4'52 FloricuUural and Botanical Notices^ 



Caryojpliyllete. 



fl388. SILE^NE 11627 compacta 



Synonyme : S. purpClrea KnowJes Sf Westcott, Flor. Cab. 43. 



A hardy annual, growing to the height of about 3 ft., covered 

 with a glaucous hue; branched towards the top, where the 

 flowers, which are in dense heads on short pedicels, assume a 

 livid purple colour, more or less intense. It is a beautiful and 

 free-flowering annual, continuing in bloom from the beginning 

 of June till the end of August. It requires no particular soil, 

 and ripens seeds freely. If sown in the autumn, it will endure 

 our ordinary winters, and come into flower in May ; and, sown 

 late in spring, the plants will continue flowering till killed by the 

 frost. [Flor. Cah., Sept.) 



OxalidecB. 



1414. O'XALIS [395. 



*k\ba D.Don white-flowered tf A pr f my V^^ ? America 1836 O co Swt. Br. fl.-gard 



" Nearly related to O. bipartita of the Fl. Brasil. Merid. of 

 A. de St. Hilaire, but in that the scapes are dichotomous, 

 bearing from three to seven flowers ; the sepals biglandose at the 

 apex ; the stamens monadelphous, with the longer ones toothless, 

 and the styles combined at the base." Its native country is not 

 known ; but it is probably American, being nearly allied to O. 

 bipartita and divergens. The plant was received, by Dr. Neill 

 of Edinburgh, from Mr. Lawson, seedsman there, who had it 

 from Messrs. Henry Storr and Sons, florists, Haarlem. The 

 leaves have a singular appearance, being ternate, with the leaflets 

 deeply bipartite, and the divisions linear and divaricate, and 

 2 in. long. [Swt. Br. FL-Gard.^ Sept,} 



I^eguminbs-ce.^ 



125a EUTA'XIA 



*Baxter? Knowl. & Westc. Baxter's * i_| pr 6 ... Y N. HoU. 1830 C s.p.l Flor. cab. 4?. 



" An evergreen, and by no means handsome in its growth, 

 being naked until near the top of the stem, when it sends off* 

 several long rambling branches ; but, notwithstanding, its foliage 

 and inflorescence form a pleasing addition to the green-house. 

 The plants are rather disposed to run too high ; to prevent 

 which, and to form bushy plants, the leading shoots should be 

 often topped during summer. Leaves opposite, or in threes, 

 leathery, inversely ovate, mucronate, veined. Flowers axillary, in 

 threes." {Flor. Cab., Sept.) 



^osdce(e. 



1535«. *COVf A^'SIA D. Don. The Cowania. (In honour of the late Mr. James Cowan, who, in the 

 capacity of a merchant, had occasion to visit Peru and Mexico, whence he introduced a number 

 of interesting plants, then new, to our collections.) 

 *plicata £). Dora plaited-feawed « pr 2 jn R Mexico ... D s.p Swt. Br. fl.-gard. 400. 



CowA^NJ^. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5. Ovaries 5 — 14. Ovule 

 erect. Styles terminal, continuous. Achenia awned with the 

 plumose persistent styles. Embi-yo erect. Evergreen, leafy, 

 much branched shrubs ; natives of Mexico. Leaves lobed, co- 



