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between water trenches, as some horticulturist has somewhere suggested, 

 will inci'ease the wholesomeness of this esculent, although, without a 

 question, the mode will greatly contribute to increase its magnitude. — 

 3093. J'rbutus *mucronata, Macronate-/e«ref/ Arbutus. A shrub, with 

 numerous diffuse branches, very small leaves, and white blossoms, resem- 

 bling those of the lily of the valley. Bloomed in INIay, 1830 ; and is yet 

 rare. A native of the Straits of Magellan. Introduced to the Clapham 

 nursery by Mr. Anderson. — 3094. Calceolaria *angustifl6ra, Narrow- 

 flowered Slipperwort. A new species, from Canta in Peru. Flowers 

 numerous and yellow, resembling somewhat those of C. integrifolia. " The 

 upper lip of the corolla is wanting, there being only a scarcely prominent 

 ring passing round the germen." 



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3095, Anona squamosa. " The sweet sop, or sugar apple," which, although 

 its native country may not be clearly ascertainable, " is now cultivated abun- 

 dantly in the new as well as in the old world, and principally on account of its 

 fruit. In the French colonies it is called pomme canllc, and ca:ur tie bteuf, 

 and is highly esteemed for its agreeable flavour." A. squamosa forms a tree or 

 large shrub 14 or 15ft. high; its fruit is " compound, large, roundish, or 

 oval, of a yellowish-green colour, embossed with prominent, oblong, and 

 somewhat imbincated, obtuse, adnate scales (whence the name squamosa), 

 which in maturity spread and are more depressed ; internally filled with as 

 many pulpy cells as there are united fruits, some being abortive, the rest 

 one-seeded : these all radiate from a central oblongo-acuminated receptacle, 

 from which the pulp when ripe readily separates." Drawn from a spe- 

 cimen produced in the Island of St. Vincent. — .3096. Tournefort/a */ielio- 

 tropioides. " This plant has so completely the aspect of a //eliotropium, 

 that, without an examination of the pistil or fruit, no one would suspect it 

 to belong to the genus Tournefort/a. As an ornamental plant, its merits 

 may be ranked with our well-known //eliotropium peruvianum and corym- 

 bosum, but its flowers are devoid of fragrance." A shrubby perennial; a 

 native of Buenos Ayrcs. Flowered for the first time in the stove in May, 

 1831; corollas pale lilac. — 3097. Trillium *discolor. Agrees with T. ses- 

 sile " in the sessile leaves and sessile erect flowers ; but from which it is 

 strikingly different, no less in the broadl}' ovate petals, than in their pecu- 

 liar pale greenish yellow hue, which also exhale an odour resembling that 

 of the American allspice" (Calycanthus floridus). Sent under the name 

 discolor, by Dr. Wray, along with other rare plants, from Augusta in 

 Georgia, in January, 1831. These plants, skilfullj' packed in tS'phagnum, 

 have travelled uninjured. The T. discolor flowered vigorously in the 

 green-house in May, 1831 ; but will probably prove as hardy as the other 

 species already in our gardens. — 3098. Brasav61« elegans. An elegant- 

 habited orchideous plant, with narrow somewhat grass-like leaves, and 

 whose slender scape, about 2 ft. long, supports about a dozen largish rose- 

 coloured blossoms. It is the Cyrtopodium elegans of Hamilton's Prodro- 

 mus of the Plants of the West Indies. It is a native of Antigua, where it 

 grows " neither in soil, nor upon trees, but upon stones and upon lofty 

 rocks of the trap formation, along with Epidendrum ciliare, Oncidium 

 pulchellum, Pitcairnia hrovaeMafolia, Pilea JHuscosa, Peperomiaj, and many 

 species of ferns." B. elegans seems not to have yet reached Britain. — 

 3099. Houstoma *longif61ia. A perennial, with stems, from 4 to 6 in. 

 high, and white or very pale purple corollas. Introduced from the Blue 

 Mountains of North America, by our correspondent Mr. Blair. — 3100. 

 Palavia *rhombif61ia. " This is a very pretty plant, and, if it will bear 

 cultivation in the open border as an annual, promises soon to become 

 common." Plants raised from seeds collected by Mr. Cruickshanks, in 

 the spring of 1830, near Lima, have borne a profusion of largish rose- 



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