By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. 331 



Good Hope, as appears by the ticket of a specimen which 

 Mr. James Niven sent to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy. It 

 thrives best here when indulged with a situation warmer 

 than a common green-house. 



Erythronium Aqtjatile. MSS. Erythronium Ameri- 

 canuni Kevin Bot. Mag. n. 1113. cum Ic. Erythronium Dens 

 canis. Michaux Fl. Bor. Amtr. v. 8. p. 198. Dens canis aqua 

 tilis, &<\ Clayt. in FL Virg t. '2. p. 81. 



I cultivated this plant thirty years without ever seeing its 

 flowers, though the roots encreased in profusion, but pro- 

 ducing a single leaf only. From Clayton's name of Aqua- 

 tilis, it probably requires a very moist situation. 



Methonica Gloriosa. MSS. Gloriosa Simplex. Linn. 

 Mant. p. 6'2. 



The Linnean name of this species originated in an error, 

 for its leaves terminate in a clasper, like those of Superba : 

 but it differs exceedingly in its petals, which are not undu- 

 lated. It was introduced by Mr. Philip Miller, in 1756, 

 who received seeds of it, brought from Senegal, by the cele- 

 brated Adanson : the plants at Chelsea, however, most 

 probably died without flowering. It was next cultivated 

 here by the Earl of Tankerville, and flowered in his 

 stove about 1782, since which time I have raised it from 

 seeds, collected at Sierra Leone, and my plants also flow- 

 ered. It thrives best if constantly kept in a pine-stove. In 

 autumn after the stem decays, the root should be fresh pot- 

 ted, and have no water till it vegetates again in February 

 or March. 



Disporum Pullum. MSS. Uvularia Chinensis. Ker in 

 Bot. Mag. n. 916. cum Ic. 



