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MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Floriciiltural and Botanical Notices ofnexu Plants, and of 

 old Plants oj' Interest, supplementary to the latest Editions of the 

 " Encyclopedia of Plants," and of the " Hortus Britannicus.'' 



Curtis' s Botanical ]\Iagazine ; each monthly Number containing eight plates, 

 Ss. 6d. coloured, 3s. plain. Edited by Dr. Hooker, King's Professor of 

 Botany in the University of Glasgow. 



Edwards's Botanical Register; each monthly Number containing eight 

 plates; 4s. coloured, 3s. plain. Edited by John Lindley, F.R.S., Pro- 

 fessor of Botany in the London University. 



Sweet's British Flower-Garden ; each monthly Number containing four 

 plates ; Ss. coloured, 2s. 3d. plain. Edited by David Don, Esq., Libra- 

 rian to the Linngean Society. 



Loddiges's Botanical Cabinet ; each monthly Number containing ten plates ; 

 5s. coloured, 2s. Qd. partly coloured. Edited by Messrs. Loddiges. 



The reader will find the few abbreviations used in the following extracts 

 explained in p. 12. 



Dicotyledonous Polypetalous Plants. 



XXIL BerberideEe. 



390. JSPIME^DIUM. 



diphyllum ^. C. two-lvd ^ /\ cm I raj W Japan 1830? D It.l Bot. cab. 1858 



This is a curious little plant, very little known. We obtained it from 

 our worthy friend, M. Scliuurman, of the Leyden Garden, into which it 

 has lately been introduced from its native country. It appears to be quite 

 hardy, and may be increased by dividing the roots. {Bot. Cab., Oct.) 



LXXVII. LeguminoscB. 



1263. DAVTE^S/^. 

 10612a virgata C«ra. twiggy « i_J pr 2?jn Taw. BlueM.N.H. 1827 ? C sl.p Bot. mag. 3196 



Another of the numerous interesting discoveries of Mr. Allan Cunning- 

 ham. It inhabits the more elevated dry, barren, parts of the Blue Moun- 

 tains of New Holland, where it flowers in October : in the green-house at 

 Kew, its blossoming season is June. Mr. Cunningham observes that it 

 appears to be allied to D. racemulosa of De Candolle, and to D.umbellata 

 of Smith ; but that it is really distinct from both. A twiggy shrub, with 

 alternate narrow leaves and numerous axillary somewhat corymbose ra- 

 cemes, each consisting of from four to seven flowers. (^Bot, Mag., Nov.) 



LXXXVHI. ^iiphorbxAcesn. § 'Enj^lioi-biex. 



1460. EVPnO'RBIA. 



ctaentkta. Gi-ak. red-spoltcd.lvd ^ lAi cu 2?au.s Ap St. Louis iS31 ? S s.l Ed.n.ph. j. no.26 



This s])ecies is described in detail by Dr. Graham in the Edinburgh New 

 Philosophical Journal for Oct. 1832, No. 26. p. 361. " Seeds of this plant 

 were sent, along with specimens, to this country from St. Louis, North 

 America, by Mr. Drummond. When is not stated, neither is the height 

 of the stem. " The plants flowered in the green-house of the Edinburgh 

 - Botanic Garden in August and September." Notwithstanding this, we 



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