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122 Naturalis’?’s Monthly Report. | [Aug. t, 
The Botanical Magazine for the last month contains the variety (a) of Fritillaria latifolia, 
of which var. (@) had been before figured. 
Galaxia ovata. Mr. Gawler has framed a new generic character, and remarks upon its 
affinity with crocus, from which it especially differs by having its stamens monadelphous, and 
its foliage raised upon astipes. This plant is said to vary with white and purple flowers 3 in 
the variety here figured, they are bright yellow. a variation from yeilow to purple is une 
usual, and would lead to a susp'cion of a distinct specie 
Iris pumila, var. lutea This affords, however, zie instance of the above interchange of 
colour, if, indeed, they are not in reality distinct. i 
Leucoium geilonejiche summer snow flake. Mr. Salisbury has followed Haworth in 
making two distinct species of the smaller and larger varieties of this plant, but Mr. Gawler 
quotes Salisbury’s pu ‘chellum, as the same with @stivum, without noticing it even as a variety. 
Mirbelia reticulata: one of the prettiest of the New Holland papilionaceous shrubs. The’ 
name was given to this plant by Dr. Smiih, in honor of M. Mirbel, the author of an Essay on 
Vegetable Physiology, particularly on their reticulated structures The veins of the leaves of 
this plant are rather singularly reticulated.—Struthiola pubescens; this is a very handsome 
sweet-scented shrub from the Cape.. A great deal of contusion has arisen with respect to 
Struthiola erecta and virgata, of Linnzus, which Dr. Sims has endeavoured, in this article, to 
_setright. By adopting the name of pubescens, which was applied to this species by Retzius, 
Dr. Sims has probably excluded virgata altogether ; for he has given S. virgata of Dr. Smith, 
as asynonym of this; and itis probable chat Smith had very good reasons for believing it to be 
Rinneus’s plant. Dr. Sims, however, thinks that it is not the virgata of Linnzeus, though it 
is probably that of Thunberg 5 3; he was perhaps induced to adopt this opinion, from Linnzus 
having, himself, expressly excluded the synonym of Surman, which, to Dr. Sims, appears 
certainly to Belond to the present plant. The author follows Dr. Smith in calling the part 
corella, which mos: authors have, of late termed calyx 5 we perfectly coincide with him in 
Opinion, that the same terms should be applied to analogous parts in the whole natural order, 
and that there can be no good reason for calling the same part calyx in mas ieee and corolla 
in Daphne. 
Dr. Sims calls the fruit of Struthiola Nux, instead'of a Bacca exsucca, as Wildenow has ~ 
termed it; to which he. was, however, probably led from the Boise that in some of 
the same natural order the fruit is a real berry. 
Collinsonia anisata, a new species, named from its peculiar smell, resembling that of Anise. 
It is a native of Carolina, and was communicated by John Walker, esq. It has always four 
stamens, whereas the other known species have only, two; and Dr, Sims takes occasion from 
this, to remark the inconvenience that frequently occurs, from Linnzeus’s having separated the 
natural order of Labialse into two distant classes, according as they have two or four stamens. 
Erica Thunthergii, a very rare and beautiful species ot Heath, communicated by Lee and 
Kennedy ; and admirably figured, as, indeed, are the whole in the number except the yellow 
variety of Jris pumi'a, which has a certain st ice and tatal want of that delicacy which is 
seen in most of the Irises drawn by Mr. Edwards. ‘The artist could not have been in one of © 
his happy moods for drawing, when he sat downto this plant. 
It is with great plezsure that we observe, Dr. Sims quotes the name of Dryander in the un- 
published edition of the Hortus Kewensis. _ We infer from it, that this learned’ hotanist, 
once a pupil of Linnzus, is really preparing this so long and anxiously expected work; which _ 
_ we are sure will be rece.:ved with gratitude by every lowes of the science. "The late ‘edition: 
the scientific part of which, began by Dr. Solandcr, was carried on, after the death of that 
gentleman, by Mr, Dryander, has been long out of print, and a new edition so’ long, in vain, 
expected, that we began to despair of living to see it executed. Our hopes are, however, now 
revived ; forso satisfied are we of the unparalleled industry, as well as abilities of this excels 
lent botanisc, that when we only know that he is fairly engaged in the undertaking, we are 
perfectly easy about its completion. f : 
Exotic Botany, Parazisus Londinensis,-and Botanist’s Repository, appear to be taking a ree 
pose, but we hope are not extinct. “We shall be happy to announce their resuscitation. 
NAL URALISTS MONTHLY REPORT. 
-  JUNE.—Flowering Month. « 
Now the mower whets his {cythe, 
And every fhepherd tells his tale 
Under the hawthorn in the dale. 
URING nearly the whole of the prefent month the weather has been fuch as has not - 
often been remembered at this feafon of the year. The gales which-are ufually expe€ted 
in the months of March, or April, commenced in the beginning of June. On the 2d, the 
wind was peculiarly boifterous ; and the gales did not entirely ceafe till after the 7th, 
‘During all this time, and for many days afterwards, the weather was as cold as it. ufually 
is about the middle of April. There was likewife much rein. From the s$th to the 22d, 
“the days were hot and feafonable. The wind has chiefly blowa fromthe fouth-welt; but’ 4 
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