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given of the natural size, though the fruit is to our usual scale. The 

 different varieties flower after the rains in the months of January and 

 February ; and the fruits ripen in June and July, continuing to hang 

 on the tree till the begnining of September. Z. Jiijuba is not in- 

 digenous to the Mauritius, but has been long cultivated almost all over 

 the island." 

 Valiurus. Page 528., after the paragraph headed " Statistics" insert : — 

 "» 2. P. virga'tus D, Don. The twiggy Christ's Thorn. 



Identification. D. Don in Bot. Mag., t. 2o35. : Fl. Nep., 1S9. ; G. Don's 



MiUer, 2. p. 23. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2535. ; and our fig. 2430. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches smooth. Leaves obliquely 

 cordate or elliptical, 3-nerved, shining ; wing of fruit 

 entire. (Bon.) A beautiful, hardy, deciduous shrub, 

 growing to_ the height of 10 ft.; w'ith serrulated leaves, 

 each of which has two thorns at its base, one straight and 

 the other hooked. The flowers, which are produced in 

 July and August, are of a greenish yellow, and in ax- 

 illary corymbs. It is a native of Nepal, whence it was 

 brought to Britain in 1819; and there is a very handsome 

 plant of it in the Chelsea Botanic Garden, which, in 1836, 

 was 10 ft. high." 



Widmnus. 529., add to the paragraph headed " Description, c^c..-" " Tliefunsi 

 found on the plants belonging to this order are : Tympanis Fran^ula 

 Fr., SphaeVia punicea Schmidt, S.Iihknmi Nees, S. rhodostoma H.et S. 

 on li. Frangula ; S. niicula Fr., on R. alpina; il/iicor nigrescens s'chum'.', 

 JScidium crassum Pers., JE. iJhamni Pers. — AI. J. P," 

 R. hybridus. 531. 1. 28., after the full stop, add : " There is also a plant in 

 the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, under the name of R. burwundi- 

 acus." ' '' 



R. Eri/throxylon. 53-t., in the list of Engravings, for " t. 62.," read "t. 63.-" 



and for " our^jg. 20-i.," read " our7%. 205." 

 B.. E.angustissinmm. 535., for " (/g. 205.)" read " (/g. 204..) ;" and add: 

 " There are plants of this variety in the Horticultural Society's Garden.'' 



R. pcrsicif alius. 538., dele the whole paragraph, and substitute: 



" R. persicif alius Bert., Moris. Stu-p. Sard., f. 2., we are informed by 

 Signer Manetti, is an erect shrub, from 10 ft. to 12 ft. high, with lanceolate 

 minutely crenated leaves, pubescent on the under side, and on long petioles • 

 calyx free. It is a native of Sardinia, where it flowers in March and April." ' 

 538., after the paragraph beginning " R. tenuijolius," near the bottom, add :— 

 "_ R. glandulasus Host. An evergreen shrub, of which a plant has stood out 

 against a wall, in the Horticultural Society's Garden, since 1830." 

 Ceanothus azureus. 539., add to the paragraph headed " Sjyec. Char., ^c. : " 

 " There is a variety with white flowers in the Horticultm-al Society's 

 Garden." •' 



C. intermedins. 540., add to the paragraph headed " .S/jfc. Char., ^c. ;" " There 

 are plants of this species in the Horticultural Society's Garden, raised 

 from seeds sent there by the late Mr. Fischer of Gottin"-en." 

 540., before " App. i. Other Species of Ceanothus," insert : — 



H. 8. C. colli\na Doug. The Hill-side Ceanothus. 



Identification. Doug, in MSS.; Fl. Cab., t.l3. 

 Engravings. Fl. Cab., 1. 1. 13. ; and out fig. 2431. 



Spec. Char., <Sfc. Branches decumbent, round, and smoothish ; leaves ovate 

 or elliptic, somewhat clammy, glandular- serrated; upi)er surface shining, 

 under surface covered with adpressed hairs, 3-nerved : stipules awl-shaped";' 

 panicles axillar}'. {Knowles and Westcott.) This is a low decumbent 

 shrub, scarcely rising a foot from the ground : it is a hardy evergreen, and 

 produces its white flowers in great abundance. It is a native of North 

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