1809.) ~~ Naturalists Monthly Report. 531 
A. B. Lambert, a zealous botanift, and the profeffor of one of the firft Herbariums in this 
country, which he makes fubfervient to {cience, by generoufly affording a ready accefs to 
all inquiring botanifts. The name of e/egant is not very appropriate, as all the pinnated~ 
leaved {pecies are equally, and fome of them much more elegant, if we may Judge from the 
figure; the plant ittelf we have not feen. Axia curta, fuppofed to be anew {pecies, but 
which we fhould be ditpofed to confider as a dwarf fpecimen, fearcely a variety, of Ixia 
conica. Ruta linifelia, a native of Spain. Mr. Andrews received it from Mr. Doun, of 
Cambridge, by whofe fkill and afliduity, the botanic garden ofthat Univerlity, has rifen to 
be one of the firft importance in Europe. It is much to be lamented, that the managers of 
this garden cannot, er donot, furnifh more ainple funds for the maintenance and iacreafe of 
this collection ; having been fortunate enough to get a Curator, who pofleffes so much ardour 
in his calling, they may be very fure that the funds would be well applied, as long as the 
garden was under his direction; but if ampie funds were made permanent, a fuccefior would 
probably find means of applying them to far other purpofes than the promotion of fcience. 
Callicoma serratifolia, a flowering fhrub from New South Wales, which may perhaps be a 
fpecies of the Codia of Vorfter, notwithftanding the latter deferibes his genus as being oc- 
taridrous, and having feur petals, whilft this has many ftamens and no petals: thefe circum. 
ftances do not in all cafes divide a genus; but having feen a fpecinien ot Forfter’s Codia, we 
are unable to decide. Ceratonia filigua, a male plant, and a great curiofity, having never 
been known to produce bloffoms in this country before. In the mof fouthern parts of Exu- 
rope, the Carob tree is of very great importance; the fruit being in many parts the chief 
fupport of the cattle, and in {ome of the lower orders, of the human {pecies. 
The laf Number of the Botanical Magaziire, containing Tradetcantia discolor, with a fpe- 
eific character, by Mr. Gawler, of thirty Jines!!! Yet two words are perhaps fudlicient t 
diftinguith it from every other fpecies of this genus. Watlonia rosea-aléa, 8. Watlonia 
Meriana(y.) Watfonia Sumilis 8, All three varieties of three fpecies belure publithed im 
the Magazine ; but much more beautiful than their prototypes. Arnica be/lid affrum: Linné 
referred this plant to his genus Doronicum ; Haller, and Scopoli, to After; Villars, and 
Willdenow, to Arnica. In the artificial fyftem, its characters unite it with the latter; Lat 
in natural affinity, Dr. Sims feems to think it approaches much nearer to Bellis, with which 
genus all the older botanifts united. it, and he doubts if the mere circumftance of the feeds 
being crowned with a pappus, be fufficient to feparate it from a genus, with which, in every 
other refpedt, it perfectly accords. Ancaba japonica; of which, now very common, thrub, 
no coloured figure feems to have been before viven. Moft japan plants introduced into our 
gardens, have had a fate fimilar to this, that of being firft nurtured im the hot-houte, then 
removed to the green-houfe ; and finally expelled to brave the wintry ftorm fub dio. Gly- 
cine apios ; here again the author fhows his forbearance in making alterations, by retaming 
this plant in the genus Glycine: to us it appears, that Morrifon,with more propriety, added 
it to Aftragalus; but itis probably a genus diftinét from either. Epacris pangens: Dr. Sims 
has taken an opportunity of acknowledging, that his former Epacris, pungens, was erroneoully 
fo called, being a diftinct fpecies from the plant defcribed, and figured, by Caranilles. 
This variety isa beautiful fhrub. Dr. Sims obferves, that in this fpecies it is very evident; 
that the filaments are not really inferted into the coroila, but merely adhere to it fo flightly, 
that the coralla may be pulled off, without removmy the filaments, fome of which will re- 
main attached to the receptacle below the germen. In fome other fpecies, though thie 
filaments are more firmly attached to the corolla, they may neverthelefs be traced down to 
the receptacle. This circumftance, as the Doctor has obierved, ftrengthens the affinity be 
tween Epacris and Erica. 
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NATURALISTS MONTHLY REPORT. 
APRIL 
Budding Month. 
Come gentle fpring, ethereal mildnefs, come. 
fpHE weather, during the prefent month has, for the moit part, been cold and unpleafant ; 
the wind eaft, north, and north. weft; and only for two or three days fouth weit. There 
has been much rain j and on the 19th and 20th, we had fome thow. The night trofts have 
generally been very fevere. In the morning of the 19th, all the ponds and ilowly running 
ditches were covered with ice of contiderable thickneis. The 28th was a fine Ipring day. 
During the laft fourteerfdays of the month, there has been more or lefsrain every day. We 
havethis year entirely, or almoft entirely, efcaped the equinosial gales. 4 ; 
It was on the 22d of March that I firft heard the déath watches, ( Plinus teféllatus) begin 
to beat. This they continued till the cold weather fet im, when they again became fileut, till 
nearly the end of April. , 
April 10. The Naked Canty-tuft (Jderis nudicaulis,) Ground-ivy, (Glecoma bederacea,) Dan- 
. delion, (Leontodun taraxacum,) and Goofe-grals, (Galium aparine,) are in flower. ; 
The Peach and Apricot trees begun to put forth their bloom, but the fubfequent cold wea- 
ther, 
