180 Ploriciiltiiral and Botanical Notices 



A " very pretty twiner, well suited for cultivation in pots, 

 attached to a trellis." The foliage is palmate, 5-7 parted, 

 serrate and fringed, and of a clear light green. The flow- 

 ers appear in clusters, and are of a bright yellow, with the 

 edge of the petals delicately cut or fringed. Many of the 

 species are worthy of cultivation, and some are extremely 

 handsome. They are mostly natives of Brazil. The present 

 subject inhabits rocky places on the banks of the Uruguay, 

 where it creeps over the surface of the soil. It may be 

 treated as a greenhouse plant, and potted in sandy loam 

 and peat, in a rough state. In summer, the plants should 

 be partially shaded, as the leaves are liable to be scorched 

 by the sun. It is propagated by cuttings in the usual man- 

 ner. {Hot. Reg. Feb.) 



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\ohk\.?L Lindl. Lobed Turrsea. A stove plant ; growing 2 feet high; with white flowers'; 

 apiiearing in July ; a native of Sierra Leone ; increased by cuttings. Bot. Reg. J844, t. 4. 



A " rare stove plant " collected in Sierra Leone and sent 

 home to the Duke of Devonshire, where it flowered last 

 July. It is a small erect shrub with trilobed, dentate, leaves, 

 and axillary flowers of a pure white, having much "the 

 appearance of those of an orange," but without odor. It 

 is probably increased by cuttings in the usual manner. 

 (^Bot. Beg-., Jan.) 

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piingen.* De Caiid Pungent Bearherry. An evergreen, half hardy shrub ; growing six to 

 eiglir feet higli ; witli pink flowers; ap[>earing in June :iii(l July; a native of Alexico ; in- 

 creased by seeds ; culliv^ited in peal and loam. Bot. Hog. 18-14, t. 17. 



A Mexican plant, found by Mr. Hartweg, at an elevation 

 of 7000 to 8000 feet above the sea, where it forms an ever- 

 green bush, with reddish brown branches, and terminal 

 racemes of pretty pink flowers, resembling an arbutus. In 

 the garden of the London Horticultural Society, it has 

 proved a neat, half hardy shrub ; it is however, one of 

 those uncertain plants which sometimes die suddenly dur- 

 ing hot weather, especially after a few hours of rain, if 

 planted in the open border, though it may have been pre- 

 viously in the highest state of health and vigor. It is raised 

 from seed, which should be sown in peat and loam, and 

 placed in a close frame. Pot them oft' when the rough 

 leaves appear, and keep them in a close frame partially 

 shaded, until they are well established. {Bot. Beg., Mar.) 



