sawed: flowers terminate the branches in a loose spike of a blue purple colour: stem upright, and four-sided.
Native of Carolina and Florida.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. The same as it appears after flowering.
3. The flower spread open, one of the tips magnified.
4. Seed-bud and pointal.
This Scutellaria is one amongst the number of those new plants brought from America by Mr. Lyons, very few of which have (we think) proved more attractive than the present subject. The fine purply blue of its flowers is of all colours the most difficult for any effort of art to do justice to. There are seventeen species of this genus enumerated by Willdenow; and fifteen of them are serrate, one hastate, and the other (which is called integrifolia) we are inclined to think is intended to characterize our plant; as, notwithstanding it is called entire-leaved, it is described as obsoletely serrate, and agrees very well in other particulars with our species. We have adopted the unoccupied specific title of serrata, although it is a character common to almost all the genus, in preference to one that could not, if strictly attended to, ever lead us to the object. The genera that approach nearest to Scutellaria are Trichostema on one side, and Prunella on the other; from which, and many others that surround it, the most essential distinction is in the singular construction and character of the calyx, which forms its short but well-marked essential generic character. Our figure was made from a plant in the open border of the garden of J. Vere, esq.[Pg 5]
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PLATE CCCCXCV.
PROTEA CORYMBOSA.
Corymbose-flowering 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 4-cleft, or of 4 petals: tips linear, inserted into the petals below the points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Protea foliis teretibus, brevibus, obtusis, adscendentibus, glaucis: floribus capitatis, luteis, corymbosis.
Frutex pygmæus, dumosus: ramis sub-verticillatis.
Protea with round short leaves, blunt ended, ascending, and glaucous: flowers headed, yellow, and growing in the manner of a corymbus.
A dwarf shrub, bushy, with branches nearly whorled.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The involucrum of the flowers.
2. A flower with its bractea.
3. A chive magnified.
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
This plant has been long known in the gardens by the title of Protea purpurea, but never flowered in this country till last summer, at the nursery of Mr. Williams of Turnham Green; when, instead of purple flowers, (as was expected from its specific title,) they proved to be yellow. It bears so great a resemblance to the P. teretifolia, that when we figured that species (by comparing it with a dried native specimen,) we were almost inclined to think a small variety of that plant was the P. corymbosa altered in its manner of growth in this climate by a different mode of culture. But comparison with the living plants has now determined them to be distinct species, and left no doubt remaining of this being the P. corymbosa figured by Thunberg in his Dissertation on the genus Protea.[Pg 7]
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PLATE CCCCXCVI.
JASMINUM MULTIFLORUM.
Many-flowered Jasmine.
CLASS II. ORDER I.
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Two Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx 5-8-partita.
Corolla hypocrateriformis, 5-8-fida, bacca bilocularis.
Semina solitaria, arillata.
Empalement 5-8-parted.
Blossom funnel-shaped, 5-8-cleft, berry two-locular.
Seeds solitary, arillated.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Jasminum foliis oppositis, cordatis, glabris, pubescentibus: floribus terminalibus, umbellatis, quaternis vel octonis, in singula umbella: corollis albis, magnis, octofidis, odoratissimis.
Habitat in Calcutta.
Jasmine with opposite heart-shaped leaves, smooth, and hairy: flowers terminate the branches in umbels of 4 to 8 in each umbel: blossoms are white, large, eight-cleft, and very sweet-scented.
Native of Calcutta.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A blossom spread open.
3. The empalement spread open with the seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
This fine new Jasmine was introduced by Lady Hume from the East Indies, and is the largest-flowering species of the genus as yet known. It is highly scented, and of the odour of the Gardenia, or Cape Jasmine. It is a handsome hot-house plant, but from its recent introduction is at present scarce. We find a small rude figure of it in Burman, under the title of Nyctanthes multiflora: but it is now better accepted under the softer-sounding appellation of Jasminum, an old fragrant and ever favourite genus.
The drawing was made from a luxuriant specimen communicated to the author by A. B. Lambert, esq.[Pg 9]
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PLATE CCCCXCVII.
JASMINUM SAMBAC; Var. flore pleno.
Indian Jasmine; Full-flowered Variety.
CLASS II. ORDER I.
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Two Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx 5-8-partita.
Corolla hypocrateriformis, 5-8-fida, bacca bilocularis.
Semina solitaria, arillata.
Empalement 5-8-parted.
Blossom funnel-shaped, 5-8-cleft, berry two-locular.
Seeds solitary, arillated.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Jasminum foliis oppositis, ovatis, sæpe apice acutis: floribus in ramis terminalibus, plerumque ternis: corollis aggregatis, vel tribus in una, involutis, fragrantissimis: ramis oppositis, hirsutis, ferrugineis: caule patente, scandente.
Jasmine with leaves opposite, egg-shaped, and often pointed at the end: flowers terminate the branches mostly by threes: blossoms are aggregate, or three in one folded together, and very sweet-scented: branches are opposite, hairy, and of a rusty colour: stem spreading, and climbing.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A blossom separated, the inner tube spread open.
2. The empalement spread open, seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
This Jasmine possesses a fragrance of such unequivocal sweetness as renders it, although an old hot-house plant, one of its best acquisitions. We have preferred the variety before the species, for its superior beauty, and the opportunity of displaying the singular construction of its flowers, which separate into three distinct parts; the inner one bearing the stamens perfect in appearance, but upon examination they will be found steril. This, as well as its original, the single-flowering one, is highly esteemed all over India, cultivated, and sold in their markets for the purpose of distilling from them a perfumed water, like that extracted from the rose. The Indian women macerate the flowers with those of Michelia champacca; the Uvaria odoratissima, and the common Jasmine, in oil of aloes or oil of benzoin, and then expose it to the sun for three days, adding fresh flowers every day. It is then used by the youth of both sexes to anoint their hair with, which they consider as their greatest ornament. In the spring, garlands and crowns are made of the plants, and used by the Hindoos in their sacrifices or religious rites. Both the single and this variety are figured in Van Rheede’s Hortus Malabaricus, and also by Rumphius in his Herbarium Amboynense, who describes the flowers as opening in India at sun-set, continuing all night, and the following, when they fall off: that the succession is abundant, thriving well on a trellis, like common Jasmine, and having a charming appearance when impearled with the dew of the morning.
Our figure was made from a plant in the hot-house of J. Vere, esq.[Pg 11]
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PLATE CCCCXCVIII.
HIBISCUS PRURIENS.
Stinging Hibiscus.
CLASS XVI. ORDER VI.
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Threads united. Many Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx duplex, exterior polyphyllus. Stigmata 5. Capsula 5-locularis, polysperma.
Empalement double; outer one many-leaved. 5 summits. Capsule 5-celled, many-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Hibiscus foliis sub-cordatis, lobatis, dentatis: floribus terminalibus, magnis, colore sulphureo, ad basin petalorum maculâ atropurpureâ notatis. Caulis et petioli setis parvis laxis obsiti sunt, quæ manibus adhærentes irritant et pungunt.
Hibiscus with nearly heart-shaped leaves, lobed and toothed: flowers terminal, large, and of a sulphur colour, with a dark purple spot at the base of the petals. The stem and petioles are beset with small loose bristles, which sticking to the hand irritate and sting.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. The chives cut open, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summits magnified.
This non-descript species of Hibiscus is a native of the East Indies. It approaches in general appearance nearest to the H. canabinus. The stems and footstalks of our plant are beset with short bristly hairs, so loosely attached that they easily come off, and, sticking about the hands, create an unpleasant sensation somewhat resembling the stinging of a nettle. The fine dark eye of the flower is a great relief to the surrounding sulphur colour, to the light delicacy of whose appearance it is so very difficult to do justice; for, in this showy family, elegant inflorescence is their principal recommendation.
Our figure represents a fine plant raised in the hot-stove of A. B. Lambert, esq.[Pg 13]
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PLATE CCCCXCIX.
IPOMÆA COCCINEA.
Scarlet Ipomæa.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla infundibuliformis. Stigma capitato-globosum. Capsula 3-locularis.
Blossom funnel-shaped. Summit headed, of a globular form. Capsule of 3 loculaments.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ipomæa foliis hederinis: pedunculis multifloris: corollis saturate coccineis: caule purpureo, torto et involuto.
Ipomæa with ivy-shaped leaves: footstalks with many flowers: blossoms of a deep scarlet: stem purple, twisted, and twining.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A blossom spread open.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
Of this species of Ipomæa there are two good uncoloured figures: one in Commelin’s Rariorum, tab. 21, under the title of Quamoclit Americana; the other in the Americana of Plumier, 89, tab. 103, under the appellation of Convolvulus coccineus; but not to be confounded with the Ipomæa coccinea (erroneously so called) of the Botanical Magazine, which is the I. luteola of Jacquin’s Icones, and a very different plant: although Willdenow in his Species Plantarum has made a mere variety of it; observing that it differs in no other particular except in colour. But comparison, either with the living plants or the figures above alluded to, will prove them to be distinct in their foliage as well as the colour of their flowers. Neither of them is well discriminated by its specific title; as the I. luteola is more of a scarlet than of a yellow colour, and the coccinea is of too deep a red to be with accuracy denominated scarlet. But references to colour are mostly too equivocal to be very characteristic.
From Mr. J. Milne, botanic gardener at Fonthill, we received this specimen, whose luxuriant growth in the hot-stove may probably have occasioned the abbreviation in the filaments, which are generally extended a little beyond the mouth of the flower, instead of being confined to the base of the tube, as our figure represents; but in which we follow nature: and although it is not an unprecedented circumstance to find the threads shortened or lengthened by culture, yet when that difference is so very powerful as in the present instance, it is well deserving notice.[Pg 15]
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PLATE D.
PROTEA MUCRONIFOLIA.
Mucronate-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 lanceolatis, mucronatis, glaucis: involucro imbricato, ad basin parvo, cuneato, virescente; superis lanceolatis, patentibus, acutis, albis: floribus terminalibus, capitatis, carneis, petalis cohærentibus.
Protea with lance-shaped, mucronate leaves of a glaucous green: the involucrum tiled, small at the base, wedge-shaped, and greenish: those on the upper part are lance-shaped, spreading, pointed, and white: flowers are terminal and headed, flesh-coloured, with the petals adhering together.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower spread open, one tip magnified.
2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
Amongst the smaller species of this extensive genus the Protea mucronifolia may be placed, but by no means ranked among the least in beauty. It has been figured in the Paradisus Londinensis, and also in the Botanical Magazine, and therefore in the botanical world may be no longer considered as new or rare: but having already figured so many of the most beautiful, we cannot think of excluding any attractive or distinct species of this fine tribe of plants.
Our figure was taken from a plant in the garden of G. Hibbert, esq.[Pg 17]
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PLATE DI.
HELLENIA ALLUGHAS.
Ceylon Hellenia.
CLASS I. ORDER I.
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. One Chive. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx tubulosus, bifidus. Corolla tripartita, laciniarum apicibus cucullatis. Nectarium quadrifidum. Capsula globosa, et trivalvis, septo duplici inclusa, polysperma. Semina arillata.
Empalement tubular, two-cleft. Blossom three-divided; the points of the segments are hooded. Nectarium four-cleft. Seed-vessel round, and three-valved, enclosed in a double loculament, many-seeded. Seeds arillated.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Hellenia foliis lanceolatis, vaginantibus: floribus in racemis terminalibus odoratissimis.
Habitat in paludibus Zeylanicis.
Hellenia with lance-shaped sheathing leaves, with terminal racemes of flowers, which are very sweet-scented.
Native of the marshes about Columbo.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The spathe.
2. The sheath which crowns the seed-bud, cut open.
3. A flower divested of the chives and nectary.
4. The honey-cup.
5. Seed-bud, chives, and pointal.
6. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
7. The capsule.
8. The same divested of its outer coat.
9. A central branched cord that connects the lobes.
10. One of the lobes of the seed-vessel.
11. The same shown inside, with the seeds exposed and one lifted from its cell.
12. A seed without its arillus, or skinny coat.
This fine Monandrous plant was named Hellenia by Willdenow, after his friend Professor Hellenius: the title of Allughas was given it by the Cingalese, from the fruit when young appearing as if sprinkled with ashes. Burmann in his Thesaurus Zeylanicus, p. 54, informs us that the Allughas grows abundantly in the marshes about Columbo; that the flowers are very odoriferous, and are made into conserves and used as cordials to strengthen the head and stomach; from the fruit and seed an oil is extracted that is much used in medicine. Mr. Roscoe, in the 8th vol. of the Linnæan Transactions, has ranked it under the genus Alpinia; but the filamentary system of that gentleman we think infinitely too slender to support the great difference existing between the fruit of our plant and that of Alpinia.
Our figure was made from a fine living specimen, and the only one that has ever flowered in this country, raised from seed by A. B. Lambert, esq.[Pg 19]
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PLATE DII.
LOBELIA SURINAMENSIS; Var. flore rubro.
Surinam Lobelia; Red-flowered Variety.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx 5-fidus. Corolla 1-petala, 5-fida, irregularis. Antheræ cohærentes. Capsula infera, 2-seu 3-locularis.
Empalement 5-cleft. Blossom 1 petal, irregular, 5-cleft. Chives adhering together. Capsule beneath, 2, sometimes 3 loculaments.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Lobelia caule suffruticoso: foliis oblongis, glabris, serratis: floribus axillaribus, pedunculatis: corollis læte rubris, pentagonis, curvatis, tubulosis, supra basin impressis.
Habitat in Surinamo.
Lobelia with a shrubby stem: leaves oblong, smooth, and sawed: flowers axillary, pedunculated: blossoms of a bright red colour, five-sided, curved, and tubular, indented just above the base.
Native of Surinam.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A blossom spread open.
3. The chives spread open.
4. The seed-bud and pointal.
5. Seed-bud cut transversely.
A fine living specimen of this elegant variety of the Lobelia Surinamensis was communicated to the author by A. B. Lambert, esq., who received it amongst a large collection of hot-house plants presented to him by Lord Seaforth, and collected by that nobleman in the West Indies whilst Governor of the Island of Barbadoes. The plant from which this figure was delineated was near four feet high, with numerous branches terminated by buds and flowers, whose brilliance enlivening the gloomy month of November, may justly rank it as one of the greatest ornaments of the hot-stove.[Pg 21]
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PLATE DIII.
NYMPHÆA RUBRA.
Red-flowered Nymphæa.
CLASS XIII. ORDER I.
POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Many Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla polypetala. Calyx 4-seu 5-phyllus. Bacca multilocularis, loculis polyspermis.
Blossom many-petalled. Empalement 4-or 5-leaved. Berry many-celled, with many seeds in each cell.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Nymphæa foliis sub-orbiculatis, irregulariter dentatis, glaberrimis: lobis approximatis: corollis rubris: radice battatis assimilatâ, et multiplicante in modum istius vegetabilis.
Nymphæa rubra. Roxb. MSS.
Nymphæa with nearly round leaves irregularly toothed, and very smooth, with the lobes approximating: blossom red: root resembling that of a potatoe, and increasing like that vegetable.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A chive.
2. Seed-bud and pointal.
This fine red aquatic is so nearly allied to the Nymphæa Lotus, that many consider it as only a variety; but it certainly is specifically distinct in the colour of the flowers, as the term variety can only be applicable to those lighter or darker shades of colour that may occasionally vary by culture or climate. This Nymphæa is no doubt, like the N. Lotus, considered as a sacred plant; but probably that species may be more highly estimated, from the emblematical purity of its fine white petals. As four or five more figures will include every species of this fine section of aquatics at present known, we shall not omit any of them, and intend, in the course of the ensuing summer, to give a figure of that most magnificent of all the species the N. Nelumbo.
Our figure was made from a plant in the collection of J. Vere, esq. raised in a tub of water placed in a common hot-bed; where, notwithstanding its circumscribed situation, it flowered for the time in this kingdom, under the care of Mr. Anderson the botanic gardener, who informs me that this species is capable of great increase from the root, whilst the N. Lotus affords only one solitary plant.[Pg 23]
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PLATE DIV.
SOLANUM SEAFORTHIANUM.
Seaforth’s Solanum.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx 5-fidus. Corolla rotata, limbo 5-fido, patente: tubo brevi. Antheræ oblongæ, conniventes, apice poris geminis, dehiscentes. Stigma obtusum. Bacca sub-rotunda.
Empalement 5-cleft. Blossom wheel-shaped. Border 5-cleft, spreading. Tube short. Chives oblong, leaning together, with holes in pairs at the point, and splitting. Stigma obtuse. Berry nearly round.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Solanum caule inermi, scandente, herbaceo: foliis pinnatis, undulatis: junioribus lanceolatis: floribus in racemo, aut ramo cymoso, ab axillis foliorum: corollis carneis.
Nightshade with an unarmed stem, climbing and herbaceous. Leaves pinnated, and waved: the younger ones lance-shaped. Flowers grow in a raceme, or cymose branch, from the axillæ of the leaves. Blossom flesh-colour.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. Empalement and pointal, summit magnified.
2. A blossom spread open.
Throughout this extended genus there are but few which possess attractions equal to this new and undescribed species of Solanum. It was introduced by Lord Seaforth from the West Indies; and although brought from so warm a climate, it succeeds best in the conservatory. It approaches nearest in its general appearance to the S. radicans of Linnæus, but Mr. Lambert informs me that it is not at all inclined to root, like that species. The specimen which our figure represents was sent to us in fine bloom by Mr. J. Milne, botanic gardener.[Pg 25]
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PLATE DV.
ORNITHOGALUM FLAVISSIMUM.
Yellow-flowered Star of Bethlehem.
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, naked.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ornithogalum racemo longo: floribus magnis, flavissimis: bracteis membranaceis, ovato-acutis: foliis lanceolatis, reflexis.
Ornithogalum flavissimum. Jacq. Icones, 2. tab. 436.
Star of Bethlehem with a long spike: the flowers are large, and very yellow: the flower-prop is skinny, and pointedly egg-shaped: leaves lance-shaped, and reflexed.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A bract or flower-prop.
2. Seed-bud, chives, and pointal.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
4. A transverse section of the seed-bud magnified.
This yellow Ornithogalum was communicated to the author by the Hon. W. Irby, last summer, from his collection at Farnham Royal, where it was raised, we understand, from the seed of the O. aureum. The only figure of it extant is in the Icones of Jacquin. The continuance and abundance of its fine bloom may justly rank it amongst the most attractive of the genus.
Erratum.—In our last Number, Pl. DI, in the generic character of Hellenia describing the capsule, instead of trivalvis, septo duplici inclusa, read e-valvis, trilocularis—valveless, three-celled.
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PLATE DVI.
RUELLIA CRISTATA.
Crested 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 cristata, spicis terminalibus, tetragonis: corollis coccineis: oris laciniis inæqualibus, acutis: lacinia inferiore revolutâ: foliis sub-lanceolatis, acuminatis, undulatisque.
Justicia cristata. Jacq. Hort. Schœn, vol. iii. tab. 320.
Ruellia with crested flowers growing in a terminal four-sided spike. Blossoms scarlet: the segments of the border are unequal and pointed: the lower segment is rolled back: the leaves are nearly lance-shaped, pointed, and undulated.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A blossom spread open.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
Of this fine stove plant there is a very good figure in the Hortus Schœnbrunnensis of Jacquin, under the appellation of Justicia cristata. But finding the generic character accord much better with the genus Ruellia, we have, in conformity to the sexual system of Linnæus, given it under that title. Our figure represents only a side branch of the plant, whose size was congenial to the dimensions of the work; and although the centre branch would have been, like Jacquin’s figure, more splendid, it would by no means have been so picturesque. It flowered for the first time in this country with A. B. Lambert, esq., and was introduced by Lord Seaforth from the West Indies.[Pg 29]
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PLATE DVII.
PROTEA ABROTANIFOLIA.
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, glabris: floribus terminalibus, umbellatis: pedunculis longis, bracteis magnis, reflexis: corollis carneis, externe villosis.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Protea with doubly-winged leaves, thread-shaped, and smooth: flowers terminate the branches in umbels: footstalks are long, with large reflexed floral leaves: blossom flesh-coloured, and hairy on the outer side.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A leaf.
2. A flower with its bract, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
4. A branch of a slight variety.
This Protea is one of a fine section with small divided leaves, that very much resemble the southernwood (whence our specific title). We have already four drawings of distinct species, besides varieties, whose foliage is likewise characteristic of that shrub. On the same plate we have given part of the branch of a variety that we think bears too much resemblance to require a separate figure.
Our drawing was made last July from plants in the Hibbertian collection.[Pg 31]
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PLATE DVIII.
CACTUS GRANDIFLORUS.
Large-lowered Cereus.
CLASS XII. ORDER I.
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. About 20 Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx monophyllus, superus, imbricatus. Corolla multiplex. Bacca monolocularis, polysperma.
Empalement one-leafed, above, tiled. Blossom of many folds. Berry of one loculament, many-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Cactus scandens vel repens, ramosus, articulatus, cum radiculis lateralibus: ramis sex-vel octagonis, aculeos stellatos ferentibus. Calyx radiatus, flavus: corollis albis. Flores magni, vesperè expansi, odorem fragrantissimum exhalantes.
Miller’s Icones, tab. 90.
Cereus with a climbing or creeping stem, branching, jointed, with small side-roots: branches six-or eight-angled, bearing starry prickles. Empalement rayed and yellow. Blossom white. Flowers large, expanding in the evening, and breathing a most fragrant odour.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.