~ 792 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. | SEPTEMBER -1, 1860, 
e SS Sere a ere- EEDE ees a 
od in xil of a sin ale bract, and the inner ! rong’ chened margins, indistinct midrib, striated with | the underground puffballs, though in reality mop: 
= pic rey = e fr ee. _ The fo Mowing | numerous Bs nerves of whi ch none are more — es or nich aps ‘Tr me more 
or s h yli thats Ace Bact ium originates, we believe, always in tha 
rs line australis, mee fi y ee acena aus- | | pedicelled, bracts and bracteoles as long as the pe atl ji oe afer of the Talse tr afie, anà is of pale yellowish 
tiala Soak: Prodr. n. 151, e PER Stem | oo lobes of perianth considerably pak: than the This bursts through the coat at varion 
arboreous, 10 —40 feet bigh “branched greeny: siform, : inne pret portions gra adu: ally w ecoming confluent a A 
about 2 feet long, and —1} fee t broad, “scarcely | Hin: Moreton Bay, Australia, length forming a stem vhich rises perpen ularly 
contracted above the ay eae stri Specimens of this gathered by Mr. Frazer, at] ee | through the earth, swelling upwards ipo a ite: shaped 
ous paralel veins, of which none are more prom minen t Bay, e nable me to give the native rdy i i and then gradually 
than. the others, midrib obscure; flowers crowded, stricta ‘of Endlicher aens stricta Sims). E Endlicher, | a acquires a dark. brown olive tint approaching to bla ck, 
sweet-scented, white ; bracts membranous, large, from ‘it must be remarked, never saw this plant, and only i urg p : s then as the 
one-half as long to as long. as the flower immediately oes Sin name of Drace ena to Condy lyline, whieh | aed increase p each oe indicating 
before expansion. C. australis, Hook. fil. re Nov. | it now retain. This plant may be known at 0 e | the position of one of es periheele with whieh 
Zand. ; A. Richard, Flor. Nov. Zgland. 149 (non Som P the pan arboreóus ie by t the Bee a stem, Es hs mat wee ee ao bas which are 
Endlicher nec Hooker nee Kunth). | narrow short fo lia age, Teba acts a contained in‘ the vithecia are ex ely lon ng, and 
: Hasrrar. Northern island of New Zealand, and lilac ~— flowers ich the pated seen one tod the the sports which ey contain Wheat shaped and 
northern parts of middle island. | perianth are much gee than theinn It is not un-| resembli ing little necklaces, and ultimately breakin ng up 
This species is distinguished from the fo'lowing by | score in pes Ching tad flowering. : by indefinite multitude of 
its larger size, aho orte: r leaves not contracted at the Dase | 6. Cor rdyli ine Pumilis, H C. stricta nob. in Flor. | little reproductive granules. Occasiona y these are 
wien dis rine ne ge nd especially by the large | | Nov. Zel. i. 257, non Endl. nec Sims. A small plant. | seen escaping from the terminal aperture in the s shape 
brac Bin c ORRA Herb. Trunk short, slender or none, as thick as the finger; |o of small white me aly specks. 
at ge Brita or tas museums, have at Kew a | leaves often from the ground, very narrow, linear and soil is plant occurs in woods amongst Ferns where the 
Jive you lant, and full-sized ivied oo from Mr. Grass-like, ow feet long, 4 to Lod broad, with ching 
Standi Dracana No. 2. stout promin midrib, and a few slender veins on n character to, peat. ~ It is cer tainly not tery common, . 
me Cordylin e Banksii, Hook. fil. Sten subarbor each side of its Bes very lax, spreading, 2 feet men bat probably it is = so rare as may at first be 
pi Pog feet ‘high, simple or sparingly mien iA Tenves! with slender branches and few scattered white pedi- imagined, as.it is easily overlo oked from. i its dingy 
> linea vlan ceolate, 5—6 feet long by 14—2 celled flowers, tana subulate, half as long as the flower colour, which differs Tittle from that of the soil in whic h 
me g iu etio! RES 2 feet and twice as long as the bracteoles. 
striate and also having 6 y evident | Has. Noithern ir s of the no 
m each side the prominent Me ib ; flowers loose,| A small low growing plant, with a short often - 
white, bracts very much smaller Wn the flower, not tr en stem, or none, and lon narrow grassy leaves hat 
44h part as long as it is at expansior a very ate midrib. The panicle is very 
Has. Northern and middle islar a of New Zealand. | slender, ith ding b h d few distant small 
A smaller plant than the foregoing, with very muc ch | flowers that “have minute bracts and bracteoles. 
longer leaves that are narrowed into a distinct long It i mmon in woods at the Bay of Islands. 
petiole, have evident slender ribs amongst | Cunningham regarded this as a young state o 
strie on each si midrib, flowers are | C. australis am ne a s that it isin cultivation 
“much more lax, rather anger, nd the bracts and; The other species dyline aang 
bracteo} pa pore sa 4 . te rina, Kenth. (As paragus minalis, L. ; 
collection ther a very impart f D: racena term Rich.), a which T uspect the 
this plant, satel by wins s md, het: Ebat t | following peer aod are closely allied if not all 
without pee locality, an d not a td to m Shale referable, C. Jacquinii, Kth.; i oheahete ziana, Mart. ; 
drawings ay and MSS. ; it is called yrs coides si a, | heliconiafolia, Otto; rubra. 
š J Cordyline ps jeter of Ceylon, the Uia ‘and Pacific a 
= is a very different plant, herea o be de- s oles fora ef cultivated in all tropical countri 
at as C. Pumilis), This we pes receiv ag young iebert, Kth., renee y par — e términalis 
plants of at Kew as Dracena No. 1 from Mr. Standish, iy, the much longer pedicels o of the flowers. I have seen 
bees a full. fis od fowering panicle ‘dried, which ecimens from Borneo and Trinidad i ; no doubt 
ns identify it pnh "eal tivated in the latter locality. 
8. rinine indivisa (Kunth Synops. v. 30, nob.in} 9. llowiana, Kunth, a species resembling C. 
Flor. Nov. Zel. i. 2 Dr vb aia “sc Forst. hee | stricta in most points, ut with a tubular perianth, 
= Aare 2 Pi. loe. No. 33; A. Rich. Flor, Nov. Zel. 1 ). | entire 1 nearly the top, and its lobes nearly equal. 
simple, arboreons, 2—5 feet high ; pke xe tng My be I have seen is from Guy: we ator 
fraction coriaceous, 2—3 feet long by < rey 56). Kunth says it is Eaa hin i 
searcely t ney ra 
numerous stout parallel veins, glaucous ete in- | 10. yo rfect 3 ‘spec air a very small-flowered, 
florescence a drooping almost panicle raceme ; flowers aye species from Sow Trel 
pedicelled, most densely crowded, causing the branches 11, 12, 13. Three species fain Bourbon and Mau- 
of the panic! le to b s thi ck a s the > thumb; bra ritius, includ ing probably some =e the Dracena of 
and pedicel. Kan th, peace from those countri 
` Hap. Southorn ay of the middle and mountainous | annefolia, Br., of tronionl ‘and sub-tropical 
parts of | aster n antral pati in cultivation); 
This splendid plant differs widely from any of its New| Kew, Aug. 1 
Zealand congeners in the very stout texture of its very za 
broad leaves, which are glaucous below, and in the 
ne of th drooping panicle’ being so- a meely MYCOLOGY.—No. XXVII. 
d d flowers as to be # to oe in| CorDIcKPS OPHIOGLOSSOIDES, Fr.—In last CORDICEPS ae Fy.—From an origin! 
Sipain with. ah Porta ra hidden b; y aot: flow ene notice we remarked tha atsiinilarity of form 
w saure in er’s drawings; but there = | does not necessarily imply natural affinity. Accordingly | it takes its ori in size and height, 
re Sep ue gh E Nea guy ding. the Bri igre 2 fon e ibe kan tin Tah with Geoglossy xA according cps es perene 
5 f ifforme, g 
amil of this pai and under hia site hone os in aye ae ae foes! ‘ot tie it, and the es to which it is sunk in n the earth. 
š r. vu In the 
nA, Cordyline Baueri, Hook. fil. C. soroh Endl. face i is coe 3E f 
3 posed of a uniform s stratum of pate acked 
8% Dole Meg orf. p 29, eb Hort. Dracæna australis, | fertile cells or i, mixed with slend y more rapidly, five 
apii ‘ F in paved ioe Fi hete D. obtecta, coin ses, ou ips of which are perfectly on the | its thick, juicy, yellow stem, and brighter colonrel 
arbres, sia 4-0 te arn igh Tares E oes ete o as iS orm an even hymenium, while in in the head. This, , We believe, grows uniformly on m oa = 
The allied s species Cariae capitata i is far more rare 
the base, 1}—2 wane ae oF whic consists of a cellular sac slight! 
pah Tong, 2 i Tnches brea, prii a broad midrib | na = ae and pierced with a distinct dot. ie jing. recent specim 
es, none more conspicuous | orifice, 
than the fo ete as Rags picnous | while the cavity i is lined with a gelatinous stra- A good <= ‘of eontrove ae ni Be os ted, p the 
bract vi ery small, shorter than the small gi pan of theGeoglossum. The anes hartnsienaixe. sent us by Jetter from Fries, and spelt = shore ae 
Han. Norfolk Toland. peal e eae a ae ee Se derived th ae 
. Authentic specimens = line australis of eA With on he, om, eS R tha head PER caput ee ad eh em 
ith th gs rete with the barren stem, = that the he of the Fungus club is that which co” 
i í cay ex aiiis penta nal aperture, would for arte Tack oe ae 
s > me l m with Z 
ages stant of Poriter the ere ica al Ma; gazme an d of | warts ‘which h render i surface of of the Ps vie tie pa Bn peel te th oom ie 
t rdens (not o hed and u Pi clear then that the Cordi oi a 
aoe. : er: the lerra $e its gon short leaves and Souapania i pla rie ‘aha sses only a di AEN E. as Mhi gens whieh grows o Chi RR p of the ack 
es sA o E Bi fy thre — nall n ` se 2 pe: k ship to Geaglossum, though more ey? related to that almost corky Burt ine "inei aliet pirri as 
fragment of this genus to Clavari ó 
piant e nt exists.in Allan Cunningham’ ‘3 ed wian, T th: it has Eire Pa ee enten S aint oeatestices "m 
ent me by Mr. A E apparently fre speci- | ordiceps i ioe has several points of in- Ty Gad) eae 
rted to the Sy arden by Fri est, which ai Ecama (all fom | A PEAR ORC D STATE + 
5. Coniyline stricta, sg Synops. Flor. ees | of tl th he bi + Rp Sa Eee Soe HARD. IN TAE UBS" $ eat 
ine), pe hook Mus. ste (Kunth Bn. v. p. 33 | the A o ra ain whieh the plants compri ised by Tus „past week we white da very ein We F 
non Cuming nec no Fk | g, T. haps , 
C. spectabilis, Kth. & Bou cher, Nov. ini eee Bend. | Of athinas the anek species cousisting of nothing | New York, et by Messrs. Starks and Ma 
selves, and have oe two opportunities only of 
Pi over 
des; Kii sis v. å 5 = an a een icher, eee a a Secondi ys it is remarkable the | young st ied Pene treca, all sern A making 
F 1 ea wA stifolia c. ' grea evelopment of th eli i e; -. 
Das a ret Sine Bot. ig 25757, Apat a pace cate he spawn or mycelium, which i is good Lab h, Pca nay yr tie te g 
mai en Charlwoodia sebi Swee 5 Flor. Aus- like for a ga uppe r T passing gradually into the | orchard, that we made a rather carefal e Sareat ani 
rem. ‘Thirdly, it is worthy of notice, together with a [and gained some fact hie! = y be of int 
lea RI colts or arto ly: nearly allied spec hea, for being always para: rasitič on some posh our naer rh vey es w e from ae 
some way e | species of Llaphomyees, a genus whieh we hope | ive years old when planted, bidh Ta S done dur 
sa poan with slightly ‘some day to illustrate. agreeing in general habit with ! winter of 1857-8. The winter being was done dui 
