FROM THE SOCIETY'S GARDEN. 279 



which De Candolle meant by his S. concolor, from Tulbagh 

 and the Kat River mountains, although in cultivation it scarcely 

 produces any of the hairs to which his specific character points. 

 It is evidently a near relation of the old Senecio speciosus. The 

 root leaves are spathulate, lanceolate, long-stalked, sinuated to- 

 wards the base and toothed ; the leaves next above them are 

 oblong and stalked ; the liighest are sessile, and slightly stem- 

 clasping and downy at the edges ; all are more or less incised. 

 The stem grows about 2 feet high, and forms an open corymb 

 scantily clothed witli foliage. The flower-heads have a rich 

 purple colour throughout, with a diameter of nearly two inches, 

 most of which belongs to the rich purple ray. 



It is a greenhouse herbaceous j)lant, and requires to be treated 

 like Cape Pelargoniums. It grows freely in a mixture of loam, 

 peat, and leaf mould, and is increased from seeds. It is a very 

 handsome plant, in the way of a " Cineraria," and may prove 

 useful for bedding out during the summer. It flowers in Au- 

 gust and September. 



13. CuRYSEis (Eschsciioltzia) CALIFOKNICA ; viir. cilbijlora. 



Raised from seeds received from M. Vilmorin, as " Esch- 

 scholtzia californica a fl. blanches," and from Mr. 

 Charlwood as a " new white Eschscholtzia," in Fe- 

 bruary, 1852. 



This plant is hardly distinct from the Eschscholtzia, or Chrj'seis 

 californica, but it is remarkably different in having pale cream- 

 coloured flowers, which are somewhat smaller. Like that species 

 it must be sovn in the open border in the spring, and treated 

 as a hardy annual. It is a very nice hardy plant, flowering all 

 the summer. 



14. Ophioxylon majus. Hasskarl, in Walpers' Repertorium, 



vi. 467. 



Received from Dr. von Siebold, August 18th, 1850, under 

 the name of Ophioxylon album. 



There has been a diflference of opinion among botanists whe- 

 ther there are one or two species of Ophioxylon ; but the ques- 

 tion would seem to be set at rest by Mr. Hasskarl, who describes 

 this plant as being altogether stronger in growth, with a smooth 

 shrubby stem 4 feet high, leaves gi*een beneath, white flowers, 

 and oli\'e-shaped fruit, while in O. serpenlinum this plant does 

 not grow above a foot high, is not a slirub, has leaves red under- 

 neath, larger reddish flowers, and globose fruit. The large 



