^550 SUPPLEMENT. 



secured, as if he were the owner of an estate and farm surrounded by a high 



stone wall.' (Head's Continuation of Home Tour, p. 171.)" 



Page 574., after the last paragraph, introduce : 



" Fungi. Polyporus lentus Berk., and Sphas'ria elongata Fr., syn. Cucur- 



bitiiria elongata Grev., t. 195.: the last being found on all the Lejmminosae 



M. J. B." 



Spdrtium junceum. 576., add to " Varie~ I^JK 2436 



ties :" 



" * S. j. 3 odoratissimum D. Don in Swt. 

 Brit. Fl. Gard. 2 ser., t. 390., and 

 our^g. 2436., is distinguished 

 from the species by its more slen- 

 der and spreading habit, its more 

 silky leaves and shoots, and its 

 smaller and more fragrant flowers. 

 It was raised by the Rev. 

 Duke, of Lake House, near Salis- 

 bury, from seeds stated to have 

 been received from Persia." 



577., before Genus VII. introduce : 



" S. acutifblium Lindl. in Bot. Reg. There are plants under this name in 



the Horticultural Society's Garden, which were raised from Turkish seeds ; 



and the flowers of which are very fragrant. Dr. Lindley doubts whether this 



plant may not be a variety of S. j'unceum. He describes it as having longer 



and taper-pointed leaves, laxer racemes, and a more graceful habit of growth. 



It is probably the same as the S.j. odoratissimum of Don." 



Genista parviflora. 578., add to the paragraph headed "Spec. Char., 

 $c. :" " There are plants in the Horticultural Society's Garden." 



G. umbelldta. 578., add to the paragraph headed " Spec. Char., $c. :" " There 

 are plants in the Horticultural Society's Garden ; from which Mr. Gor- 

 don thinks it nearly related to G. radiata." 



G. monosperma. 582., add to the paragraph headed " Spec. Char., $c. .*" " Mr. 

 Gordon informs us Jhat this species is not more than half-hardy." 



G. (Ethnensis. 582., add to paragraph headed "Spec. Char., $c. :" " In the Com- 

 panion to the Botanical Magazine, it is stated that G. aethnensis inhabits 

 the woody regions of Mount Etna, between 3,200ft. and 6,200ft. 

 above the level of the sea, where it was found growing in company 

 with yTcer villdsum and A. monspessulanum. (Comp. Bot. Mag., vol. i. 

 p. 91.) There are plants of this species in the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, raised from seed sent there by the Honourable W. Fox 

 Strangways, which are not more than half-hardy." 



583., dele the whole of G. scariosa, and add to the synonymes of G. anxan- 

 tica: " G. scariosa Viv. Ann. Bot., i. p. 2.175. ; G. januensis Viv. 

 Cat., p. 10., Bert. PI. ; G. genuensis Pers. Ench., No. 5." 

 Add to the paragraph headed " G. t. 2 latifolia Dec. :" " There is a sub- 

 variety with double flowers in the Horticultural Society's Garden." 



G. sagittalis. 585., add to the paragraph headed " Spec. Char., $c. :" " The 

 fungi Dothidea genistalis Fr., and Helminthosporium Genistas Fr., are 

 found on this species." 



G. procumbens. 585., insert: " Engraving. Bot. Reg., t. 1 150." Add to para- 

 graph headed " Spec. Char., $c. :" " It is a pretty little hardy shrub, 

 well adapted for growing on rockwork." 



588., before App. ii. introduce : 



" In the Companion to the Botanical Magazine, it is stated that M. 



Durien, in a botanical excursion to the mountains of Asturias, found a 



beautiful species of Genista with white flowers, which would prove a 



highly ornamental garden shrub. The seeds, however, were not sufficiently 



mature to afford hope of their germination." 



