64? Floricultural and Botanical Notices, 



or, as is the case with Limnocharis Humbdldta, some special alteration of 

 other parts. In this plant, the midrib of the leaf is so enlarged and filled 

 with air, as to render it impossible for the leaf to sink, although loaded with 

 thrice the weight it has to carry : not, however, all the midrib, but only the 

 under side of it, by which means [aided by the marginal portions of the 

 expansion of the leaf] any upsetting of the leaf, or application of the breathing 

 side (which is the upper) to the surface of the water, by which it would be 

 smothered, is effectually prevented. (Dr. IAndley, in the Botanical Register 

 for Jan. 1834; in the description of the beautiful stove aquatic plant Limno- 

 charis Humboldtw, which we have noticed in IX. 488.) 



PoLYPETALOUS DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



III. Hanunculacete. 



1600. ^CONPTUM. 

 14205a Stoerckzd/iMOT B. C. Stoerck's ^ A or 4 au B Austria 1824. D co Bot. cab. 1991 

 Whether this be the A. Stoerckianum Rchb., we have not the means to ascertain ; nor whether it 

 be A. paniculatum var. Stoikianum of M. Seringe in Dec. Prod. i. 60. 



A very showy species (Bot. Cab., Dec). Baron Stoerck was the first to 

 make successful application of the extract of aconite to the alleviation of 

 chronic rheumatism, inveterate gout, old tumours, &c. 



XI. Capparidece. 



1904. CLEO'ME. 

 +16719 dendroldes Schult. tree-like » i_J or 5 ... P Brazil 1828. S s.l Bot. mag. 3296 



By the synonymes exhibited in the Bot. Mag., this is the same as C. arborea 

 of Hort. Brit. No. 16719.; and, if so, it was introduced to Britain in 1817, 

 and flowers in " jn.jl." The figure in the Bot. Mag. is from a plant which 

 flowered in a garden in Madeira. " Though the colour of the flowers is rather 

 singular than brilliant, this is a very striking plant, with its curious candela- 

 brum-like flower-spike and handsome foliage." (Bot. Mag., Jan.) 



XXIV. Malvdcece. 



2005. NUTTA'LL/J. 



Papaver Grah. Poppy-flwd. & A ° r 3 au R.P Louisiana 1833. S p.l Bot. mag. 3287 



Seeds of this species were sent, in the spring of 1833, from Louisiana, by 

 Mr. Drummond ; " these have been distributed to different gardens, and have 

 probably produced flowering plants in several collections." Farther on, it is 

 stated that plants of it have flowered in the botanic garden of Glasgow; that 

 of Edinburgh ; Cunningham's nursery, Comely Bank ; the garden of Mr. Neill, 

 and that of David Falconar, Esq., of Carlowrie. A " highly ornamental " 

 species : " it appears to be quite hardy." Stems numerous from the crown 

 of the root, each of which bears several flowers ; and these are severally pro- 

 duced on long axillary peduncles. " Corolla of five petals, campanulate, 

 large [according to the picture, more than 2 in. across], red purple." (Bot. 

 Mag., Dec.) 



XL VI. Cdctece. 



1474. OPU'NTIA. 

 +12598 brasiliensis Willd. Brazilian * ZD cu 25 jl.au Y Brazil 1816. C s.l Bot. mag. 3293 



The figure published is from a specimen produced in a Madeira garden. 

 *' O. brasiliensis, though of comparatively recent introduction to Madeira, now 

 occurs in several gardens at Funchal, without the slightest care or attention." 

 It flowers chiefly in May or June, and bears the greatest proportion of fruit 

 in August or September; but it both flowers and fruits more or less through- 

 out the year. " It rises with a perfectly straight, erect, slender, but firm and 

 stiff, round stem, to a height of from 10 ft. to 25 ft., and even 30 ft.; very 

 gradually tapering to a point, from a diameter, at the base, of from 2 in. to 

 6 in. ; and is furnished all the way up with short, mostly horizontal or declin- 

 ing branches, spreading round on all sides, not more than a yard in any part 

 from the main stem, and gradually becoming shorter upwards ; often alto- 

 gether ceasing near the summit. The whole plant resembles a straight taper 

 pole, artificially dressed up with branches." The ultimate points are obovate, 

 and resemble leaves in appearance and thickness ; and, from the prominent 



