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from one to three, dark blood red, yellow and distinctly variegated within. 

 Fritillaria, — see the beginuing of the above remarks. 



6. Pimcka longijiora. Long-tlowered, Diandria Monogynia. Thymelea;. 

 The veffetable inhabitants of New South VVales being in general readily cul- 

 tivated in peat earth, and easily increased by cuttings, have been in great 

 reqnest for the sn'eenhouse and conservatory, and among tlienx are the did'erent 

 species of Pimelea, of which thirty-fonr species are enumerated by Mr. Brown, 

 though thirteen only have hitherto been known amongst British cultivators. 

 The present species was introduced to our gardens by Mr. Frazer, from the 

 southern sho.-es of New Holland, and is rendered beautiful by the compara- 

 tively large and globose heads of pure white blossoms terminating the slender 

 and wavy branches. It bloomed in the Glasgow Botanic Garden in June. 

 The plant grows four feet high, or upwards. Culture: increased by cuttings; 

 soil, sandy peat. 



7. Ficus acuminata. Sharp pointed Fig. Polygamia Diaecia. Urticeae. 

 The genus of the Figs is one of the most extensive among plants, chiefly 

 inhabiting the tropics, many of the species constituting trees ot gigantic 

 height, no less remarkable in their fructiKcation than in the sheathing stipules 

 and milky juice, and bearing a great affinity to the Bread- Fruit (Arto carpus). 

 l''icus elastica, aud other species probably, yields Caoutchouc: a few aflbrd 

 esculent fruits, chiefly the common cultivated Fig, Ficus carica, and the 

 Sycamore of the Scriptures, Ficus sycamorus, whilst the F. religiosa. Banyan 

 Tree, or Sacred Fig of the Hindoos, is oue of the many astonishing features 

 of Indian vegetation : 



" its wondrous branch 



Bent down to earth, new stems can launch, 

 M'hich upward spring to bend again, 

 And fonn a forest o'er the plain." 



No where, perhaps, do the species of Ficus so much abound as in the tropical 

 parts of Asia, and Dr. Wallich alone enumerates in his Catalogue no less 

 than one hundred aud five species. The present species has been long culti 

 vated in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, under the appropriate name of F. 

 cerasiformis. It is a handsome plant, remarkable for its solitary, peduncu- 

 lated, pendant, and teuiptiug-lookiug fruit. Ficus: this Tueis traces to the 

 Celtic Figuezen, a fig. 



Edwards's Botanical Register. Edited by John Lisdley, Esq., 

 Professor of Botany in the Loudon University. Coloured, 

 4s. ; plain, 3s. 



1. Epideiulrum oncidioides. Oncidiuni flowered. Gynandria, Monaudria, 

 Orchidea;. For this noble plant we are indebted to Richard Harrison, Esq. 

 of Liverpool. It has so much the appearance of Oncidiiim luridum, that we 

 at first sight took it for a new species of that geiuis ; it is, however, a genuine 

 Kpidendrum, nearly allied to E. odoratissimum with which it agrees in its 

 delicious and powerful fragrance, similar to the perfume of violets and rose«. 

 No doubt the plant is a native of some part of South America. It has been 

 many years in this country, and is in many collections, but it never tlowered 

 ill this country before that of Mr. IIaiiuison's. \N'e think it is one of the most 

 intereUing spi-cies yet figured ; fur it is not only handsome, singular, and fra- 

 grant, but its (lowers are very durable, remaining in perfection for at least a 

 fortnight. Flowers, sepals and petals, dark yellow, with brownish purple ends. 

 I.abellum dark yellow. Culture, as other orcbideous plants. Kpidendrum, 

 see page IV. 



a. Anihocertis vUe^M,c\a.miu\. Oidynamia Angiospermia. Scrophularineo-. 

 This plant is a native of the southern coast of .New Holland, where it was first 

 found by Ur. Bh'iwn. It is a handsome shrub, with dark green neat leaves} 

 and if kept in health is a desirable greenhouse plant. Being of a (oft nature^ 



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