34 NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



PART II. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



Dn. Lindley has given an appendix to his admirably conducted publication, 

 the Botanical Register, which contains an Index of all the plants figured and 

 noticed in the work, from its commencement to the present time, and a sketch 

 of the vegetation of that very interesting floral part of the world, the Swan River 

 Colony. We gave a list of some of the plants in our last number. That country 

 has become of pecular interest to British plant admirers, from the circumstance 

 of the very beautiful and numerous productions which have been introduced 

 into England by the very liberal and indefatigable exertions of Captain 

 Mangles, R.N. So numerous have been the kinds of seeds introduced, and as 

 liberally distributed by Captain Mangles, that several of the plants when 

 blooming, have been differently named by various botanists, to prevent contu- 

 sion, as well as to furnish an account of the productions of that remarkable 

 Colony. Dr. Lindley has furnished us with a numerous list, and description of 

 its plants, and figures of some. This will furnish purchasers of plants with a 

 guide, so as to be correct to kind, and of those plants not bloomed in this 

 country, whether they possess such interest or beauty. 



Dr. Lindley has laid the floral community under considerable obligations to 

 him for these additional services, and the thanks of all plant admirers are es- 

 pecially due to the doctor for them, and each of them ought to procure the pub- 

 lication. 



In it it is observed that the Swan River Colony is on the south-west coast of 

 New Holland, about two degrees nearer the tropic than Sydney, on the opposite 

 coast, the mouth of the river being nearly in 32 degrees south latitude, whence 

 it runs in a north-east direction. The area of the colony is about fifty miles by 

 thirty. The country is of the open forest kind, with undulating plains, covered 

 with a vast profusion of plants ; a considerable proportion of the trees belong to 

 the genus Eucalyptus. The Darling range of limestone mountains rise about 

 2000 feet above the sea, and are covered with beautiful evergreen trees. Its 

 soil is various: near the coast it is sandv, and in it trees, shrubs, and grass, 

 grow freely. In the level parts of the country the soil is alluvial, and produces 

 admirable crops of corn without the aid of manure. On the high grounds and 

 banks of rivers the soil is a red loam, and produces fine crops of corn, &c, but 

 requires the aid of manure. The climate is very similar to the south of Italy, 

 so that any of the plants introduced here may be expected to flourish in the open 

 air during summer, but will usually require a winter protection. Of the tribes 

 of plants with which the country abounds, that of the Myrlacea is the most 

 valuable ; it comprises the Epacrideae, Orchidaceae, Goodeeuiaceae, Compositae, 

 Lasiopelateae, Haeniodoraceae, Rutacea?, Leguminosae, Stylidaceae, Chamaelancieae, 

 Droseraceas, and Pittosporaceae. Of the plunts in Chamaelancirae, it is observed 

 that they principally are bushes, whose foliage is like the heaths, having bril- 

 liant yellow, purple, or white flowers, which are produced in beads. 



Particular descriptions are given of the following plants: — 



In MyitTACEa:. 



* Calytrix angulata, flowers yellow 



aurea, golden yellow 



breviseta, lilac 



glutinosa, yellow, tinged with purple 



sappharina, deep violet 



simplex, lilac 



variabilis, lilac 



* The calytrix forms its flowers in a head somewhat resembling the common 

 border flower, Sweet Sultan. We have recently seen several plants in bloom. 

 Some of these enumerated must be very beautiful. 



