82 Floricultural and Botanical Notkes. 



ifrf 1 T-I O R E * TTS 

 *glatica Herb, glaucous tf □ or 1 au W Mexico 1837. O s Flor. cab. 2. p. 101. 



This is a very beautiful bulbous-rooted plant, with a flower 

 oreatly resembling that of Ismem?, from which genus Choritis 

 has been lately divided by the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert. 

 C. glauca is a native of Oaxaca in Mexico, whence it was im- 

 ported by George Barker, Esq., of Springfield, near Birming- 

 ham. (Flor. Cab., Sept.) 



+ Urceolina pendula Herb. " This remarkable plant flowered 

 for the first time at Spofforth, in June last, having been kept dry 

 in the green-house during the winter." It requires a strong 

 rich loam ; and, as it is a native of shady woods on the Peruvian 

 Andes, it seems to suffer by exposure to the sun. The flowers 

 are yellow and green. (B. M. JR., Nov., No. 151.) 



'Liliacea?. 



1016. il'LIUM 30170 specibsum var. punctatum. 



Synonyme : L. laneifdlium roseum Paxt. Mag. of Sot. 5. 267. 



'M.elcmt/iacece. 



9163. Merendera caucasia Bieb., Bot. Mag. 3690. This 

 elegant little bulb produced its flowers (and leaves at the same 

 time) in the month of May, in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 

 under a glass frame. In its native country (Caucasus) it blooms 

 in very early spring. The flower is very pale lilac, with a 

 shade of pink. (Bot. Mag., Nov.) 



1030. 'ziGADE'NUS glaucus Nutt., Bot. Reg. 2d ser. 67. 

 Synonyme : 29339 elegans Ph. Sj Nutt. 



Dr. Lindley states that this is the species which was supposed 

 by Douglas to be the Z. elegans of Pursh. (Bot. Reg. % Dec.) 



Commelinaceae. 



Tradescant'xa, iridescens Lindl. " This lovely species of 

 Tradescantm is a native of the neighbourhood of the Real del 

 Monte Mines in Mexico, from whence roots of it were forwarded 

 in the spring of 1838, by Mr. John Rule, to Sir Charles Lemon, 

 Bart. M.P., in whose collection it flowered in June. ... It has 

 hitherto been kept in a warm green-house, but it will probably 

 endure the open air, and ultimately become a half-hardy her- 

 baceous plant." (B. M. R., No. 160.) 



Juncacea?. 



2776. XERO'TES 24265 longifblia R. B., Pot. Reg., 1839, 3. 



Synonyme : Lomandra longifolia Lab. Nov. Holl., i. 92. t. 119. 



The plant figured in the Botanic Register has the leaves 

 smooth at their margins, and not rough, as described bv Dr. 

 Brown. It is a native of Van Diemen's Land. " It is a plant 

 of no beauty," Dr. Lindley observes, " but its leaves are so hard 

 and tough, that it deserves enquiry whether they will not yield a 

 fibre capable of being advantageously manufactured into cordage. 

 1 know nothing which, in the manufactured slate, promises better, 



