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which it produces in abundance. These planted in a compost of lime 

 rubbish and a little vegetable soil, kept just damp, will speedily emit roots, 

 and establish themselves, and then nothing but frost or overwatering will 

 destroy them." (Bot. Beg., Sept.) 



XLVII. Onagrdrice § Fuchsiess. Fuchsia globosa Hort., and Fuchsia 

 bacillaris Lindley. In p. 505. we have attempted to describe the admirable- 

 ness of a plant of Fuchsia globosa Hort., as grown by Mr. Dennis, nur- 

 seryman, Chelsea, but have grossly erred in stating it to be identical with 

 Fuchsia bacillaris of Lindley in the Botanical Begister, t. 1480. The two 

 kinds are as distinct as any two kinds of one genus need to be. On com- 

 paring the two, although the specimens we inspected were unequal in size 

 and age, the following differences were perceptible : — F. bacillaris has 

 ascending branches ; elliptical leaves, which are acuminately tapered to 

 both ends, and perfectly smooth in every part ; its flowers resemble those 

 of F. tfhymifolia, and somewhat those of F. microphylla ; and they have 

 not their stamens projected beyond the free tubular part of the calyx. 

 The branches of F. globosa are decurved, from which depend, on slender 

 pedicels 1 in. in length, very numerous flowers ; thus forming pleasing 

 crimson wreaths. The leaves are somewhat heart-shaped at the base, 

 acuminate, serrate, and fringed with short, and probably deciduous, pubes- 

 cence. The flower, before expansion (see p. 505.), is globose; but, when 

 expanded, much resembles that of F. conica, and has its stamens projected 

 beyond the extent of both the crimson sepals and purple petals. Until 

 some botanist publishes a more perfect history of it, we shall here pro- 

 visionally register it. F. bacillaris is noticed in p. 225., and registered in 

 the Additional Supplement, p. 589. 



1188. FXJ'CHSIA. $ 2. (Macrostemonea?) Stamens projecting beyond the sepals and petals. ] 

 10075a globbsa Hort. globose-flwd. «i_| or 5 jn.s C.P Eng. hybrid ? 1830. C p.l 



F. globdsa is said to have been originated by some gentleman's gardener, 



from seeds cross-impregnated between F. conica and F. microphylla. 



1185 CLA'RK/^ 10047 pulchella 



2 fibre albo Swt. white-flowered O or 1^ ju W N.Amer. 1826. S co Sw.fl.gar.2. s. 157. 



" The flowers of Clarkia pulchella are found of various shades of purple 

 in the cultivated plant; but the white variety represented in our plate is 

 more particularly deserving of notice." (British Flower-Garden, Sept.) 



LX. Proteacese. 



316. GREVI'LLE^. 

 +28900a robusta Cun. robust or silkoak± \ |or80... O MoretonB. 1830. C l.p Bot.mag.3184 



This species is figured from native specimens ; the only plant in Britain, 

 in the Kew Gardens, not having yet flowered in this country. " This 

 noble species of Grevillea," Mr. Cunningham, its introducer, remarks, " in 

 the thick moist woods on the banks of the Brisbane River, vies in size 

 and stature with the Flindersia, Oxley«, and other large forest trees: 

 but by none is it surpassed in height in its native woods, except by the 

 Arancdria of those regions, whose level-topped branching head is seen 

 rising far above all the rest. Some aged trunks of Grevillea robusta I 

 have found to measure nine feet in circumference ; so that it is probably 

 the largest tree of the order [Protedceaf] that has yet been discovered, 

 surpassing both the Knightia of New Zealand, and the Orites [oreites, an 

 inhabitant of mountains] excelsa Br. of Port Macquarrie. From its deeply 

 dissected foliage, and the silkiness of the under side, it has obtained the 

 name of " Silk oak" among the pine-cutters of Moreton Bay: but its 

 timber, which is of a toughish fibre, has not been appropriated to any use." 

 (Bot. Mag., September.) 



We have presented the tabular details of this species above, because in 

 our published Additional Supplement, p. 590., by a shifting of the type, the 

 details of this species, and of Caleyi, have been mutually transposed; the 

 tabular description of Grevillea Caleyi is therefore this ; — 



