74 Floricultwal and Botanical Notices, 



corollas are white, and as large as those of L. perenne. [Brit. 

 Flotio.-Garden, Jan.) The five styles are, Mr. D. Don has stated, 

 " united together along their whole length : " on this ground it 

 is that the term monogynum has been applied. This answers 

 our objection in X. 356. : but is the concreted condition con- 

 stant ? — J. D. 



CXLVIL ¥icdide£e. 



1520. MESEMBRYA'NTHEMUM. 

 tl3174 rubrocinctum Haw. red-edged.^/rf. !U i I or i my Pk C. G. H. 1811. C s.l Bot. reg. 1732 



The flower in the figure is 3 in. across. The " species may, 

 perhaps, be considered the finest of this very extensive genus. 

 Independently of its extraordinary beauty, it has the great merit 

 of being able to resist as much cold as a pelargonium " is. Fi- 

 gured from a specimen produced in the garden, in Dorsetshire, 

 of the Hon. W. F. Strangways. [Bot. Reg., Jan.) 



Dicotyledonous Plants: Monopetalous. 

 CXCV. Asclej)iddeae. 



779. STAPE^L/^. 



Gussonedna Jacquin Gussone's tt. ZD cu ^ o R.St Sicily 1833. C s.l Bot. reg. 1731 



A native of rocks on the south of Sicily. All other known 

 species of Stapelm, and of the genera formed out of the older 

 genus Stapelm, are natives of South Africa. These facts suggest 

 considerations of interest in botanical geography, such as the 

 following, by Dr. Lindley : — " Are we to infer that Central 

 Africa contains stapelias in its unknown flora ? or is S. Gus- 

 sonedna a northern form, having no connection with the Cape 

 of Good Hope races except in general structure ? Perhaps we 

 shall be justified in assuming the former to be the more probable 

 theory, if we take into consideration that Forskahl found a 

 plant without flower, which he took for a stapelia, in Arabia ; 

 and that carallumas, which are altogether stapelias in habit, are 

 found in Continental India." Dr. Lindley has omitted to deter- 

 iriine to which genus of stapeliaceous plants S. Gnssonedna is 

 referable. Mr, Haworth had pronounced the plant to be entirely 

 different from any which he had ever seen. The flowers are 

 small-clustered, and not showy. Figured from the London 

 Horticultural Society's collection. {Bot. Meg., Jan.) Mrs. 

 Marryat possesses a plant of this species. 

 CCVII. Primiddcea;. 



458. ^NAGA'LLIS 3851. Monfli;. [Bot mag. 3380 



var. Willmoreana Hook. Willmore's JU lAJ or § au.o P.B.Y.R Madeira 1834? C l.t 



Raised by Mr. Willmore, from seeds sent from Madeira. 

 Mr. Don of Knypersley Gardens, near Congleton, Staffordshire, 

 has sent it to Dr. Hooker, who received it with the specific 

 name of Willmoreawa ; but who thinks that, " however it may 

 excel the A. Monelh' in brilliancy of colour in the blossom, it 

 will, on all hands, be granted that it can only be considered a 



