suj)plementary to EncTt/c. of Plan Is and Horl. Brit. 177 



ducted by G. B. Knowles, Esq , and Frederick Westcott, Esq., 

 Honorary Secretaries of the Birininglmm Botanical and Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



Ranunc ula^ ceje. 



15P9. DELPHI'NIUM 137+- 



»vimiiicum U. Don. wand.like ^ A V 4 au B N. America 18S5 D p.l Swt. Br. fi.-gard. 



" 'Ihis, which we take to be a good species, was raised from 

 seeds received from the late Mr. Thomas Driimmond; but in 

 what particular part of America they were collected we ai-e not 

 informed, but, most probably, either in Louisiana or IVxas." 

 {Swt. Br. FL-Gard., March.) 



Crncifera;. 



•MENONVI'LLE.i Dec. Menonvillb.\. (In Iionour of iV/. TA/eri' df 3/enony.'7<V, an enterprising French 



naturalist.) [fiil. 



•filifblia Fisch. thread-leared O el 1 an Greenish W Chile 183G S s.l Br. fl.-gard. 2. s. 



" Raised by Mr. Lambert from seeds communicated by M. 

 De Fischer of the Imperial Botanic Garden of St. Petersburg*, 

 in the spring of last year. It is a hardy annual, thriving well iu 

 a light loamy soil, and is increased by seeds." {Br. Fl.-Gard,., 

 Feb.) 



yialvdcecc. 



2005. NUTTA'I.L/.i 



•cordata Lindl. heart-leaved pr ... au Pk N. America 1835 R p.l Bol. reg. 1T)j8. 



A pretty species of Nuttall/a', raised by Mr. Murray of the 

 Glasgow Botanic Garden, from seeds collected by Drummond 

 in Nortii America. {Bot. Reg., March.) 



^ahamindcece § TropcEolea:. 



1148. TROP^'OLUM 28188 tricol6rum Swt. 



Si/noni/me : T. tricolor iW. Reg. 19-3.\ 



Oxcdiddcece. 



U14. O'XALIS [s.p Flor. Cab. t. 21. 



Il9ila *gcn\cu\kia. Kiiowles Sf IVestcoit geniculate tf lAl pr i o.n Y Cape of Good Hope ... O 



" This is an extremely delicate and pretty species, and one 

 which we believe has not, as yet, been described by any botanist. 

 Its foliage is very pleasing; and the flowers, which are only fully 

 open at mid-day (being impatient of the solar rays), are truly 

 brilliant." {Flor. Cab., Feb.) 



Rosace cE § Pome a. 



1506. CRATiE^GUS 12016 flav.n var. lobata Lindl. in Sot. Reg., 1932. ; Arb. Brit., p. 824. fig. 5^A. and 586. 

 Synonymes: il/espiUis lobata Foir. Suppt., 4. p. 71. ; Cratfe'gus lobkta Rose in Dec. Prod., 2. 

 p. 628. ; C. turbinJita Pursh Ft. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 735. ; Elliot Sketch., I.p. 5W. 



Spec. Char. — Leaves rhomboid, somewhat 3-lobed, cut, ser- 

 rated. Stipulas glanded. Fruit top-shaped, solitary, or in 

 clusters. Spines curved. Pomes 4-stoned. Stones with a very 

 thick shell. {Lhidl.) Var. lobata has the fruit solitary, and the 

 leaves more acute and less wedge-shaped. (Lindl.) 



*' A small tree, with the bark of the stem split into many 

 deep rugged fissures, like that of an elm, and with a compact 

 spreading head. It is in some parts spiny ; but sometimes it is 

 unarmed. That it is a mere variety of C. flava, must be evident 



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