SUPPLEMENTARY SPECIES AND VARIETIES. 1115 



cuneifolia (p. 305.), but differs from it in the leaves being quite round 

 and large. Raised in 1839, in the H. S. Garden, from seeds received 

 from Cashmere. (G. M. 1840, p. 633.) 



Several species of ligneous *Spirae r a are described by Torrey and Gray 

 which are not yet introduced. 



NUTTA'LLIA. cerasiformis Torr. and Gray. A tree with the habit of Ame- 

 Idnckier canadensis found in the margins of pine woods in the back part 

 of N. California, but not yet introduced. 



Sfc liu^sus lasiocdrpus Royle Illust. (p. 203.) A free-growing hardy species 



from the Himalayas, which bears a grateful fruit. Considered by Mr. 



Gordon as a synonyme to R. micranthus, p. 312. Tooting Nursery. 



(G. M. 1842, p. 14.) 

 & R. trilobus Dec. Prod. 2. p. 566. An erect shrub from Mexico, with large 



white flowers and purple fruit. Raised in 1841 from seeds sent home 



by Hartweg. H. S. (G. M. 1841, p. 609.) 



^ CRATJE^GUS Qxydcantha oxyphulla is the name given to a pendulous variety 

 of the common hawthorn found in a bed of seedlings at Somerford Hall, 

 and mentioned in p. 376. 



C. O. fructu coccineo Hort. A variety with large scarlet fruit, of which 

 there are plants in Backhouse's Nursery, York. 



* C. Pyracdntha fructu dlbo Hort. A variety with white fruit. Tooting 



Nursery. 



The following species are described in Torrey and Gray's Flora, but 

 none of them are yet introduced : 



*t C. rwuldris Torr. et Gray. Arborescent, and nearly glabrous, with leaves 

 about as entire as those of the apple. 



* C. coccinea var. viridis, C. c. var. populifolia, C. c. var. cligdndra (few- 



anthered), and C. c. var. mollis. 



*i C. arborescens Torr. et Gray. Unarmed, with lanceolate leaves resem- 

 bling those of C. joyrifolia. A tree 20 ft. to 30 ft. high in Georgia 



* C. cEstivdlis Torr. et Gray. (C. opaca Hook.) A tree 20 or 30 feet high in 



South Carolina and Georgia. 



C. berberi/o/ia Torr. et Gray. A tree found in Louisiana, which grows 



from 20 ft. to 25 ft. high. 

 Besides these, there are several doubtful species. 



COTONEA'STER bacillarisWall.med. Lindl.Bot. Reg. No. 1229. Deciduous. 

 Leaves obovate, drawn down into the petiole, glabrous. Cymes many- 

 flowered. H. S. in 1841. (G. M. 1841, p. 608.) 



C. nummuldria, p. 409. Omit " Eriobotrya elliptica LindL? as a Synonyme. 



AMELA'NCHIER canadensis Torr. et Gray. All the American kinds in British 

 gardens are considered by Drs. Torrey and Gray as varieties of one 

 species, in which opinion we concur, as indicated in the body of the 

 work, both in this and in the large addition. 



t A. (v.) ovdlis 2 subcorddta, p. 416. Add as a Synonyme : " Petromeles ovalis 

 subcordata Jacquin." (G. M. 1840, p. 634.) 



* PY^RUS heterophylla Booth. Leaves 3 5-lobed, about the size and shape 



of those of the common hawthorn, but finely serrated in the edges, and 

 glabrous. A native of Dalmatia. H. S. (G. M. 1840, p. 634.) 



PHILADELPHA'CEJE. Page 460. 



& PHILADE'LPHUS mexicdnus Benth. PI. Hartw. p. 61. No. 458., Bot. 

 Reg. Chron. No. 118. 1841. Resembles P. laxus; but the leaves are 

 nearly entire, and rather smaller. It is hardy, and forms a graceful little 

 bush. 



