70 Floricitltural and Botanical Notices, 



A very pretty red-flowered mallow, raised by Mr. Penny of 

 the Milford Nursery, and named by him in honour of Mr. Cree 

 of the Addlestone Nursery, an excellent practical botanist and 

 cultivator. {Dot. Mag., Dec.) 



2014. 7/IBI'SCUS 



*Camerdm Knowl. & West. -** □ or 1 jn Ro Madagascar 1837. C l.s.p Fl. cab. no. 82. 



A pretty species of i^/ibiscus, raised in the Birmingham 

 Botanic Garden, from seeds collected by missionaries in the 

 Island of Madagascar, and named in compliment to Mr. Cameron, 

 " the able and indefatigable curator of that garden." The plant 

 is of very slow growth, and will probably long continue rare, as 

 it has neither produced any lateral shoots for cuttings, nor ripened 

 any seeds. (Floral Cabinet, Jan.) 



Legnminbsa?. 



1940. HO^VE^ [ser. 62. 



*Mangl6s?7 Lindl. Capt. Mangles's tt. i | pr 1 ja P Swan River 183G. C co Eot. reg. 2d 



" A green-house shrub, requiring plenty of light and air, 

 but not particularly delicate. It is readily increased by cut- 

 tings." It is one of the many fine plants which we owe to the 

 botanic zeal of Captain James Mangles, and it is therefore most 

 appropriately named after him. (See Bot. Reg., Nov.) 



+ Mimosa marginata Dec. " A shrubby plant, half-hardy, 

 prostrate, and producing long slender shoots, which have an 

 elegant appearance if allowed to hang down from the rafters of 

 a green-house." The flowers are purple, and are placed on very 

 long peduncles. It will not only live, but increase rapidly, in 

 the open border, as the branches, if suffered to rest on the 

 ground, will throw out roots at every joint. " It is said to have 

 survived the winter of 1836-7 in the open border; in the nur- 

 series it is sold under the names of M. mexicana, scandens, and 

 prostrata." (B. M. R., Nov., No. 152.) 



Rosacea?. 



1528. POTENTI'LLA [of bot. v. 223. 



*ferruginea rusty-coloured ^ A °r 1 P-au O.b hybrid 1835. D co Paxt. mag. 



This is a hybrid between P. atrosanguinea and P. pedata. 

 The foliage resembles that of the latter species ; and the flowers 

 are of a deep orange, richly tinted with dark brown. " It was 

 raised about three years ago, and presented to Messrs. Rollisson 

 of the Tooting Nursery, by a friend." (Paxt. Mag. of Bot., 

 Nov.) 



Onagrdcece. 



118S. FU'CHSJ^ [1480. 



*cylindracea Lindl. cylindrical-^ow;-^ .tt | el 2 au S Mexico 1837. C p.l Bot. reg. 



This species has been already noticed (p. 375.) as having 

 appeared in the Bot. Reg. Miscellany. Dr. Lindley observes 

 of the male and female flowers of this genus, that "the latter 

 are the less showy of the two, their flowers not being half the 

 size of those of the males." He also remarks that some plants have 



