72 Moricultural a7id Botanical Notices, 



Art. VIII. FloricuUural and Botanical Notices of newly introduced 

 Plants, and of Plants of Interest previously in our Gardens, supple- 

 mentary to the latest Editions of the " Encyclopfsdia of Plants," 

 and of the " Hortus Britannicus" 



Curtis s Botanical Magazine ; in monthly numbers, each containing 

 eight Plates; Ss. 6d. coloured, 3s. plain. Edited by Dr. Hooker, 

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



Edivards's Botanical Register ; in monthly numbers, each containing 

 eight plates; 4s. coloured, 3s. plain. Edited by Dr. Lindley, 

 Professor of Botany in the London University. 



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

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

 Esq., Librarian to the Linnaean Society. 



Dicotyledonous Plants : Polypetalous. 



XLVL C&ctece. 



In the first part of the 16th volume of the Acta Acad, Ccbs. 

 Ijeop.-Carol. Nat. Cur., Dr. Martins has contributed a commu- 

 nication entitled " Beschreibung einiger neuen Nopaleen." This 

 includes technical descriptions and figures of several species of 

 Cacteae, which had been introduced, by the Baron Karwinski, 

 into the Munich Botanic Garden, direct from their native places 

 of grovi^th in the kingdom of Mexico ; and some generalisations 

 on the plants of this order, the geographical distribution of 

 them, &c. The Baron Karwinski has given other proofs of his 

 zeal for enriching the collections of Germany with Mexican 

 plants new to Europe : see X. 323., and the notice of Lopho- 

 spermum atrosanguineum in our present Number, p. 75. As 

 the last named plant has soon been imparted to the British col- 

 lections by the German ones, it is not inconsistent to suppose 

 that the Cacteae now noticed will also be imparted as soon as 

 practicable ; and, in the anticipation of this event, we already 

 register the names of them : — 



1471. MAMMILLA'RIA. 



pycnacantha Mart, clustered-prickled tt. "^2 pr i sp Lem Oaxaca, Mex. O s.p N. cur. xvi. i. 17 



polj^edra Matt. many-sided-mammiUaedti. ZII pr 1 sp Ro Oaxaca, Mex. O s.p N. cur. xvi. i. 18 



polythh\e Mart. many-maramillaed • ZI] gr 2 sp P Mexico C s.p N. cur. xvi. i. 19 



quadrispina Mart, quaternary-prickled JK ZI2 gr 4 sp P Mexico C s.p 



coluTankns Mart. columnar-stemmed ffi(ZI]gr4?sp P Mexico C s.p Akin to quadri. 



Zuccarinidna Mart. Zuccarini's **- ZU pr § sp P.Ro Mexico O s.p N. cur. xvi. i. 20 



mystax Mart. mustachioed «L H] pr ^ sp R.P Mexico O s.p N. cur. xvi. i. 21 



cirrhffera Mart. curXed-prickled «»- H] gr § ? Mexico O s.p 



Karwinskio»a Mart. Karwinski's n. ZD pr | sp Bh Mexico O s.p N. cur. xvi. 1. 22 



gladi^ta Ma}-t. sword-clad *»- Zl gr § ? Mexico O s.p 



glochidihta. Mart. dart-clad **• ZZ) pr i sp W.Ysh Mexico O s.p N.cur.xvi.i. 23,1 



v^tula Mart. age-prickled n. ZZ i'r f sp Lem Mexico O s.p N. cur. xvi. i. 24 



cruoigera Mart. cruciformly prickled J*. IZ] pr i sp P Mexico O s.p N.cur.xvi.i. 25,2 



sphacelata Mart. withered-prickled tt. IZ] i>r f sp R Mexico O s.p N.cur.xvi.i. 23,1 

 This last species is now lost to the Munich collection. 



3359. ECHINOCA'CTUS. 

 pulch^lla Mart. pretty tt. ZU pr i sp W.Bh Mexico O s.p N.cur.xvi.i. 23,2 



macrodisca iWa;^. wide-spread n. '. I°er i P ^ Mexico O s.p N. cur. xvi. i. 26 



The plant of this last species has died. 



Not any of these may be yet in Britain. All of them had 

 been introduced into Germany before May, 1832; for Dr. 



