16 Suticei uj' nexo and interesting Plauti. 



Iiam, •nd ulhcri, accumpanieil Captain I>ugan to examin* a frcsto on the banki ofa (tream, callctl Break- 

 rait I'ri-ck, three mile* iiurth-wcat of Brisbane Town, nutctl tor its gigantic timber, and the vast variety 

 of it> plantti. Of these they mention several by name, and, in proceeding, remark : this forest aboundi 

 in {'rt'icd K^Kai, -is well as in an unpublinhetl and most interesting new jilant, C'astanosprrmura 

 auttrftle Cunningham ami Frau-r's MSS , that pro<luccs Iriiit larger than a Si)aniKh chestnut, by which 

 name it i$ here known. Tlie tree is forty feet and upwards in height, its blossoms papilionaceous and 

 satrVon-colouri-d, di«|X)sed in racemes, and produced from the two.years-old wood. The legumes are 

 larpe, nolitary, and |>endent ; the leaves, which are nearly a foot in lejigth, are impari.pinnate, each 

 leaflet Ijeiiig oval, lanceolate, and ofa rich green ; and Mr. Fra.scr remarks, " the shade afforded by the 

 whole tree excels that of any other I have hitherto seen in New South SVales." IJy the natives the 

 large and handi^ome seeds are eaten on all occasions, and have, when roasted, the flavour of a Si>anish 

 chestnut ; and I have been assured by Europeans, who have subsisted on them exclusively for two days, 

 that no other unpleasant effect resulted than a slight pain in the bowels, and that only when they were 

 eaten raw. 



Mr. liiiwie's admirable article (p. 5.) on the I.^guminbsie, teaching the native soils various species 

 aflert, their native heights and habits, and communicating numerous valuable suggestions for their sue- 

 ceuful cultivation in liritish collections, merits every attention. 



At Young's, the principal leguminous plant in blossom {20th) is Kcnnfedyn monophj^lla 2 longerace- 

 mbsa ; and its graceful climbing habit, pleasing foliage, and long lax racemes of lilac blossoms render it 

 a choice ornament of the season. Mr. Penny considers it too distinct from K. monoph^'lla to be a 

 variety. Here, al.-^o, are blooming /fcicia Br6wii/» and lophAntha, and lun;ita will be in bloom in a 

 fortnight, Choriz^ma niina, Uillw^nia ^unipcrina, and GlJ'cine bituminbsa, although this last but 

 partially. At Knight's, a fine shrub of I'riestli^yn hirsiita is becoming splendid with numerous short 

 dense spikes of beauteous golden blossoms. Elsewhere have been observed Indigofera f)'t's'i'''PS ^ntl 

 Coronllla glatica. The elegantly variegated variety of the latter would more prevail in country collec- 

 tions were it better known. Furze on heaths is gay with partial blossom. 



XCIII. CclasiHnciC. 

 6C6. iSUONYMUS. 



buIlMus .Z?.C. buUate • i_J un ... my.jn Pk Nepal 1828.? C Lp Bot cab. 1749 



CXXI. Pittosp'orece. 

 . •C71<i. SO'LLY.'f'LindL Sollv.*. (liic/iard Hors?nan SuUi/, F.HS., &c. &c.) 5.1. Pittosphrete. 2. 

 heteroi)hJlla/,i>»rf/. various-leaved i_ I | or 5 jl B New Holl.lSJO. S p.l Bot. reg. 1466 



" Likely to prove a very fine gieen-house climber: " its blossoms are blue, beautiful, and produced in 

 nodding cymes. Figured from Mr. Knight's Exotic Nursery, where plants during summer, on a wall 

 with a western aspect, have grown most vigorously, and in this situation, as lately as Jan. 2a 1832, were 

 abounding in deep green lea\es, as if unhurt by all the past frost, 



angustiR>lia I.inril. narrow-leaved %_{ | or ' 8 jn.au B V. Die. L. 1823. .S p.l Bot reg. 1466 



Billarditrn .Sm. fusiform is La A. Hort. Brit. No. 5530. p. 84. 



Professor Lindley found this genus on the hitherto considered species of Billardi^ra which possess a 

 chartareous pericarp; the fruit of the legitimate si)ecies of Billariliirn being a pulpy berry. 



In .S6lly« hetcroph^lla the structure of the petals is lamellate, that is, of two plates or pieces as if 

 grown b.ick to back. The tubular-coloured calyx of D&phnc Mczircui/t (which will shortly blossom) 

 will be found to exhibit a similar structure. 



Uf I'ittdsporum unduliltum, a variety with its leaves strongly and constantly variegated exists at 

 Colvill's. 



CXXIL Geranitceic. 

 1932. GEUA^NIUM. 

 17234a albirt.'.rum //»o<-. white-flowere<l ]k A or IJ su Wsh N. Amer. 1827. Deo Bot. m.ig. 3124 



Approaches in habit and general appearance both G. pratense and O. macul&tum ; but differs from 

 each in sufficient characters, and in its constantly white blossoms : these are copiously produced 

 during the summer months, and the plant is readily multiplied by division. Has ;been called O. 

 maculKtum, and a variety of G. angul&tum : was brought home at the return of Franklin's second 

 expedition. 



CXXm. Oxalldctp. 

 1414. O'XAMS. 

 ll'.xrJrt creni.ta Jrtr. nntchv<\.peliilf(l A A esc 3 jl.s Y Peru 1S29. O s.l Sw.fl.gar.2.8.125 



(). Arracitcha li. Don. .Sykt. Bot. and (Tard. 1. 7.5(1 



("ultivated abundantly in the gardens about Lima as a salad, for which purpose its succulent stems 

 and acid flavour seem strongly to recommend it. It grows freely in our open borders, is reatlily 

 lnereaie«l by cuttingn as well as by its tubers, which require to be taken up and preserved from frost in 

 the manner polatiu's arc. The tubers are produced in considerable plenty, and are often two inches 

 long, and an inch in diameter. When raw they are slightly subacid ; but on being boiled they lose 

 this a( idity entirely, and taste very much like the jiotato, for which they might form occasionally 

 ail agreeable substitute at the tables of the curious. 



CXXIX. I'o/i/gdlt-tc. 

 •20.'.5(i. MONNPN,^ n.SeV. Monmna (^VonHi/io, Count de Flora Blanca, a Spaniard, and patron of botany.) 

 obtusifblia //. .V A7A. obtuse.lvd • i_| or ... jn Ksh.PLima I8.i0. S p.l Bot. mag. 3122 



A «mall upright-branched shrub, with glaucous leaves of the size and shape of those of box : its 

 branehei teriniii;ite<l bv racemes of small purplish red pea-shapejl blossom. .Sent in 1830 from Luriii 

 near Luna by Mr. Cruikshaiiks, and is describe<l from dried specimens in Hooker's Botanical Mitcellany, 

 vol. ii. p. 'JtW,. as M. nemorbsa. 



In this order, y'olvgala grandiflbra, felrag.'.ns, and oppositifolia, and Murfilti'a stipul&ce.t and mixta, 

 are blooming in all the collections in which they arc kept. 



CXXX. MMcete. 

 701. /TOLA. 

 t.'i748fl siAvis fl»<-A nragrant J., A fra } »p" Pa.B intrainc 1823. Deo S\v.fl.gar.2.8.12« 



No. .1,18. Hort. Brit. 



