Geranium foliis pinnatis; foliolis inequaliter, dentatis, apice barbatis; floribus umbellatis; petalis linearibus, recurvatis; staminibus quinque fertilibus, binis longioribus; scapo polystachio; radice tuberosa. Geranium with winged leaves, leaflets unequally toothed, and bearded at the point; flowers grow in umbels, petals linear, recurved; five fertile chives, two longer; flower-stem branched; root tuberous. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The Cup cut open, to shew its tubular structure. 2. The Chives and Pointal, natural size. 3. The Chives cut open, magnified. 4. The Pointal, natural size. 5. The same, magnified. Our present figure is taken from a plant in the Hibbertian Collection, Clapham; and is a very strong variety of the Bearded-leaved Geranium of a former number, taken from the same source. It is, as far as appearances lead, no way differing in character from the rest of the tuberous species of this genus, to require any other treatment. Flowers in June or July. [Illustration] PLATE CCCXXIV. MAGNOLIA PURPUREA. _Purple-flowered Magnolia._ CLASS XIII. ORDER VII. _of Schreb. Gen. Plants._ _POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA._ Many Chives. Many Pointals. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX 3-phyllus. Petala 6-12. Capsulæ 2-valves, imbricatæ. Semina baccata, pendula. CUP 3-leaved. Petals 6-12. Capsules 2-valved, tiled. Seeds, berries, pendulous. See MAGNOLIA PUMILA, Pl. CCXXVI. Vol. IV. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Magnolia foliis obovatis, flaccidis; floribus purpureis; petalis obovatis, divaricatis. Magnolia with inversely egg-shaped, flaccid leaves; flowers purple; petals inversely egg-shaped and straddling. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The Chives and Pointals. 2. A Chive, magnified. 3. The Pointals. This fine species of Magnolia is a native of China and Japan, was introduced to us by the late Mr. Slater of Laytonstone, to whom we are so much indebted for the greatest number of beautiful plants which have been imported from thence by any individual. It is a very free growing plant; will resist the severity of our winters, if planted in a warm situation, and is deciduous; but if kept in the conservatory, it retains its leaves the whole year, and flowers about June. It is propagated with ease by laying, or by cuttings, and thrives in peat earth, with a small mixture of loam. The plant from which our figure was taken is in the magnificent Conservatory of the Right Honourable the Marquis of Blandford, White Knights, near Reading, Berks; and, we believe, the finest specimen of this species of Magnolia in Britain. [Illustration] PLATE CCCXXV. CODON ROYENI. _Prickly Codon._ CLASS XI. ORDER I. _DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Twelve Chives. One Pointal. GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, duodecempartitum; foliolis subulatis, persistentibus, erectis, alternis brevioribus. COROLLA monopetala, campanulata, basi torulosa; limbo duodecimpartito, aquali.