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and early spring ; but it pi’oduces much larger flowers when kept under glass all the year, or at least till after 
April, which is its season for flowering. It was introduced in 1597. It is very ornamental, not only from its 
beautiful golden yellow flowers, but from its very singular leaves, which be"!’ considerable resemblance to those 
of the Cyclamen ; and hence the plant was fonnerly called the Cyclamen-leaved Anemone. The variety has 
cream-coloured flowers, faintly tinged on the inside with yellow; and the leaves, which are smaller than those 
of the species, are purple on the underside, like those of some kinds of Cineraria. The flowers are smaller 
than those of the species, and the plant is more tender, though it is bi’ought from the same countries. Both 
the species and variety have sometimes double flowers. 
GENUS III. 
KNOWLTONIA Salisb. THE KNOWLTONIA. 
Un. Syst. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx of five sepals. Petals five to fifteen, with a naked claw. Stamens numerous. Ovaries numerous, seated on' a 
globose receptacle. Caryopsides numerous, one-seeded, baccate. Styles deciduous, awuless. ((?. Don.) 
Desceiption, &c. — The plants included in this genus were formerly considered to belong to Adonis, but they 
were separated fii’st by Mr. Salisbury, an English botanist, under the name of I\jiowltonia, in honour of a 
gardener named Knowlton, and afterwards by M. Ventenat, who gave the genus the name of Anamenia. 
The species are all evergreen perennial plants, with biternate or triternate leaves, and umbels of greenish-yellow 
flowers. The only species that is at all ornamental is K. vesicatoria. 
1 — KNOWLTONIA VESICATOKIA Sims. THE BLISTERING KNOWLTONIA. 
Synonymes. — Adonis vesicatoria Lin. ; A. capensis Lam. : A. 
laseqfitiifolia Pers. ; Ranunculus perelegans Lob. ; Astrantia afri- 
cana Mor. ; Imperatoria r.anunculoides Plulc. ; Anamenia lasei'pitii- 
folia Vent. ; A. vesicatoria Dwni. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 775; Bot. Reg., t. 936. 
Specific Character. — Leaves biternate ; segments subcordate, 
serrated, smooth. Umbels simple, few-flowered. 
Desceiption, &c. — This species is a greenhouse evergreen, possessing but little beauty, and flowering in 
winter. The acridity of the leaves is so great as to cause violent inflammation and swelling when applied to 
the skin. In the old books on gardening, K. vesicatoria is called the Cape Adonis. There are several other 
species of Knowltonia, and one of them [K. rigida) is figui’ed in Loddiges’ Botanical Cabinet, t. 850. 
CHAPTER II. 
DILLENIACEiE Dec. 
Essential Character. — Parts of flowers imbricate in the bud. 
Calyx of four or five permanent sep.als. Petals four or five, permanent 
or deciduous, alternating with the sepals. Stamens indefinite, free, or 
polydelphous. Anthers adnate, bursting inwards or laterally. Carpels 
one-celled, numerous, usually from two to five, but sometimes solitary 
from abortion ; capsular, baccate, or two-valved, free, or connected into 
one fruit. Seeds attached to the inner angles of the cells of the 
carpels, usually in two rows, numerous or few, sometimes solitary from 
abortion. Embryo small, placed in the base of a cartilaginous albu- 
men. — Elegant evergreen trees, shrubs, or climbing shrubs, with 
alternate, simple, feather-nerved, entire, or toothed leaves. Flowers 
solitary, racemose or panicled, terminal or lateral, usually yellow, 
emulating those of Cistus. (J3. Don.) 
Desceiption, &c. — All the plants belonging to this order are elegant evergreen trees or shrubs, many 
of them with climbing stems, and very ornamental flowers, which are generally yellow. They will none of them 
