Curtis's Botanical Magazine/Volume 15/505

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Class and Order.

Generic Character.

Cal. nullus. Cor. 6-petala. Stam. receptaculo inferta. Per. Bacca 8-locularis polysperma.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

DIANELLA cærulea; caule adscendente geniculato foliis distichis lineari-lanceolatis carinatis margine spi- nuloris, pedunculis rectis divaricatis.

This plant is a native of New Holland, and we believe was first raised in this country from seeds from Port Jackson, about the year 1783, by our much respected friend, the late Mr., 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.

The Chevalier de la has given the name of Dia- nella nemorosa to the Dracæna ensifolia of, with which this palnt has considerable affinity, but is certainly a distinct species. The Dracæna nemorosa of, figured in his ''Hort. Schoenb. t.'' 94. appears to be different from both.

We have adopted the name by which it is known in those collections about town which possess it.–We hope to take another opportunity of saying something more on this genus as distinguished from Dracæna.