Notices of new and interesting Plants, 1 7 



Has paler herbage, and paler and larger flowers, than r. odorata, which it equals in freedom of 

 growth; its flowers are said to be numerous and fragrant. I have cultivated the plant, and deem it 

 less desirable than V. odorata. Plants of the latter, in sheltered situations, have expanded a partial 

 succession of fragrant flowers from Michaelmas till now; but the time for its fullest flowering are the 

 sunny days of April. 



CXL. Caryophyllecc \ SUinece. 

 1388. SILE^NE 11480 maritima 



2 fibre ple.no double-flwd if A 'M Jl.Q W England sea sh. S ru 



A most eligible plant for furnishing and decorating rockwork. Should its doubleness prevent its 

 increase by seeds, it will, without much difficulty, be multiplicable by cuttings. 



11620«laciniata Cav. cut-petaled £ _AI or 1| jl S Mexico 1823. S s.l Bot. reg. 1444 



A handsome striking species. " Root perennial ; stem decumbent, 1J ft. long, pubescent ; leave3 

 oblong lanceolate, pale green, pubescent ; flowers terminal, scarlet," large, and each of the petals 4-cleft. 

 Native of Mexico, consequently not perfectly hardy in Britain, and has hitherto proved to be difficult 

 to cultivate. 



Dianthus crenatus (20th) is flowering in a green-house at Messrs. Young's. Their plant is a graceful 

 slender shrub, inheightjabout 2 ft. Its narrow leaves are of a pleasing delicate green, and the petals of 

 the long- tubed flower are white, and crenate^in their margin. 



CXLVII. CrassulaceiE, 



913. RO x CHE^ Dec. The Larbchea of Loudon's Wort. Brit, p. 112. should be Rbchea. Decandolle, in his 

 Prod. 3. 393., very properly asks why should Rbchea be corrupted into Larbcheo, when the articles 

 are never admitted as part of the name ; for example, La Billardiere supplies the generic name 

 Billardiera, Du Hamel that of Hamel/a, ike. To these may be added the name De Candolle, from 

 which the genus Candolle« is derived; L'Heritier, Heritiera; Troche ti<i, after Dutrochet ; Peyrousz'a 

 after La Peyrouse, and so of many others. 



Crassula lactea is now (Jan. 15.) blooming beautifully in a frame in the Chelsea Garden, and in 

 a green-house with Mr. Haworth: it is a charming species. EcheverM coccinea is in blossom at 

 Young's. 



CXLVIII. Mc'dldece. 



LEDOCA'RPUM. Relative to this genus, given Vol. VII., p. 345., Mr. David Don, in the Edin- 

 burgh Neiv Philosophical Journal, Oct. 1831, has, at p. 276., the following remarks : — " It is the genus 

 Balbisz'd of Cavanilles in the Anales de Cicncias Naturales, published at Madrid in 1S04; and the 

 genus Ledocarpon of Desfontaines, published in 1818." 



Mr. Brown has shown the genus Balbisn'm of Willdenow to be the same with Linnajus's genus Trldax ; 

 consequently the law of priority by which Trldax L. abrogates Balbisia Willi!., causes Balbisia Cav. to 

 abrogate the genera Ledocarpon Desf. and Cruikshanksea Hook. Mr. Don refers this genus Balbiswz 

 to .Ficoideas, which he considers it connects with the small group Reaumuriea?. 



Division II. Plants with a Monopetalous Corolla. 



LXIX. Sapbtea?. 



^""CHRAS Sapbta. " Common sapota, or bully tree. One of the largest trees in the mountainous 

 woods of Jamaica. The timber it yields is considered of great service in the making of shingles to corn- 

 houses. The wood is white ; the bark is brown, astringent, and commonly known by the name of 

 cortex jamaicensis ; being, according to Brown, frequently administered to the negroes in lieu of the 

 Jesuit's bark, and found to answer all the purposes of that medicine. The seeds are aperient and 

 diuretic. The tree is a native of the West Indies, Jamaica included ; and is cultivated abundantly 

 throughout all the hot parts of South America, for the sake of its fruit, which in appearance somewhat 

 resembles an old and decayed potato, and yet is the most luscious of the West Indian fruits ; but so 

 abounds in an acrid milk, that it cannot be eaten until it is completely ripe, or, according to French 

 authors, until it almost begins to be putrid, it is then served at all tables, and generally esteemed." 

 {Bot. Mag. 3111, 3112.) 



CLXX. 'Riiccce \ verce. 

 1173. £RFCA. 



9530a calostoma Lo. C. pretty -mouthedSS | | or 1 my.jn F Eng. hyb? ... C s.p Bot. cab. 1759 



This is usually considered a variety of ventriebsa, and is probably hybrid between it and some other 

 kind. It is an elegant plant, flowers in May and June, and lasts long in bloom. {Bot. Cab.) 



Erica, triflbra. The flowers are white and delicate. {Bot. Cab. 1733.) — 2?rlca cylfndrica. " Its red 

 flowers are produced in May and June in rich profusion : they are particularly splendid, and often form 

 a dense spike 2 ft. in length. It is one of the most vigorous-growing kinds, and should have particularly 

 large pots, and be watered unsparingly ; in default of which, it becomes starved, and soon dies. 

 Increased by cuttings. {Bot. Cab. 1734.) 



E. trdssula rubra. " It is an exceedingly beautiful kind, upright in its growth ; the red flowers are 

 produced in the utmost profusion, usually during the months of April and May. {Bot. Cab. 1742. 

 Nov. 1831.) 



TLrlcecB \ Rhodordcets. 

 1339. .KHODODE'NDRON. 



110256* [ ] Carton's Lindl. & or 3 fa Li Eng.hybrid 1825. L s.p Bot. reg. 1449 



♦Carton's Rhododendron. Another of the Highclere hybrids, which Professor Lindley, at the request 

 of J. R. Gowen, Esq. has named after Mr. James Carton, gardener to the Earl of Caernarvon. This is 

 the finest hybrid of a set of hybrids, of which the following is the history given : — " Ninety-seven 

 plants were raised in the Highclere garden, in the year 1825, from a specimen of Azalea nudiflbra, 

 which had been purposely touched with pollen of Rhododendron catawbiense. They vary in habit, in 

 the size Of the umbel, and in the deeper or fainter purple tint of the corolla ; but bear a family resem- 

 blance to each other, and form very neat compact bushes. The foliage is elegant, lucid, deep green 



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