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often confounded with E. /aurifolia, from which it may be distinguished by 

 the smallness of the wings of the flower. — Nocca latifolia. A tall, strong- 

 growing, upright, soft-wooded shrub, with terminal heads of small, white, 

 sweet-scented flowers. Mexico. Planted by the side of a wall in a southern 

 aspect, in the garden of A. B. Lambert, Esq. — Claytdma grandiflora. A 

 pretty, little, red-flowering plant, with a tuberous root, from the garden of 

 R. Barclay, Esq. F.L.S. &c. 



Cistinece. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. In 8vo, every alternate Month. 5s. 

 No. XI II. for July, contains 

 49 to 52. — JSelianthemum pilosum. White flowers, and fit for rock-work. 

 H. formdsum. A handsome, upright, bushy shrub, the largest-flowered 

 species of the genus ; petals yellow ; scarcely hardy, but, like all the species 

 of the family, may be easily preserved through the winter in a pit. — H. 

 cane'scens. Handsome rose-coloured flowers, and narrow canescent leaves ; 

 " the darkest- coloured flower, if not the handsomest of the genus; requires 

 protection in frosty weather. — Cistus /aurifolius. A hardy, strong, hand- 

 some-growing shrub, with abundance of large white flowers. Common 

 soil, and quite hardy. 



The Botanic Garden. By B. Maund. In small 4to. Large, Is. 6d. ; small, Is. 



Nos. XXXI. and XXXII. for July and August, contain 

 Crocus susianus. Some experiments with the gathered flowers of this 

 plant are related, by which it appears that, in a temperature of 70°, and 

 within four inches of two lighted candles, they were, in rather less than an 

 horn*, as fully expanded as in the mid-day sun. — Achillea Clavenn^ 

 (in memory of N. Clavenna, an Italian botanist), Bignoma radicans, 

 ^4'ster alpinus, 5cilla bifolia, Schizanthus {schizo, to cut, anthos, a flower ; 

 deep-cut segments of corolla) porrigens (spreading), £axifraga oppositi- 

 folia, and Silene (sialon, saliva; viscid sudation on the stems, which fre- 

 quently entraps flies, &c.) fimbriata, Fringedrfowered Catchfly. 



Medical Botany, §c. By John Stevenson, M.D., and James Morss 

 Churchill, Esq., Surgeon. In Monthly Numbers. 5s. 6d. 



No. V. for May, contains 

 iSolanum Dulcamara (dulcis, sweet, amara, bitter; in allusion to the 

 flavour of the herb when chewed), Woody Nightshade, or Bitter-sweet 

 Solanum; 5 and 1, Luridae, L. iSblaneae, J. On banks of ditches, 

 in hedges, and on old walls, in most parts of Europe, from Norway to 

 Greece. The twigs and berries are narcotic poisons to the human species, 

 though the berries produce little or no effect on brute animals. Sometimes 

 used in medicine as a diuretic. — Digitalis {digitate, a finger-stall, a thimble; 

 in allusion to the form of the corolla) purpurea, Purple Foxglove. The 

 most general colour of the flowers is purple, but it is also found wild with 

 white flowers. One of the most showy indigenous plants of Europe ; in 

 scattered woods and coppices. A powerful narcotic poison, and valuable 

 diuretic medicine, much used in the dropsy. — Paris (par equal in num- 

 ber, every stem bears four leaves, and no more) quadrifolia (four-leaved), 

 Herb Paris, One-berry, or True-love. (The four top leaves are set one 

 against another in form of a true-love knot, and the plant in consequence 

 was used in love philters.) Narcotic, but little used in medicine. — Tussilago 

 (tussio, to cough) /arf ara (fa?farus, a name given by the Romans to the 

 white poplar), White Poplar-leaved Coltsfoot. On marly clay soils in 

 most parts of Europe ; considered pectoral and vulnerary by the ancients, 

 and still a principal ingredient in British herb tobacco. " A kind of tinder 

 or touchwood is, in some countries, made of the roots, impregnated with 

 nitre. The nostrum called ' essence of coltsfoot ' is composed of bal- 

 sam of Tolu, tincture of benzoin, and rectified spirit of wine ; it contains 



