1116 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



GROSSULA'CE.E. Page 468. 

 Sit RI'BES tauricum Jacquin is apparently a variety of R. petrae'um, p. 478. 



HEDERA Helix. Add : ' H. H. var. taurica Booth. A distinct variety, with 

 very small dark green leaves. (G. M. 1842.)" 



CORNA'CE^E. Page 501. 



CO'RNUS grdndis Benth. PI. Hartw. p. 38. No. 298. Resembles C. 

 sericea ; but it forms a small tree in Mexico, with leaves 3 5 in. long, 

 smooth, and deep green above and hoary beneath. The flowers are in 

 small heads, and the fruit about the size of the sloe, and purplish black. 

 H. S. (G. M. 1840, p. 634.) 



C. macrophylla Wall. A beautiful sub-evergreen shrub or small tree from 

 the Himalayas, found growing on similar heights with Benthanua 

 fragifera. Leaves 6 in. long, and 2| in. broad. H. S. (G. M. 1840, 

 p. 634.) 



SAMEU'CEIE. Page 513. 



VIEU'RNUM Awafuki Sieb.? (? P. japonicum Hort.) Leaves opposite, 

 shining, ovate, somewhat waved on the margin. A beautiful evergreen, 

 which, it is expected, will prove quite hardy. Easily propagated by 

 cuttings at any season. Tooting Nursery. (G. M. 1842, p. 14.) 



V. one-use Zeyh. Leaves ovate, acuminate, subdentate, opposite ; margins 

 subrefiexed. A hardy evergreen, easily propagated by cuttings at any 

 season. (Ibid.) 



V. Mullaha Ham. Royle Illust. p. 236. (P. stellulatum Wall.) Leaves 

 rotund, subrugose, blunty dentate, woolly beneath. A shrub from 

 elevated situations in the Himalayas, where the fruit is eaten. Nearly 

 allied to P. cotinifolia D. Don. A very desirable species, and very likely 

 to prove quite hardy. (Ibid.) 



V. pygmcea Royle. Leaves opposite, trilobate, subserrate. A very 

 curious dwarf deciduous shrub, from 1 ft. to 1 ft. 6 in. in height ; native 

 of the Himalayas. A most desirable plant to represent the section 

 O'pulus in a miniature arboretum. Raised in the Tooting Nursery, from 

 seeds received from Dr. Ro3le. Quite hardy. (Ibid.) 



Page 525. 



.1 LONI'CERA. ciliosa Poir. Mr. Gordon suspects this to be only a variety of 

 L. (p.) Douglasw. p. 530., with leaves ciliose, and the flowers not quite 

 so bright. 



JERICA'CEJE. Page 555. 

 tt. ANDRO'MEDA. rosmarinifolia, p. 561 , is only a large-leaved variety of A.jpoli- 



folia, but rather distinct. 

 ju ARCTOSTA'PHYLOS pungens H. et B. Nov. Gen. vol. iii. p. 278. t. 259. 



A singular species, with small greyish entire lanceolate leaves ; prostrate 



and quite hardy. Mexico. H. S. (G. M. 1840, p. 634.) 

 * A. nltida Benth. Plantae Hartweg. No. 483. An erect evergreen shrub, 



with oblong lanceolate acute leaves, smooth on both sides and shining 



above. Mexico, on the Carmen Mountains. 



L PERNE'TTYA angustifolia Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 63. 1840. (P. phillyreaefolia 

 Hort.) Leaves longer and narrower than those of the other introduced 

 species. A very pretty evergreen from Chili. (G. M. 1840, p. 634.) 



OLEA'CE^E. Page 628. 



& L/Gf/ STRUM nepalensc, p. 631. Add as a Synonyme : " L. vestitum 

 Wall. Cat. No. 6304." 



