Journal of a Horticultural Tour through Germany, Belgium, and part of France, in the Autumn of 1835 To which is added, a Catalogue of the different Species of Cacteæ in the Gardens at Woburn Abbey.

Part 13

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_Systematic No. and Colour of Col. of Native Year of Name. Spines. Flower. Country. Introduc._ -------------------+--------------------+-------+--------+---------- microdasys Lehm. ye. setac. dense .. ...... ---- D.S.S. ye. _minor_ parvúla Nob. setac. br. .. Chili 1835 D.S.S. strícta Haw. setac. ye. _ye._ S. Am. 1796 D.S.S. tuberculáta Haw. setac. why. ye. .. ...... ---- D.S.S. vulgáris Haw. stm. creep. setac. _ye._ S. Eur. 1596 D.S.S. re. br. _major_ italica setac. short ye. _ye._ ...... 1835 D.S.S. glaúca sp. ye. ap. br. .. ...... ---- D.S.S. decúmbens arcol. dk. gr. .. Mexico 1835 D.S.S. _irrorata_ cochenillífera Haw. nearly unarmed _pk._ S. Am. 1688 D.S.S. lanceoláta Haw. sp. ye. short. _ye._ ...... 1796 D.S.S. setac. ye. rubéscens Salm. red-gr. setac. wh. .. Brazils 1828 D.S.S. tomentósa Lk. sp. wh setac. ye. _yo._ S. Am. 1820 D.S.S. Mexicána setac. wh. .. Mexico 1835 D.S.S. eláta Ott. sp. 1-wh. .. S. Am. 1731 D.S.S. Salmii sp. 2-4 wh. setac. .. ...... 1835 D.S.S. br. decumána Haw. sp. wh. setac. .. ...... 1768 D.S.S. ye. candelabrifórmis sp. 1-3 wh. setac. .. ...... 1835 D.S.S. ye. grandis sp. 1-wh. setac. .. ...... ---- D.S.S. ye. Americana sp. 1-wh. setac. .. Amer. ---- D.S.S. ye. Amcylcea DC. sp. wh. .. Naples 1825 D.S.S. Tuna Haw. sp. elon. ye. _ye._ S. Am. 1731 D.S.S. Ficus Indica sp. setac. _ye._ ...... ---- D.S.S. crassa Haw. glau. setac. ye. _ye._ Mexico 1811 D.S.S. br. Bonplandi sp. 2-5 ye. .. ...... ---- D.S.S. horrida Salm. sp. ye. _ye._ S. Am. ---- D.S.S. Pseudo Tuna Salm. sp. br. ye. _ye._ ...... ---- D.S.S. longispina Haw. sp. 1-2 elon. gr. .. Brazil 1825 D.S.S. br. Hitchenii sp. 1-3 elon. ye. .. ...... ---- D.S.S. Parote? sp. 2-3 wh. ye. .. ...... ---- D.S.S. spinulifera Salm. sp. deflex. wh. ye. .. Mexico 1836 D.S.S. dejecta Nob. sp. 1-3 br. ye. _ye._ Havan. ---- D.S.S. monacantha Haw. sp. 1-2 br. ye. .. S. Am. ---- D.S.S. flexibilis sp. 1-ye. .. ...... 1836 D.S.S. sericea G. Dom. sp. ye. setac. re. _ye._ Chili 1827 D.S.S. br. _cærulea_.

V. PARADOXEÆ. SALM.

_Systematic English Form of Name. Name. Stems, &c._ --------------------+------------------+----------------- Braziliénsis Brazil jnts. com. fl. ov. _tenuifolia_ _slender-leaved_

_Systematic No. and Colour of Col. of Native Year of Name. Spines. Flower. Country. Introduc._ ----------------+--------------------+-------+--------+---------- Braziliénsis sp. 1-3 strong. _ye._ Brazils 1816 D.S.S. _tenuifolia_

_PERE'SKIA. PERE'SKIA._ Cal. many-leaved united to the ovary. Cor. rotate. Style filiform. Stigma aggreg. Berry globose.

_Systematic English Form of Name. Name. Stems, &c._ --------------------+-----------------+---------------------------- aculeáta Haw. prickly los. ellip. acum. ent. smth. Bleo Bleo obl. acum. ent. base attenu. grandifólia Haw. large-leaved obl. la. dott. ben. grandispína large-spin. ellip. ent. portulacaefólia Purslan-ld. obov. cuneat.

_Systematic No. and Colour of Col. of Native Year of Name. Spines. Flower. Country. Introduc._ ----------------+------------------+--------+--------+----------- aculeáta Haw. _wh._ W. Ind. 1696 D.S.S. Bleo _wh._ ...... ---- D.S.S. grandifólia Haw. sp. elon. bk. _wh._ Brazil 1818 D.S.S. grandispína sp. in clust. _wh._ ...... ---- D.S.S. elon. bk. portulacaefólia sp. bk. 1/2-inch _wh._ W. Ind. 1820 D.S.S. long.

_RHIPSA'LIS. RHIPSA'LIS._ Cal. 3-6 parted, very short, the teeth acuminated. Petals 6 oblong. Stam. 12-18. Style filiform: stig. 3-6.

_Systematic English Form of Name. Name. Stems, &c._ --------------------+----------------+---------------------------- spathuláta Ott. spathulated stm. cyl. fasciculáris Haw. fascicled br. cyl. jnts. nearly an inch long _parasitica Salm._ mesembryanthoídes Mesembry-like br. erect cyl. jnts. crowd. hairy pendula Salm. pendulous br. vertic. pend. cyl. elong. pentaptéra Ott. five-winged stm. erect 5-ang. smth. dent. salicornóides Haw. Salt-wort-like joints erect short obov. cyl. grandiflóra Haw. large-fld. br. cyl. smth. jnts. obl. calamifórmis reed-shaped br. erect vertic. cyl. smth.

_Systematic No. and Colour of Col. of Native Year of Name. Spines. Flower. Country. Introduc._ --------------------+------------------+-------+--------+---------- spathuláta Ott. sp. wh. br. .. ...... 1836 D.S.S. woolly fasciculáris Haw. .. ...... 1800 D.S.S. _parasitica Salm._ mesembryanthoídes _wh._ ...... 1818 D.S.S. pendula Salm. _wh._ ...... ---- D.S.S. pentaptéra Ott. _wh._ ...... 1836 D.S.S. salicornóides Haw. _ye._ ...... 1818 D.S.S. grandiflóra Haw. _wh._ S. Am. 1816 D.S.S. calamifórmis .. ...... 1836 D.S.S.

The following species of Cacteæ are daily expected from Germany, but whether they will prove distinct from those in the preceding pages, I am unable to determine until the plants arrive at Woburn Abbey.

_MAMMILLA'RIA._ anisacántha canéscens compréssa eriacántha _flore albo_ erinácea Hoffmanséggii Hýstrix Parote polyédra sp. colúmbia crucígera Dyckiána rutíla exsúdans heteráctis uberifórmis Caput Medúsæ gladiata uncinata recurva setosa sphacelata tortolensis

_MELOCA'CTUS._ ceratites coronatus coccineus pyramidalis ---- _spinis albis_ ---- _spinis fuscis_ ---- _spinis longis_ proliferus

_ECHINOCA'CTUS._ dicracanthus muricatus tortuosus agglomeratus anfractuosus niger Karwinskii oxypterus Pfeifferi phyllacanthus pulchellus multiplex flore rubro ingens spina Christi

_CE'REUS._ Boxamus Bonplandii Boydii Brundii Bayanensis Columnæ c[oe]ruleus denudatus elegans formosus ---- _gemmatus_ glaucéscens hórridus hýbridus nòthus ovàtus platyacánthus polygonàtus Scottii spectábilis tubiflòrus dichracánthus geométricans Schelhasii aureus azùreus cineráscens cognàtus grìseus Knightii lividus Mallisónii redúctus róridus sublanàtus subsquamàtus tilophòrus truncàtus _Altensteinii_

_EPIPHY'LLUM._ latifròns platycárpum

_OPU'NTIA._ carolìna coccínea leucostàta máxima Poeppigii polymórpha præcox splendens stricta triacántha albispinòsa Demorènia Poeppigii

_PERE'SKIA._ acárdia cruénta Pititache

Those kinds marked thus (*) were sent here, as new and undescribed species, I have therefore designated them by these names, until I can ascertain correctly whether they have been previously named or not.

CONTENTS.

Aremberg, Duke de 102, 127 Aix-la-Chapelle 95 Antwerp 115 ---- Botanic Garden 117 Augsburg 73 Baden 72 Beaufforts, Count de 110 Bel[oe]il 100 Berlin 15 ---- Botanic Gardens 15 Blankanese 5 Bonn 88 ---- Botanic Gardens 89 Boursoult's, M. Garden 137 Brussells 105 ---- Botanic Garden 123 Carlshrue 74 Cels', M. Nursery 140 Charlottenberg Palace Gardens 17 Cologne 95 Darmsdadt 81 Dieppe 143 Dresden 41 ---- Botanic Garden 41 Dusseldorf 92 Enghien 102, 127 Esling, Prince de 133 Flottbeck Nursery 3 Frankfort 82 ---- Botanic Gardens 84 Ghent 112 ---- Botanic Garden 41 ---- Nurseries 112, 113 Hamburgh 3 ---- Botanic Gardens 7 Heidelberg 76 Hohenheim 70 Hoogart's, Baron de 109 Jardin des Plantes 130 Lacken Palace 107 Liege 96 ---- Botanic Garden 98 Ligne's, Prince de, Gardens 100 Louvain 125 ---- Botanic Gardens 126 Luxemburg Gardens 137 Mackoy's Nursery 97 Maen's, M., Nursery 117 Malines 122 Montemartre 137 Mayence 87 Montreuil Peach Gardens 138 Munich 51 ---- Botanic Gardens 52 Namur 98 Noisette's Nursery 132 Nuremberg 48 Nymphenburg 54 Paris 129 Parmentier's Nursery 104 Pêre la Chaise 138 Pfauen Insel or Peacock Island 33 Potsdam 23 Prevost's, M., Nursery 142 Rhine 88 Rosenstein Palace 68 Rouen 141 ---- Botanic Garden 142 Salm-Dyck's, Prince, Gardens 92 Sans-souci 23 Schwetzingen 77 Smetz', Madame, Garden 119 Stuttgard 66 ---- Botanic Gardens 66 Vallet's, M., Nursery 142 Vitry Nurseries 139 Valenciennes 128 Vandermaelin, M. J. F. 122 Van Mons, Professor 126 Versailles 134

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