raised m the Chis'soick Garden since Oct. 1838. S 



lections, and was presented to the Society by Messrs. Booth and 

 Messrs. Baumann. 



Legumino^SJB. — Sophora lieptaipliylla Bentham. A small- 

 flowering species, probably from China, which has proved quite 

 hardy, but of little beauty. It flowers in October. 



Genista tinctbria Jlore plaio. This pretty double-flowered 

 variety of the common dyer's broom was received from Messrs. 

 Young of Epsom. 



Eysenhardt'iB, amorjphoides Lindl., Bot. Reg. Miscell. BS. 1839, 

 H. et B., vol. vi. t. 592., Don's Mill. vol. ii. p. 234. A very 

 curious and ornamental plant raised from Mexican seeds, pre- 

 sented to the Society by G. F. Dickson, Esq., F.H.S. It is 

 hardy, and resembles a small-leaved species of Amorpha, with 

 numerous spikes of small flowers. 



-RosA^CEiE. — Spir^e'a adiantifblia is the same as S. waccinii- 

 folia Don. 



Spiraea laxiflbra Lindl., Bot. Reg. Miscell. 89. 1839. This 

 species very much resembles in foliage and habit S. wacciniifolia 

 I)ec.^ but has rather large loose panicles of white flowers. It 

 was raised in the garden of the Society, from seeds, presented by 

 the Hon. East India Company, from the North of India. 



Spirce^a cmieifblia Wall., Bot. Reg. Miscell. 87. 1839. This 

 is the same as those sold in the nurseries about London under 

 the following names : — S. argentea, S. niatans, and S. canescens. 

 The first name (argentea) belongs to a plant from New Granada, 

 H. et B. vol. vi. t. 562., not yet introduced ; the others are names 

 applied by different authors. S. cuneifolia is quite hardy, and is 

 a native of the North of India. 



SpircE^a LindlcT/ana, Wall. This fine species belongs to the 

 section Sorbdria, with large pinnate and finely serrated leaves. 

 It is very hardy, and a great addition to this beautiful family of 

 shrubs. Raised in the garden of the Society, from seeds received 

 from Dr. Royle. 



Qrat<s^gtis \jspathuldta'] georgica Lodd. (not of Douglas). This 

 is certainly distinct from C. microcarpa Lindl., which is C. spa- 

 thulata Arb. Brit., but nothing more than a variety of that species, 

 with the leaves five-lobed, on longer footstalks, and rather 

 smaller, while those of C. microcarpa are mostly three-lobed, 

 and broader. C. microcarpa and this variety were the only 

 Cratae^gi killed in the Society's very extensive collection by the 

 winter of 1837-8. 



Q,ratcB^gus pectindta of some collections is the same as C. coc- 

 cinea corallina Arb. Brit. 



Qratce'gusfusca Jacq. Plants were raised from seeds received 

 from Baron Jacquin, under the above name; they have large 

 prominent buds and cut leaves, like C. nigra or C. purpurea. 



Cotoneaster [(r) huxifblia~\ margindta Lindl. This pretty plant 



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