378 JYotices of new and beautiful Plants. 



five guineas. The former is elegant, and the petals arranged 

 witli great symmetry ; the color very dark, approaching to 

 black. The latter is a white ground, with faint, very regu- 

 lar stripes of purple, down the centre of each petal. 



XLVI. Cacti. 



ECHINOCACTUS. 



Eyriesii Linill. Sweet-scented Spiny Cartiis. A green-house plant ; flowering in January; 

 color of the tlowers white; a native oflMexieo. Bot. Wag., t. 3411. 



A beautiful species " no less remarkable for the great 

 size of its flower, than for its delicious fragrance." Like 

 the Cereus [Cactus] grandiflorus, its splendid flowers open 

 only at night. The stem is subglobose, depressed with 

 twelve or fourteen angles. Introduced to the London Hor- 

 ticultural Society some years since. {Bot. Mag.., June.) 



LXXVIL Leguminosce. 



PSORALIA. 



HiacrostAchya Lindl. Long-spiked Psoralia. A fine hardy perennial, growing two feet high ; 

 flowers purple, appearing in .lulv ; propagated by seed and division of the roots ; a native 

 of California. Bot. Reg., t. 1769. 



A very beautiful plant of the Leguminosse, obtained from 

 California through Mr. Douglas; it is easily increased by 

 seeds, and will undoubtedly soon become more extensively 

 disseminated. The flowers appear in dense spikes, on ax- 

 illary peduncles, of a lively purple color ; leaves ternate. 

 Drawn from a plant in the garden of the Horticultural Soci- 

 ety at Chiswick. [Bot. Reg., June.) 



Kennedia coccinea var. elegans, is figured in Paxton's 

 Magazine of Botany for June. It is very beautiful, and 

 " well suited for climbing up a pillar in a conservatory," 

 where it will bloom in great perfection ; grows freely in 

 sand, loam and peat. 



CXVI. Rutdcece. 



BAROSMA. 



crenuIAta IVilld. Crennlated Diosma, or Bucku. A green-house shrub, two feet high -, Jlowers 

 blush color; propagated with difficulty by cuttings; a native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Bot. Mag., t. 3413. 



This " really a handsome" species is an old inhabitant of 

 English collections, and has been known under several dif- 

 ferent names. It is nearly allied to some of the species of 

 Diosma, to which genus it has been referred, if, indeed, it 

 is not in reality one. Linnseas describes one as D. crenu- 

 lata, which Dr. Hooker thinks, from the description, must 

 be the same, and states his preference to the name. It is 

 possessed of valuable properties as an internal medicine, 

 and is the Bucku of the Pharmacopa3as. Branches numer- 

 ous, twiggy ; leaves oval-lanceolate, on very short petioles ; 

 buds purple, before expanding. (Bot. Mag., June.) 



CXXII. Geranidceoi. 

 In the Floricultural Cabinet for June, six new kinds of 

 geraniums are figured ; some of them are exceedingly beau- 



