178 Floricultwal and Botanical Notices, 



to any one who will compare the two plants growing : in fact, it 

 seems to differ in almost nothing, except its fruit being solitary 

 instead of in clusters, and its more sharply cut leaves. The two 

 supposed species are, in fact, undistinguishable in general ap- 

 pearance. What its synonymes may be among American 

 writers can only be conjectured. It seems to be the same as 

 C. turbinata of Pursh and Elliott ; but the specific phrase of 

 these authors is insufficient to settle the question. Undoubtedly, 

 C. flava of Elliott was a misnomer ; nor can the summer haw 

 of the same writer, with oval well-flavoured fruit, from sandy 

 soil on the sea islands of Carolina, be referred to the true C. 

 flava, as he supposes." {Bot. Reg., Feb.) 



12919. Oxyacantha var. OWveri^na Lindl. in Bot. lie^., 1933 ; Arh. Brit., p. 831. and fig. 60G. 

 Syrumymc: C. OWvexiina Bosc in Dec. Prod., 2. p. 630. 



Spec. Char. — Leaves and petals downy beneath. Pomes 

 oval, black, 4-stoned. 



"This supposed species is clearly nothing more than a va- 

 riety of the common hawthorn; from which, in fact, it differs in 

 little, except its oval black haws and downy leaves. The liitter 

 are generally more or less blotched with brown in the autumn ; 

 and the cymes of haws are more compact than those of the 

 common C. Oxyacantha. The late M. Bosc, the author of the 

 name, was one of those species-makers who do serious injury to 

 science by the number of errors they crowd into it. It is said 

 to be a native of Asia Minor; I have not seen any wild speci- 

 mens." {Bot. Reg., Feb.) 



12916 flSva Hort. Kew., 2. p. 169. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 628. ; Arb. Brit., p. 823. fig. 585. and plate 113. 

 Synomjmc : Tl/espilus Michauxw Pers. Synops., 2. p. 38. 



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

 serrated. Stipules glanded. Fruit top-shaped, solitary or in 

 clusters. Spines curved. Pome 4-stoned. Stones with very 

 hard shells. (Lindl.) 



This species, and its variety, C. f. lobjita, "are among those 

 which are the least worth cultivating for their beauty. In fact, 

 their mode of growth is stiff and inelegant; their foliage is nei- 

 ther abundant nor deep-coloured ; their fruits are undistinguish- 

 able at a little distance from the leaves they grow among ; and 

 there is no character in the flowers beyond that whiteness and 

 sweetness which belongs to all the hawthorns." {Bot. Reg., 

 March.) 



Vortuldcea;. 



696. CLAYTO"N/.4 [fl.-gard. 375. 



•gypsophilOides Fisch. Gypsophila-like O pr i o Pk New California 1835 S o.p Swt. Br. 



" This very delicate and curious species of Claytonia" was 

 raised by Miss Anna Maria Benett, from seeds obtained from 

 the same source as the Callichroa, already noticed. It is re- 

 markable on account of the diversity of its leaves ; those of the 

 root being slender and filiform, while the solitary cauline pair 



