supplementary to Enq/c. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 215 



eight plates ; 4*. coloured, Ss. plain. Edited by Dr. Lindley, 

 Professor of Botany in the London University. 

 Sweet's British Floxver-Gnrden ; in monthly numbers, each containing 

 four plates ; Ss. coloured, 2^. 3rA plain. Edited by David Don, 

 Esq., Professor of Botany in King's College, and Librarian to the 

 Linnaean Society. 



'RjNUNC ULACEJE, 



1599. DELPHI'NIUM 



var. *Barli)w;i Hort. Barlow's ^ A s.pl 2 jn.6 D.B Eng. hybrid ... D p.l Bot. rcg. ItMI. 



" This Delphinium presents to the eye the most gorgeous 

 mass of deep lapis lazuli blue that I am acquainted with in the 

 vegetable kingdom. It is quite impossible to describe, without 

 an appearance of exaggeration, the effect of several plants grow- 

 ing in a cluster, and well packed up with species whose colours 

 harmonise with the blue." Messrs. Rollisson received this 

 7)elphinium from a friend at Manchester, several years ago, 

 under the name of Delphinium Barlow//; and they believe it to 

 have been raised by a florist of that name in the neighbourhood 

 of Manchester ; probably from D. grandiflorum and D. elatum, 

 as it partakes in growth and flower of the character of both. It 

 is very eas}' of cultivation; and it appears to flourish in every 

 soil and situation. Messrs. Rollisson have had plants in bloom 

 throughout the whole of summer and autumn ; the principal 

 stems sometimes attaining the height of 7 ft. and 8 ft., and much 

 branched. It is met with sometimes also undei" the name of D. 

 phoeniceum. {Bot. Reg., April.) 



Vajxtverdcece. 



3370. *CHRYSE'IS Lindl. Ciiryseis. (Xamed after Chryseis, a celebrated Homeric beauty; in allusion 

 to the golden colour of the flowers.) 

 *compacta Lindl. compact, or dwarf A A or 1 jl.o Y California ... S co Bot. reg. 194S. 



" This plant seems to stand in much the same relation to 

 Chryseis californica and crocea, as these to each other ; that is 

 to say, if they are distinct, so is this ; but, if they are varieties 

 only of one species, this must be reduced to that species also. 

 It differs from both of them, in having a much more dwarf com- 

 pact habit; the segments of the leaves very slightly toothed, 

 instead of deeply lobed ; and in the flowers being far smaller. 



" With respect to the generic name, which, it will be per- 

 ceived, is altered from Eschsch61tz/« to Chryseis, I beg to insert 

 the following note from a botanical friend, on whose correct 

 judgment I place great reliance: — 



*' ' It is surprising that so great a violation of an established 

 botanical rule as is contained in the generic name Eschsch61tz/« 

 should have been so long permitted to remain. The rule to 

 which we refer is, that two different genera should not both be 

 named in honour of the same individual, or of the same family. 

 Thus, for example, the name Linna^^a must be held to comme- 

 morate both the elder and the younger Linnyeus ; and it would 



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