AKI3ORETUM AND FUUTICETUM. 



PART 111. 



a 19 



from <v/n'vr, a snake ; in allusion to the twisted stems' trifivra Rrongn. and Don's Mill., 

 '.'iKimnu- tntl.'.rus of Moc. et Se-.-e ; and ('. Mocinfana G. Don, the Ceaiu. thus Mod- 

 m.j'no oi Div , are Mexican shrub.-; the latter introduced in 1S-J4. There are some Nepal specie* 

 of thi-gcnu.-, not >et intro.luced, which will probably be found hardier than those from Mexico. 



M';.7,-/'.',/!.i in honour of C. L. />'///<///</, author of Herbarium Mauritaniutn tifric&na llrongn. 

 and Don > Mill , -'. p. .' s -; the CeanMhus africanus of Lin. Seb. Thes., 1. t. i.V. f. (i., 'is a Cape shrub, 

 which ha- been an inhabitant of our green-houses since !71iZ. It is readily distinguished by its 

 purph-h red branches, and lanceolate, serrated, shining leaves. It is an elegant shrub, consider- 

 in:; the order to which it belongs; and, on a conservative wall, would deserve the preference to 

 any that e have enumerated. 



/',//;,/,/,///> from /*}/;/<;, a lid, and ncrris, a skin; in allusion to the membraneous covering 

 the capsuie < /,;y///c,; Labill.. Don's Mill., -2. p. .;s., Sims Hot. Mag., t. lf.lt>., v //V. 21^ is a 

 shrub from Van Diemen's Land, growing to the height 

 of oft., and introduced in ISn.v It bears a general re- 

 semblance to ('ean&thus ax-areus; but it has smoother 

 and more shining foliage, and cream-coloured flowers. 

 Heing a native of Van Diemen's Land, it will probab'y 

 IK- found tolerably hardy. There are several other Ans". 

 tralian species, and some from the South Seas, which 

 . _^ , will be found enumerated in Don's Mi,'/, >-, and in our 



'^'\ ^Fvftj& Hurtu* Britannfcus, all of which might be tried against 



X -^^.--y* a conservative wall. 



X'~^**'^'4 The genera Cryptj'mdra Sitiith, Rartling/rt Rrongn., 



Solenantha (;. Don, Tetrapasma G. Don, Trichocephalus 

 Brongn., /-"hylica Lin.,8ouIangrVi Brongii.,(iouan/V/ Jacq., 

 C'arpodettis Furst., and Uliiu'd Thnnb., all afford ligne- 

 ous plants, marked in Don's Miller and in our Hu)tus 

 Britannicus as inhabitants of the green-house ; but, as 

 far as we have observed, none of them have been tried 

 against a conservative wall, except / J hyhca cricoules /./;;. 

 (Hot. Mag.,t. ^i'4., and our/f^. 219.), which is a heath. like 

 shrub, growing from 2 ft. to 3 ft. in height ; and producing white flowers from April to September, 

 which, in dry warm situations, on sandy soil, will pass the winter in the open air, with a little pro- 

 tection. 



CHAP. XXXVI. 



OF THE IIALF-HAKDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER 

 BRUN//CJMJ. 



Tnrur. are nine genera included in this order in Don's Miller ; ami the species are mostly natives 

 of the Cape. They are "much branched heath .like shrubs, with small, smooth, or hardly pilose 

 leaves," and small, capitate or rarely panicled, spiked and terminal, or solitary flowers. They 

 almost all require a heath soil, and to" be propagated by cuttings, in the manner of'heaths. Many of 

 them are, doubtle.-s, as hardy as some of the Cape heaths have been proved to be ; and, where there 

 U an extensive range of conservative walling, a few of each genus might he tried against it. Kven 

 if they did not live through the winter, their foliage and flowers, during summer, would be interest- 

 ing and ornamental, and a stock of plants for turning out annually might be kept in pits. 



CHAP, xxxvii. 



or THE HARDY OR HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER 



HOMALINA V CE/K. 



7J/.V77.NT77/7-; Characteristics. Calyx funnel-shaped, its tube usually atlnatc 

 to the ovarv, its limb \\itb ?> l;j lobes. JVtals inserted into the calyx, as 

 many as its lobes, alternate with them, smaller than they, and deemed by some 

 an inner \\horl of lobes of the calyx. (Hands present in front of the segments 

 of the cal\x. Stamens arisini: from the base of the petals, either singly, or in 

 threes or sixes. Anthers ^-celled, opening longitudinally. Ovary 1 -celled, 

 with numerous ovules. Styles :i ;}, .simple. Ovules attached to as many 

 parietal placentas as there are styles. Fruit berried or capsular. Seeds small, 

 ovate, or angular, with an embryo in the middle ot' fleshy albumen. Trees or 

 shrubs. Leaves alternate, with deciduous stipules, toothed or entire. Flowers 

 in ^pikc-,, racemes, or panicles. (Linilh-i/ Ininxl. to JV. S., p. 7f>., adapted.) The 

 ligneous species and varieties of which there are living plants in British col- 



