NOTES. 



longiflora. No6. in Curt. mag. t. 71^. 



spathacea. NobAnann.ofbot.\.2\9. Iris. Vahl enum.2.14S. 



polystachia. Nob in ann.of&ot,l.2l9. Ibis. Vahl enum. 2A50. IrwU- 



cera. Lamarck encyc. 3. ZO^. 

 bituminosa. Nob. in Curt, mag. 1. 1045- 

 viscaria. Nob.in Curt.mag,L5S7 1 (sub Iribe at mai^J. 

 plumaria. Nob. tji ann.oj hoi. 1.219. lais. :i;hunb. de InwB 16. Morma 



eriopetala. Vahl enum. 2. 158 ; exdusis MUlero et Linnao cum varietaH- 



bus oc.^. 



ramosa. Nob. in Curt. mag. t. 771, 



tristis. Nob. in Curt, mag. t, 577; (sub Iride at malij. Morjea vegeta, 



Lin^^p.pl.59. MilLlc.t.lS8,Jig.2. iriopetala. ^. Fahl enum. 2.1 SB; 



exdusis Tkunb, Diss, et Prod, uti et Linn.suppl. 

 criflpa. Nob. in lac. cit. tabb. 759, J 214. 

 Sisyrinchium. Nob. in loc, cit. 1. 1407. 

 ciliata, Nob.in toc.cit.tabb. 1012, 1061. 

 papiiionacea- Nob. in loc. cit. t. 750- 

 minuta. Nob.in ann.ofbot.l.2l9. Iris. Vahl enum. 2. 1S8. 



The Mon^A iridioidesy WiUd^ sp.pl. 1, 244, (the Morjea i)^eta of 

 MiJler, but not of Linnaeus, and the Iris compressa of Thunber^) should 

 clearly be ranked under Ikjs- See our note in Curtis's magaz. K<'- 1407* 

 verS'^/bl. 



We have omitted the American species included in this genus by Mr. 

 Kunth as editor of the '< Nova Genera & Species, &c/' of Messrs- Hum- 

 boldt and Bonpland ; believing that when examined in the living plant they 

 will be found not to belong to this generic group. 



Alpinia malaccensis. Suprajbl. 328- 



Since the publication of that article, Sir Abraham Hume has obligingly 

 informed Mr. Edwards, that the plant, of which the one that flowered at Mr* 

 Fawkes*s seat in Yorkshire was a scion, and has afforded the figure we have 

 published, had been sent to him along with mutica (a species o( which we 

 believe no figure has been yet published) by Dr. Roxburgh from the Bota* 

 nical Garden at Calcutta. 



IpoMfEA Jalapa. ol. Supr^JbL S^2. 



Since that article was published, we have seen copies of two new works 

 on North American plants, from which we have extracted the following 

 synonyms as belonging to the subject treated of in that articie- 



CoNvoLVULUS macrorhizus. Elliot sket. 1,252. Nuttallgen.l. 123. »- 13, 

 Mr. Elliot tells us that the plant is native of the islands of (in) Georgia 

 and Carolina ; and that it twines itself round ^h^ubs and fences, and flowers 

 from June to October. The root in old plants, weighs from 40 to 50 

 pounds: the flesh of it is white and insipid. 



The following observation is due to Dr. BaJdwyn. 



" My information respecting the medicinal qualities of the Ipomcea 

 « macrorhiza of Michaux, has been derived from actual experiment. Six 

 *' drachms of the pulverized root has been given under my notice, without 

 •' producing any cathartic effect. 1 have also subjected the dried root to 

 *' the test of chemical analysis, and found it to contain no resin (in which 

 •' the active powers of the officinal Jalap reside), or so small a quantity as 

 *' not to prevent its being used as an article of diet. It contains a great 

 <' deal of saccharine, along with a considerable quantity of fannaceoua 

 « matter It is probably not more cathartic than the CoKvotviTLua 

 « (IpoMfflA. nob.) Batatas (Sweet Potatoe), nor contains more retjn. Ny- 

 ** groes I have been informed sometimes eat it.** 



