256 Notices ofnciv and heauiijul Plants. 



XLIV. E.scaU6nk(t. 



EscALLOMA tnontevidciisis is figm-i'd in Paxton's Magazine of Botany for 

 M;iy. It is lliere i^tatcd as a green-lioiise ])laiit, growing- upwards of eight 

 feet iiigii ; |ii'oduciiig tiiaiiy j)aniclt'S of flowers, wirudi "emit a powerl'iil 

 fragrance ;" thrives well in san'ly loam and ])eat, in the open garden in Eng- 

 lanil, and propagated hy cuttings ; tliis is the only genus of the natural order 

 Escaliuuiea!; it consists of several species, all of which are handsome and 

 desirable plants. 



LXXXVIII. Eaphorhlaccfc. 



PLAGIA'NTHUS. 

 sidoides. Hook. Sida-ldve Plagianlhus. A green-liouse shrub ; two or three 

 I'cet high ; with small whitish dowers appearing in September ; a native of 

 Van Diemen's Land. Bot. Mag. t. 339G. 



A plant of no great beauty, lately introduced from Van Diemen's 

 Land. Dr. Hooker is not yet certain, whether it belongs to the 

 genus Sida, or Plagianthus. Probably not hardly worth introduc- 

 tion, unless in Botanical collections. — ('Bot. Mag., April.) 



CLXX. Ericucccv. 

 ARBU'TUS. 

 procera. Dovg. Herb. Tall arbutus or Strawberry tree. A small tree ; habit 

 ot growth sunilar to other arbutus>^s ; flowers greenish white, api)earing in 

 May ; introduced from the North-west coast of North America. Bot Reg. 1. 1753. 



This is a fine species, discovered by the lamented and unfortunate 

 Mr. Douglas, and sent to the London Horticultural Society in 1825. 

 " In the garden it forms an evergreen bush, with a fine broad glossy 

 foliage, and a very vigorous appearance ; but it requires to be care- 

 fully protected from extreme cold in winter, and succeeds best 

 against a west wall." The plate represents a small branch, termina- 

 ted with a cluster, or rather a loose panicled raceme, of flowers, 

 which " are arranged after the manner of those of Arbutus Andrachne, 

 to which species it is most nearly allied." The leaves are broad 

 oblong, and deeply serrated. Found in the mountainous and woody 

 parts of the North-west Coast. — f Bot. Reg., April.) 



Rhododendron reticulatuin D. Don., a new species from Japan, is 

 mentioned in the April number of Loudon's Magazine, as being in Mr. 

 Knight's collection ; it is described in G. Don's Sijstem of Botany and Gar- 

 dening, Vol, in. p. 846. 



3Ir. Don, in tlie above named most valuable and comprehensive work, has 

 adopted a new division of the genus Erica, by his brother, Mr. D, Don. As 

 this new division will be adopted in Loudon's next supplement to the Hortus 

 Britannicus, and as many of our readers will not probably see the work, at 

 least for some time, we here present an abstract of it. The genus Erica, 

 before this division, consisted of several hundred species, a great part of 

 which were botanically distinct, in character and habit :— 



"The names of the proposed groups, the etymology of their names, and 

 the species typical of the groups, are the following : — 



Erica (E. ciniT;a L.), Gypsocallis (etymon not given. E. vagans L..) P;ichysa. 

 (pachys, tliick ; substance of the corolla. E. ardens Andr.), Ceri\mia (kera- 



