supplementary to Encyc^f Plants and Hort. Brtt. 419 



colour, ripens early, and is greedily eaten by birds. There is a 

 large specimen in Kensington Gardens, which flowers mag- 

 nificently every year in May. [Bot. Reg., July.) 



12919s; ? 12930 platyphylla Lindl. broad-leafed 

 ? Synonyme : C. raelanocarpa Bieb. 



This is the C. Oxyacantha melanocarpa of Jrb. Brit., t. 118 c?. 

 {^g. 72.); and the C. fissa of Lee's Nursery, where there is the 

 largest specimen in the neighbourhood of London. Dr. Lindley 

 appears to consider this a distinct species, which we are rather 

 surprised at ; but, whether a species or a variety, we entirely 

 agree with the doctor in the following eulogium bestowed on 

 it: — 



" Certainly, in foliage and elegance of general appearance, this is the hand- 

 somest of the European hawthorns. It grows like an exceedingly vigorous 

 oxyacantha, spreading its gracefully bending arms on all sides. Its leaves are 

 a deep rich green ; it is loaded with masses of snow-white blossoms, long after 

 the common hawthorn is flowerless ; and it retains its vigour till late in the 

 autumn ; so that the rich colour of its blackish purple fruit is not impaired in 

 effect by the fading tints of the foliage. That this is some European or North- 

 Asiatic plant cannot well be doubted ; and yet it is not to be traced in books, 

 unless it is the C. melanocarpa of IBieberstein ; but that plant, which is a 

 native of the Crimea, is described as having trifid leaves, reflexed calycine 

 segments, and five stones in each haw. I therefore presume that it must be 

 different from this, which has only three stones." (Bot. Beg., July.) 



Onagrdcea. 



11830. GOGKTIA 



*vin6sa Lindl. vi'me-stained-fld. O or 2 jl.au Bh California ? 1835 S lt.l Bot. reg. 1880 



*' In technical characters much like G. rubicunda, but a very 

 different-looking plant." The last of the new Californian 

 godetias introduced by the Horticultural Society. {Bot. Reg., 

 July.) 



1184. GAU'RA [mag. 3506 



10041a parvifldra Dougl. small-flowered Q) pr 4 au.s Dp Ro N. America 1835 S p.l Bot. 



Raised from seeds sent by Mr. Drummond from Texas ; and 

 in habit and inflorescence very similar to G. biennis ; but the 

 flowers, independently of the great difference in size, are widely 

 different. In the latter, the calyx bursts on one side, the seg- 

 ments continuing combined at their extremities ; the petals ai-e 

 all directed to one side upwards, the stamens and style down- 

 wards, and both these latter, especially the style, are longer 

 than the petals. The four lobes of the stigma are erect, and 

 placed closely together. [Bot. Mag., July.) 



CompositcE. 



2415. COREOTSIS. [3505 



219930 *filifi>lia Hook. tywea-A-segmented-XeafeA O or 2 au.s Y Texas 1835 S p.l Bot. mag. 



The nearest ally to this species is, perhaps, C. tenuifolia ; 

 but there, besides the difference in foliage, the disk is de- 

 scribed as being of the same colour as the ray ; and the florets 

 of the ray are much narrower. Its seeds were sent by Mr. 

 Drummond to this country, from Texas, in the spring of 



