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and early spring; but it produces 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 bear considerable resemblance to those 
of the Cyclamen; and hence the plant was formerly 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 brought from the same countries. Both 
the species and variety have sometimes double flowers. 
GENUS III. 
KNOWLTONIA Salish. THE KNOWLTONIA. 
Lin, Syst. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Generic Cuaractrer.—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, awnless. (@, Don.) 
Description, &c.—The plants included in this genus were formerly considered to belong to Adonis, but they 
were separated first by Mr. Salisbury, an English botanist, under the name of Knowltonia, 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 VESICATORIA Sims. THE BLISTERING KNOWLTONIA. 
Synonymes.—Adonis vesicatoria Zin.; A. capensis Zam.: A. Eneravincs.—Bot. Mag., t. 775; Bot. Reg., t. 936. 
laserpitiifolia Pevs.; Ranunculus perelegans Lob. ; Astrantia afri- Speciric Cuaracter.—Leaves biternate; segments subcordate, 
cana Mor. ; Imperatoria ranunculoides Pluk.; Anamenia laserpitii- | serrated, smooth. Umbels simple, few-flowered. 
folia Vent. ; A. vesicatoria Dum. 
Drscriprion, &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 figured in Loddiges’ Botanical Cabinet, t. 850. 
CHAPTER II. 
DILLENIACEA Dec. 
EssentraL Cuaracter.—Parts of flowers imbricate in the bud. | carpels, usually in two rows, numerous or few, sometimes solitary from 
Calyx of four or five permanent sepals. Petals four or five, permanent | abortion. Embryo small, placed in the base of a cartilaginous albu- 
or deciduous, alternating with the sepals, Stamens indefinite, free, or | men,—Elegant evergreen trees, shrubs, or climbing shrubs, with 
polydelphous. Anthers adnate, bursting inwards or laterally. Carpels | alternate, simple, feather-nerved, entire, or toothed leaves. Flowers 
one-celled, numerous, usually from two to five, but sometimes solitary | solitary, racemose or panicled, terminal or lateral, usually yellow, 
from abortion ; capsular, baccate, or two-valved, free, or connected into | emulating those of Cistus. (G. Don.) 
one fruit. Seeds attached to the inner angles of the cells of the 
Description, &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 


