294; Botanical, FloricuUiiral, and Arboricultural Notices, 



A species which, like C. leucanthus (see p. 202.), strongly resembles an 

 Echinocactus. The flowers are pink, and very large and handsome. It is a 

 native of South Brazil ; and it has flowered in England in the collection of 

 Mr. Mackay, at Norwich. The flowers, when fully expanded, were 6 or 8 

 inches across. (Bot. Mag., April.) 



CaprifolidcecE, or Corndcece. 



Cornus grdndis Schlect. A Mexican dogwood, with large dark green leaves, 

 smooth above, and " hoary with down on the under side. The fruit seems as 

 large as a sloe, and purplish black, covered with bloom." (B. M. R., No. 59., 

 April.) 



2273. STE'V/zl [3792. 



breviaristata Hook, et Am. short-awned E) pr 3 jy Pk S. Amer. 1836. S co Bot. mag. 



A pretty species, found by Mr. Tweedie in Tucuma, in South America, 

 and sent by him to the Glasgow Botanic Garden in 1834. (^Bot. Mag., April.) 



2363. DA^HL/^ 



glabrata.iinra. smooth A O or 3 jl L Mexico 1840. S c Bot. reg. 1840, 29. 



This very pretty and dwarf species of dahlia is remarkable for its smooth 

 stems, and fang-like roots, which are slender and uniform in size, and not 

 partly tuberous and partly fibrous, as in the common dahlia. The plant 

 grows about 3 ft. high, and it flowers from the end of July till destroyed 

 by frost in autumn. " It answers remarkably well if treated as a half-hardy 

 annual, which is by far the easiest and best way to grow it ; as by sowing 

 the seed every season, there is no necessity for preserving the old roots, 

 which are like those of the common dahlia, but much slenderer. (^Bot. Reg., 

 May.) 



2434. CENTAURE'A 



pulchra Lindl. beautiful O or 1 jn B.C Cashmere 1838. co Bot. reg. 1840, 28. 



A very pretty, dwarf, bushy species of Centaurea, which is a native of 

 Cashmere, and may be grown as a hardy annual in British gardens. The 

 florets of the ray are of a very dark blue, and those of the disk of a dark 

 crimson. In general appearance it resembles the common British blue- 

 bottle; but it is more woolly, and the stem is much shorter, and more brached. 

 {Bot. Reg., May.) 



Gesneriace?e. 



1701. SINNI'NG/J [vii. p. 51. 



Younge^wa Marnock Br. Younge's (23 or 1^ jl P hyb. 1837. C s.l Paxt. mag. of bot. 



A hybrid raised by Mr. Marnock, while he was curator of the Sheffield 

 Botanic Garden, by impregnating the blossoms of Sinningia velutina with the 

 pollen of Gloxinza speciosa, and thus combining " the subshrubby character of 

 the Sinningia with the splendid purple colour of the flowers of a Gloxinia." 

 It blossoms freely, and is more hardy than the genuine kinds of Sinning/a. It 

 should be grown in sandy loam enriched with leaf mould or rotten dung, and 

 kept in a moist atmosphere, or frequently syringed over head. During winter, 

 it should be kept short of water, and allowed a season of repose. (Paxt. Mag, 

 of Bot., April.) 



^ricdcece. 



1173. £KrCA 9669 'Lamhettidna var. rubescens Sot. 163. 



A very pretty variety or hybrid raised by Mr. Wilmot, at Oldford, near 

 Birmingham, in 1835. {Botanist, April.) 



Clethra mexicdna Dec. A Mexican evergreen shrub, or small tree, resem- 

 bling C. arborea. {B. M. R., No. 37., April.) 



Arctostdphylos nitida Benth. " An evergreen bush, with serrated, shining, 

 evergreen leaves, and short erect racemes of flowers, resembling those of the 

 common strawberry tree." (B. R. M., No. 69., May.) 



Cobceacess. 



Cobae^a stipularis Benth. A fine species of CobceV, raised from Mexican 



