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2. Aptosimcm depressum, The depressed. (Bot. Reg. 1882.) Synonym, 

 Ruellia depressa. Ohlendorfia procumbens. Didynamia Angiospermia. Scro- 

 phralarinoe. A very pretty flowering plant, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 from whence seeds were brought by Mr. Eckton. The plant has bloomed with 

 Dr. Lechmann, at Hamburgh. It is a greenhouse undershrub, laying prostrate, 

 and producing a profusion of flowers ; they are funnel shaped, more than an inch 

 long, of a pretty blue colour, having each of the five divisions of the mouth of the 

 corrolla streaked with black, and the upper part of the throat being white. Mr. 

 Eckton found the plant growing on the shores of the great Fish River, and there 

 blooming from October to December. Mr. Bentham says, this plant assimilates very 

 closely to Salpiglossis prostata. He also enumerates six other species with which 

 he is acquainted, namely, A. abietinum, A. eriocephalum, A. depressum, A. indivi- 

 sum, A. tragacanthoides, A. viscosum. Also he remarks upon live species of a new 

 genus from the Cape, closely allied to Salpiglossis, namely, Peliostomum leucor- 

 rhizum, P. origanoides, P. scoparim, P. virgatum, and P. viscosum. 



The Aptosimum is a very desirable plant, and we hope will soon be in the pos- 

 session of the nurserymen in this country. Aptosimum, from a, privative ; and 

 jttosimos, deciduous. 



3. C'ratcegus tanacetifolia, Tansy-leaved Hawthorn. (Bot. Reg. 1884.) 

 Synonym, Mespilus orientalis. Another very ornamental species of this interesting 

 tribe of plants, and which deserves a place in every pleasure ground. The entire 

 family of Hawthorns are at once so highly ornamental and odoriferous, that 

 wherever then - introduction is practicable we strongly recommend it. The beauty 

 of their blossoms, their fragrance, and the successive profusion of fruit of various 

 hues and sizes, we think, give them more than ordinary charms. A list and de- 

 scription of considerable extent will be given in our next number. The present 

 species is a native of the higher mountains of Greece ; the flowers are large, white, 

 powerfully fragrant ; the hemes are produced solitary, as large as a May Duke 

 Cherry, yellow, and has the scent of an apple ; it is also sweet. Crataegus, from 

 Kratos, strength, in reference to the wood. 



4. Cratobgcs odoratissima, Sweetest-scented Hawthorn. (Bot. Reg. 1885.) 

 Synonym, C: orientalis. It is a native of the hills near the Black Sea, In this 

 country it produces its very deliriously perfumed flowers in profusion, succeeded 

 by clusters of rich red fruit of considerable size and beauty. 



5. Doiglassia nivalis, Snow Douglassia. (Bot. Reg. 1886.) Pentandria 

 Monogynia, Primulaceoe. The late Mr. Douglas collected seeds of this pretty 

 plant in California, and it has bloomed in the garden of the London Horticultural 

 Society. When Mr. Douglas was travelling across the rocky mountains, in April 

 1K27, at an elevation of twelve thousand feet above the level of the sea, he was 

 struck with surprise with a large patch of brilliant purple, surrounded by snow, 

 which, on a near approach, he found to be the blossoms of this pretty flowering 

 plant It very much resembles the Saxifraga oppositifolia. The plant forms a 

 thick tuft, with branches rising a few inches high, clothed with small flowers of a 

 vivid purple colour. The two plants raised in the Society's Garden, have been 

 cultivated in the greenhouse, but it is probable, it will flourish better when treated 

 as alpine plants usually are. Another species, D. arctica, found on the shores of 



. the Antic Sea by Dr. Richardson, is in the possession of Dr. Hooker. Douglassia, 

 in compliment to Mr. Douglas. 



6. Epidendrum Skinxerii, Mr. Skinner's Epidendrum. (Bot. Reg. 1881.) 

 Gynandria Monandria. Orchidaceae. This very interesting species was sent from 

 Guatemala, in 1835, by G. U. Skinner, Esq., to James Bate man, Esq., Knypers- 

 ley Hall, Congleton, Cheshire. In the rich collection at that place it has bloomed, 

 under the very skilful management of Mr. Don. The species is a most profuse 

 bloomer, producing a spike of flowers upon every shoot. The flower stem grows 

 erect, producing a spike of blossoms several inches long; flowers pale purple, an 

 inch and a half across. The plant merits a place in every collection. Epidendrum, 

 from Efii, upon ; and dendron, a tree, native habitation. 



7. HiBiscrs splendeks, Splendid-flowering. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Monadel- 

 phia Polvandra. Malvaceffi. A very fine flowering species which we find to grow 

 and bloom freely in the greenhouse. It was introduced from New Holland in 

 1830, by Mr. Frazer, who, in writing about it, said, " I consider this plant the 

 King of all the Australian plants, I have seen it twenty-two feet high." The 



