528 FhricuUural and Botanical Notices, 



We were first introduced to this species in the Birmingham 

 Botanic Garden." — B. Maund, in his Botanic Garden, Sept. 

 1835. 



Embryo Dicotyledonous: Corolla Monopetalous. 

 CLXX. 'Ericdcea. In " A notice which has a general rela- 

 tion to Floriculture," given in p. 523, 524',, is information on 

 species of plants of this order. 



1346 ^rctostaphylos tomentosa Lindl., Bot. reg. t. 1791. ; tomentbsa Lindl, var. ntida Lindl, Bot. reg. 

 1. 1791., in the text. Information on these, under the generic name .4'rbutus, is cited in onr 

 X. 286. See, besides, below, here. 



A. tomentosa is a " native of rocky places on the west side of 

 North America, from Puget's Sound in the north to California 

 and the Mexican mountains in the south." When cultivated in 

 Britain " in peat and loam, and in a sheltered situation, ... it 

 flowers in March. Dr. Hooker informs us that, at Glasgow, it," 

 the tomentosa, not the tomentosa var. nuda, " is kept in the 

 green-house. Our specimens " of the tomentosa " were . . . from 

 the collection of William Harrison, Esq., of Cheshunt, where it 

 has been kept in the open air for about four years." {Bot. Reg., 

 Sept.) 



In the text to t. 1791. of Bot. reg., Dr. Lindley has stated that he possesses two other arctostaphy- 

 loses, like, in habit, A. tomentosa var. niida. Whether he has dried specimens only, or living 

 plants of them, he has not stated. He has there g:iven contradistinctive characters of these, and 

 these names to them: — A. cordifblia Lindl., this Mr. Menzies discovered on the north-west 

 coast of America ; and A. glauca, discovered in California by the deceased Douglas. {Bot. Reg., 

 Sept.) 



CLXXII. Nacciniecje. 



1194. FACCI'NIUM. (Dr. Hooker has referred this genus to the Linnaean class Decandria, in Bot. 



mag., t. 3433., and noticed there that others refer it to the class Octandria.) f Bot. mag. 3433 



tl0107 corymboeum L. corymhose-inflo.escenccd Sfc or «*. my W Bh North America 1806 L.p 



Synonymy, by Dr. Hooker : T. amoe'^num Ait., Bot. reg. t. 400. ? Andr. Bot. rep. 1. 138. i" K di- 



murphum Mx. [L.p Bot. reg. 302 



2 fuscatum J^oo^. embrowned {corolla?) Sk or ... 2 my.jn W Pk North America 1770 



Synonymy, by Dr. Hooker : F. fusc^tum Ph., Bot. reg. t. 302. ; V. formosum Andr., Bot. rep. 



t. 97. ; F. virgatum Watson, Dendr. t. 33., not Ait. ; F. mariknum Watson. 



" All the kinds," that is, the two above of Dr. Hooker, which 

 some have considered, and may still consider, to consist of more 

 than two kinds, bear " copious blossoms during the month of 

 May. The beauty of the flowers is best seen by lifting up the 

 branches ; for, in consequence of their drooping position, they 

 are in a measure concealed from the spectator by the pedicels, 

 calyces, and bracteas." Corolla white, tinged with rose colour. 

 {Bot. Mag., Sept.) 



[Bot. mag. 3434 

 ■flOliy pennsylvanicum Mr. Pennsylvania!! 36 fr IJ my.jn W Bh North America 1772 L.p 

 Dr. Hooker has cited as synonymous the V. ten^llum Ph., and, with a query, the K ten^llum of Ait. 

 Hort. kew. ii. 12. ; and has noted that V. pennsylvanicum has affinity with F. corymbosum. 



Flowers drooping, disposed many together in racemes ; co- 

 rolla, in colour, of " a pale greenish white, more or less tinged 

 with red, sometimes in streaks." {Bot. Mag., Sept.) 



CXCV. Asclepiddese. 



766. C ALO'TROPIS R. Br. (" Literally ' beautifully twisted,' apparently in reference to the corolla 



[of C. gigantfea."— Z)r. iOTrf/e;/.) [C s.l.lt Bot. reg. 1792 



t6135 procfera /{. .Sr. tall «□ or 10 to 20 ap W and purplish R Porto Praya, St. Jago "1714'' 



Figured from the collection of Sir C. Lemon, Bart., M. P., 



