Ctirtis's Botanical Magazine. 33T 



Art. II. Catalogue of JForks oft Gardening, Agriculture, Botany, 

 Rural Architecture, ^-c, published since December, 1830, vntli some 

 Account of those considered the most interesting. 



In enumerating the contents of the Botanical Periodicals, those genera or species marked by a 

 star (») are not included in the first edition of the Hortus Britunnicus. 



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i^'b. LI. for March, contains 



3053. H6ve« pannosa {Cun. MSS.), Pannose Hovea. " A very elegant 

 and ornamental species, its blossoms being of a beautiful purple, the upper 

 side of the leaves glossy green, and the under side and the branches thickly 

 covered with a ferruginous tomentum. It approaches H. linearis, but that 

 species has much narrower leaves, and smaller and pale-coloured flowers. 

 Native of New South Wales." — 3054. Tupistra niitans Wal., Nodding Tu- 

 pistra. A very interesting plant, of which K6hde« japonica (Orontium japo- 

 nicum till lately) of the gardens gives some idea. — 3055. Nothochlae^na 

 *tenera. " A graceful little fern, which, in point of genus, seems interme- 

 diate between Nothochlae'na and Cheilanthes. From all the known species 

 of Nothochte^na [Dr. Hooker spells this word Nothoclfe^na] it is distin- 

 guished by its tender, glaucous, and quite glabrous fronds." — 3056. Ln- 

 pinus *CruikshanksH. " This truly magnificent species of lupine was 

 discovered by Mr. Cruikshanks, growing upon the Andes of Peru in great 

 plenty, not far from Pasco, and near the verge of perpetual snow. Our 

 fine plant was raised from seed at the Glasgow botanic garden, and planted 

 in the open border early in the suimner of 1830, when it was soon covered 

 with a profiision of richly coloured blossoms, which attracted the attention 

 of all who saw it. Although not exceeding 4 to 5 ft. in height, it is rather 

 arborescent than shrubby. Corollas large ; very handsome ; bluish purple, 

 variegated with yellow, white, and red. ISIi'. Murray would not risk it out 

 through the winter, but removed it to the green-house. It is very impatient 

 of moisture, and does not strike readily from cuttings. No seeds were 

 produced upon oin- plant." — 3057. Lodsa *hispida. This is the same as 

 the L. ambrosiaefolia of Jussieu, and of Lindley in the Botanical Register; 

 and, although treated as a green-house annual at the Edinburgh botanic 

 garden, it may with care be cultivated out of doors. — 3058. Delima sar- 

 mentosa, Sarmentose Delima. An evergreen stove shrub, with panicles of 

 small white flowers ; its rigid and scabrous leaves are used by the Cingalese 

 for polishing. — 3059. Monod6r\ (from monos, one, and doron, a gift, in 

 allusion to its ".itary fruits) Myristica, Jamaica Calabash Nutmeg. Long 

 says, the sef .U a-j impregnated with an aromatic oil, resembling that of the 

 Eastern nutmeg, from which they differ so little in flavour and quality, that 

 they may be used for similar purposes in food or medicine. This author 

 consequently recommends the plant for general cultivation in the West 

 Indies. 



Ko. LIT. for April, contains 

 3060. Banks/a littoralis ? The cone of flowers very beautiful. Came 

 into blossom in the green-house inmiediately after B. speciosa, " and con- 

 tinued also in blossom at the same time with it : the two species form a 

 good contrast in theu- colours and manner of flowering." Professor 

 Graham, who contributed the article on the above plant, doubts its identity 

 with B. littoralis of Brown, but asserts it quite the same with the B. litto- 

 ralis of Lindley in the Botanical Register ; if so, it is, as our friend Mr 

 Sweet informs us, the B. Cunningham« of Brown. From the same autho- 

 rity we learn that the B. undiilata of Lindley in the Bot. Reg. is only the 

 B. serrata of Linn, in Brown's Prodromiis, and that the B. marcescens of 



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