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Description of' several New or Rare Plants ivhich have latcltj 

 Flowered in the Neighbourhood of Edinburgh , chief lij in the 

 Royal Botanic Garden. By Dr Graham, Prof, of Botany. 



June 10. 1836. 

 Acacia lincata. 



A. lineata ; stipulis subnullis ; phyllodiis lineari-spathulatis, subfalcatis, 

 versus marginem superiorem uninervibus, oblique cartilagineo-miuro- 

 uulatis, ramuloque rotundato pubescentibus ; capitulis longe peduncu- 

 latis, subgeminis. 



Acacia lineata, Cunningham, in Don's Syst. of Gard. 2. 403. n. 28 — Bot. 

 Mag. 3346. 



Description. — Shrub slender; branches diftuse, round, rough, tuberded 

 by the persistent hardened bases of the phyllodia ; young shoots densely 

 pubescent, pubescence spreading or slightly reflexed, somewhat viscid. 

 Phyllodia linear-spathulate, slightly falcate downwards, pubescent in ra- 

 ther a smaller degree than the young branches, marked by an obscure 

 sessile gland on their upper edge near the base, terminated obliquely by a 

 small blunt somewhat hooked callosity, single-nerved, the nerve being to- 

 wards the upper edge, and slightly, but not always evidently branching, 

 upon its lower side. Peduncles twice as long as the phyllodia, single or ge- 

 minate, supporting single capitula of orange-yellow perfumed polygamous 

 Jlowers, each of which rises from the axil of a concave, rounded, ciliated, 

 nearly colourless bractea. Calyx segments 5, minute, linear, ciliated. 

 Corolla 5-petalled, petals ovate, acute, clawed, spreading, twice as long as 

 the calyx. Stamens very numerous, twice as long as the corolla. Ger- 

 men oblong, pale green. Style oblique, longer than the stamens. 



We received this plant from Kew, and it flowered in the greenhouse of the 

 Botanic Garden in February 1836. 



Begonia Fischeri. 



B. Fischeri ; caulescens, foliis oblongis, acutis, insequaliter cordatis, den- 

 tate- serratis, utrinque glabris, nitidis; stipulis ovatis, integerrimis ; 

 floribus masculis 4-petalis, petalis exterioribus rotundis, concavis, mar- 

 ginibus plano-revolutis ; floribus foemineis 6-petalis, petalis ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis, alis germinis inaequaliter rotundatis. 



Begonia Fischeri, Otto, MS. 



Descriptiok. — Stem erect, branched, fleshy, swollen at the joints, red, 

 shining. Leaves unequally cordate, acute, indistinctly sinuated, slightly 

 undulate, unequally dentato-serrate, glabrous on both sides, when y«>ung 

 bright red behind, paler at the veins, and pink above, with a peculiar 

 silvery lustre, which continues in the old leaves, the colour being then 

 beautifully delicate yellowish-green, and the redness behind much less 

 considerable ; petioles nearly round, half as long as the leaves. Stipules 

 large, ovate, acute, entire. Peduncles axillary, twice as long as the pe- 

 tioles. Cyme twice or oftener forked, branches divaricated. Male flowers 

 in the forks of the cymes, 4-petalous, the outer petals rounded, with a si- 

 nuosity on one side, where the pedicel is attached, hollow in the centre, 

 with flattened somewhat revolute edges, forming a perfect miniature of 

 abarber's bason; inner petals obovato-cuneate, undulate. Stamens united 

 only at their insertion. Female flowers 6 petalous, the petals ovato-lan- 

 ceolate. Germen rather unequally winged, the wings unequally round- 

 ed. 



This plant, which has small flowers, but exquisitely beautiful foliage, was 

 received at the Botanic Garden from Berlhi, under the name adopted, in 

 1835, and flowered in the stove in February and March 1836. 



