2. An entire flower, cut open in the tube only, which is extended nearly to the end of the threads. 3. The chives cut open and magnified. 4. The pointal complete, one of the summits detached and magnified. The figure which accompanies this description represents the narrowest-leaved variety of the columnar-chived Ixia hitherto introduced into the British gardens. Like the other varieties already figured in this work, it is a native of the Cape of Good Hope; and like them must be treated as a Cape-bulb; requiring only the protection of the green-house, and a mixture of loam and peat; and no water during its quiescent state. It flowers in June or July, and is a very brilliant variety. Our figure was taken some time since at Messrs. Colvill’s, Nurserymen in the King’s Road. [Illustration] PLATE CCCXCIII. FUMARIA FORMOSA. _Beautiful Fumitory._ CLASS XVII. ORDER II. _DIADELPHIA HEXANDRIA._ Two Brotherhoods. Six Chives. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX diphyllus. Corolla ringens. Filamenta duo membranacea, singula antheris tribus. EMPALEMENT two-leaved. Blossom gaping. Threads two, membranaceous, each with three tips. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. FUMARIA, scapis erectis, pedunculis cernuis subtrifloris bracteatis, corollis basi bilobis. FUMITORY, with erect stalks, cernuous nearly 3-flowered bracteated peduncles, and blossoms two-lobed at the base. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The empalement. 2. A flower spread open, showing the insertion of the chives, with one filament detached and magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, the summit magnified. The beautiful species of Fumaria which we have here represented is a hardy plant; but of what country it is a native, or by whom first introduced into the British gardens, we have yet to learn; neither have we hitherto been able to ascertain it in any author. Our drawing was made from very fine specimens communicated to us by William Anderson, botanic gardener to James Vere, esq. Kensington Gore, in whose collection it flowered copiously in the month of June last. It is allied to the tuberous-rooted species; and perhaps nearer to Fumaria nobilis than any other: succeeds very well in a mixture of peat earth and loam, but prefers a sheltered and a somewhat shaded situation; and makes a very fine appearance when in flower: it also possesses unusual elegance in its foliage. [Illustration] PLATE CCCXCIV. MIMOSA LINIFOLIA. _Flax-leaved Mimosa._ CLASS XXIII. ORDER I. _POLYGAMIA MONŒCIA._ Various Dispositions upon one Plant. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. HERMAPH. Calyx 5-dentatus. Corolla 5-fida. Stamina 5 sive plura. Pistillum 1. Legumen. Mascul. Calyx 5-dentatus. Corolla 5-fida. Stamina 5-10, sive plura. HERMAPH. Empalement 5-toothed. Blossom 5-cleft. Chives 5 or more. Pointal 1. A Pod. Male. Empalement 5-toothed. Blossom 5-cleft. Chives 5-10, or more. SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C. MIMOSA, foliis sparsis suberectis angustissime linearibus.