2550 SUPPLEMENT. 



secured, as if he were the owner of an estate and farm surrounded by a high 



stone wall.' (Head's Continuation of Home Tour, p. 171.3" 



Page 574., after the last paragra])h, introduce : — 



" Ftaigi. Polyporus lentus Berk., and Sphaj^ria clongata Fr., sjn. Cucur- 



bitaria elongata Grev., t. 1 95. ; the last being found on all the Leguminosae. 



—M. J. Br 



Spariium '^unceum. 576., add to " Varie- 

 ties :" — 



" * S. j. 3 odoratisshmcm D. Don in Swt. 

 Brit. Fl. Gard. 2 ser,, t. 390., and 

 our Jig. 2436., is distinguished 

 from the species by its more slen- 

 der and spreading habit, its more 

 silky leaves and shoots, and its 

 smaller and more fragrant flowers. 

 It was raisetl by the Rev. — 

 Duke, of Lake House, near Salis- 

 bury, from seeds stated to have 

 been received from Persia." 



577., before Genus VII. introduce : 



" S. acutifoUum Lindl. in Bot, Reg. There are plants under this name in 



the Horticultural Society's Garden, which were raised from Turkish seeds ; 



and the flowers of which are very fragrant. Dr. Lindley doubts whether this 



plant may not be a variety of <?. /unceum. He describes it as having longer 



and taper-pointed leaves, laxer racemes, and a more graceful habit of growth. 



It is probably the same as the S.j. odoratissimum of Don." 



(Genista 'parviflora. 578., add to the paragraph headed " Spec. Char., 

 Sfc. ;" " There are plants in the Horticultural Society's Garden." 



G. umhclldta. 578., add to the paragraph headed " Spec. Char., ^c. :" " There 

 are plants in the Horticultural Society's Garden ; from which Mr. Gor- 

 don thinks it nearly related to G. radiata." 



G. monospcrma. 582., add to the paragraph headed " Spec. Char., ^c.:" "Mr. 

 Gordon informs us that this species is not more than half-hardy." 



G. a-lhncnsis. 582., add to para^raph headed "Spec. Char., <.yc. ;" " In the Coin- 

 panion to the Botanical Jllagazine, it is stated that G. aethnensis inhabits 

 the woody regions of Mount Etna, between 3,200 ft. and 6,200 ft. 

 above the level of the sea, where it was found growing in company 

 with ^^cer villosum and A. nionspessulanum. (^Comp. Bot. Mag., vol. i. 

 p. 91.) There are plants of this species in the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, raised from seed sent there by the Honourable W. Fox 

 Strangways, which are not more than half-hardy." 



583., dele the whole of G. scariosa, and add to the synonymes of G. anxan- 

 tica : " G. scariosa Viv. Ann. Bot., i. p. 2.175. ; G. januensis Vw. 

 Cut., p. 10., Bert. PI. ; G. genuensis Pers. Ench., No. 5," 

 Atid to the paragraph headed " G. t. 2 latifdlia Dec. :" " There is a sub- 

 variety with tlouble flowers in the Horticultural Society's Garden." 



G. sagittdlis. 5H5., add to the paragraph headed " S])cc. Char., Sfc. ;" " The 

 fungi Dothidea genistalis Fr.,and Ilclminthosporium Genistae Fr., are 

 found on this s[)ecies." 



G. procumhcns. 585., insert: " Engraving. Bot. Reg., t. 1 150." Add to para- 

 graj)!) headed " Spec. Char., Sfc. :" *' It is a pretty little hardy shrub, 

 well adapted for growing on rockwork." 



588., before App. ii. introduce : — 



" In the Companion to the Botanical Magazine, it is stated that M. 



Durien, in a botanical excursion to the mountains of Asturias, found a 



beautiful species of T/enista with white flowers, which would prove a 



highly ornamental garden shrub. The seeds, however, were not sufficiently 



mature to afford hope of their germination." 



