294 J^otices of new and beautiful Plants, 



Godetia, since this genus has been estabhshed by Mr. Spach. 

 It is similar to Godetia Lindley ana (formerly (Enothera), with 

 the exception of the spots on the petals, which are wanting in 

 the former ; it forms a very agreeable contrast, planted side of 

 it in the border. In some respects it is similar to G. lepida, 

 mentioned in our last ; but the flowers are twice as large, and 

 the purple blotch on the petals is wanting. It is a fine hardy 

 annual, discovered by Mr. Douglas in California, and sent to the 

 garden of the London Horticultural Society, where it flowered 

 for the first time in England in July and August last. (Bot. 

 Reg., May.) 



'Rosdcece. 



CRATiE'GUS 



orienlcllis Lindl. Oriental Hawthorn. An ornamental hardy shrub or tree ; growing ten or fifteen 

 feet in height ; flowers white ; appealing in May ; propagated by grafting on the couinion haw- 

 thorn. Bot. Reg., 1852. 



Synonyme : JVjT^spilus orientalis of Tournefort. 



This is another of the beautiful species of hawthorns now 

 being figured in the Botanical Register, in a fruiting state. It 

 forms a "very handsome" tree, with snow-white flowers, and, 

 in autumn, its leaves assume a rich purple tint. The fruit is 

 quite large, and appears in clusters of from four to five in each, 

 on the ends of the branches ; they are of a deep red, inchning 

 to a purple tint, and shiny surface. This species is stated to 

 be the genuine oriental mespilus of Tournefort, and distinct 

 from C. odoratissima, to which it has been referred, as well as 

 from C tanacetifolia. The habit of the tree is compact, and 

 has the aspect of C. odoratissima. The drawing was made in 

 the garden of the London Horticultural Society. • 



maroccAna De Candolle Morocco Hawthorn. An ornamental, hardy small tree; growing from 

 ten to fifteen feet high ; a native of Barbary. Bot. Reg., 1855. 



A very pretty species, or variety, but not so attractive as the 

 last. The leaves are glabrous, long petioled, trilobed, and 

 trifid. The berries, which are of a very pale red or light scar- 

 let, appear in rather dense clusters of four or five each. This 

 species is said to be a native of Barbary, but it is uncertain ; it 

 grows, however, in Palestine, having been collected on Mount 

 Sinai and St. Catherine by Mr. Bove in 1832. 



Dr. Lindley states that it is not improbable that it is a mere 

 variety of heterophylla, to which, in some respects, it approaches; 

 but some little difference in the form and color of the fruit has 

 warranted him in constituting it a species. The drawing was 

 made from the London Horticultural Society garden. (Bot. Reg., 

 May.) 



E-wp/ioriiaceae. 



Poinsettia pulcherrima Graham the Euphorbia Poinset- 

 tifl of our gardens is stated, in Jamieson's Journal for April 



