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CXVI. Rutdceee. 



3303. COLEONE^MA. (Koleos, a sheath, nema, a filament; from the groove in the claw of the 



petal, in which the sterile filament is, in some species, partly lodged. — Hooker.) Sp. 4. ? — 



pulchrum Hook, beautiful Si | or 6 ap.my Ro C. G. Hope ? ... C p.l Bot. mag. 3340 



Has long been cultivated, in the green. house of the botanic garden of Glasgow, under the name of 

 Diosma angustifolia : a name only of the gardens, and implying a character common to others 

 of the genus. The plant comes unquestionably within the genus Coleonema. — Hooker. 



C. pulchrum " deserves a place in every collection, from its graceful mode 

 of growth, and bright and conspicuous rose-coloured blossoms, which continue 

 long in perfection. Our plant forms an upright shrub, 4 ft. to 6 ft. high, 

 bearing numerous twiggy, slender, pendent branches, clad with leaves ljin. 

 long, and slender, filiform, and tapering to a sharp brown point. Towards 

 the extremity of every branch, in the axil of each leaf, is a rather large flower 

 upon a short peduncle, with a corolla of five bright rose-coloured petals. The 

 figure exhibits a branch consisting of four upright twigs, the most upper part 

 of each of which is adorned with several flowers ; and, as these are shorter 

 than the leaves, and the points of the leaves stand out beyond the flowers, 

 fancy may imagine them to be " a troop of swords drawn to defend " the 

 flowers. (Bot. Mag., August.) 



CXXI. Pittos-pbrece . 



SO'LLY^ heterophylla Lindl. Mr. D. Don has described this plant in Sweet's British Flower- 

 Garden for March, 1834, t. 232. In the number for August, there is the following corrective 

 note relative to it : — " Having had an opportunity of examining samples of the fruit which 

 ripened at Mr. Knight's during the past summer, I now find that it is a berry [the genus Sollya 

 was distinguished from the genus Billardiera, on the assumption that the fruit of the former was 

 a capsule ; and, perhaps, on other points : the fruit of Billardiera is a berry], and that its struc. 

 ture differs in no respect from that of Billardifera ; with which genus the plant must be again 

 combined." — D.Don. 



CXL. Caryopliyllecs. 



1388. SILE X NE. 

 •fll586 virgfnica L. Virginian ^ A or 2 my.au S Virginia 1783. D p.l Bot. mag. 3342 

 Approaches to S. regia Sims. ; but may be known from this by its smaller size, narrower leaves, 

 smaller flowers, and bifid petals. 



The beauty of this species leads one to desire that it were not so rare in 

 our living collections. The stems of S. virginica frequently exceed, in Ame- 

 rica, 2 ft. in height : they bear oblong, acute, glabrous leaves, and a panicle of 

 flowers whose petals are of a scarlet colour : these stand clear of each other 

 in the border of the flower, so as to produce a star of five rays ; each petal is 

 bifid at the tip. {Bot. Mag., August.) 



Dicotyledonous Monopetalous Plants. 

 CLXX. "Ericdcece. 



1173. ERV'CA. 



9667a codonodes Lindl. be\l.fotmed-coi-ollaed * or 12 f.m Pa.Ro C l.s.p Bot. reg. 1698 



Seems essentially distinct from E. arborea in its larger flowers, more slender leaves, less hardy 

 branches, and truly bell-shaped corolla ; which has by no means the globular form of that of 

 E. arborea : its stigma is, moreover, very small, and not at all dilated or lobed, either when dried 

 or recent. E. polytriohifblia, which, we presume, is the E. arbbrea stylosa of English gardens, 

 is equally distinct in the same characters. — Lindley. 



E. codonodes Lindl. is stated to have the general appearance of E. arborea, 

 but to differ in the particulars above quoted. " Our drawing was made from 

 specimens communicated to us by Mr. William Wood, nurseryman, of Mares- 

 field, in Sussex, who informs us that the species is quite hardy, and forms a 

 bush from 1 ft. to 12 ft. in height. It begins to blossom in February, and con- 

 tinues till the end of May, disregarding both frost and snow, being often 

 covered with flowers from top to bottom, and forming a most beautiful object. 

 It is not, it is stated, very easily propagated. (Bot. Reg., August.) 



CLXXIV. CampaniddcecB. 



607. CAMPA'NULA. 



5054a garganica Ten. fU A? G) ? or J jl.au Pa.B " Mt. St. Angelo 1830? S p.l Sw.fl.gar.2.s.252 

 There is a variety with smooth leaves, and one with hairy leaves. C. garganica Ten. comes very 

 near to C. Elatines L., but appears to be sufficiently distinct. — D. Don. 



The plant forms a little grass-green tuft, from which proceed many slender, 



branched, leafy stems of about 3 in. high. The leaves are kidney-shaped or 



heart-shaped, serrated. The flowers are disposed in a racemose panicle. Co- 



