


OF ORNAMENTAL EXOTIC PLANTS, i 
live without the aid of artificial heat, and most of them require the warmth of a stove. I shall only describe 
a few of the hardiest of the genera. 
GENUS I. 
HIBBERTIA dAndr. THE HIBBERTIA. 
Lin, Syst. POLYANDRIA, MONOGYNIA TO POLYGYNIA. 
Generic Cuaracter.—Sepals five, permanent. Petals five, deciduous, Stamens indefinite, filiform, inflexed. Carpels membranous, 
dehiscent, usually one to two-seeded. Seeds without any axil. (@. Don.) 
Description, &c.—The plants belonging to this genus are erect, procumbent, or twining shrubs, with showy, 
bright yellow flowers. They all require the protection of a greenhouse, and they are natives of New Holland. The 
genus is named in honour of George Hibbert, Esq., a gentleman who was the means of introducing a great number 
of exotic plants into Great Britain. All the species vary exceedingly in the number of their styles and stamens. 
1.—HIBBERTIA GROSSULARLAFOLIA Salish. THE GOOSEBERRY-LEAVED HIBBERTIA. 
Synonyme.—H. crenata Andr. Flowers on peduncles, opposite the leayes. Stems procumbent or 
Encravines.—Bot. Mag., t. 1218; Bot. Rep., t. 187. climbing. (G Don.) 
Speciric Cuaracter.—Leaves nearly orbicular, crenately toothed. 
Description, &c.—This is a very pretty trailimg shrub, which produces a succession of bright yellow, solitary 
flowers throughout the summer. It may be planted out on rockwork in May or June, and continue in the open 
air till the latter end of September or the beginning of October, but it requires protection during winter, In 
situations where rockwork is introduced into a conseryatory, it will continue producing flowers for nine or ten 
months in succession. It was introduced in 18038. 
2.—HIBBERTIA VOLUBILIS Andy. THE TWINING HIBBERTIA. 
Synonymes.— Dillenia speciosa Cuwrt.; D. humilis Donn; } mucronate; undersurface pubescent. Flowers sessile, with from four 
D. turnereflora Gawl.; D. scandens Willd. ; D. integra Mench.; | to eight styles. Stems twining. (G. Don.) 
D. volubilis Vent. Enecravines.—Bot. Rep., t. 126; Bot. Mag., under the name of 
Speciric Cuaracter.—Leayves obovate-lanceolate, nearly entire, | Dzllenia speciosa, t. 449. 
Description, &c.—This very beautiful plant was figured in the ‘“ Botanical Magazine” as Dillenia speciosa, 
though this is a native of the East Indies, with white flowers, and can only live in a stove; whereas Hibbertia 
volubilis is a native of New Holland, growing wild in great abundance near Port Jackson, and being, in this 
country, what is called a hardy greenhouse shrub, that is, only requiring protection from frost during winter. 
The flowers, which are as large as those of the Gum Cistus, and of a brilliant yellow, are very ornamental, but 
they have an unpleasant smell. The leaves are of a bluish green, and covered with a whitish down, and the seeds 
are black, pea-shaped, and very hard. 
3.—HIBBERTIA DENTATA R&. Br. THE TOOTHED-LEAVED HIBBERTIA. 
Encravines.—Bot. Reg., t. 282; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 347; Bot. Mag., t. 2338. 
Speciric CHaractErR.—Leayes oblong, acuminate, smooth, aristately serrated. Flowers pedunculate, with three styles. Stem twining. 
Description, &c.—This is a very handsome plant, with bright yellow flowers and dark-green leaves. The 
stem and midrib of the leaves are red; and the leaves themselves have their projecting parts or teeth terminating 






