little known Genera of Plants. 181 



obtusiusculis.— B. tomentosa, Blum. en. PI. Jav. fasc. 1. p. 82 — Ceramium to- 

 mentosum, Blum. Bydr. p. 1134. 



Hab. In sylvas montanis humidis insularum Javae et Nusae Kambangae. 



3. B. Wallichii (R. Br.) ; dioica ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, basi triner- 

 viis ; perianthii tubo laevi, limbi laciniis acutiusculis ; antheris 9, triadelphis, 

 per tria connatis ; pistillo (maris j brevissimo ; stigmatibus 9, radiantibus, ad 

 basin unitis, tribus bifidis ; fructu tereti — B. Wallichii, R. Brcwn, in Wall. 

 List of E. I. Plants, N. 74 1 4. ; Wight et Am. in Prodr. Fl. Pen. Ind. Or. (ined.) ; 



Wight. Cat. N. 949 Apama siliquosa, Lam. Enc. Meth. 1. p. 91.; ill. tab. 640. ; 



Rheed. Mai G. tab. 28. 



Hab. In dumetis montium prope Courtallum. In arenosis et apricis 

 " in Aregatti et Mondabelle, aliisque locis** Malabariae, copiose ; 

 Rheede. 



{To be continued.) 



Descriptio7i of several New or Rare Plants which have lately 

 flowered in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, and chiefly 

 in the Royal Botanic Garden, By Dr Graham, Profes- 

 sor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh. 



June 10. 1833. 

 Alstrcemeria aurea. 



A. aurea ; caule stricto, glabro ; foliis lineare-ellipticis, sparsis, glabris, 

 pallidis, margine scabriusculis, supra nervosis glaucis ; pedunculis um- 

 bellatis, bifloris, erectis, foliis superioribus duplo brevioribus ; corollae 

 laciniis patentibus, subaequalibus, mucronatis, exterioribiis obovatis 

 serratis concoloribus, interioribus lanceolatis integerrimis striatis. 

 Description Sterna (1^ foot high, exclusive of the terminal umbel) nu- 

 merous, erect, simple, glabrous. Leaves (4^ inches long, fth inch broad) 

 very numerous, linear-elliptical, scattered, glabrous, light green, glau- 

 cous, and many-nerved on the surface, which, by the twisting of the long 

 attenuated base, becomes the lower, slightly rough on the edges, callous 

 at the apex, as is best seen in dry native specimens. Peduncles umbel- 

 late, erect, about half the length of the leaves which surround their base 

 like an involucre, 2-flowered, the lateral flower springing from the axil 

 of a leaf-like bractea, bearing another similar but smaller bractea on its 

 side, and in general below its middle ; and here probably in a very 

 luxuriant state of the plant another flower would arise. Corolla orange- 

 coloured, segments nearly equal in length, spreading, mucronate, the 

 three outer segments obovate, serrated, the three inner lanceolate, the 

 lower as well as the three outer segments of nearly uniform colour, and 

 occasionally with one or two deep orange-coloured streaks, the two others 

 more yellow below the apex, and having many such streaks down even 

 to their channelled nectariferous bases. Stamens declined, rather longer 

 than the lowest segment of the corolla, orange-coloured ; pollen granules 

 small, oblong, yellow. Stigma trifid, with short pubescence on the sur- 

 face. Style ascending, angular, of uniform orange colour. Germen green, 

 ribbed. 

 This sjjecies, imported by Mr Anderson, was received at the Botanic Gar- 

 den from Mr Low of Clapton, under the specific name here adopted, and 

 is now in flower in the greenhouse. I am afraid that in this, as in many 

 other South American genera, we are unwarrantably multiplying speci- 

 fic names; but this is probably rightly considered distinct from any of 

 the plants previously described. In habit it approaches nearly to Alstrce. 

 meria pukhella, but probably will always be a much smaller plant. 



