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liolanical llcgiater. 



of North Ameiica. It flowers in June and Jul}', and is succeeded by a 

 very small quantity of berries. Propagated by grafting or budding 

 upon the stocks used for the appletree. — O'phrys araneifera var. linibata; 

 Orchideze. A pretty hardy perennial spring plant, when wild loving to grow 

 in chalky soil among short grass; and, if cuhivated, must be in a pot in a 

 well aired frame — Z/upinus littoralis ; Leguminosae. " A hardy perennial, 

 flowering from June to October, propagated by cuttings, division of the 

 roots, and seed. .... This species is abundant on the sea shore, from Cape 

 Mendogino to Puget's Sound, where it binds together the loose sand with 

 its tough branching roots. It is used by the natives of the river Colombia 

 as winter food. For this purpose it is prepared by drawing the roots through 

 the fire, until all their moisture is dissipated; when they are tied up in small 

 bundles, and will keep for sevei'al months. For eating, the roots are 

 roasted in the embers, when they become farinaceous. The vernacular 

 name of the plant is Somuuchian, It is the liquorice spoken of by Lewis 

 and Clarke (p. 452.), and by the navigators who have visited the north-west 

 coast of America." — CanavuUa bonariensis ; Leguminosas. A lovely, 

 climbing, tender stove plant from Buenos Ayres, and flowering during most 

 of the summer months. Cuttings. — Lobelia longiflora; hoheXiaccce. 

 {fig. 32.) " One of the most venomous 

 of all known plants. It is common 

 in St. Domingo, Cuba, Jamaica, and 

 Martinique, where it grows in damp 

 places and by the sides of stream. 

 In this country it is only cultivated 

 in the stove, where it is a rarity. It 

 is an annual, flowering in July and 

 August, and seldom exceeds a foot in 

 length. In its native country it is said 

 to prove fatal to horses which eat 

 it, swelling them until they burst ; 

 whence the Spaniards call it Rebenta cavallos. Taken internally, it acts as a 

 violent cathartic, the effects of which no remedy can assuage, and which ends 

 in death. The juice of the bruised leaves or stem, applied to the eyes or 

 lips, excites a severe inflammation ; as Jacquin tells us he found to his cost, 

 having accidentally allowed someof the juice to remain on his hands. The na- 

 tives of St. Domingo know the plant well under the nameof Q'iof/ec." Figured 

 from a specimen grown in the Syon gardens, by Mr. Forrest, F.L.S. — Di- 

 gitalis (digitabidum, a thimble; form of flowers) laciniata ; ScrophularineEe-. 

 A hardy perennial, with yellowish green flowers in June and July. In- 

 creased by division of the roots. From the nursery of Messrs. Young of 

 Epsom. — Gesneria macrostachya. This is a handsome tender stove her- 

 baceous plant from Rio Janeiro, in 1825, by Mr. Sellow, and flowering at 

 all seasons of the year. 



No. XI. for January, 1829, contains 



1203 to 1209. — Concephalus naucleiflorus ; J7rtice£e. " A large scandent 

 woody plant, common in the forests of Chittagong, &c., and the eastern 

 frontier of Bengal, with beautiful and fragrant flowers appearing at various 

 times throughout the year." From the hot-house of the Comte de Vandes 

 at Bayswater, where it flowered some years ago, and again the last year. 



" It is one of the multitude of curious and beautiful plants, for which our 

 country is indebted to the splendid liberality of the Honourable Court of 

 Directors of the East India Company ; a liberality truly worthy of that 

 princely body, which has been exercised in a manner absolutely unheard of 

 in the annals of the most wealthy potentates, or of the most powerful 

 governments ; and which may be justly asserted to have conferred more real 

 benefits upon science, than the united efforts of all the sovereign princes of 



