40 EXTRACTS. 



species of Amaryllis were brought from Brazil, in the earty part of 1833, by 

 Lieutenant Holland, of the Royal Marines, who presented them to Miss 

 Street, of Penryn. It appears next to A. advena, and intermedia, but is 

 perfectly distinct from either flowers. Scape grows a foot high, flowers pedi- 

 celled, three or four in number; pedicels round and slender, from two to 

 three inches in length. Perianthemum about 2£ inches long, funnel shaped, 

 slightly campanulate, of a deep carmine colour, marked with darker vieus. 

 Culture — Thrives well in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand. It has hitherto 

 been kept in a warm Vinery. Amaryllis, from a nymph of Virgil's. 



2. Hesperoscurdum lacteum. Milk-white Hesperoscordum. Hexandria 

 Monogynia, Asphodelere. This plant was found by Mr. Douglas in Cali- 

 fornia, whence its roots were sent to the Horticultural Society in 1833; the 

 plant bloomed in July. It proves a hardy perennial plaut, of but little 

 beauty. Flowers, numerous in each umbel, white. They appear very much 

 like some white flowered Allium. It seems to grow freely in any sort of soil. 

 Hesperoscordum, literally " onion of the west;" so named from its resem- 

 blance to an Allium, and its origin in the western world. 



3. Limnucharis Humboldli. Humboldt's Limuocharis. Syn. Stratiotes 

 uymphaeoides. Polyaudria Polygynia. Butumese. An Aquatic Stove Plant, 

 originally found by Humboldt in Marsheso, the West of Caraccas; but it 

 seems common over all the east side of South America. The seeds fiom 

 which the plauts in the Gardens were raised, were sent to the Botanic Garden, 

 Liverpool, from Buenos Ayres. The flowers are very fugitive, opening in the 

 morning, and withering up iu the course of the day. They are of a bright 

 yellow colour, much resembling the well known Escholtzia californica. The 

 petals are extremely transparent and delicate; but the chief beauty of the 

 species resides in the rich purple fringe of barren stamens which surrounds 

 the fertile ones. It flowers all the year round iu a tank in the stove. It is 

 cultivated iu Mr. Lowe's Nursery, Clapton. Limuocharis, literally, Lake- 

 lover. 



4. Pancratium pedale, Long-flowered Pancratium. Syn. Hymenocallis 

 pedalis. One of the most beautiful of the Amaryllis tribe, excelliug them all 

 in the extraordinary length of the flowers, which measure a foot from the base 

 of the tube to the top of the segments. The latter are very narrow and wavy ; 

 the flowers are white. The bulb was sent by Mr. Barnard from near Trux- 

 illo. Grown by Richard Harrison, Esq. at Aighburgh. Pancratium, sig- 

 nifying " all powerful." It seems to have been originally applied to the squill, 

 on account of its medicinal effects. 



5. Lupinus albifrons. A new shrubby Californian Lupine. Flowers of a pale 

 purple colour. Cultivated in the Garden of the Loudon Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Lupinus (see page 16.) 



6. HelUborus odorus, Sweet Hellebore. Polyaudria Polygynia. Rauuncu- 

 laceae. A very desirable addition to the scanty store of winter-blowing flow- 

 ers, lately introduced from Hungary by the London Horticultural Society. 

 The flowers are of a lively green colour, slightly fragrant. It thrives in a peat 

 border among bushes, where it is probably quite hardy. Helleborus, the black 

 Hellebore of the ancient Greeks, with which it is said that wells were some- 

 times poisoned, and which bad so great a reputation a? a dangerous medica- 

 ment, was undoubtedly a species of the present genus. 



7. Corydalis hracteata, Large bracted Corydalis. Syn. Fumaria brae- 

 teata. Diadelphia Hexandria. Fumariaceae. A very pretty little hardy her- 

 baceous plant, found abundantly in damp shady places among the Altai 

 mountains, where it appears with the earliest flowers of spring. Flowers, of a 

 clear yellow colour. In this country the plant succeeds well in a peaty soil, 

 if it is sheltered from winds, and protected from the sun's direct rays. It is, 

 however, as yet extremely rare, for it yields no seed, and iucreases very slowly 

 by its roots. It is grown in the London Horticultural Society's Garden. 

 Corydalis, from the Greek word corudallis, a lark; in allusion to the length- 

 ened base of oue of the petals, which has been compared to the spur of the 

 lark. 



8. Francoa appendiculata, Sowthistle-leaved Francoa. Syn. F. sonchi- 

 folia, Octaudria Monogynia. Francoaceae. A pretty herbaceous plant, found 



