MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 47 



nicatiun drawn up by that p.ontleman. Ha has named the new genus Chy- 

 mocarpus. "The first character I bhall ha . e to notice is the persistent nature 

 of the calyx, (in Chyraucarpus pentaphyllous), so different from that of Tro- 

 pCBOlum, which is strictly deciduous. Not oil; is the calyx persistent, but it 

 undergoes considerable changes during the progress of the fruit towards ma- 

 turity, at which period it will be found to have increased very much both in 

 size and thickness, its vitality continuing undiminished until the decay of 

 the stem that supports it. In the advanced state, the tube or spur assumes 

 a fleshy consistence, and is abundantly supplied with a honey-like fluid, its 

 extremity being partially separated from the rest by a constriction, as if 

 formed by a ligature, and finally withering and falling off, while the other 

 parts remain in a healthy state." The new name Chymocarpus, is derived 

 from kymos, juicy ; and harpos, fruit, referring to its juicy fruit. 



Herts, Nov. 20th, 1834. St. Patrick. 



On Parasitical Plants, &o. — Parasitical plants being noticed in former 

 numbers of the Cabinet, and judging some of our readers may not know what 

 are the essential distinctions of each, we have extracted the following from 

 " Lindley's Introduction to Botany;" the author having taken it from a work 

 by M. de Candolle on Botanical Geography. Conductor. 



" Parasitical Plants — That is to say, such as are either destitute of the 

 power of pumping up their nourishment from the soil, or of elaborating it 

 completely ; or as cannot exist without absorbing the juices of other vegeta- 

 bles. These are found in all the preceding stations. They may be divided 

 into, first, those which grow on the surface of others, as the Cuscuta and the 

 Mistletoe; and, secondly, intestinal Parasites, which are developed in the 

 interior of living plants, and pierce the epidennus (outer bark) to make their 

 appearance outwardly, such as the Uredo and iEridium. 



" Epiphytes, or False Parishes, which grow upon either dead orliving 

 vegetables, without deriving any nourishment from them. This class which 

 has often been confounded with the preceding, has two distinctly charac- 

 terised divisions. The first which approaches true Parasites, comprehends 

 cryptogamous plants, the germs of which, probably carried to their stations 

 by the very act of vegetation, develope themselves at the period when the 

 plant, or that part where they lie, begins to die, then feed upon the sub- 

 Btance of the plant during its mortal throes, and fatten upon it after its de- 

 cease; such are Nemasporas, and many Sphrerias; these are spurious intes- 

 tinal parasites. The second comprehends those vegetables, whether cryplo- 

 gamie, such as Lichens and Musci, or phanerogamous, as Epidendrums, 

 which live upon living plants, without deriving any nutriment from them, 

 but absorbing moisture from the surrounding atmosphere; these are super- 

 ficial false parasites; many of them will grow upon rocks, dead trees, or 

 earth. 



REFERENCE TO THE KMHELLISHMENTS. 



1. Lcptosiphun densiftorus. This very showy, hardy dwarf annual, merits a 

 situation in every flower garden. The various colours of the flowers, and 

 their vast profusion, \. rv highly recommends it. It continues in bloom for 



or lour months. We find that by sowing at different times, the plant 

 may be had in bloom from April to November. Sow the seeds in pots in 

 autumn, and protect in a greenhouse or frame through winter; turn the plants 

 out at tin- end of March, and they will bloom till June. Seeds sown in pots 

 m February, uill produce plants which, turned out at the end of April, will 

 bloom from June to August. Seeds sown in the open border in April or 

 .May, will produce plants which will bloom from September to November. 

 may be obtained of the London seedsmen or nurserymen. Pentan 

 dria, SConogynia. Hydrophyllese. 



2. Lechenaullia Baxterii, A very neat and handsome flowering greenhouse 

 plant, well deserving cultivation. The plant grows from six to twelve Inches 



high, and blooms nearly all the year; it requires B dry airy greenhouse, or 



11 «'>"■ be pn terved through winter in a frame. It nourishes in sandj i I 



