400 Notices of GalpJmnia. glauca, 



from Holland, but is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. It flowered in the 

 nursery of Messrs. Lucombe & Pince at Exeter, in July, 1838. (Mag. of Bot., 

 June.) 

 Amaryllidese. 



3645. SCEPTRA'NTHUS 30081 Drummond? 



Synonyme : Cooperia pcdunculata Herb, in Bot. Mag. 3727. 



The Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert, having minutely inspected this plant, 

 is " quite satisfied that it belongs to one genus with Coopen'a Drummondi, 

 figured in the Bot. Reg., t. 1835." (Bot. Mag., May.) 



"Lilidcece. 



BE'SSER<4 Schultes fil. (In honour of Dr. Besser, Professor of Botany at Brody, &c.) 



elegans Lindl. elegant tf ?\ | or 2 jn.o C Mexico 1839. D p.s Bot. reg. 1838, 34. 



A very beautiful bulbous-rooted flower, found by Count Karwinski in Mex- 

 ico. Another species of the genus flowered in England in 1832, and was 

 figured in the Botanical Registei; t. 1546., under the name of Pharium 

 fistulosum Herb.; but the name of Bessera having been given to the genus 

 by Schultes in 1829, it must take precedence. The flowers, which are pen- 

 dulous, campanulate, and form a kind of head, are of a bright orange crim- 

 son, with red stamens and green anthers; the pollen, in a few days after 

 expansion, becoming yellowish. (Bot. Reg., June.) 



Me/anthdcecs. 



ASAGR^E V ^ Lindl. (In compliment to Dr. Asa Gray, one of the authors of the Flora of North America.) 

 officinalis Scklecht. officinal tf ,_J cu 5 s.o W Mexico 1839. D is Bot. reg. 1839, 33. , 

 Synonyme : Feratrum officinale Schlecht ; Helonias officinale D. Don. 



A half-hardy bulb, with a long spike of white flowers, growing 4 or 5 feet 

 high ; found by M. Hartweg near Vera Cruz, where it is called Sabadilla. 

 Dr. Lindley considers that it does not belong to either Feratrum or Helonias, 

 on account of " the segments of the perianthemum having a nectarifluous 

 excavation at the base." (Bot. Reg., June.) 



AroidecB. 



£672. CALA'DIUM 



+petiolatum Hook, petiolated A □ or 1 jn P Fernando Po 1832. T s.p Bot. mag. 3728. 



A very singular plant, the tubers of which partly rise above the ground, and 

 are marked with rings, apparently showing their "annual progress, and with 

 scars, whence the old leaves and flower-stalks have fallen." When these 

 tubers were first discovered in the island of Fernando Po, they were supposed 

 to be a kind of potato, and they were unfortunately given to some cattle, 

 which they poisoned. (Bot. Mag., May.) 



23484. C. seguinum Ven. 



Synonyme: Dieffenbachia seguinum Schott, Bot. No. 121. 



" The genus Dieffenbachia has been separated from Caladium, both on 

 account of its being furnished with staminodia, and also from having the 

 lower half of the spadix attached on one side to the spathe." (Botanist, 

 June.) 



Art. V. Notice of Galphimis. glauca, and of a new Wistaria. 

 By D. Beaton. 



Last summer I saw a fine specimen of Galphimia glauca of 

 Cavanilles with Mr. Dodds, at Col. Baker's, M.P., Salisbury, 

 from whom I received a small plant of it. It is now making its 

 appearance in the London trade ; and I wish to call the atten- 

 tion of amateurs to it, as a neat, free-flowering, and easily 

 managed plant. When grown to a good specimen, it will be 

 an excellent plant to exhibit in collections. I intended to send 

 you a notice of it last season, on my return from Salisbury, 



