Botanical Periodicals, 



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5empei*vivum tabulaeforme {fig^ 73.) is a 

 curious succulent plant, and Digitalis ca- 

 nariensis and Azalea calendulacea are 

 highly ornamental. The handsomest plant 

 in this periodical for May is Isopogon^ane- 

 nionifolius. {fig. 74.) A pretty green- 

 house shrub, of 

 dwarf growth, 

 producing its 

 heads of flowers 

 very freely dur- 

 ing the summer 

 months. 



Flora Austra- 

 Idsica, for May, 

 contains Hakea , 

 ferruginea, a 

 stout -growing,' 

 bushy, ever- 

 green shrub, from the collection of Robert 

 Barclay, Esq. at Bury Hill, and not be- 

 fore described. — Lechenaultia oblata, a 

 charming heath-like bush, with fine orange 

 flowers. — Leucopogon {leukos, white, po- 

 gon, a beard ; the limb of the corolla being 



bearded with white) lanceojktus (lance leaved) {fig. 75.), which Mr. Sweet 

 has thus described : " A small branching upright evergreen shrub ; branches 

 slender, smooth, well clothed with leaves. Leaves alternate, sessile, linearly 

 or narrowly lanceolate acute, but not mucronate, flat, generally 3- 

 75 nerved, except a few of the largest, which are 



5-nerved, striated with numerous lines of a pale 

 green on the upper side, and slightly glaucous 

 underneath. Flowers white, sweet-scented 

 Spikes axillary (a), and terminal (5), a little nod- 

 ding, aggregate, 10 to 15-flowered. Peduncles 

 (c) smooth, purple. Bractes {d) smooth, ovate, 

 concave, scarcely acute, two embracing*the calyx, 

 and one clasping it at the base. Calyx (e) 5-parted, 

 smooth : laciniae ovate, concave, with thin white 

 membranaceous margins. Corolla (/) funnel- 

 form ; tube short, in- 

 flated: limb 5-cleft, the 

 laciniae about half the 

 length of the tube, linear, 

 acute, revolute at the 

 points, densely bearded with white hairs. Stamens 

 (g) five, inserted in the mouth of the tube, and al- 

 ternate with the laciniae : filaments {h) very short, 

 included. Anthers (i) linear, exserted. Germen(^) 

 smooth, slightly conical. Style (/) smooth, tapering 

 upwards, included in the tube. Stigma {m) slightly 

 capitate." 



The Flora Australdsica, for June, contains Jcacia 

 wyrtifolia; Leguminosae Mimoseae. — Styphelia viri- 

 diflora ; Epacrideae. — BosseVa ensata ; Leg. Pap. 

 Loteae Genisteae. {fig. 76.) A flat-branched plant, 



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