G38 Ne'w hardy Trees and Shriibs 



" A plant found amongst the precipices of Barranca del Encarnacion near 

 Zimapan was sent home by Hartweg as a distinct species, under the name 

 of Garrya Lindleyi ; but, judging from a few withered specimens, of which 

 one was in fruit, there appears to be no difference between it and G. 

 laurifolia." This is Mr, Bentham's opinion ; but Mr. Gordon " thinks the 

 two kinds quite distinct. Hartweg," he says, " who found both, and nanied 

 them, was not likely to be mistaken ; and 1 find, by comparing the specimens 

 sent along with the seeds, that they are very distinct, one being quite glabrous, 

 on both sides of the leaves, while the other has the leaves downy on the 

 under side, and nearly double the size." 



Gdrrt/a macrojih^lla Hartweg. Benth. Planter Hartiu., p. 50. This has 

 nearly round leaves, somewhat resembling the common wayfaring tree ( Vi- 

 burnum Lantana), but two or three times as large, with the upper surface 

 smooth, and the under covered with a dense pubescence. It forms a small 

 tree, and was found by M. Hartweg in the Barranca del Encarnacion near 

 Zimapan in Mexico. This is the finest of all the garryas at present 

 known, and very well worth the trouble of endeavouring to introduce, and 

 one that would soon repay any person who has got correspondents in Mexico. 

 Mr. Bentham's spec. char, and description are as follows : — 



" Leaves large, broadly ovate-elliptic ; the younger cobwebbed above, 

 wooU}' beneath ; the full-grown blistered, smooth, and shining above, woolly 

 or become smooth beneath. Racemes short, disposed in a dense few-flowered 

 panicle. Flowers (of both sexes ?) solitary, sessile, one seated in every bract. 

 I have seen but two specimens — one, male and withered; the other, female 

 and in fruit. Leaves 3| in. to 4- in. long; 2 in. to 2iin. broad. Fruit 

 scarcely larger than a grain of pepper. Barranca del Encarnacion, near Zi- 

 mapan." 



Garrya. ohlonga Benth. PL Hartweg., p. 51. No. 385. This is one with 

 very small leaves, very much resembling the smallest leaves on the Quercus 

 /lex. They are about I J in. long, and about ^m. broad, quite smooth 

 above, and downy on the under side. The plant grows about 6 or 8 feet 

 high, and was found by M, Hartweg on the sandstone hills near Regla. 

 Mr. Bentham's spec. char, is as follows : — 



" Leaves oblong-lanceolate, or oblong elliptic, mucronate, or rarely sub- 

 mutic ; the younger loosely tomentose beneath, or on both sides ; the full- 

 grown smooth and shining above, tomentose or become smooth beneatli. 

 Racemes short. Flowers .... The specimens are few and withered. 

 Shrub 6 ft. to 10 ft. high." 



Garrya. ovdta Benth. PL Harhv., p. 14. No. 80. This species has rather 

 small I'ound leaves, about the size of those of the common plum ; quite smooth 

 on the upper surface, but very downy on the under surface. It was found grow- 

 ing on rocks at 9,000 ft, in the mountains of Bufa, near Guanaxuato, by 

 M. Hartweg, forming a bush 4 or 5 feet high. It is more like Garrya elllptica 

 of Douglas than any of the others, but the leaves are not half the size. 



" Leaves ovate, very entire, sub-mucronate, densely pubescent beneath. 

 Flowers, male in short racemes ; and in both sexes solitary, sub-sessile ; one 

 seated in every bract, and exceeding it in length. Benth." 



Coni'fer^e. — Vinus pithyusa Strangways. This is only one of the varieties 

 of P. halepensis, and is, I believe, identically the same as P. marltima of 

 Lambert's Monograph, P. halepensis maritima Arb. Brit., p. 223. fig. 2112., 

 which is only the lai-gest-coned variety, and more egg-shaped than the cones 

 of the true Aleppo one. I have raised it from a cone presented to the Society 

 by Mr. Strangways, and Messrs. Booth of Hamburg have also presented the 

 Society with a plant. 



Vinus pdtula var. foliis strictis'Bentha.m. Plant. Hartw. This pine is con- 

 sidered by Mr. Bentham as only a variety of P. patula Arh. Brit., p. 2267., but 

 it certainly is a very distinct one. The leaves of this (? species, not variety) 

 are three in a sheath, 7 or 8 inches long, stiff, and three times the size of tho"se 



