supplementary to Enc. of Plants, Hort. Brit., and Arb. Brit. 597 



leptocarpus, but differs from that plant by " the somewhat remarkable 

 character of the flower buds being separated from each other by a consider- 

 able distance, even when quite young." (Hot. Reg., Oct.) 

 Hosdcece. 

 1498. ^MY'GDALUS 12841 incana Bot. Reg., 1839, 58.; A. n3na var. incana Arb. Brit. ii. p. 674. 



1528. POTENTI'LLA 



haematochrous Lehm. blood-coloured _£f \ | or 2 jn.au S Mexico 1838. D l.p FL cab. 119. 



" This very distinct herbaceous species is a native of Mexico, where it was 

 found by Schiede and Ehrenberg." The colour is a dull scarlet, and the 

 plants appear very robust-growing. There are specimens in the Birmingham 

 Botanic Garden, which have received frame protection during winter, and 

 have been turned into the open border in May. (Fl. Cab., Oct.) 

 Cactdcece. 

 1572a. LEPI'SMIUM Pfeiff. Lepismium. (Lepis, a scale ; ? little scales at crenatures.) ' 

 +12563 Myosurus Pfeiff., Bot. Mag. 3755. 



Synonymes : Cgreus tenuisplnus Haw. in Hort. Brit. p. 195. ; C. Myosurus Salm-Dyck ; Cactus 

 tenuis Schcsff. 



" In the Botanical Magazine for the present month (October, 1839) a figure 

 is given of the above-mentioned species, where it is remarked, that it rarely 

 produces flowers in this country, a circumstance of which I was not previously 

 aware. The specimen in the Oxford garden (which is about 4 ft. high, and 

 well branched and grown in a small pot, 48 size) generally produces its flowers 

 yearly, and this past summer more profusely than usual." ( W. H. B.) 



Composites. 



[ + BURRIE V L/^ Dec. (In honour of J. M. Burriel, author of Travels in California, in 1758.) 



gracilis Dec. slender O or § su Y California 1834. S co Bot. mag. 3758. 



A pretty annual, sent from California, by Douglas, with the lasthenias ; but 

 differing from that genus in the structure of its involucre. 



2363. DA'HL^ 



scapigera Link # Otto. scape-bearing £ or 2 jn W Mexico 1837. Fl. cab. no. 118. ] 



A very beautiful new species of dahlia, with numerous slender dwarf stems, 

 received at the Birmingham Botanic Garden from Berlin. (Flor. Cab., Oct.) 



Aplotdxis albescens Dec. A handsome herbaceous bush, 3 ft. high, a native 

 of India, introduced by Dr. Falconer. The leaves are downy on the under 

 side ; the flower heads are panicled, " and are narrow, with pale bright purple 

 blossoms." (B. M. R., No. 129., Oct.) 



Campanuldcece. 



-f- Codonopsis lurida Lindl. " A foetid twining milky annual, with large 

 green flowers, slightly dotted with purple in the inside." A native of India, 

 closely allied to Canarina. (B. M. R., No. 126., Oct.) 



Cyrtandrdcece. 



3175. iESCHYNA'NTHUS [of bot. vi. p. 195. 



ramosissimus Paxt. most branching j$f □ or 3 jn S Khoseea 1836. D trees Paxt. mag. 



Another species of a very remarkable genus, with narrower leaves and 

 smaller flowers than JE. grandiflorus, and readily distinguished from that 

 plant by the peculiarly branching nature of its stems . " Within a few inches 

 of the soil the plant will begin to send forth a number of lateral shoots; and, 

 as these usually take an ascending direction, the plant becomes particularly 

 dense about this part of its stem. . . It may be cultivated and propagated 

 precisely as JE. grandiflorus ; " that is, potted in moss, " with the stems 

 attached to a block of wood, around which, if assisted by a little sphagnum, 

 will speedily form roots, and by this means may be increased." (Paxt. Mag. of 

 Bot., Oct.) 



Ge?ilianese. 

 . 794. GEKTIA^NA 6372 verna var. alba Bot. Gard. No. 712. 



This pretty white variety of the well-known Centidna verna is grown by 

 Messrs. Pope of the Handsworth Nursery, near Birmingham. (Bot. Gard.,Oct.) 



Bignonihcese. 



1706. BIGNO'N/^ 28670 jasminoldes. 



Synonyme : Tecomajasmuioid.cs G. Don, Paxt. mag. of bot. vi. p. 199. 



