figured in the London Ftor. and Bot. Magazines. 371 



were received from Turkey, by the Horticultural Society, in 

 whose garden it flowered. {Bot. Reg., July.) 



BegonikceBi. 



BEGO'NM 

 odorata Sweet-scented Besonia.. A stove plant ; giowing about two feet high; with wlnte 

 fl.nvers ; appt-arinj: in April and Maj' ; incieased by cuttings ; cultivated in light rich 

 soil ; a native of the West Indies. Pax. Mag. Bot., Vol. IV, p. 123. 



A pretty plant, with numerous clusters of small white, fra- 

 grant blossoms: the plant grows about two feet high. It is a 

 new species, and the specimen from which the drawing was ta- 

 ken was furnished by Messrs. Young of Epsom. Its native 

 country is supposed to be the West Indies. It grows freely in 

 very light rich soil. Its fragrance renders it a desirable species. 

 [Pax. Mag. Bat., July.) 



Dicotyledonous, Moxopetalous, Plants. 

 T^ricdceoe. 



iJHODODEN'DRON 

 var. Seymnuri Lin/ll. A hardy shrub; growing four or five feet high ; with pale yellow 

 flowers ; appearing in April ; a hybrid plant ; increased by inarching and grafting. Bot. 

 Reg., 1975. 



A pretty hybrid, obtained, by the Hon. and Rev. Wm. Her- 

 bert, from the seed of /Rhododendron iJhodora (iihodora cana- 

 densis,) impregnated with R. k\teum (Azalea pontica.) Mr. 

 Herbert states that " its leaves are produced early in the spring, 

 and last year they were much damaged by a severe frost in 

 April." It pushed afresh, afterwards, vigorously, and formed 

 two flower buds. On the approach of spring, to avoid any 

 danger of damage, the plant was potted and placed in the green- 

 house. The leaves pushed before the buds began to move, and 

 completely clothed the plant before their expansion, contrary to 

 the habit of jRhodora. The number of stamens is irregular. 

 Mr. Herbert states that he has had a genuine umbel of R. lu- 

 teum (Azalea pontica,) of which two flowers had seven, and 

 two, six, stamens, showing clearly that the deficiency of the five 

 stamens of inferior power in the azaleas is not a generic distinc- 

 tion, but an imperfection. The plant does not possess any great 

 beauty, but is interesting from the relation of the two parents, 

 which have heretofore been considered as belonging to distinct 

 genera. The flowers are small, in a rather dense umbel, and of 

 a very pale yellow tint. Mr. Herbert has other plants raised 

 from the same parents. (Bot. Reg., July.) 



arliureum var. cinnamomeum Lindl. C\nnamor\-cnlorcil tree Rhododendron. A green-house 

 evergreen shrub; grovving ten or fifteen leet high; with white flowers; appearing in 

 April ; a native of the Kast Indies. Bot. Reg., 19^-2. 



Another truly magnificent and charming variety of the R. ar- 

 boreum, very similar in general appearance to the variety album, 

 figured in the Botanical Register, 1684, and Botanical Maga- 

 zine, 3290. " But it appears to difler, in having the clusters 



