300 J^otices of ntiP and beautiful Plants 



Texas, and Arkansas. The specimens exhibit the various di- 

 versities in fohage for which the plant is remarkable. The spe- 

 cies is well known to our botanists, and the reason of its being 

 altogether omitted from the floras of Torrcy, Hooker and Beck, 

 is, that the works alluded to are confined to the botany of the 

 Northern States and British America; whereas the above men- 

 tioned species does not grow north of Virginia." Dr. Gray then 

 gives several reasons for considering the C. microcarpa Lindl. 

 Bot. Reg., 1846, (see vol. II, p. 257,) the same as the origi- 

 nal C. spathuldta. Dr. Lindley, however, adheres to his for- 

 mer opinion, which he shows to be correct, by reasons which 

 outweigh the objections of Dr. Gray. (Bot. Reg., May.) 



In the text to Stranvas^sia glaucescens. Dr. Lindley has ad- 

 ded some information upon the pomeous ^osaceae, which, though 

 they have undergone some examination since the year 1820, 

 when he first revised them, have never received much original 

 criticism. The following is the substance of his remarks: — 



Eribo'trya. 

 " E. ? cordata and E. obtusifolia do not belong to the coniis; they are 

 much nearer Cotoneaster, having snb-parietal carpels. But their petals 

 are longer than is usual in Cotoneaster, and there is only one ovule in 

 each cell. I therefore think they may be safely separated, as a pecu- 

 liar genus, to which the name of Hespcromeles (or Western ai^ple,) 

 will not be inappropriate. 



Photi'nia, 

 This must be divided into two sections, until an examination of the 

 fruit of the second section shall show whether it is not rather a sepa- 

 rate genus, viz. 



§ Euphotinia: ovary, complete, bilocular. 

 P. serrulata Lindl. 



P. joi-unifolia, quite distinct from serrulata, in the leaves being glan- 

 dular on the under side. 

 P. fflrbutifolia Lindl. 

 P. argijta Wallich. 



§ Myriomeles : ovary, semibilocular. 



P. pustulata. 



P. integritVMia Lindl. (came with the specimens of Stranvaj^sire 

 ghiucescens, from Dr. Wallich.) 



P. eugenitolia Wallich. 



P. dubia — unless it be distinct; its proper place cannot be decided 

 until an examination of the fruit can be made." 



Carophylldcecc. 

 Some beautiful new seedling pinks have bloomed this season 

 around Boston. Messrs. Walker and Miller of lloxbury, and 

 Mr. Wilder of Dorchester, have several which arc exceedingly 

 fine. Mr. Miller has four or five which, we believe, he has con- 

 sidered as deserving of names. Mr. Walker has already given 

 the following names to his best ones, viz : — 



Walker's Cushingibnia, Estellc, Col. Wilder, Othello, Claudius, 

 Mary Louisa, and Ncalei. 



