Dr Graham's Description of New or Rare Plants. 177 



cuiata, yet a distinct stem. F. sonchifolia is a large branching pUnt, and, 

 in tlie greenhouse of Mr Neill, produced flowers in succession during 

 the greater part of July and August. It was first raised by Mr Menzies, 

 Halitax, Yorkshire, from seeds sent from Chili. 



Frasera carolinensis. 



Gen. Char.— .Ca/. quadripartitus, patens. Corolla calyce multo major, 

 quadripartita, patens, laciniis elliptico.ovatis, glandule medio barbatis. 

 Stamina corolla breviora, antheris inferne bifidis. Stigmata duo crassa, 

 glandulosa. Germen ovatum, tetragonum, compressum, in stylum bre- 

 vem attenuatum, uniloculare; ovula 8-12. Capsula ovalis, valde com- 

 pressa, subcartilaginea, unilocularis, margine bivalvis. Semina 8-12, 

 elliptica, membranaceo-raarginata. 



Frasera Carolinensis, Walt. Flor. Car. 88 Gmel Syst* Nat. 2. 250 



Pers. Synops. 1. 137. 

 Frasera Walteri, Mich. Fl. Bor. Americ. 1. 97 — Pursh, Fl. Americ. 

 Sept. 1. 101 — Roem, et Schult. Syst. Veget. 3. 162 — Nutt. Genera, 1. 

 103. — Elliot, Bot. of S. Carolina and Georgia, 1. 205 — Spreng. Syst. 



Veget. 1. 428 Torreg, Fl. of Mid. and North. States, 1. 18?. 



Description — Stem (5 feet high) erect, panicled at the top, stout, inter- 

 nodes cylindrical, of rich purple colour, glabrous. Leaves (the lowest 

 above 1 foot long, more than 3 inches broad) glabrous, entire, verticelle<l, 

 6 in a whorl, elliptico-ligulate, smaller and more ovato-acute upwards, 

 and, towards the top, 4 in a whorl. Peduncles (or branches) axillary, re- 

 sembling the stem, having opposite leaves of the same appearance as 

 those on the upper whorls of the stem, in the axils of each of which 3 single- 

 flowered green and glabrous pedicels arise, of which that on each side next 

 the leading shoot of the branch first elongates and expands its flower, the 

 others in succession from it outwards, the terminal flower of each branch, 

 however, being expanded before any of the others. Calyx 4-parted, green, 

 glabrous, segments linear-subulate, spreading wide, reflected at the points. 

 Corolla {\^ inch across) 4-parLed, nearly flat, greenish-yellow, spotted with 

 purple within, segments ovato-elliptical, each having a large, circular, 

 green and hairy gland towards its base, at which place on the outside 

 they are generally purplish before expansion. Stamens 4, shorter than 

 the corolla, and adhering to it at the base, erect, diverging above; fila- 

 ments stout, and somewhat concave at the base, closely embracing the 

 lower part of the germen, glabrous ; anthers versatile, green, oblong, 

 cleft at the lower extremity nearly to the insertion of the filament, at 

 their upper bi-mucronate, opening along their edges;' pollen yellow, gra- 

 nules extremely minute, nearly spherical. Stigma bilabiate, segments 

 spreading, short, thick, greenish-yellow. Style single, glabrous. Germen 

 twice the length of the style, glabrous, glaucous green, 4-sided, subcom- 

 pressed, two of the angles being more acute than the others, unilocular. 

 Ovules about 12, parietal, attached allernately to the edges of the two 

 valves on both sides of the loculament. 

 We have had the specimen here described for four or five years in an open 

 border at the Botanic Garden, having received it from Mr Smith of 

 Ayr. It flowered in June and July, and it yet remains doubtful whe- 

 ther it will perfect seed. If it do not, we shall lose the species, as its 

 life will terminate with the period of flowering. It is desirable in cul- 

 , livation, and its shape is handsome, but the coloiu: is rich only on the 

 stem. 



Hypericum hyssopifolium. 



H. hyssopifolium ; herbaceum ; floribus j)yramidato-paniculatis, trigynis ; 

 calyce obtuso, curaque petalis contortis subserratis glanduloso-ciliato, 

 glabro, pellucido-striato ; foliis glaucis, decussatis, elliptico-linearibus, 



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