594 Botanical, FloricuUural, and Arhoricultural Notices, 



ComposUcB, 



2340. CINERA'RIA 21463 lanata var. 



Sijnonymes : 5en6cio Heritien Dec. var. cyanophthalmus Hort.Bot. Mag. 3827. 



An exceedingly beautiful plant, which, though it has !)een long in cultiva- 

 tion, is very little known. It has a small dark blue disk, and a comparatively 

 large white ray. It flowered at Roseniont, near Belfast. (^Bot. Mag., Oct.) 



+ HYMENO'XYS Cass. {Hi/men, a membrane, and oxys, sharp ; in allusion to the scales of the pappus) 



calif6rnica Hook. Californian Q pr 1 s Y California 1838. S co. Bot. mag. 3828. 



A pretty little annual raised in the Glasnevin Bot. Garden, from Californian 

 seeds ; bearing some resemblance in its general appearance to Lasthenia. (Bot. 

 Mag., October.) 



2265. LIA^TRIS 



propinqua Hook, related 5^ A pr 2 s P N. Amer. 1838. D p.l Bot. Mag. 5829. 



Nearly allied to L. spicata and L. hirsuta. {Bot. Mag., Oct.) 

 Valcrianeae. 



Valeriana 'iiapu.s Lindl. A Mexican species " with tuberous roots, as 

 large as a full-sized field turnip." (B. M. R., No. 180., Oct.) 



'Eiricdcece, 



1339. iJHOWODE'NDRON 11012 arbbreum 



var. 6 cinnambmum subvar. rbseum Bot. Mag. 3825. 



EpacndecB, 



+ CYSTA'NTHE Grah. (Kystis, a bladder, and anthe, a flower: bladder-like form of the flower bud) 



[s.l ... Bot. mag. 3826. 

 sprengelzo5rf(?« Graham Sprengelia-like « | 1 cu 5\ ... Y.w Van Diemen's Land 1836. C 



A " curious shrub discovered by Mr. Brown in Van Diemen's Land; " of 



no great beauty. (Bot, Mag., Oct.) 



Pole7no7iidcecB. 



472. PHLO'X [p. 197. 



Coldryavia Hort. Coldry's ^ |_J or 2 ... Dk C hybrid ... D co Paxt. Mag. of Uot. vii. 



A very handsome Phlox, raised some time since by Mr. Coldry, between 

 two species, " of which P, cordata is evidently one." (Paxt. Mag. of Bot., 

 October.) 



ConvolvuldcecB. 



SATJ^TAS Cho\sy. Batatas (Malay name) 



detacea Lindl. Beet-like & (Z3 or 6 au P.w Demerara 1839. p.l Bot. reg. 1840, 56. 



The genus Batatas takes for its type B. edulis, the common sweet potato, 

 and it has been separated from " Ipomoe^a by M, Choisy, principally on ac- 

 count of the ovary being 4-celled, with one seed in each cell, instead of 2- 

 celled, with two seeds in each cell." The present species is very handsome, 

 both in its leaves and flowers ; and it has at present been kept in a stove. Dr. 

 Lindley thinks it has probably " sufficient hardiness to succeed in a good green- 

 house." It is a native of Demerara, and it was sent to Dr. Lindley by Mr. 

 May of the Ripon Nursery. (Bot. Reg., October.) 



SolatidcecB. 



591. SOLA'NUM [tanist. No. 190. 



angustifblium Lam. narrow-leaved M □ pr 3 su P Buenos Ayres 1838. C. s.l.p Bo- 



An evergreen shrub, with lanceolate leaves, and rather small dingy purple 

 flowers, which are verj'^ fragrant. It was raised from seeds collected at 

 Buenos Ayres by Mr. Tweedie, by Mr. Tillery, gardener to the Duke of 

 Portland at Welbeck, who finds that cuttings of it strike readily, and that it 

 thrives in a compost of loam, sand, and peat. (Botankt, Oct.) 



iioldnum macrdnthum Moc. et Sesse. A " beautiful half-hardy herbaceous 

 [jlant,' raised by Mr. Page of Southampton, from Mexican seeds, and hav- 

 ing " large clusters of deep purple flowers." (B. M. R,, No. 181., Oct.) 



AcanthdcecB. 



1734. THUNBE'RGJ.,4 15541 Hawtaynearaa. 



Synonyme : Meyenzo Hawtaynea'na Nees. 



Prof. Nees von Esenbeck having proposed to separate this species from 



