supplementary to lEncyc. of Plants and Hart. Brit. 295 



of an aspect which suggests that this variety's habit of growth is 

 a free one. 



In the Floricultural Cabinet for May is " A Description of 

 eight hybrid Camellias, raised in the gardens of W. F. Campbell, 

 Esq. M.P., Woodhall, Lanarkshire." The editor has appended 

 this remark to the description : — " We received flowers of six 

 of the above seedling camellias ; and can assure the admirers of 

 this deservedly esteemed genus of plants that they are most 

 splendid varieties. Drawings have been taken ; and figures of 

 them will be given in a supplement to the Cabinet^ which will 

 speedily appear." 



LXXVII. LeguminbscE. 



1963. GENI'STA. 



174810! ephedroides Dec. Ephedra-like 31 or 4 jn.s Y Sardinia 1832. C co Maund'sbot.gard.t498 



From Sardinia ; hardy in Britain ; pleasing in its blossoms ; 

 and so peculiar in its branches, that the inventor of the specific 

 name has deemed them comparable to the branches of ^'phedrae. 

 The jE'phedrae have not obvious leaves nor conspicuous flowers : 

 hence it must be their branches to which comparison is made. 

 It is probable that G. ^phedroides is deciduous-leafed ; and, if 

 so, its ephedra-like aspect will be most obvious during the time 

 its branches are destitute of leaves. F. Westcott, Esq., of Er- 

 dington, near Birmingham, has been the first to add the species, 

 in a living state, to the stock of species of plants alive in Britain. 

 He obtained the seeds from a legume upon a dried specimen 

 from Sardinia, that was one of a collection of specimens that he 

 had received from the German Unio Itineraria. Mr. Westcott 

 has contributed the plant to the collection in the Birmingham 

 Botanic Garden. Mr. Cameron, the curator, has found that 

 cuttings of it strike root readily, and that it thrives in common 

 soil. (Maund's Botanic Garden, May.) 



2133. O'ROBUS. [Calabria 1826. S s.l Bot. reg. 1763 



19364a atropurpdreus Desf. dark putpXe-corollaed ^ A or 1 my P Algiers, Sicily, Eastern 



{Bot. Reg., May.) A pleasing species in its erect stems, nar- 

 row slender leaves, and pedunculated clusters of flowers whose 

 corollas are of a rosy-purple colour. It is possible that it is not 

 very rare in botanical collections. 



5837. ^CA^CIA. ^ GlobiflbrsE, Scandentes. [Bot. mag. 3408 



pri5nsans Loive holding-prk/cleii fl_ | | or 40 ... Y ... [? Not yet In Britain] C s.p.l 



The specimen figured was produced by a plant which has 

 long existed in the garden of the Valle, near Funchal, in Ma- 

 deira : when and whence introduced there, Mr. Lowe cannot 

 learn. It may be, that a living plant of the species is not yet 

 extant in Britain. In Madeira, it is a climbing shrub of extremely 

 rapid and luxuriant growth and remarkably elegant and delicate 

 feathery foliage; its branches are remarkably elongated, climb- 

 ing and clinging tenaciously, to every thing within their reach, 

 by their copious small hooked pi'ickles ; and are of extraordi- 



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