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mis, petalis inferioribus spathulatis limbo bifido ciliato disco parce piloso, superioribus
elongatis exsertis apicibus pilosis, calcare calyce glabro subduplo longiore.—D . nndi-
caiile. Torr. et Gray, Fl. i .p. 33.
A very singular and most distinct species, two feet and more high, branclied. Leaves principally from the
base, but by no means all radical, (biclc and fleshy, of three deep obcordate and lobed segments. Flowers
in large lax panicles, of a red-purple colour, with a very long spur, nearly glabrous. Petals all spatliiilate ;
the upper ones longer than the calyx, much exserted. The D . nitdicaule of Torrey and Gray, (hough
found by Mr Douglas, does not quite accord with this plant, and these authors do not notice the singularly
fleshy leaves.
O r d . I I. B E R B E R ID E Æ . Vent
1. Berberis Aqxòfolium. Pursh.— Hook. PI. Bor. Am. v. i . p . 29 {excl. syn. B. repentis).
Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 425. Hook, et Arn. Bot of Beech. Voy. p. 134. Torr. et Gr. Fl. 1. p. 50.
— Mahonia Aquifolium. Nutt.— De Cand. Prod. v. 1. 108.*
1. Epimedium hexandrum. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 1. p. 30. t 13.— Vancouveria hex-
an d ra . Morr. et Decaisne, Ann. des Sc. N at 2d Ser. v. 2. p. 351. 7orr. et Gr. Fl. Ì. p. 52.
My specimen of this plant shows that the flowers are sometimes in rather large lax panicles. Some of the
leaflets are more thau two inches in diameter.
O r d . IU . P A P A V E R A C EÆ . Juss.
The plants of this family in î l r Douglas’ collection are possessed of peculiar interest; affording, as they
do, eight new species, and three new genera ; of which latter, one is remarkable for the beauty of its blossoms,
as another is for its frutescent habit and rigid coriaceous leaves and fruit, an anomaly in the Order. Some
of these having been cultivated in the garden of the Horticultural Society, our valued friend Mr Bentham
has directed his attention to them, and has admirably characterized the new genera and species above alluded
to, in the Transactions o f the Horticultural Society o f London. His characters we cannot do better than
adopt.
P LATYSTEMON. Benth.
G e n . C h a e . Sepala 3, ovata, caduca, pilosa. Pet. 6. Stamina numerosa. Filamenta dilatata, membranacea,
obeordata. Antheræ lineares, biloculares, laterallter dehiscentes. Ovaria plurima, (10 et ultra),
linearia, stigmate sessili lineari terminata. Capsulæ totidem, distinctæ, torulosæ, articulate, indéhiscentes,
transversim multiloculares, extus piloso-hispidæ. Semina in quoque loculo solitaria, pendula. Benth.
i . Platystemon Californicum. Benth. Hort Trans. v. i . 2d. Series, p. 405. Lindl. Bot
Reg. t. 1679. Hook. Bot Mag. t. 3579. lorr. et Gr. Fl. i . p . 65.
“ This little annual,” Mr Bentham observes, “ flowered ” (the first season) “ very sparingly ; but the fine
specimens transmitted by Mr Douglas in a dry state, promise that it may become as interesting to the horii-
• There is a very distmct species of Berheris (Section Mahonia), in Mr Andrieux’s collection of “ Plantes Mexican
» exsicc. n. 469,” without any name, and with only the remark, “ Locus proprius incertus.” It may be thus
characterized ;—
B. Andrieuxii; foliis pinnatis, pinnis 4-5-jugis cum impari oblongis obtusis submembranaceis reticulatim venosi»
læviter serratis, racemis laxis sparsis folio subbrevioribus.
culturist from its beauty, as it is to the botanist, from forming the connecting link between the B^anuncu-
laceæ and Papava-aceæ. The trisepalous calyx, and numerous distinct ovana, would have placed .t in the
former Orilor, were ¡1 not for the stroctiire of the anthers, the very decitluous sepals, anti the general habit,
.h le h do not admit of its being removed from Pupaveracex, especially considering its close affin.ty with
Escksc/ioUzia, {C ir ym s , Lindl.) through Piatystigma and Dmdrmnecon."
The orioimd discoverer of Ibis curions plant, it is but right lo state, is Mr Menvies, who gathered specimens
in CaHfornia, during the eclebr.ted voyage ot Captain Vancouver, and dislribnled them to Ins botan,cal
friends in Ibis country; bot wbich, I regret to say, have, along with many other of his treasures thus gener.
onsly dispersed, remained to the present day unpublished.-The P . Uocaryum. Fisch., ,s considered by
Messrs Torrey and Gray a variety of this.
PLATYSTIGMA . Benth.
Sennfo 3, ovata, caduca, pilosa. Pelala 4c-b. Stamina manevos^. Filamenta mìiorrn\^. Antheræ
lineares, l.iloculurcs, laterallter dehiscentes. Stigmata 3. ovata, acula, erecto-divergenlia. Capstrfo oblonga,
basi attenuata, I-locnlaris. 3-angularis, 3-sulcata, 3-vaivis, ab apice ad basin dehiscens : valvulis conduplicatis
margine in plueeniis filiformibus productis. Semina numerosa, minuta, ovoidea, mgra, lævissima, muda.
Benth.
I. PLntystigma lineare. Benlh. I. c. p. 407, Hook. Ic. PI. 1. t. 38. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t.
1954. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3575. Torr. et Gr. Fl. l . p . 65.
Herba pusilli,, cæspilos.. Cauhs brevissimi, dense foliosi. Folia linearia, integerrima, amplejicaulia,
l-„o,via. Scapi semipedales, erecti, uniflori, patentim |,ilo s i.-A smaller plant than Platyslemon and growing
in closer tnfls, bnt otherwise resembling it very much in habit, though so d.flerent ,n botanical character.
The flowers are yellow, rather smaller than in Platystemon.
DENDROMECON. Benth.
á-epaía 2, ovata. caduca. Pet. A. Stamina Filamenta Antheræ Stigmata
2 sessilia, brevia, crassiuscula. Capsula elongata, siliquæforniis, 1-locularis, bivalvis, valvulis coriaceis duns
a basi ad apiccm dehiscentibus. Placeutæ mat-inales, filiformes. - Semina plunma. majuscula, pyr.form.a,
lævia.-Ffuiiculus dense foliosus. rigidus, glaber. Folia lanceolata, acuta, denticulata, penninervia, reti-
culata, rugosa, rigida. Pedunculi axillares, uniflori.
I . D e .iJ f o in e c o n rigidum. Benth. I. c. p. 407. Hook. Ic. Plant. 1. t. 37. Torr. et Gr.
FL i .p. 64.
A very singnlar pl.nl, as Mr Eenlham .justly remarks, in this Orden with completely woody stems, and
ririd punge,it'leavoa, scabrous rntlier than toothed at the margin, tho principal nerves few, and rimnmg nearly
plrallel with the midrib, uniied by transverse ones, which give a reticulated appearance, particularly on tlie
underside, wliore the nerves are prominent.
1. Cliryseis Californica; caule ramoso folioso, foliorum segmentis linearibus, peduii-
culi cyatlia-infuntlibuliformi, limbo máximo dilatato, calyce longe acuminato. —Escll-
scliollzia Californica. Cl,am. [non Liudl. Hook, etc.)—L. cocea. Benth. I.e. p. 497. Lindl.
Hot. Beg. t. 1677. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3495.— Chryseis crocea. Torr. et Gr. l . p . 63.—
fi. minor. Cliiyseis compacta, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1948.
1 was mudi «truck with the circumstance of there being no specimens of the C. Californica of our garden«
in this Californian colleclion, aud was thence led to refer to our first authority for this species, the figure
and description of Chamisso, iu the Horoe Physicæ BeroUnenses, (p. 73, t. 15.) as well as to original speci