540 Floricultural and Botanical Notices, 



^osdcece § Pbmecs. 



1506. CRAT-«;'GUS 12908. epathuUta Michaux, Pursh; Bot. reg. t. 1S90. 

 Synonymes ; C. virginica Lodd., Loud. Arb. Brit. ; C. viridis Hort. 



Spec. Char. Branchlets sparingly spiny. Leaves obovate, 

 narrowed to the base, lobed with about 3 Jobes; serrate with 

 glanded teeth, as are their leafy stipules, each of which is half 

 halberd-shaped; the leaves of a branchlet or spur, forming in 

 some instances a group. Corymbs of kw flowers. Flowers 

 nearly sessile. Sepals cut. {LindleT/, and the figure.) Branch- 

 lets sparingly spiny, having the leaves in fascicles, small, subspa- 

 tulate and 3-cleft, with the portion that is narrowed to the base 

 long. Corymbs few-flowered. Pedicels short. Calyxes to- 

 mentose. {Michx.) There can be no doubt that this is the real C. 

 spathulata of Michaux, about which so little is known that it 

 is altogether omitted from the Floras of Torrey, Hooker, and 

 Beck. It is introduced by name into Elliot's work on South Ca^ 

 rolina, without that author's being acquainted with the plant; was 

 missed by Willdenow, and was unknown to De Candolle. Pursh 

 merely repeats Michaux's character ; but he adds that it occurs 

 in dry woods near rivers in Virginia and Carolina, flowering in 

 May and June, and having very large crooked thorns, with small 

 leaves. 



This species has very much the appearance of C. parvif51ia, 

 from which it is essentially distinguished by its leaves being 

 edged with strong dark glands, and by its large leafy stipules. 

 The fruit is always green, even when ripe ; is a little downy, and 

 contains 5 — 6 stones. [Bot. Meg., vol. xxii. ; Sept.) 



flSia COTONEA'STER 

 +28773 laxifldra Jacg. Bot. mag. t. 3519., Arb. brit p. S7a 



" A species nearly allied to this has been discovered by Le- 

 debour in the Altai Mountains, and figured and described by 

 that author under the name of C. multiflora Biinge : but our spe- 

 cimens of this plant have much thicker, broader, and rounder 

 leaves, with, generally, a deep notch at the extremity. The in- 

 florescence is extremely similar in the two. (Bot. Mag., vol. x., 

 new series ; Sept.) 



From observing this sort of Cotoneaster in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden, and in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, we 

 are convinced it is only a variety of C. vulgaris Lindl, 



Onagrdcece. 



1188. FU'CHS/.4 

 10071 coccinea *var. GTOoraiana F. W. Smith, Mr. Groom's fuchsiaj 



This is a variety with numerous large flowers, and a very 

 vigorous habit of growth, which has been raised by Mr. Groom 

 of Walworth. 



" It appears to be a free grower, and much longer in all its 

 parts than any we have seen ; but it is a strict green-house 

 variety." {Smith's Flor. Mag., vol. ii. ; Sept.) 



