24 GLEANINGS AND ORIGINAL MEMORANDA. 
488. PASSIFLORA SICYOIDES. Schlechtendahl. (alias P. odora Link & Otto.) A greenhouse 
twining plant, with greenish sweet-scented flowers. Native of Mexico. Introduced by the late 
George Barker, Esq., of Birmingham. Flowers in August. (Fig. 244.) 
This fragrant climber first flowered with Mr. Barker in 1839, since which time it has continued to appear occasionally, 
by division of the roots, which 
alids V. lutea of Gardens.) 
although we do not find it figured in any English 
work. The whole surface is covered with forked 
with it, are pretty generally furnished with 
bristle-pointed serratures near the base. Their 
stalk is remarkable for two large opposite, oblong, 
glands. The flowers are solitary in the axil of 
the leaves, on stalks shorter than the petioles ; 
with four very long hairy deciduous bracts. The 
pals are greenish, hairy outside, white within - 
the petals are much smaller and white. The 
coronet consists of threads, variegated with red. 
as 
P 
plant near Jalapa. It has been distributed amon 
Coulter’s Mexican plants under two numbers— 
62 and 63. y Messrs. Link and Otto altered 
Professor Schlechtendahl’s name, we are unable 
lain. 
1 RaNUNCULUS CORTUSHFOLIUS. 
Willdenow. (alias R. Teneriffe Pers. ; 
alias R. grandifolius Low.) A large- 
flowered hardy perennial, with a weed 
habit. Native of the Canary Islands, &c. 
Blossoms yellow. 
Unquestionably the handsomest of all the 
Buttereups yet known to botanists. The flowers 
woody districts. It flowers during the summer 
months, This plant, being of neat habit and 
flowering freely in a pot, is well suited for being 
0 
Species to the protection of a frame during the 
winter and early spring months. When planted 
in the open border, it should be protected by a 
additional covering being provided during severe frosts, It is increased 
should be done in autumn.— Bot, Mag., t. 4625. 
490. VIOLA PYROLÆFOLIA. Poiret. (aliàs V. maculata Cavanilles ; 
Ld 
