598 Floricultural and Botanical Notices^ 



four plates ; 3s. coloured, 2s. 3d. plain. Edited by David Don, 

 Esq., Professor of Botany in King's College, and Librarian to the 

 Linnsean Society. 



Birmingham Botanic Garden ; in monthly numbers, 4to, 2s. 6d. each. 

 Conducted by G. B. Knowles, Esq., and Frederick Westcott, Esq., 

 Honorary Secretaries of the Birmingham Botanical and Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



The Botanist ; containiiig accurately coloured Figures of tender and 

 hardy ornamental Plants ; with Descriptions, scieiitific and popu- 

 lar; intended to convey both moral and intellectual gratification. 

 Conducted by B. Maund, F.L.S., assisted by the Rev. J. S. Hens- 

 low, M.A., F.L.S., &c.. Professor of Botany in the University of 

 Cambridge. To be continued monthly. 8vo ; large paper, 2s. Qd. ; 

 small paper, Is. 6d. Four plates, with two pages of letterpress to 

 each. London. 



It would appear, from the Introduction, that a main object of 

 this work is to teach the natural system in an attractive manner, by 

 conveying fragments of information on the subject, along with the 

 characters and description of each particular plant figured. This 

 is one point of view in which the work may be considered ; an- 

 other is that of a general botanical periodical, resembling Mr. 

 Maund's Botanic Garden in many points ; but differing from it 

 in including both hardy and house plants; and, in short, plants 

 of every description. At the end are given four pages of a glos- 

 sary of botanical terms, which, we think, would be much improved 

 by references to particular species, illustrating the term explained. 

 The plates are remarkably well executed, and the whole work has 

 the neat appearance of the Botanic Garden. 



Pittospordcea;. 



SO'LLY^ heteroph^Ua Lindl. Hort. Brit., No. 2925. 



Some difference of opinion exists in regard to the continuance 

 of SoUya as a genus ; Prof. Don remarking that the fruit is the 

 same as that of Billardiera; ; while Dr. Lindley observes that the 

 seeds are embedded in a fleshy or pulpy substance ; v^^hich cir- 

 cumstance, added to the inflorescence being opposite to the 

 leaves, to the " short, somewhat campanulate corollas, short 

 stamens with the anthers adhering in a cone round the style, and 

 opening by two pores at the points," would seem to constitute a 

 distinct genus. {Bot. Mag., Oct.) 



Fabdcece, or Leguminbsce § Papiliondcece. 



1964. CY'TISUS L. 

 *17523a ffiolicus Guss. .Ilolian * or j* my Y Stromboli 1836 S s.l Bot. reg, 1902. 



Spec. Char. — Branches round, and, as well as the leaves, 

 hoary. Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets oval, tomentose on the margin. 

 Flowers ternate, almost bractless, racemose; calyx membra- 

 naceous, campanulate, pubescent. Legume glabrous. {^Bot. Reg.) 



Description. — A tall shrub. Branches covered with soft spread- 

 ing hairs. Leaves trifoliolate, hoary ; leaflets narrow, oval, 

 almost sessile, longer than the petiole, downy on the margin. 

 Racemes terminal, short, flexuose, tomentose on the axis. 



