raised in ChisvoicJc Garden since Nov. 1839. 633 



lected in Chili, and a plant was given to the Society by Mr. H. Low. This 

 plant is hardier than any other of the genus Duvaua. 



LEGUMiNo^siE. — Sophora [^iap6mcd\ pubescens Booth. This certainly is 

 only a variety of S. japonica with the leaves a little more pubescent. It was 

 received from Messrs. Booth of Hamburg, and is not very distinct. 



Genista epliedroides Dec. Arb. Brit., p. 580. This neat slender species 

 was received from the Birmingham Botanic Garden, and bears some resem- 

 blance to the old Genista (or »S'partium) monosperma. It has yellow flowers, 

 is hardy, and a native of Sardinia.' 



Caragana Gera7-d'\ana Royle. A very distinct species, raised from seeds pre- 

 sented to the Society by Ur. Royle, who has published a figure of it in his 

 beautiful Illustrations of the Himalayan Mountaiiis, where he also gives the 

 account of its being the Tartaric furze so frequently mentioned by travellers, 

 and found at very high elevations at Sirmore by Dr. Gerard, and at the 

 Neetee Pass, by Captain Webb, at an elevation of upwards of 16,000 ft. It 

 is curious in having nearly all the leaves terminated by a spine, and, when the 

 leaflets fall ofl^, the remainder becomes a permanent spinosity. 



Astragalus frioticosus Dec. This scarce little undershrub was raised from 

 seeds received from the late Baron Jacquin, and is quite hardy, but only fit 

 for planting on rockwork, or to be kept in pots, as the superabundant moisture 

 of autumn and winter soon destroys them. 



This species and the following one belong to the smooth shrubby or 

 Onobrychis section, and not the prickly or Tragacanth section. 



Astragalus vimineus Dec. Another very pretty little shrubby species of 

 milk vetch, which was given to the Society by Messrs. Lee of Hammersmith, 

 and, like the last, only fit to plant in a dry situation, as they always suffer from 

 the extremes of wet and dry, and like most of the shrubby Siberian Legu- 

 minosse, although subject to a severe winter, are rather difficult to keep long 

 alive except in pots. 



iJosA'cEiE. — Amygdalus Pallasn. This is the A. pedunculata of Pallas, 

 which was raised from seeds received from Dr. Ledebour three or four years 

 ago by the Society. It is a very pretty dwarf decumbent bush, and quite 

 hardy. The name pedunculata is the oldest and the one mostly adopted 

 by Continental botanists, and the name, I believe, first given to the plant by 

 Pallas. _ ^ 



^joircB^a fissa Lindl. Bot. Reg, Misc., No. 170. 1840. This beautiful species 

 was raised from seeds received from the Society's collector in Mexico. It 

 very much resembles S. arigefolia (with which it forms a distinct section), 

 but differs from that species in having the leaves much smaller, bright green, 

 quite smooth on the upper surface, and in having the lateral lobes split or 

 incise. M. Hartweg, who found it, says that it grows from 15 ft. to 20 ft. 

 high, will prove quite hardy, and rivals the beautiful S. ariasfolia of North-West 

 America. He does not mention where it was found, but it probably grows 

 on the mountains of Anganguco in Mexico. 



^jyircB^a Reeves'ii. A plant of this very distinct species was presented to 

 the Society by Mr. Knight, F.H.S., of the King's Road, Chelsea. It is quite 

 distinct from any other ^pirse^a that I am acquainted with, in having long, 

 lanceolate, attenuated, glabrous, leathery leaves, and in being nearly evergreen. 

 The leaves are mostly much jagged or deeply serrated, but sometimes they 

 are 3-lobed and quite smooth. The plant is hardy, and was introduced by 

 Mr. Reeves from Japan, who presented the first plant to Mr. Knight : the 

 name placed above will indicate to whom the merit of introducing the plant 

 is due, for to no person are we so much indebted as to John Reeves, Esq., 

 F.H.S., of Clapham, for so many beautiful plants both from China and Japan. 



SpircB^a rotmidifolia Lindl. Bot. Reg. Miscel., No. 159. 1840. Another 

 new species which comes nearest to the ;S'pir£e'a cuneifolia of my former 

 Report for 1839, p. 3., but differs from that species in the leaves being quite 

 round and large. It was raised from Cashmere seeds collected by Dr. 

 Falconer, and presented to the Society by Dr. Royle, to whom the Society 



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