620 FloricuUural and Botanical Notices, 



freely with the protection of a green-house ; and there ripens seeds, l)y 



means of which it may readily be increased." {Bot. Mag., Sept.) 



CLXXIV. Campanuldcccp. 



(i06n. PLATYCO'DON A. Dec. [Platys, broad, ftorfore, a bell.) 5. 1. Sp. 1. — 



4926 gramliflbrus /i. Z)cc. great-flwd. ^ Aorljn.au B Siberia 1782. Upl Sw.fl.g.2.s.208 

 C'an,paiiula grandiflOra L., Wahlenbtrgio pt'ndula Schr., Hort. Brit, No. 492H. 



" One of the showiest of this showy group of plants; and, although in- 

 troducetl many years ago, it is still far from common in our gardens. It 

 will be found to thrive best in a mixture of peat and loam ; and is increased 

 by parting the roots, or by seeds. Figured from the nursery of Mr. Knight. 

 {The Britkh Floiver-Gardeii, Sept.) Mr. Dennis has plants of it. 



CLXXXVI. Compodta;. "Irib. Senecionidecs. Suhtrib.'Vagetinex Lcssiiig. 



2364. BCE'BERyJ. 



incana Z.z7irf/. hoary-herbaged it i 1 or ]§ n Go Mexico 1828? S It.l Bot. reg. 1602 



It is a half-shrubby green-house plant, of little beauty, and possessing 

 the peculiar odour of the French marigold, to which it is nearly allied. 

 This odour resides in a number of little transparent bags enclosed within 

 the substance of the leaf, which are filled with a very volatile oil. Seeds 

 of it were obtained from Mexico, some years since, by Edward Barnard, 

 Esq. {Bot. Reg., Sept.) 



CXCV. AscJepiddeiE. 



778. CEROPE^GIA. 

 6211rt Wightzi Grab. Dr. Wight's _$ E] cu 20 su G.P East Indies 1832. D l.p Bot. mag. 3267 



" This vei'y distinct species of Ceropegia flowered this summer, 1833, 

 in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, where it had been received from the 

 East Indies, under the name of C bulbosa. It agrees with that species in 

 having a tuberous rootstock, a twining succulent stem, in the leaves, and 

 in the form of the corolla ; but it is at once distinguished by the corona, 

 or crown of the stamens, which equally separates it from every other spe- 

 cies with which I am acquainted. I would take this opportunity of calling 

 the attention of botanists to the form of that organ, as aiFording the most 

 permanent characters for distinguishing allied species in this genus." (Dr, 

 Wight, in Bot. Mag., Sept., whose remarks there merit the attention of 

 the student in botany.) 



Hoyo! Pottsii is figured in the Botanical Cabinet for September, 1. 1969. : 

 it flowers in May. 



CC. VolemonidcecB. 



473 COLLO'MTA. 

 28070a lateritia D. Von red brick.coloured O or 1 jl Bri Chile 1832. S co Sw.fl.gar. 2.s. S06 



Flowers individually small, but crowded into tufts at the tip of the 

 branches ; and, as several flowers in one part or other of the tufts are open 

 together, they in their number and red colour are not inconspicuous. " It 

 is a hardy annual, of very easy culture ; and ripens its seeds freely, which 

 come up spontaneously in the open border. Our drawing was taken at the 

 botanic garden, Chelsea, in July last." {The British Flower-Garden, Sept.) 



CCXI Scrophiddrincs. § Anther-bearing stamens two. 



65. CALCEOLA'RIA. 

 279956 crenatiHbra f«!; nctched-fejopgrf )g Al or U ins Y.spot Chiloe 1831. S p.s.l Bot. mag. 3255 

 C. anomala Persoon, C. p^ndula D. Don in Sweet's Brit. Flower-Garde n, 2. s. 1. 155., and in 

 Gard. Mag., vol. viii. p. 601. 



" There is no species of this beautiful genus which forms so striking an 

 object in the green-house as this. How far it will bear cultivation in the 

 open air we have yet to ascertain. I can see no reason whatever for the 

 specific distinction between C. crenatiflora and C. pendula which is at- 

 tempted to be drawn in 71ie British Flower-Garden. I have both plants 

 from Mr. Low of the Clapton Nursery, who first raised them from seeds 

 gathered in Chiloe by Mr. Anderson, and who furnished the plant figured 

 as C. i)en(.lula in J^ie Brilish Flower-Garden ; and I cannot see a shade of 



