GOO FloricuUnral and Botanical Notices^ 



t. 3GG., where tliis remark is oftbretl : — " Its habit being at first unknown, 

 it was soon lost ; l)ut in these days of research in every quarter of tlie 

 globe, sucli losses in neneral meet speedy reparation. To the personal 

 exertions, and also the pecuniary liberality, of men of science and fortiuie, 

 these advantages are princi[)ally owing. Many botanists, however, in 

 foreign countries are now^ wholly or partly cni])loyed by English nursery- 

 men to send new and rare plants to England ; therefore every customer 

 of the nurseryman is an individual subscriber to the great object of explor- 

 ing remote corners of the globe." 



Lcgiiminoscc § Mlmosca-. Jcacia cincr&scens Sieber, an arboreous species, 

 with glaucous longish leaves, and cylindrical pendent spikes of yellow 

 flowers, is figured in the Bof. JMa-i,. for August ; w here are presented, from 

 the pen of that zealous and intelligent naturalist and traveller, Mr. Allan 

 Cunningham, the following notices on the distribution of the genus Jcacia 

 over the continent of Australia. The genus Jcacia " inhabits not only 

 the southern coasts, but all parts of the interior that have hitherto been 

 explored. Wherever I lauded, during my four and a half years' voyage with 

 Captain King, an Jcacia was sure to w elcome me on my lauding, and the 

 last plant on wiiich the eye rested, on those inhospitable steppes to which 

 Mr. Oxlcy traced the Lachlan Kiver, in 1827 (five hundred miles inland 

 from Sydne\ ), was my Jcacia stenophylla, a curious sleuilcr tree, 20 ft. in 

 height, with leaves [phyllodia] from 12 to Ijiu. in length." 



2837 ^CA^CIA \ Julibrissina;. 



penladfeniu i(Hrf/. .->-glandc(Uvrf. « i_J or 5 ap Y N.IIoll.s.w.c. 1830 C p Bot rcg. 1521 



Raised by Mr. Knight. If not equal to such sjiecies as J. pubdscens 

 in the beauty of its blossoms, it is perhaps superior to them in the graceful 

 character of its foliage. Professor Linilley names it, in English, the Fern- 

 leaved Acacia. " Tlie little glands that are seated upon the petiole, be- 

 tween each |)air of pinnic, are of a highly curious character; they have the 

 form of a minute cup, ami seem as if they were destined to expose some 

 portion of the inner substance of the petiole to the action of air or light; 

 but i'or what purpose we are ignorant. One could almost fancy ;ui analogy 

 between the origin of these and of the shields of lichens." {Bot. Beg., 

 Aug.) 



CXV. Dio-smccc. 



Eriostemon /nixifolius is figured in the Bot. Cab. for August, t. 18.'il., 

 and thus excellently describetl : — " It is an exceedingly pretty plant, 

 growing upright, w itii many short rigid branches, and producing its elegant 

 flowers in April and May. It is necessary to keep it constantly in the 

 green-house. It will increase by cuttings slowly, and should be ])otted in 

 sandy i)eat eartii." Eriostemon myoporoides is figured in the Botanical 

 Magazine for September, whence we are able to present corrections to the 

 details in llorl. Bnt. p. 109. 

 +10930 myopordldes /JccMyoporuin-likc il I i;or 3 ep \V N.IIoll. 1823 C s.p.l Bot mag. 3180 



CXXXI. Passijlorccc. 



192.'5. TACSffNIA. 

 +284.W pinnatistlpiila ./. piniiatc-stip. fl_ O <"" 30 sp Ta.Ro Chile 1828 C p.l Sw.fl.gar.2.s.lfl6 



This i)lant is already in Loudon's Hort. Brit. (p. 4-85.), but with 

 imjjerfect details. Erom I^assiflnra, Tacsoiiia is, according to Mr. Sweet, 

 principally distiuguislied by the long tubi' of its perianthium. Mr. Sweet's 

 figure of this elegant |)lant is derived from the choice collection of Mrs. Mai""- 

 ryat,at\Vimbletlon, where the plant has blossomed two years successively, 

 and this year has nearly filled the conservatory. " Its showy blossoms, which 

 it produces in abundance, claim lor it a j)lace in every collection. It is a 

 native of Talcahuano and \'al|)araiso in Chile ; and " Mr. Svyeet is " in- 

 clined to think, that, in favourable situations, it will prove (jnite as hardy 

 as the connuon passion flower, I'assiHora citrulea." The plant abounds in 

 downiness, {Flowcr-Gurdcn, August.) 



