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OROBUS. 



atroiuiriiurpiis Desf. Dark purple Orobiis. A hardy, perennial plant ; color of the flowers 

 (lark purple; flowering iu May; cuUivaled, we presume, by seeds; a native of Algiers. 

 Bot. Reg., t. 1763. 



This is the handsomest of all tlie species of the'Orohus we 

 have seen figured : several of them are not worth cul- 

 tivating. The flowers are disposed in dense racemes, on 

 axillary peduncles, and number from twenty to thirty florets. 

 It is "a native of wild places near Algiers, where it was 

 first noticed by Desfontaines." The drawing was made 

 from plants growing in the London Horticultural Society's 

 garden at Chiswick. {Bot. Reg. May.) 



ANTHYLLIS. 

 Wel)biana Hook. Rose-colored kidney-vetch. A hardy perennial, growing about a foot in 

 height; color of the flowers rosy red; flowering in the summer; a native of Tenerifle. Sweet's 

 Fl. Card., t. 292. 



A pretty plant, but, like the Orobuses, rather a botanical 

 than a floricultural gem. This species is a native of the 

 Peak of Tenerifle, and was introduced to the English gar- 

 dens " three years ago, by Mr. Webb, after whom the species 

 has been named." It is interesting on one account, as it 

 will " thrive in dry, light, sandy soil, and is well suited to 

 ornament rock work." {Sweet''s Fl. GarcL, June.) 



XCVI. Rhamnece. 



CEANOTHUS. 



aziireus Azure-flowered Ceanothus ; a green-house plant, growing six to ten feet high ; flow- 

 ers azure blue; propagated by cuttings of the young wood ; introduced in 1318. Pax. Mag. 

 Bot., t. 74. 



" Scarcely any of the species of the genus are worth cul- 

 tivating, where a selection for beauty are wanted. The 

 present subject, however, is an exception : though the flow- 

 ers are small, the figure of the plant, when well grown, is 

 graceful, and the panicles of flowers are beautiful." {Pax. 

 Mag. Bot., May.) 



CXXIV. Troimbleoi. 



TropKolum 'peregrinum. We saw this flowering at Mr. 

 Buist's, Philadelphia, and mentioned it at page 204, as T. 

 pentaphylhmi. We did not observe the error until too late 

 for correction : T. peregrinum is botanically distinct from 

 T. pentaphyllum, which is now Chymocarpus pentaphylliis, 

 as made the type of a new genus by Mr. D. Don. The 

 flower bears but little resemblance to T. peregrinum. We 

 have now before us P. pentaphyllum in flower : is one of the 

 most singular, as well as one of the most delicate climbers 

 we have ever seen. The specimens are from the garden 

 of the Misses Sumner, Dorchester, who successfully cultivate 

 a choice collection of flowers. 



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