John Sims

“ The name of floribunda. given by Mr. Brown to this species,
may allude to the number of flowers which appear at the same
time from the extremities of numerous branches, for no more
than one are produced fromthe same point, nor are the florets in
each flower, equal in number or splendour to that of many other
species; or to its continuing to flower for so long a period.
Mr. Brown follows Jussieu in considering the proteaceæ as having no corolla, designating the part so called by Linnæus, by
the term of calyx, in his first publication, changed in his Pro-
dromus to that of perianthum. ”

“ There are several species of Stylidium which possess a
singular irritability of the column, and, perhaps, this property
is in none more remarkable than in the present plant; in
which the column is, in its natural state, bent over the re-
flected labellum, so as to bring the capitulum, containing the
anthers and stigma, nearly in contact with the germen ”

“ Botanist, an indulgence he feels to be more than ordinarily neces-
sary; for being engaged in a laborious and important profession,
and having ever made Botany his amusement, never a serious
study, he has greater dependance upon the continued assist-
ance of his more learned friends than upon the exertion of his
own abilities. ”

“ Cuff, of Teddington, a gentleman of great zeal and assiduity
in cultivating plants and promoting the science of Botany, to
whose liberality the Brompton Botanic Garden is indebted for
this and many other scarce and beautiful plants.
It succeeds well in the greenhouse, begins flowering about
the month of May, and continues in blossom during the greatest
part of the summer. Is readily increased by parting its roots
in the spring and should be planted in pots filled with loam
and peat earth. ”

“ Brown not finding it to accord with any esta-
blished genus, has considered it as distinct from any,
and given it the name of Burchellia in honour of Mr.
Burchell, a very enterprising traveller in Southern Africa,
who has favoured the public with an interesting account
of his travels in that country. And, certainly, persons
who, in spite of deprivations and difficulties, spend a large
portion of their valuable time in such hazardous under-
takings, for the promotion of science, merit this only re-
ward
ward of the botanist ”

“ Limb of Corolla five-cleft,
four of the laciniæ ovate, spreading, two upper ones some-
what larger than the lower: the fifth (or labellum) smaller,
linear, recurved, having two small, subulate, upright ap-
pendices at its base: tube longer than calyx: faux beset with
eight thread-like, glandular processes, erect, unequal. Column
flattened-cylindrical sigmoid, bearing at its extremity two
two-loved anthers with lobes extremely divaricate, and be-
tween them the green stigma, more evident after the anthers
have discharged their pollen ”

“ Linn. Trans. v. 10. p. 212.
it ought to be, that Dryandra should have the nearest affinity
with Banksia.
The Dryandra longifolia is a very fine shrub, with much
larger flowers than those of the species figured in the preceding
plate. Native of Lewin's Land, the south coast of New-
Holland, growing upon rocky hills. ”

“ The most Ornamental Foreign Plants, cultivated in the Open
Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, are accurately
represented in their natural Colours.
to which are added,
Their Names, Class, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, according
to the celebrated Linnæus; their Places of Growth,
and Times of Flowering;
Together with the most approved Methods of Culture.
A W O R K
Intended for the Use of such Ladies, Gentlemen, and Gardeners, as wish
to become scientifically acquainted with the Plants they cultivate. ”

“ BANKSIA ericæfolia ; soliis approximatis acerosis truncato-
emarginatis glabris. Linn. Suppl. p. 127. Willd.
Sp. Pl. 1. 536. Bot. Repos. 156. Cavan. Icon.
vol. 6. t. 538.
The Banksia, a genus so named in honour of its first dis-
coverer, the President of the Royal Society, in a voyage
round the world with Captain Cook, is very nearly allied to
Protea, and like that appears to contain a great number of
species of very various forms and size. Our present plant
forms a handsome shrub, thrives freely, and has flowered in
several collections ”

“ Work as in Mr. Curtis's time. This will, it is hoped, insure
the same excellence of execution, which is such that the figures
in the Botanical Magazine, for elegance as well as correct-
ness, will in general suffer nothing by a comparison with the
most expensensive botanical works, a fact loudly attested by the
circumstance that a large proportion of the ornaments of our
most expensive porcelain and cabinet ware is copied from them.
The Botanical Magazine will continue to be carried on as much
as possible on the same plan as by Mr, Curtis himself. ”

“ Common Flower solitary,
globose, sessile. Calcine Scales ovate-acuminate, very woolly
except the margin, compactly imbricate, forming a globose
cone fluffed with a fine white cottony substance. Corolla one-
petaled, tubed: tube longer than the limb. which is four-cleft,
hairy, tortuose. Anthers linear, 2-lobed sessile. Style ex-
serted, club-shaped. Stigma conical, acute ”

“ Brown in Lin. Soc. Transac. 10. p.
208. Prodr. 394. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 217.
Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 3. p. 441
Banksia Robur. Cavan. ic. 6. p. 29. t. 543.
Banksia Dilleniæfolia. Knight et Salisb. Prot. 113.
Banksia uncigera. Knight et Salisb. Prot. 112.
M. Cavanilles describes this shrub as a tree thirty feet
high, in which he is followed by Mr. Salisbury; but we
are informed by Mr. Brown, in his Prodomus, that it is
only a low shrub, growing plentifully in the marshes
near Sidney, New South Wales. ”

“ BAUERA rubioides. And. Bot. Repos. t. 198
Desc. Stalk shrubby, 3-6 feet high, branched. Branches
opposite, patent, rigid. Leaves ternate, opposite; giving the
appearance at first sight of six leaves growing in a whorl:
Leaflets lanceolate, serrate, rugose-veined, naked. ”

“ Curtis for several
reasons, principally from a desire to preserve them as entire as
possible for the service of the proprietors, in case of emergency,
and a wish to indulge our botanical readers with a representa-
tion and description of some of the novel and curious plants
which are annually introduced, particularly from the Cape of
Good Hope. In one natural order ( the Ensatæ of
––––– Irides of ) such additions have been made to our
former ”

“ But these, which mimic skill hath made,.
Nor scorched by suns, nor killed by shade,
Shall blush with less inconstant hue,
Which Art at pleasure can renew.
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Indexes In which the Latin Names of
the Plants contained in the
Nineteenth Volume are alphabetically
arranged.
...
1580 Podalyria styracifolia 1581 Dryandra floribunda 1582 Dryandra longifolia 1583 Ribus resinosum ... ”

“ DRYANDRA floribunda; foliis cuneiformibus inciso-serratis,
involucri bracteis: exterioribus glabriusculis, pe-
rianthis laminis glabris, stigmate subclavato obtuso. Brown
Prod. Nov. Holl. p. 397. Linn. Trans. v 10. p. 212. ”

“ Holl. p. 392. Linn. Trans. v. 10. p. 204. Hort. Kew.
ed. alt. v. 1 p. 213.
α. Frutex erectus orgyalis, amento foliis plerumque integris
longiori.
Banksia marginata. Cavan. Ic. 6. p. 29. t. 544.
β Frutex erectus orgyalis, foliis spinulosi-dentatis plani-
usculis amento quandoque longiribus.
Banksia microstachya. Cavan. Ic. 6. p. 28. t. 541. excluso
synonymo Linn.
γ Frutex humilis diffusus, foliis spinuloso-dentatis planiusculis
cuneatis amento longioribus. ”

“ Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol. 1807. 49. t. 1. f. 1. Willd. ibid. 55. Ejusdem Sp. Pl. 4. p. 146. Labillard. Nov. Holl. 2. p. 65. t. 215.
Stylidium serrulatum. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 210.
Ventenatia major. Smith Exot. Bot. 2. p. 13. t. 66.
Candollea serrulata. Labillard. in Annal. du Mus. 6. p. 454.
t. 74. f. 2.
Descr. Root fibrous, annual? Leaves radical, erect,
linear-lanceolate, rigid, minutely denticulate, having a her-
baceous somewhat acid taste. Scape a foot or more in height,
without leaves or scales, clothed with glandular hairs. Inflorescence a spiked raceme. ”