Flora londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London : with their places of growth, and times of flowering, their several names according to Linnaeus and other authors, with a particular description of

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Thρ earlies account that we snd of the Priuria is in ille frsi volume os the res A is imi ' os Lixes pus, publis hed in 1 4s: it there fornas a Aillines thesin or disseriation, writ tela by DAN1EL RUDspus. Whoenters minui ely into the history os the plant, describes it sully, and illustrates it hy an e gravitag. The plant appoars to have been sirsu discovered in the year 17 2, gro ing in a province of Sweden, ab ut seven miles frona Upsal hy a b tanical student os the nante of Zios L C, who gathered a spe imen os it, and plaeed it in his herbaritim. as a plant he had not bes ore seen, ignorant at the fame lime os iis Dature and oeconomy, and os the value of his dis ove in the fame year Prosessor C Lsius, no Jesu celebra ted sor his knowle se os planis than os languages, has pening to iooh over Alr. Troagno's collection, was immediatelysi ueh with the extraordinary appea rances os illis novello: hut ille state it was in, beios dry and such on paper, prevented him at that time froni examining it to the extent he wime l. In a s hori time the Prosessor had anopportunii 3' os si eising it to Lixx pus, who alter lo hins at it with great attention, proclai med it to be aspe imen of irri Λυα tintiria, Uith the lio Vers, as he suspected, os some exotie. siuek on it instead os it o vn : suel, deceptions are well known to he s me times practa sed, but on opening one of the Howers, he was convince that his suspicions were uias und 8 he novi be amst impatient to possessi the living plant, roots of Whicli, at his reques uere sent him by Mi . Zio Esto, and planted in the borante garden at Upsal, but did notsucceed : these Would have been repla ed in 1 4s, but the planis Where they Originalty grevi had been obliterated by eatlle the fame injury besel them in 1 44, so that it is probabie Listinus dis not en joy the pletis ure he soardently wished sor, os seeing it blossoni: and there is reason to conclude; ibat both the description and figure in the Adin n. A d. were talien si om Zios pii 's dried specimen, which ivili in s me degrest apologi se sor ille inaccuraey os both: iliat of the sortiter we shali have occason to mention in the sequel of this account sineρ the above dissertation was publis hed, the Pponsa has been soland wild in various paris os Germanu, andalso in iliis our isand. M r. Huosos, in the si si edition of his uegoris Angue o, mentions it as growin 'near Capham, surrey: but as no bolanist has observe i it there since that publication, and as in the seconti edition os iste sald work the fact is no longer noti ced, Me may reas Dably conclude that M r. Hunso v was misi alien In the year 17sq. Mr. Ost Do Yso, Nurseryman at Newarh-upon-Trent, most obligingly sent me some roodios illis plant, soland gro ving wild by Mr. LEi ΗΤΟΝ, of Brochles hy, near Brim in Lineoliis ire, in s me Moods belonging 1 3 31 r. PELAAM : these Were planted in a pol, and slowered witii mo sparingly in 1 M: ihi summer, a s , in the beginning of August. they produceri a great num her of slowerinh siems, and slowers in

abundanee, every one os Which was triae to iis character: but though the paris os fructification were persees, nos ed vesseis Uere sormed: its salture in this respect I attribute to my heeping the plant in too silet tered a sit uationas a plant si in the fame root gro ving in a pol at M r. VERE's, Brompton Parh-House, Xensngton-Gore, under the mana gement of his gardener WiLLIAM ANDER so Ν, produced two persen see - esseis containing many to ali appea rance well-conditioned seeds: we may observe that thh sowers of the orariis iis eis are rarely sertile utiless the plant be exposed to an open sunny aspect. When illo P bria tuas sirsi publimed in the Am nit. A d. LINN AE us regar ea it as a neW genus, the charactersos whiel, are there described, he was inclined to thinh that it might he a hybrid plant, generat ed bet vixi the Liuhstia, and some Other uni nown vegetabie: the sex ualitr of his system osten led the great L 1 N pus toindulge in whims os this sort, in the Sp. Ff. ed. s. we snd him to have relinqui med the opinion os iis be in ea distin se genti ', but stili adhering to his savoui te idea of hybridi ty, now, as sar tis relates to this plant, veryxeneralty explode l. Pros. MURRAV has observed, that the so vers os ille genus An i, lintim are peculiarlysiil est to monstrosty: we oui selves have frequently seen the sowers of the common Toadalax with two orit, ree spurs, and th se of the Moses having a tenderi y to a Peloria litio appea rance, but never to assume the regulari ty whicli constitutes the beauty and extreme singulari ty of that plani: there is, howe Uer, no appearance in the structore os the so vera os the P bria but what may be traced to iliose os the L oris, of whicli illeqeertainly are a most wondei sui modification, and hen e there does not appear to be ille least neeessitue sor havii reeourse to any preternatural seXual inter ourse to explain this extraordinary phaenomenon. 'The monstrosty in the PH ia appears to be consi)ed wholly to the Corolla Uith iis attendant stamina, whieliis hereby rendstred a species os suae mutiis Purus, there is nothing in the ollior paris of the plant to dis linquistiit sporn ille common Toad Flax: that the differen e in the sto vers os the two planis Dight he more obvious Vseeti. vie have had a fouer os the Lino in ea graved on the samo plate, Ig. V. this in prior ia is so metamorphoseda; scare ly to retain One orrginal seature: the calyx, . r. varies hiat litile, not at ali in the Dumher os iis diuisions . ille Corolla from being irregular hecomes regular, helow at is dilated. above contraesed, so cis to sortia a tubulari ind of nech, ter manating anao prominent circular rim, Which rolis bach ans is divi ted inio sive ro tilai s olis mei hat obtuse segments. Ag. s. the mouit, is internati v villotis, and pta hered up so as to hecome impervious itis lead of ono Aepending spur like Nectary, there are sive, si ringing iron, ille base of the Corolla M o and spreudiog out almost hora ontal ly; the Stamina are increa sed frona four to sive, fg. 4. these most asture 49cile aliaehed to the Corolla, no illilla Dding LaNN AEus's assertion that they are 1 tino modo e uenis ossitis sorori pulling os f the Corolla, whach easty separates s in the recepta cle in the living plant, theν come away withiti no very materiat ali eration talies place in the sortia os the Filamenis, or Anthone, si'. s. nor does ille Pistillum appear io parta ke of the monstrosity. fg. 6. helice there is no physical cavsh sor that sterilitν whiel, mosi os the authors who have mentioned this plant attribute io it Wst regret extremely that We cannot as yet give a satisfactory answer to tho Linmean Quere in the an ex 'forma mgtis L narra unquam enaV cattir; we thinh it hight y probable that the seed, of thὰ polorin viill produce planis both os common Toad-Flax and Peloria, perhaps sonte bearin et sol ors commotiio both, sueti as HALLER relates to have been Observed by FAsai itis: hut this important fati remaliis io bstaleortained by actuat experiments: Maili stach we are no v en aged. and shali not sati iakino the eaillest opportunity of laying the result of them bessere cur readers, When Me treat os the An is, inura misisj.

ex posed sit uation, and no plant thrives better in a pol. Ibi Ass derives the name of this lusus froin the greelc Word Whicli signises any thine monstro vj

o Litia idi s oles hybrida enus proprium constitueret nisi fructus semper abortire naturae prodigium. O . h. pl. H. a.

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HELLEBORUS iij ij eatile hisdo, iami; soliosis biforis, soliis sigitatis. I in. Syst. Inretias. t. m.

UELLEBORUS soliis multipartitis, serratis, caule paucisoro. Ha . Vs. n. 11sq. MELLE RORUS niger hortensis fore viridi. HM. Pin. 185. HELLEBORASTER minor. fore uiridante. Basard blache Hellebor or Rearessoote. Parae. saa. HELLEBORASTRUM Wil de blaehe Hellebor. Ger. Hers. p. 825. f. p. e c. s. 5 f. 2 R FSyn. ed. 3. p. 271.

RADIX perennis, ex susco nigricans, novos surculos quotannis promens, plurimis fibris, majus eulis capillata, si bris longis, radice ipsa pallidioribus, intus albicantibus, saporis amari subaeris, ingrati. CAULIS subsolitarius, erectus, pedalis circiter, plerumque bifidus, sub nudus, glaber, teretius

culus. inseriae purpurascens; ramis patentibus, soliosis, sub biforis FOLIA digitata, inaequaliter ssa, laciniis oblongo-

lanceolatis, acutis, argute serratis, vendis, obscure viridibus, lucidis; raclicalia petiolata, multipartita, petiolo semitereti, sulcolo : caulina ad divisiones ramorum pedunculorumque

sessilia tri quadri quinquelobata. FLOREs mediae magnitudinis, subnutantes, virides,

Dbsuaveolentes

PEDUNCULI subcompressi, rugosi. CALYX nullus.

COROLLA: Pget ΑΕΛ 5, ovata, obtusa, calycis Ormia, uiridia, foliis pallidiora, intus venosa. Dersi sentia. NECTARIA eirciter decem, luteo-virentia, inter petata et stamina, in orbem posita, erecta, tubulosa, pedunculata, Ore obsolete bilabiato, crenato, A. 2. STAMINA: FiLAM Ni h numerosa, nectariis duplo longiora, subulata, lutescentia; ANTHERA erehiae, Ovales, pallidae. A. I. HSTILLUM: Gp Misci a duobus ad sex, raro pluro, magna; oblonga, laevia: Set YL 1 subulati' recurvati: SI a GMATA obtusa, crasiuscula

so vers.

into many segments. the soOtstalli convere onone side, sat on the other, and grooved,

green, paler than the leaves, veiny on the inside, continuing.

The Heli sortis ori tu, so called si om ille green colour os 1is sowers. is soland sparingly in the neio libourhoodos London, we have seen it wald only in one spol, a sinati Mod near Finchwey, where it was dis overed huMr. JACos RAYER. a 2ealous and indefatigabie labolarer in the cause of Bolanu: in various other naris os the Langclom at is more common but not generalty so with us it is usualty found in Moo is and eos espeetallus uel, as have a motu sis soli, whiel, it particularly afletis, and oui os whiel, it will not illi ive: in disserent narisol Germany at is sa id to grois in open molintainous siluations, and where, is Me mav iud,se si cui Piris JACouati s fgure, at is sessi luxuriant than here. φIt begitis to flower in February, and continues in blossona throtio Marcii and pari os April; When favourabl.utua leti at produces see is in abunda est. IC. BAu A1NΕ observes, that iis r ois are hy re any used medicinalty; their qualities aro most probabi V il se 1ame as inole of the mger. and furfidis. an hende there is litile dotis,t but they may be salsely substit leti foettiose of the former Uhich ix the triae ossicinal plant: in sues they are so used in London. M r. BApies moesulio io honoural tu silis ille stition os Apothecary to Guν - Hospital, assures me that great quantities os iis roolsare 3 early sent up ironi the eouniry, and used sor tho se os Blaedi Hellebore: they are of a listi ter colour Whielias the most obviotis chara er by whiel, they a re distinguis hahle it is a fortunate circumstanee that sim thesi rheang postes ted os similar qualii ies, ille health of the public is not lihely to receive anu materiat injury froni an ampolition to gmis, Or from ignorande so unpar nable. Vos EL insornas iis in his Materia Mediea that thet ranc Ort anu Hambro' meresianis frequont ly substitute the rociis of the A sonis et r/s s sol illo se of the

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MELICA nurans, petatis imberbibus, panicula nutante simplici. Lian. S exoras. M. 14. Murr p. 112. Sp. Pl ed. s. p. s8. FZor. Sueo. d. q. p. 26. Scopo F ed. q. .p. 67. LGl m S t. v. a. p. 95. Lee o Heth. p. 25. St Agros. s. Q. ar. 6. MELICA montana petatis imberbibus, panicula coarctata, secunda, erecta, subsimplici, foribus pendulis. Ah FZ Ans f. ed. 2. p. 37. POA panicula laxa, locustis nutantibus dianthis, alterno sosculo imperfecto. niger Hi . n. 1472 GRAMEN montanum avena eum, locus is rubris. Laul. Pin. 1 o

RADIX perennis, si rosa, subrepens. 6 CULMI pedales aut sesquipedales, simplices, erecti, o foliosi, scabri, sitiati, subangulosi, inserue

purpurei. Y FOLIA ad biis in culmi brevia, squamaesormia, suse in Acentia, sicut ascendunt, longiora et angustiora

vel ramosa : pedunculis capillaribus, raesit Asubas pressis, sesuosis, erectis, ad lentem vil- Ilosis, praecipue ad fores ubi paululum in rasantur. ρsPICULAE plerumque iri sorae, rudimento soseuli qpedicellato clavato, II. 3. CALYX GI Uti bivalvis, valvulis in qualibus, ovatis, o obtusis, obsolete nervosas, primo purpureis, bdemum suscescentibus. g. a. ρCOROLLA : GI ti bi valvis, valvulis inaequalibu , ρ

editeriore magna, concava, ovata, multi nervis, V

nervis plerisque mediam valvulae vix attingen tibus: interiore lata, plana, multo breviore, δώ- 2. ... ρ

ANTHE AE flavae, fg. s. o GERMEN: lato ovatum, pellucidum: STYL1 duo, hinserne nudi, superne plumos, patentes, is . I

NECTARIUM: Glum e duae, carnosae, truncatM, A

CALYX: a G me of two valves, valves unequat,

ille outer One large, concave, ovate, many