By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. SIS 



is much cooler than in the valley of the Thames, without 

 having flowered ; but in a warm frame, or dry stove, it 

 flowers when three, and sometimes when only two years old, 

 ripening seeds abundantly. 



Pardantiius Chinensis. Kerin Ann. Bot. v. 1. p. 247. 

 Belamcanda Chinensis. Decand. in PL Lil. n. 121. cum Ic. 

 Ixia Chinensis. Curt, in Bot. Mag. n. 171. cum Ic. — Linn. 

 Sp. PL ed. 2. p. 52. Moraea Chinensis. Thunb. Diss. n. 39. 



I am surprised not to see this fine exotic more frequently 

 in our flower borders. Though it grows wild near Bombay, 

 it most likely extends a great way towards the north, being 

 so hardy as to endure the keenest frost of our climate. In a 

 rich soil it becomes very luxuriant ; and a root planted by 

 me, two years ago, in some mud near St. Hellens, sent up 

 stems last summer, which measured five feet eight inches in 

 height. 



Bobartia Juncea. MSS. Moraea spathacea. Thunb. Diss, 

 n. 11. t. 1./. 1. — Linn. SuppLp. 9.9- Bobartia Indica. Schumak. 

 in Act. Hafn. v. 3. p. 8. t. 11.— Linn. Sp. PL ed. <2.p. 78. Bo- 

 bartia spicis, &c. Linn. FL Zeyl. p. 41. 



This plant is found abundantly near Cape Town, where it 

 is a great nuisance, obstructing the foot-paths by its long 

 tough leaves. It flowers and ripens fruit all the year through, 

 but has never been introduced here, to my knowledge, till 

 last summer, when I met with it in Messrs. Middlemist's 

 nursery. Being unquestionably a distinct genus, I am glad 

 to restore the name given to it byLiNNicus, in memory of 

 that celebrated gardener, Mr. Jacob Bobart. 



Hexaglottis LoNGiroL/iA. Vent. Dec. Nov. Gen. p. 6. 



