54-8 Botanical, Florimltural, and Arbor icultural Notices, 



Crassuldcece. 



Sedur7i multicaide Wall. A pretty rockwork plant, with fleshy leaves and 

 yellow flowers, from the East Indies. {B. M. R., No. 124., Aug.) 

 Qactdcecc. 



1472. CE'REUS ,„„,„ 



I&tifrons P/c'i^ broad-stemmed Jk Z3 or 10 au W S.America 1830. C s.l Bot. mag.[j8l3. 

 Synonymes : Cereus oxypetalus Dec, Epiph^llum latifrons Zucc. 



" A tall-growing plant, incapable of supporting itself." It is jointed and 

 much branched, the branches being very broad and leaf-like. The flowers are 

 white, tinged with pink, with a spreading limb, and a very long and slender 

 tube. It flowered in the collection of Messrs. Mackie of Norwich. (Bot. Mag., 

 August.) 



^uhidcece. 



378. BOUVA'RD/^ splendens Graham. (See p. 146.) 

 Synonyine : B. triph^Ua var. splendens Lindl. 



Dr. Lindley considers this plant to be only a variety of B. triphylla ; as, 

 though it diflPers " in its more scarlet, brighter, and larger flowers, its more 

 pubescent surface, its more vigorous habit, and in the deep purple stain on 

 all its branches," he does not think that there is any " solid mark of distinc- 

 tion." {Bot. Reg., July.) 



Oxyanthus versicolor Lindl. A beautiful stove shrub, from Cuba, with fra- 

 grant flowers, which are first white, then pink, and lastly crimson. (B. M. R., 

 No. 150., Sept.) 



ConpositcB. 



Brachycome iberid'ifolia Benth. " A beautiful little hardy annual," from the 

 Swan River, " with finely cut leaves like the Nigella, and flowers of the deep- 

 est blue. There is also a white variety, but it is not yet introduced. {B. M. R., 

 No. 148., Sept.) 



+ Triptilion spinosum Ruiz et Pav. A very beautiful Chilian perennial, 

 with bright blue flowers. (B. M. R., No. 129., August.) 



Goodendv\?e. 



Eiithales macrophylla Lindl. A strong-growing herbaceous plant, with 

 large leaves, " and large, showy, yellow and brown flowers." Raised from 

 seeds purchased of Mr. James Drummond, collected near the Swan River. 

 {B. M. ^.,No. 119., July.) 



Gesnerikcead. 



!698. GESNE^R/^ 



mollis H. et K. soft ^ lAl or 1* ap S Caraccas 1839. S p.l Bot. mag. 3815. 



This plant flowered, for the first time in England, at Kingsbury, and the fol- 

 lowing is extracted from Mr. Beaton's account of it. " This species does not 

 produce tuberous roots like the rest of the genus, yet the stems are herba- 

 ceous, and die down after producing seeds ; at least I think so, from a cluster 

 of scaly creeping stems now forming, of the colour of the plant, and which 

 are analogous to the roots of Trevirana coccinea. The plant having begun 

 thus early to provide itself with these creeping stems, for producing a succes- 

 sion of flowering stems, and for extending itself on all sides, may be taken in 

 evidence that this species does not require much rest, like the large tuberous- 

 rooted Gesnerise. The seeds, like all of the genus, are very small, and should 

 be sown in sand previously watered, and then pressed down gently in the wet 

 sand, but not covered. The young plants will rise in a few days, and ought to 

 be kept in a shady place till they are fit to be transplanted." (^Bot. Mag., 

 August.) 



l^ricdcecE. 

 1339. iJHODODE'NDRON 11021 caucasicum var. 5 h^bridum Hook. Bot. mag. 3811. 



A hybrid between R, caucasicum and R. ponticum albiflorum, raised by 

 Mr. Veitch of Exeter in 1838, The flowers are white, {Bot. Mag., July.) 



1173. £RrCA [Bot. vii. p. 125. 



Macnabjarea Paxt. Mr. M'Nab's tt. | (or 1 au Pk hybrid 1837. C s.l.p. Past. mag. of 



A hybrid raised by Mr. M'Nab from E. aristata, fecundated by the pollen of 



