PL. CXCIII. 



AZALEA MADAME JEAN WOLKOFF 



NAT. ord. ERIGEAE 

 For ETYMOLOGY and GENERIC CHARACTER, see HI Hart. 1874 



Character oe the variety : — We have dedicated this unusuall\ 

 pretty new variety to the wife of a very skilful amateur, white, str 

 Mr. Jean Wolkoff from Moscou, whose plant-houses are mineKnw 

 remarkably well filled. It is distinguished by the extraor- petalf wit] 

 dinary size of its flower-clusters. The flowers are semi-double, able novelt 



THRINAX BARBADENSIS. 



ETYMOLOGY : 



ord. PALMEAE. 



winnowing fan, probably in ullu.- 



GENERIC CHARACTER : florcs hermaphroditi, in spadice alterne el 

 breviter pedicellati, bracteati. Calyx profunde sexfidus. Corolla nulla. .S7# 

 oblongae, utrinque bifidae, erectae. Ovarium e carpidio unico, uniovulato. 

 Bacca monosperma. Albumen aequabile aut subruminatum. Embryo sul>v< 

 d'wrri. tenui, mitms, petkfor* 



minimis (Endl. Gen. 1762). 



Thrinax, Linn. fil. in Schreb. Gen. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER: caudex mediocris aut subelatus; folii lami 

 en i c lis timeivi ligu] undi, oblituata, nenis fmfm u.o bjudoto- 

 Enum. Ill, 25L 



Thrinax Barbadensis, Lodd. Kunth, Enum. III. 251 Mart. 2"> 



This handsome Palm is a native of the Antilles, especially 

 of Barbadoes , and is extremely rare in European gardens. 

 The specimens may be counted; we only know of three, with 

 the exception of the young plants kindly sent over to lively green, 

 Mr. Linden by His Excellency Major General Monro, and majesties 

 Governor of the Barbados. There ii 



A very fine specimen which we lately saw in Mr. Linden's ing widely 

 establishment at Ghent, forms a plant from 10 to 12 feet form of young hea 

 hgh, with enormous fanshaped leaves. The green petioles tation. 

 1UU1,, ^<1 all over with silvery white blotches, are rounded 



