184; Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 



ance of the trees, and in the quality of the timber, in these two 

 habitats; and hence the varieties Q. i?6bur sessilifl6ra and Ro- 

 binm Pseud- ^4cacia macrophylla. In like manner, in the case of 

 herbaceous plants, on the alluvial banks of rivers, many are found 

 comparatively in a state of cultivation ; and, consequently, so 

 luxuriant as to appear like different species. We throw out 

 these ideas chiefly to direct the attention of our readers to the 

 subject of species and varieties ; not that we by any means under- 

 value the latter, and would not wish them kept distinct whenever 

 they are truly so, as in the case before us. 



To return to this very beautiful variety of Coreopsis, Mr. 

 Maund judiciously observes, that, if plants of it, and of the com- 

 mon variety, be mingled together, and seeds gathered from them, 

 their distinctions will soon be lost : so will seeds of the golden 

 pippin apple if the tree has been grown in a garden along with 

 other apple trees ; but let it be grown alone, and we will venture 

 to assert that plants raised from seeds will come as true as in the 

 case of the plant before us. 



ScropJnilaridce(S, 



Yl\l. PENTSTE'MON 



* Mnrray anus Hook. (In honour of the skilful curator of the Glasgow Botanic Garden, who has 

 been the means of rearing so many of Mr. Drummond's plants, and to whose undeviating kind- 

 ness and friendship that naturalist was greatly indebted for much of the success that attended 

 his exertions.) Murray's scarlet £ A or 3 aut. S San Felipe 1835 S D p.l Bot. mag. 3i72 



" A native of San Felipe, in Texas : discovered by Mr. 

 Drummond, in 1834, and by him sent to our gardens, where it 

 promises to be a very great acquisition, being remarkable for its 

 stately growth, its singularly glaucous and large foliage, and the 

 number, and size, and" scarlet colour "of the flowers. The seeds 

 arrived rather late in the spring of 1835 ; so that, in the Glasgow 

 Botanic Garden, the autumn advanced rapidly upon us before 

 the blossoms were generally expanded. ... It will probably prove 

 a quite hardy herbaceous perennial." [Bot. Mag., t. 34-72.) 



Amarifll^aceas. 



974. ZEPHYRA'NTHES Herb. [Sw. fl.-gard. 2 s. t. 328 



*8022a! Drummond; D. Don Drummond's tf ^ or IA jl W tinged with Pk Texas 1835 O. r.m 



An elegant bulbous plant, found in the Texas by the late Mr. 

 Thomas Drummond, to whose memory it has been dedicated by 

 Professor Don. It is said to be nearly related to Z. verecunda, 

 but to be " essentially distinguished from it by its larger size, 

 much larger tube of its perianthium, and broader leaves." {Swt. 

 Flow.-Gard., t. 328.) 



933. iVARCrSSUS ^ Corbularia 



*7583a conspicuus D. Don cons^picuovis-floivered ? A or f my Y O. Sw. fl.-gar. 2 s. t. 236. 



Synonyme : Corbularia conspicua Hawort/i, Monog. Nai-ciss. p. i. 



This species, or variety, for we believe it to be nothing else, 

 which comes near to N. turgidus (Srvt. Floiic-Gard., t. IS^.), is 

 the most showy of the hoop petticoat division of the iVarcissi. 

 Professor Don says, " We cannot take upon ourselves to say 

 that these forms are entitled to be ranked as distinct species ; but 



