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being previously extant alive in Britain. Mr. G. Don, in his Miller's Botanist's 

 and Gardener 's Dictionary, i. 297., states that it is " native in groves at Con- 

 ception, in Chili," and that it flowers in " July and August:" in its native 

 abodes, we presume. We are indebted to Mr. A. Scott for this early notice 

 of a species additional to our catalogues. 



CXLIV. Yortulacece. Portulaca Gilliesra Hook., figured in the Bot. Mag. for 

 April, 1831, whose beauty we noted in VII. 338., is figured, also, in the 

 Bot. Beg. for May, 1834, t. 1762., where these remarks, with others, respect- 

 ing it occur : — " It is truly a splendid plant ; but, to be seen in perfection, it 

 should be exposed to the greatest heat and the brightest light that our sum- 

 mers will supply. It then opens its large rich crimson flowers in considerable 

 quantity, and lying, as they do, upon a little bed of neat deep green leaves, 

 the prettiest effect imaginable is produced. It is a perennial, and is propa- 

 gated readily by cuttings. To preserve it during winter, place it in a well- 

 ventilated dry green-house or stove, and allow it water only when in a growing 

 state, and then only in moderate quantity." 



Dicotyledonous Monopetalous Plants. 

 CLXX. TLricece verts. 



1345. ^'RBUTUS. [1826. L p.l Bot. mag. 3320 



11079 tomentosa Ph. hairy -branched and petioled **!_)? or 4?d W California to Puget's Sound 

 2 nuda Hook. Sf Arnott gXabroxxs-branched Hook, in Fl. Bor. Am. vol. ii. 1. 129. fig. 4. 



A. tomentosa flowered in Dec. 1833 in the green-house of the Glasgow 

 Botanic Garden, into which garden it had been received from that of the 

 London Horticultural Society, by whom it had been introduced through Mr. 

 Douglas, who had noticed it as growing in rocky places, and extending from 

 California in the south, to Puget's Sound in the north. Mr. Menzies has also 

 gathered it near the mouth of the Columbia. " The var. 2. seems to be the 

 more southern state of the species." A. tomentosa " is well worthy a place 

 in every collection, bearing copious evergreen foliage, and flowers of a 

 snowy whiteness, well contrasted with the green of the leaves." {Bot. Mag., 

 May.) 



1341a. PERNE'TTI.^ Gaudichaud. {Born Pernetty, the author of the account of a voyage to the 



Falkland Isles ; a work remarkable for its interest, as well as for its candour and exactness. 

 The original species of the genus was mentioned, by this traveller, under the name of" Bruyere 

 k feuilles pointues.") 10. 1. Sp. 4. — 

 Generic relations : Gaudichaud has referred to this genus .4'rbutus mucronata I,, fit [Hort. Brit. 

 No. 28626.], pumiia[Hort. Brit. No. 11080.], and microphylla. " In both [the genera] Arbutus 

 and Jrctostaphylos the anthers have two long horns projecting from their back, and the ovary is 

 surrounded by a fleshy ring with ten angles ; but, in the PennHtia mucronata [and all the per- 

 nettias], the anthers nave no horns, and are split into four bristle-shaped teeth at their apex, 

 while the base of the ovary is surrounded by ten distinct scales. The genus Pernettia is, in 

 reality, much more nearly allied to Andromeda and Gaulthien'a than to .3'rbutus, particularly 

 to Andromeda Afyrsinltes and Gaulthierz'a serpyllif&lia ; which last is certainly no Faccinium. 

 As far as habit and the structure of the flowers are concerned, J'rbutus pilbsa Graham [Bot. 

 Mag. 3177., Gard. Mag. 8.] would also be referable to Pernettia ; but we incline to believe that 

 plant an Andr6meda." {Dr. Lindley.) [Bot. reg. 1675 



+28626 mucronata Gaudichaud pointed-//* « , | or 6 ? my.jl W Str. of Magellan 1828. L p 



^'rbutus mucronata L.fit, Graham in Bot. Mag. 3093. [Hort. Brit. No. 28626.] 



Communicated by W. Harrison, Esq., in whose garden at Cheshunt> culti- 

 vated in peat, it has, within three years, formed a bush 3| ft. in diameter, and 

 2^- ft. high. It is a hardy (through such winters as the recent ones) evergreen 

 shrub, of considerable beauty, on account of the neat appearance and dark 

 colour of its foliage; its flowers are pretty, but they are small, and are produced 

 in an axillary manner, not in bunches, and are therefore not conspicuous. 

 {Bot. Beg., May») 



+11080 pilmila Gaudichaud dwarf «t i | or 4 ... W Magellan 1820. L s.p 



/1'rbutus pumila Forst., Hort. Brit. No. 11080. 



M. Gaudichaud, in his visit to the Falkland Islands, found plenty of another species (Pernettia 

 empetrifblia), which formed a small bush covered with eatable berries, and growing at the back 

 of the sandhills wherever a little vegetable mould had been collected. (Bot. Meg., May.) 



CLXXI. Epacridece. 



+513. TROCHOC A'RPA R. Br. (Trochos, a wheel, karpos, fruit ; cells of the fruit rayedly arranged, 



like the spokes of a wheel.) 5. 1. Sp. 1. 

 +4315 teurina R. Br. Cinnamon laurel-//a\ J i_J or 25 ap.au W N. Holl. 1823. C s.p Bot. mag. 3324 



In its native country, a tree of regular growth, and 25 ft. high. In the 



