NOTES. 
Jongiflora. Nob.in Curt. mag.t.712. 
spathacea, Nob. in ann. of bot-1.219. Ints. Vahl enum.2. 142. ie 
polystachia. Nob. in ann. of bot.1.219. Ints. Vahl enum. 2.150. Iris la- 
cera. Lamarck encyc. 3. 304. 
bituminosa. Nob. in Curt. mag. t. 1045. . 
viscaria, Nob. in Curt.mag.t.587; (sub Inve at malé ). 
= 
plumaria. Nob. in ann. of bot. 1.219. Iris. Thunb. de Ir1ipE 16. Morma 
cuiopetala: Vahl enum. 2.158; exclusis Millero et Linneo cum varietati- 
us a.B. 
ramosa. Nob.in Curt. mag.t.'771. 
tristis. Nob. in Curt. mag. t. 577; (sub Inwwx at malé). Mora vegeta. 
Lin. sp. nl.59. Mill. Ic. t. 138. fig.2. iriopetala. 8. Vahl enum. 2. 158; 
exclusis Thunb. Diss. et Prod. uti et Linn. suppl. : 
crispa. Nob.in loc. cit. tabb.'759, 1214. 
Sisyrinchium. od. in loc. cit. t. 1407. 
ciliata, Nod. zn loc. cit. tabb. 1012, 1061. 
papilionacea. Nod. in loc. cit. t.'750. , 
minuta. Nob.in ann. of bot.1.219. Iris. Vahl enum. 2.138. 
The Mora iridioides, Willd. sp. pl. 1. 244, (the Morma vegeta of _ 
Miller, but not of Linnzus, and the Irts compressa of Thunberg) should 
clearly be ranked under Iris. See our note in Curtis’s magaz. N°. 1407. 
vers. fol. 
We have omitted the American species included in this genus by Mr. 
Kunth as editor of the ‘“‘ Nova Genera & Species, &c.’’ of Messrs. Hum- 
boldt and Bonpland; believing that when examined in the living plant they 
will be found not to belong to this generic group. 
AxpINnIA malaccensis. Supra fol. 328. ; 
Since the publication of that article, Sir Abraham Hume has obliging] 
informed Mr. Edwards, that the plant, of which the one that flowered at Mr. 
Fawkes’s seat in Yorkshire was a scion, and has afforded the figure we have 
published, had been sent to him along with mutica (a species of which we 
believe no figure has been yet published) by Dr. Roxburgh from the Bota- 
nical Garden at Calcutta. 
TIroma@a Jalapa. «. Supra fol. 342. 
Since that article was published, we have seen copies of two new works 
on North American plants, from which we have extracted the following 
synonyms as belonging to the subject treated of in that article. 
Convotvutus macrorhizus. Elliot sket. 1.252. Nuttall gen. 1.123.n. 13. 
Mr. Elliot tells us that the plant is native of the islands of (in) Georgia 
and Carolina; and that it twines itself round shrubs and fences, and flowers 
from June to October. The root in old plants, weighs from 40 to 50 
pounds: the flesh of it is white and insipid. % 
The following observation is due to Dr. Baldwyn. 
«My information respecting the medicinal qualities of the Ipomaa 
“ macrorhiza of Michaux, has been derived from actual experiment. Six 
« drachms of the pulverized root has been given under my notice, without 
“* producing any cathartic effect. I have also subjected the dried root to 
“ the test of chemical analysis, and found it to contain no resin (in which 
“the active powers of the officinal Jalap reside), or so small a quantity as 
<‘ not to prevent its being used as an article of diet. It contains a great 
“deal of saccharine, along with a- considerable quantity of farinaceous 
“matter. It is probably not more cathartic than the Convotvuxps 
« (Ipomaa. nob.) Batatas (Sweet Potatoe), nor contains more resin. Ne- 
“« groes I have been informed sometimes eat iy” 
