Tab. 



Andrews's " botanists' repository 

 Vol. IX. 



245 



556 Pancratium amoenum 



560 Vereia acutiflora 



586 Lilium speciosum 



605 Peliosanthes Teta 



626 Geodorum citrinum . 



634 Peliosanthes humilis . 



640 Heliconia Bihai 



649 Alstroemeria edulis . 



It will be noticed that three names appear in the above list 

 besides those already mentioned. The Marquis of, Blandford 

 (1766-1840), afterwards fifth Duke of Marlborough, is especially 

 mentioned in the text accompanying t. 391 {Nymphcea Lotus) as 

 having contributed " the description of this very interesting plant, 

 accompanied by a fine living specimen from his splendid collec- 

 tion at White Knights near Reading, Berks." The " descrip- 

 tion " probably, however, refers only to the Enghsh portion which 

 identifies the plant with the Egyptian Lotus. The Marquis was 

 a liberal contributor of specimens to the Beijository, and t. 343 — 

 representing Galax aphylla L. — was named Blandfordia in his 

 honour, " as few at present patronize the science, through all its 

 branches, with so much vigour and liberality, or have equal 

 knowledge in its theory and practice." It was from living plants 

 in the extensive collection at White Knights that the drawings 

 made for Andrews's Coloured Engravings of Heaths (see intro- 

 duction) were made. Smith, who had named after him the 

 beautiful liUaceous genus Blandfordia, which is still retained, 

 speaks of him (in the Addenda to Rees's Cyclojjcedia) as " one of 

 the most ardent botanists and cultivators that this country ever 

 possessed in any rank of life." 



Veronica Derioentia (t. 531) is attributed to " Littlejohn " by 

 Robert Brown (Prodr. 434) who substitutes for this odd name 

 (referring to the growth of the plant by the river Derwent) 

 F. labiata ; the original name is however restored by Bentham 

 (Fl. Austral, iv, 507) who cites it as of Andrews, and adds in a 

 note : " R. Brown does not state for what reason he rejected 

 Andrews's older name, which he quotes as given by Littlejohn, 

 probably from private information. This, however, can scarcely 



* Number of plate misquoted as " 525." See Eees, Cyclop, s.v. Pelio- 

 santhes. 



f See Haworth, iiev. PL Succ. 102, for a further note on this plate. 



