figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 219 



Amongst all the absurdities which Dr. Lindley thinks Mr. Spach 

 has committed, he states that there is one thing which is of some 

 importance. This is, that " certain supposed Oenotheras have the 

 chalaza bordered by a fringed margin." This is obviously an addi- 

 tional organ and a special type of structure ; it is the beginning of 

 the feathery appendage of the seed of Epilobium, but is incapable of 

 performing the office of buoying up the seed in the air so as to enable 

 it to be dispersed from place to place. I find the structure to be 

 as Mr. Spach states, and that the species collected by the character 

 are (E. Romanz6v^^, purpurea, and the like, which will not mix 

 with the true evening primroses, and which have a peculiar habit. 

 Among other things, their flowers have no tendency to become yel- 

 low. To these the name Godetia is applied. (^Bot. Reg., Feb.) 



serotina JVuttall Ijate-flowering Evening Primrose. A hardy ornamental perennial ; grow- 

 ing about two feet high ; flowers yellow ; appearing in October and Noveml)er ; a native of 

 North America ; propagated by seeds and probably division of the root. Bot. Reg., 1840. 



" Sent under the present name by Mr. Nuttall to the Liverpool 

 Botanic Garden." It is not, however, mentioned in his Genera of 

 North American Plants, nor by any other writer on the plants of 

 this country. It is similar to (E. fructicosa, differing principally in 

 the habit of growth. The leaves are linear-lanceolate, stem tol- 

 erably erect, the flowers appearing in dense corymbs or heads. 

 Cultivated easily, in dry soil, but grows best in a rather moist one, 

 well drained. The period to which its flovv^ering is protracted 

 renders it an " acceptable species." {Bot. Reg., March.) 



Loasacese. 



BARTO^NM Lindley (Named in compliment to the late Dr. B. S. Barton, of Philadelphia.) 

 aurea Lindley Golden-^owcrerf Bartonia. A beautiful hardy annual ; growing to the height 

 of two or more feet; flowers brilliant yellow ; appearing in July; a native of California; prop- 

 agated by seeds, in rich soil. Bot. Reg., 1831. 



Among the many plants, figured in the numerous botanical and 

 floricultural publications of the day, all of which are interesting to 

 the botanical world, though not equally so to the florist or the am- 

 ateur cultivator, this is one of great beauty. It cannot be expect- 

 ed that every new plant which is discovered will be equal or supe- 

 rior in splendor to any previously introduced. Some persons, how- 

 ever, open these periodical publications with the anticipation that 

 they are to there behold brilliant and gorgeous paintings, of new 

 plants, far exceeding in elegance those which already ornament 

 our gardens. These expectations are too frequently disappointed 

 when they see the pages occupied with humble or inconspicuous 

 species ; we have, indeed, sometimes been almost disposed to find 

 fault ourselves ; but when we reflect how many new plants are 

 continually being discovered, it cannot be supposed that but a few 

 will be of real ornament to our gardens. When such do occur, 

 they are the more highly prized. With what feelings of delight 

 have we beheld the Coreopsis (no\v Calliopsis), and Centaurea 



