4 '2 THE JOL'llNAL or EOT AX Y 



III. The Sloaxe Herbaeiitm. 

 The numerous references in Hort. Kew. to the volumes containing" 

 the Hortus Siccus of Marv Duchess of Beaufort (1630 ?-17l4) relate 

 to species previously descrihed by Linna?us, but may be regarded as 

 typical for Aiton's work. The following is a list of these : — 



H. S. fol. 

 nociiflorum 142 72 



H. S. fol. 



a cilia ci forme 133 19 



■ alhidum 131 23 



barhatum 133 17 



deltoides 131 40 



Jolahriforme 142 72 [73] 



pvgioniforme ... 142 75 [74] 



spinosum 142 67 



tuherostim 142 67 



uncinatum 142 64 



It ngii if or me 131 22 



In the second edition of Hort. Kevv. the Duchess's specimens of 

 JLT. deUoides, 31. linguiforme, and M. uncinatum are referred 

 respectively to M. nmricatiim, M. scalpratum, and M. ferfoliatum^ 

 all of Ha worth. In this edition two other species, 3I.Jioribundum 

 and M. hispid nm, are mentioned as having been cultivated by her, 

 but without reference to Herb. Sloane : in this, however, there are 

 many specimens not referred to in Hort. Kew. ed. 1, and these may 

 be among them. Her specimens are all w^ell dried and should be of 

 interest to monographers : many are figured in the two volumes 

 of drawings made under her superintendence at Badminton. The 

 Sloane Herbarium also contains other cultivated specimens. 



lY. Other Species desceibed j:s Hoet. Kew. 



The following notes on other species first characterized in Hort. 

 Kew\ may be worth consideration : the ignoring of the names may 

 perhaps be accounted for by the fact already mentioned that in Hort. 

 Kew. ed 2 all the names are cited as from Haworth, but he himself 

 in his Ohserva/ions, to which in the MisceUanca he always refers, 

 was careful to quote the original place of publication. 



M. DEFLEXUM Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. 187 (1798) is cited by Sonder 

 and Berger as of Haworth, and is placed by them under the much 

 later M. elegans Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. iv. 18 (1804). 



M. COMPACT l-:m Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. 191. 

 This seems to be an altogether doubtful plant: Solander in the MSS. 

 only adds to the printed diagnosis " flores Havi ; folia longitudine et 

 crassitie digiti : floruit in Horto Kewensi Nov. 1781." Haworth 

 (Obs. 156) says he was unable to see it at Kew, though he went 

 there twice for the purpose. Sonder (Fl. Cap. ii. 396) places it 

 do\ibtfully under M. nohilc Haw. — a plant with leaves six lines wide, 

 to wliich therefore it cannot belong, — and Berger makes no reference 

 to it. 



According to Hort. Kew., its introduction was due to " Mr. William 

 Paterson." This may have been the Colonel of that name who was 

 in South Africa 1777-81 and published in 1789 a Narrative of 

 Four Journeyings, which contains numerous references to the plants 

 which he f)bserved. He is thus referred to bv Thunberg : " Paterson, 



