figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 259 

 Eitp/ioriiaceae. 



POINSE'TTTA Graham (In compliment to the Hon. J. R. Poinsett, late minister to 



Mexico.) 

 pnlch"rrima Graham Beautiful Poinsellia. 



Synonyme: iTuphLrbia PoinsPtt!a of llie gardens about Philadelphia, and the same 

 that has lieen noticed several times in our previous volume, as flowering at Belmont 

 Place in this neighborhood. 



Dr. Graham, in the Edinburgh J\^ew Philosophical Journal^ 

 has stated that this forms a distinct type from JSuphorbia, and has 

 consequently given it the above name. Some other particulars 

 are stated in regard to the plant, which we shall notice hereafter. 

 It has flowered in several gardens in Scotland, where it was in- 

 troduced from Philadelphia. 



Compositoe. 



Tubulijldrce. Tribe Senecionidece, subtribe HeZenieae, division 

 Galinsbgese, subdivision Madieae, 



OXYITRA (Supposed to be derived from sharp and a tail, but its application is not ob- 

 vious.) De Candolle 

 chrysanthemoides De Candolle Ox-eye-like Oxyura. A pretty annual plant ; grow- 

 ing a foot or more in height; flower yellow; appearing in the months of August 

 and September; propagated by seeds ; a native of California. Bot. Reg., 1850. 



A new genus, placed by De Candolle in the order of Com- 

 positas, as above shown. According to the representation of 

 the plate, it is a very pretty annual. The stem is erect, with 

 lateral branches ; leaves inferior pinnatified linear obtuse, and 

 sublobed ; the flowers are yellow, with considerable of a disk, 

 much resembling Madia elegans, from which, however, it is 

 widely separated. It was introduced from California by Mr. 

 Douglas, and flowered in the garden of the London Horticultural 

 Society. It produces seeds in abundance, and will probably 

 soon be introduced. [Bot. Reg., April.) 



Stellatdceoe. 

 IXO'R^. 



I. grandiflora is figured in Paxton^s Magazine of Botany for 

 May. It is a splendid species, not very common, but which, 

 with several others of the genus, should be cultivated in every 

 stove collection. The flowers appear in large terminal corymbs, 

 and are of a brilliant scarlet. It is a native of the East Indies, 

 where it is said to flower the year through. It was first intro- 

 duced into England by Sir Abraham Hume. Cuttings of this 

 species strike freely in mould or sand, but the latter is preferable, 

 in a gentle heat, under a hand-glass. The plants, when rooted, 

 should be potted off into a compost of turfy loam, peat, and 

 sand, in equal quantities. 



