702 FloricuUural and Botanical Notices, 



western coast of the northern island of New Zealand, where he observed 

 it in flower in September and October, 1826." It is figured from the Kew 

 collection. " A small erect shrub, branched in a dichotomous manner. 

 Leaves ovate, opposite, and decussate ; glaucous green ; flowers white, 

 capitate, terminal, pure white, nearly erect, and large for the genus ; an- 

 thers of a deep orange colour." (^Bot. Mag., October.) 

 Icngiflbra Br. long-flowered « i_J or 4 jn W S. N. Holl. 1831 ? C s.? Bot. mag. 3281 



" Introduced to our gardens by Mr. Fraser, from the southern shores of 

 New Holland. It is beautiful, by reason of the comparatively large and 

 globose heads of pure white blossoms, terminating the slender and wavy 

 branches. Its flowering season, in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, is June." 

 {Bot Mag., November.) 



LXXIII. Hosdcecc § Spircedce^. 



1515. SPIR^^A. 

 13034 grandifl6ra B. C. large-flowered S^ or 4 jl Pk Kamtsehatka 1827. Sk It.l Bot. cab. iy88 



Messrs. Loddiges raised this beautiful hardy shrub from seeds sent them 

 from Kamtsehatka, by M. Busch, in 1826. It resembles S. salicifolia, but 

 is a much finer plant, and the flowers are double the size of those of S. 5a- 

 licifolia. It flourishes in the open ground, in light loamy soil, and flowers in 

 July; may be increased by layers or cuttings. {Bot. Cab., November.) 



LXXVII. Legumindsce. 



1249. CALLI'STACHYS. 



retiisai?. C. xet\ise-lvd. St\ | or 4 jti.au Y N. Holl. 1830.' C s.p Bot. cab. 1983 



About sixteen pretty yellow flowers and buds of flowers tip the spike of 

 the branch figured, and it is stated that each branch (these are few and 

 strong) of the plant produces a similar raceme of flowers. C. retusa " is 

 readily propagated by cuttings." (Bot. Cab., November.) 



2837. ACPl^CIA. \ Capitatae. 

 f 246676 graveolens Cun. strong-scented at i ] or 15 ap.jn Y V. D. L. C s.l.p Bot. mag. 3279 



Introduced by Mr. Cunningham, from the margins of rivulets in the 

 neighbourhood of Hobart Town, in Van Diemen's Land, where he observed 

 it in flower and fruit one February. In the Kew and other British green- 

 houses it forms a shrub, with twiggy branches, which in May abound with 

 globular showy heads of yellow flowers. In affinity it approaches to A. 

 dodionfEifdlia. {Bot. Mag., November.) 



LXXX. ArtocdrpecB. 



2900. FPCUS \ Ovatifblije: smooth above ; pubescent beneath. 



[acuminata //«»2. pointed-Zixi. * □ or 6 ... W Silhet 1830.' C p.l Bot. mag. 3282 

 \F. cerasiformi?, Glasgow Botanic Garden. 



It is a handsome species, remarkable for its solitary, peduculated, pen- 

 dent, and tempting-looking fruit; somewhat resembling miniature oranges; 

 the full green of its leaves, which are 4 to 9 in. long, and the brownness 

 and abundance, of the pubescence of its branches, are also pleasing cha- 

 racters. {Bot. Mag., November.) 



LXXXIX. HeseddcecB. Dr. Lindley has, in his recently published Nixus 

 Plantarum, p. 12. (noticed in p. 608.), declared his theory of the struc- 

 ture of the flowers of the resedas untenable, and that the common view 

 of their structure, advocated by Dr. Brown and Professor Henslow, is the 

 correct one. For a statement of the difference of opinion previously extant 

 on this question, see the notice of Professor Henslow's pamphlet, in p. 457. 



iZeseda odorata var. crassifolia. At Scone, in the summer of 18.31, I 

 took notice of and preserved a variety of R. odorata, which some of my 

 friends in that neighbourhood named, from the thickness of its leaves, 

 crassifolia. It is of a more robust habit than the common varieties are; 

 its leaves are ovate, and very large, sometimes, upon young plants, 3 in. 

 long, 2 in. wide, and, from some contraction at their margin, become con- 



