Tloricnltural and Botanical Notices. 25 



Art. XII. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of neivlt/ introduced 

 Plants, and oj" Plants oj' Interest previously in our Gardens, supple- 

 mentary to the latest Editions of the " Encyclopcedia of Plants" 

 and of the " Horius Britannicus" 



Curtis' s Botanical Magazine ; in monthly numbers, each containing 

 eight Plates ; Ss. 6d. coloured, 35. plain. Edited by Dr. Hooker, 

 King's Professor of Botany in the tjniversity of Glasgow. 



Edtvardss Botatiical Register ; in monthly numbers, each containing 

 eight plates; 45. coloured, 35. plain. Edited by Dr. Lindley, 



^ Professor of Botany in the London University. 



Sweet's British Floiver- Garden ; in monthly numbers, each containing 

 four plates ; 35. coloured, 2s. 3d. plain. Edited by David Don, 

 Esq., Librarian to the Linnaean Society. 



Dicotyledonous Plants: Polypetalous. 

 XLVI. Cdctece. 



1474. OPU'NTIA Tourn. 

 1'2609 monacaiitha i/mti'. singly spined ti. ;il] gr 1 ? my Y S. Amer. 1816. C s.l Bot reg. 1726 



Figured from a fine plant supplied by the Countess of Guild- 

 ford. {BoL Beg., Dec.) 



LXXVII. Legimmibsce § J^otecc. 



1941a LA'LAG£ Lindley. (A laughing witty dame, described by the Latin poet Horace : the 



plant, when displaying its flowers, is gay and lively-looking.) 15.6. Sp. 1. — 



ornita Lindl. gay-flowering m^ or 2? ap .Y.Bd.P. S.V/. New Holl. 1830. Cp Bot.reg.1722 



A very ornamental species. The plant is a shrub, and seems 

 to be, by the figure, not a large one, and erect in its habit of 

 growth. The leaves are ovate, on short footstalks, their expanded 

 portion somevi'hat more than l^in. long by 1 in. broad; they 

 " are of a rich deep green : and the colour of the flowers is a 

 pleasing mixture of yellow, orange, purple, and crimson." The 

 flowers are numerous. The plant has been raised by Mr. Knight, 

 Chelsea, from seeds collected by Mr. Baxter. {Bof. Reg., Dec.) 



1963. GENISTA, 

 f 11502 amxantica r^?!. Amsanto S^ or 4 jn Y Naples 1818. L s.l Sw. fl. gar. 2. s. 266 



" Discovered, by Professor Gussone, on hills in the valley of 

 Amsanto, not far from Frigento, in the kingdom of Naples ; a 

 spot famous for its mineral springs, and for the unhealthiness of 

 its air, arising from sulphureous exhalations." G. amxantica 

 may, therefore, thrive in spots in our gardens and pleasure- 

 grounds in which some other species would not. Mr. D. Don 

 has stated that, " from its trailing habit, and copious clusters of 

 golden flowers, it is well suited to ornament rockwork, where it 

 will be found to thrive luxuriantly." {Brit. Flow.-Gard., Dec.) 



Dicotyledonous Plants: Monopetalous. 

 CLXXXVL Comp6sitcs. 



2412. GAILLA'RD/^. [Sw. fl. gar. 2.S. 267 



pi'cta D. Don pamtei-rayed ^ _AJ or 2 au Carmine and Y Louisiana 1833. D It 

 Gaillardi'a b£color var. Drumm6ndM' Hooker in Bot. Mag. No, 3363. 



A very pretty species (or variety, as Dr. Hooker has deemed 



