472 Floricidtural and Botanical Notices. 



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DiLLEXI.Cc^m. 



1597. HIBBERT/W Cunninghinwi" Hook. 



Synontftne : CandoUea Cunninghanui Bot., No. 85. 



" That the plant figured under the name of Hibbert/a Cun- 

 ningham// t. 3183. of the Bot. Mas:, cannot remain in that g-enns 

 without a considerable modification of the generic character, is 

 evident, as the stamina of Hibbert/a are expressly given as 

 * aequalia,' in contradistinction to those of Hemistemma; in 

 which, as in the species in question, the external ones are 

 abortive, and reduced to filiform rudiments. It is not, however, 

 a Hemistemma, as in that genus all the stamina are inserted on 

 one side of the ovaria. The habit and foliage of our plant 

 brings it nearer Candollea ; and, although the stamina are but 

 very slightly connected together, yet they are distinctly grouped 

 into five bunches ; and it may require less change in the cha- 

 racter of CandoUeo', than in that of any other genus, to include 

 it, provided the seeds are not essentially diiFerent." ( The Bo- 

 tanist, Sept.) 



BerberidaceaB. 



+ Berberis \_Mahbn\a. Arb. Brit.'] temiifblia Lindl. Seeds 

 of this plant have been sent by M. Hartweg to the Horticul- 

 tural Society, from the neighbourhood of Vera Cruz. "It is an 

 evergreen bush, with thin, smooth, rather glaucous, pinnated 

 leaves, entirely free from all spinosity. As an addition to the 

 beautiful section of ash-leaved berberries, it must be considered 

 a very interesting plant ; but it cannot be expected to prove 

 more hardy than B. [M.] fascicularis, if so much so." {B. M.B., 

 Sept., No. 121.) 



390. £PIME'DIUM [of bot v. p. 15) 



•macranthum Past, large-flowered g[ A or 1 ap.my W.V Japan 1837 C p.l Past. mag. 

 Synoni/mc : E. graniiiflbrum Uort. 



This species bears some resemblance to E. tiolacea, but is of 

 a stronger and bolder habit of growth ; the leaves and flowers 

 are larger, and the latter are produced more numerously on the 

 spikes, and are nearly white. It appears perfectly hardy, as it 

 bore the late winter, at Chatsworth, in the open air, with no 

 " other protection than a slight additional covering of light 

 soil." It is very ornamental, and produces abundance of flowers 

 in April and May. {Paxt. Mag. ofBof., Aug.) 



