418 FloricuUural and Botanical Notices, 



Edwards's Botanical 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 Flovoer- Garden ; in monthly numbei's, each containing 



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



Esq., Librarian to the Linnaean Society, 



Facts ivhich have a general Relation to Floriculture. — In the 

 Fdinhurgh New Philosophical Journal, No. 37., July? 1835, are 

 two commimications interesting* to botanical cultivators. One is 

 entitled, "Account of some of the Rare Plants observed during 

 an Excursion in the United States and the Canadas in ISS't, 

 Communicated by Mr. James Macnab." The other is entitled, 

 " On the Character of certain Groups of the Class Personatae. 

 By David Don, Esq., Libr. L.S., &c. &c. Communicated by 

 the Author." 



Embryo Dicotyledonous : Corolla Polypetalous, or not 



PRESENT. 



IIL ^animciddcea: 



J596. PMO^NIA 14095 MoAtan 



v^r. \&CBta.:Lmdl. mUpetaled 86 or 3? ap Bt.Ro.R Eng. seedling 1831 C p.!. Bot. reg. 1771 



This very beautiful variety is strikingly different from the 

 other moutans in the bright rosy red of the petals, the innermost 

 of which are very much cut and gashed, curled up, and distinctly 

 bordered with a narrow edge of light carmine, which sets them 

 off to great advantage, and gives the whole flower a peculiarly 

 rich and finished appearance. Raised from the seed of P. Moii- 

 tan by Mr. William Highland, gardener to the Earl of Sand- 

 wich, at Hinchingbrook, near Huntingdon. Mr. Highland has 

 found that the seeds of the raoutan kind of pseony do not ger= 

 minate until eighteen months after sowing. [Bot. Meg,, July.) 



LVL Mi/rtdcece, 



1480. LEPTOSPE'RMUM 12653 scop^rium flSlO Loudon's H. B. No. 12647. C p.l Bot. mag. 3419 

 2 grandifl&rum Hook, large.flowered * \ | or 5 sp.su W Ro Port Jackson 1817 Hooker. 



It does not appear specifically distinct from L. ^coparium L. ; 

 having the squarrose acuminate leaves, smooth calyx, and co- 

 loured calycine segments of that species. It is a variety very 

 interesting for the large size of the flowers and the blush-coloured 

 tint of the petals in flowers which are developed in a situation 

 fully open to the light ; in flowers developed in a shaded situa- 

 tion the petals are white. {Bot, Mag., July.) 



LX. Pi'oteacese. 



SOa ISOPO^GON. 



Loudbnj R.Br Loudon's S i_J or 4| sp P Kg. George's Sd. 1830 S s.p Bot. Mag. 3421 



Erect, 4 ft. or 5 ft. high ; branches few, erect ; leaves coria- 

 ceous, alternate, lanceolate, lingulate, and sub.spathulate, entire, 

 % in. to 5 in. long, glabrous. Flower heads severally solitary 



