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PART III. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 2569 



Page 967., add before Chap. LIV. 



" CHAP. LIIL* 



OF THE HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER 

 REAUMUR// CEJE. 



Reaumiina hypcricuidcs Willd. 

 Spec, 2. p. 1250., Bot. Reg., t. 

 845., and our /%.«. 2472 and 2473. ; 

 i/ypericum alternifolium Lahill ; 

 has fleshy leaves, somewhat lan- 

 ceolate, flat, rather remote. A 

 shrub from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, a na- ^.^^ 

 tive of Syria, in arid places ; intro- U ^-^ 

 duced in 1800, and producing its 

 rose-coloured flowers from June 

 to October. 2473 



R. vermiculcita Linn. Spec. 754., has the leaves subulate, semiterete, imbri- 

 cated, and crowded on the branches. It is an elegant little shrub, a native 

 of Sicily, Barbary, and Egypt, on the sea shore. Flowers white or pale 

 red. Introduced in 1828. The leaves of both species are dotted, and exude 

 globules of a saline alkali." 



Cacta^ce^. 



Opuntia vulgaris. 967., after the 

 references add : " and our 

 /g. 2474." Add to the end 

 of the paragraph : " The 

 fungi found on it are : 

 SphaeVia TuncB Spreng., 

 and S. Cacti Schivein. — 



M. J. Br 



2475 



Grossula'ce^. 



Ribes. 968., end of paragraph headed " Description," introduce : — 



" Fungi. These are : Polyporus Ribis Schum., Cenangium Ribis Fr. ; C. 

 repandum Fr., on R. petras^um ; SphajVia strumella Fr., S. vestita Fr., S. 

 Ribis Tode, S. uberiformis Fr., S. Grossulariee Fr., and S.riiicolai'V., on leaves; 

 Cytispora Ribis Ehr., Dothidea ribesia Fr., Didymosporum truncatum Corda, 

 C/redo Ribcsii Lk. sub Coem., iEcidium Grossulariae Dec, Pucclnia Ribis Dec. 

 —M. J. B." 



R. lacmtre. 976., dele the last sentence, beginning " Sir W. J. Hooker," &c. 

 R. multiflbrum Kit. 980., to the list of Synonymes, add : " R. 2;itif61ium Hortr 

 981., R. prostratum, its variety, and R. resinosum, Mr. Gordon informs us, 



