8 Notices of new and interesting Plants. 



smooth ; and persistent in ordinary winters. In seasons of more than usual severity it becomes deci- 

 duous, the flowers in that case being fully expanded before the leaves are much advanced in growth. 

 The leaves are about half the size of those of Rhododendron catawbi^nse, and, like them, are in a con- 

 siderable portion of the specimens convex, but are much thinner in texture. When they first appear, 

 they are apt to be of a pale, sickly hue, which soon gives place to a healthy colour. The male type pre- 

 dominates in all the specimens. Cuttings of these intermediate varieties strike more readily than those 

 of either Azalea or Rhododendron." Carton's Rhododendron has a largish umbel of numerous smallish 

 lilac blossoms, and these were produced in June. Seems a very desirable variety. {Bot. Reg. 1449. 

 Nov. 1831.) 



pulchrum Swt. Sort's beau tifulfi i lor 3 ap.jl Ro Eng.hybrid 1827. C s.p Sw.fl.gar.2.s.ll7 



All the plants which used to be called azaleas some botanists now call rhododendrons: so the R. 

 pulchrum above is, in fact, a hybrid from Azalea indica, and is the plant called ii'hododendron indicum 

 •y Smiths in Sweet's Hort. Brit, ed. 2. p. 343. ; and is the Azalea indica y var. Smiths of some others. 

 R. pulchrum was raised by Mr. Smith of Coombe Wood, Kingston, from seeds of Azalea /edifolia, 

 impregnated, about four years ago, by the pollen of the old red Azalea indica. It is a splendid mule, 

 the corollas of which are " very large and handsome, above 2 in. in length, and about 3 in. in width 

 when expanded, and of a bright rosy purple, spotted on the inside with bright red spots." Mr. Smith 

 also raised, at the above time, several other hybrids of this genus, which he expects to blossom next 

 spring. 



indicum 



var. ignescens Swt. fiery m \ | spl 2 mr.my Bt.C China ... C p.l Sw.fl.gar.2.s.l28 



" This splendid variety was imported by Mr. Tate. It differs from the old R. indicum in being much 

 more branched, with the branches more slender and spreading, instead of upright. The flowers are 

 smaller, but more abundant, and of a brighter crimson. 



R. lapponicum is figured in Bot. Mag. 5196. It is a floral gem brought from Canada by Mr. Blair in 

 1825. Flowered at Cunningham's Nursery, at Comely Bank, near Edinburgh, in July, 1K30. This ever- 

 green procumbent shrub, whose branches are about 6 in. long, and its dark green ovate leaves four 

 lines long and three broad, " inhabits the alpine ridges of the low grounds in the extreme arctic 

 regions of Europe, Asia, and America. The bruised leaves are fragrant, yielding a smell which Pallas 

 compares to that of turpentine. The flowers are exceedingly beautiful." The corollas are three fourths 

 of an inch across, funnel-shaped, and crimson. Mr. Blair mentions in our Vol. VII. p. 237. finding a 

 solitary plant of this on the White Mountains. 



621. AZA'LEA 4347 nudiflbra. 



scintillans Lindl. sparkling Sk or 4 my.jn O.s Eng.hyb. 1827? L s.p Bot. reg. 1461 



Another Highclere hybrid, obtained from seed of A. cocci'nea major, impregnated by the pollen of 

 A. pontica : very beautiful. {Bot. Reg.) 



The genus .Erica contributes more to the decoration of the green-house at this season than any other 

 genus. Their own peculiar elegance wins for them the high estimation of all; but they seem to bespeak 

 this still more intensely by displaying their loveliness, their beauty, and their elegance, at the present 

 comparatively flowerless season, when Flora's spleen-dispelling smiles are ever doubly welcome. 



At Colvill's the following kinds were observed in bloom on Jan. 15 : — With tubular corols, trans- 

 parens, viridescens, elata, colorans, Archeri, pellucida, mutabilis, linnasoKfes, cerinthoides. With small 

 corollas, gracilis autumnal and vernal, reg^rminans, and ten^lla. With inflated corols, ardens, vernix, 

 vernix coccinea, grandinbsa with blossoms, as the word implies, seasonably resembling hail-stones, 

 LamberU, pyramidalis, and ramentacea. In this nursery was then also blooming, the Enkianthus 

 quinqueflbrus ; one of its clusters, however, consisted of at least seven flowers. The flowers themselves 

 are exquisite pendulous flesh-coloured bells, each large enough to admit the extremity of the little finger, 

 and in the base of which are five largish cavities (in the manner of Cyclobuthra somewhat), all filled 

 to overflowing with a sweet nectareous fluid. 



At Young's are many heaths in blossom, and one without a name, powerfully fragrant like the flowers 

 of hawthorn, but more agreeable : its flowers are small and numerous. The following kinds were 

 blooming here (Jan. 20.) ; but want of time prevented then, and also subsequently, their distribution 

 into sections as above : — 



.Erica plumbsa .Erica discolor .Erica pub&cens 



gracilis v^rna corifblia cupr<5ssina 5a/. 



Einnae\i ventncbsa of Andrews's rubida hod. 



ign&cens fig. not of the gardens hirtiflbra Sims. 



soccitlbra prasstans laxa 



elongata Sebaraa liltea rubens 



vestita purpurea carnea (hardy) arbuscula 



aspera coccinea hirta And. 



echiiflbra sparsa pellucida And. 



penicillata refulgens And. nidularia 



ardens Cushinmre« Lee ■ 



CLXXII. Vacciniece. 

 1194. FACCI'NIUM. Tjomn. 1831. 193 



humifusum Grah. earth-spread !U el i my W Rocky mo.1827. Lp Edin. n. phil. 



An interesting species, resembling in habit Mitch <yia repens : it likes dry open borders, and produces 

 a very tine-flavoured fruit, called in America the edible cherry, but has hitherto flowered very 

 sparingly in the Edinburgh and Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Sent home by Mr. Drummond. 



Of the greater or American cranberry, Oxyc6ccus macrocarpus (Faccfnium macrocarpum that was), 

 there exists in Knight's Nursery, and in some other collections, a variety with its leaves prettily varie- 

 gated : this should be sought after by the curious cultivator. 



CLXXIV. Campanulacete. 

 1177. M1CKAVXIA. 



t laevigata Fen. smooth if iAl or 11 au.o W N. Persia 1820. S r.l Bot. mag. 3128 



Every part of the plant yields, on the slightest injury, a large quantity of milky juice ; a characteristic 



