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sweetmeat, being cut into pieces like a gourd or citron, and preserved with 

 sugar. It had flower buds upon it when packed up to send to Europe. (Bot. 

 Mag., April.) 



" We can readily participate," says Sir W. J. Hooker, " in the pleasure Mr. 

 Gardner must have experienced in discovering this beautiful epiphyllous plant, 

 and dedicating it to his distinguished patron, the Duke of Bedford, a nobleman 

 who, in the short time of Mr. Gardner's absence (scarcely three years) has 

 amassed such a collection of cactoid plants at Woburn Abbey, as must be 

 seen to be appreciated, and with which none in the kingdom, that I know of, 

 can be compared, except it be that of James Harris, Esq., of Kingsbury, near 

 Hendon. In the stoves at Woburn, the great columnar kinds of Cereus, 

 30 ft. high (and especially the noble specimens of C. senilis, two of which 

 have attained to 12 ft., and are clothed with long, pendent, white hairs), 

 contrast admirably with the strangely broad and depressed forms of the Me- 

 locactus and Echinocactus group, beset, too, as these are, with spines of every 

 shape, and size, and colour : again, the latter kinds present a most curious 

 difference of aspect from the flattened and jointed stems of the Opuntiae and 

 Epiphylla; while the magnitude and fragrance of the blossoms of some, and 

 the brilliancy of colour in others, are surpassed by few vegetable productions. 

 The arrangement and high health and vigour of the plants at Woburn reflect 

 the utmost credit on the able gardener, Mr. Forbes." 



"Rubiacece. 



*ANOTIS Dec. (From a, priv., and ous otos, an ear ; no accessory teeth, or ears, to the calyx.) [no. 683 

 *ciliol6sa G. Don ci\\ated-lcaved £ _AJ pr i jn.s Pa. Li N. Araer. 1832. D s.p Bot. gard. 

 Synonymes ■ Houstowo ciliolbsa Torrey j Hedybtis ciliolbsa Houk. 



The genus Anotis, which comprises the genera Houston/a Lin., and He- 

 dyotis Ituiz et Pav. and Cav., was established by De Candolle in his Prodromus, 

 vol. iv. p. 431. Anotis ciliolosa is a pretty little plant, which will flower from 

 June to September, in the open border, or on rockwork, for which it is re- 

 markably well adapted. (Bot. Gard., March.) 



Composites. 



2411. IIUDBE'CK//* 21978 amplexif&lia Jacq. 



Synonyme : Dracopis amplexicaulis Cass., Bot. Mag. 3716. 



[of bot. a p. 51 

 Drummondi Paxt. Drummond's '^t A or 2 au O.B ? N. Araer. 1836. D co Paxt. niag. 



A very handsome species of a well known genus. (Paxt. Mag. of Bot., 

 April.) 



Cavipanulacece. 



613. ROE'LL^ 



*elegansPa^. elegant tZ3 or{ my P ?C. G. H. 1836. C.S s.l Mag. of bot. 6. 27 



This very elegant little plant, if kept in a hot-house, will flower during the 

 whole of the winter months. It should be kept in a very small pot on a dry 

 shelf, with which treatment it will flower and seed freely. (Paxt. Mag. of 

 Bot., March.) 



JEpacriddcece. 



504. E'PACRIS 

 4283 jmpressa var. parvifibra Lindl. small-flowered Set. Reg. 1839, 1. 19. 



The flowers of this variety are of a deep red ; and though small, they are so 

 abundant as to produce a very pleasing effect. The plant was sent from New 

 Holland, by Mr. James Backhouse, to his brothers at York, under the name 

 of E. ruscifolia ; but it differs from that species in not having stalked leaves. 

 (Bot. Reg., April.) 



Asclepiadacese. 



776. HO'Y^I 



, coriacea Blume leathery ?£□ or ?2 au W.Y Manilla 1838. C r.w Bot reg. 1839, t. 18 



A very pretty species, with leathery leaves, and white flowers tipped with 

 yellow. It was sent by Mr. Cuming, from Manilla, to Messrs. Loddiges, with 

 whom it flowered for the first time in August, 1838. It is grown " in the 

 orchideous house, on the block of wood on which it was imported," which is 



