raised in the Chisisoick Garden. 609 



higustrum P vesikum Wall. Cat. No. 6304. — Considered by some 

 as a variety of L. spicatum, but with the thyrse more crowded, 

 and more densely hairy, as well as the young leaves, branchlets, 

 &c. [Don's Miller i vol. iv. p. 4<5.) 



II. Plants raised from Mexican Seeds received from M. Hartiveg. 



Quercus Skinner'i Benth. — A very remarkable species, having 

 the fruit of most unusual size, with the external appearance of 

 an acorn, and with the internal structure of a walnut. It is 

 described as a noble tree, from 50 ft. to 70 ft. high, occurring on 

 the slopes towards the Pacific, among the mountains of Aca- 

 tenango. Medio Monte, and Quezaltenango. {Gard. Ckron., 

 vol. i. p. 116.) The foliage and male flowers said to be precisely 

 as described and figured in Q. acutifolia Nees. [Q. acutifolia is 

 figured and described in our Arb. Brit., vol. iii. p. 1947. It has 

 leaves cordate lanceolate, very finely pointed; beset on the 

 margin with large mucronate teeth ; brownish beneath; tomentose 

 near the veins ; and much more like those of a sweet chestnut 

 than of an oak.] 



Kubus trilobus Moc. et Sess. Fl. Mexican, ined., Dec. Prod. 2. 

 p. 566., Don's Mill. 2. p. 540., Plantae Hartweg. No. 456. — 

 Stem erect, branched, glabrous; branches, petioles, and peduncles 

 hispid. Leaves 3-lobed, unequally serrated, villous; lobes acute, 

 serrated, lateral ones diverging, middle one the longest; sti- 

 pules and bracteas lanceolate, villous. Flowers solitary at the 

 tops of the branches ; calycine segments ovate, concave, spreading, 

 rather foliaceous and spatulate at the apex, longer than the 

 petals. Carpels numerous, subglobose. [Don's Mill., vol. ii. 

 p. 540.) A shrub from Mexico, with large white flowers and 

 purple fruit. 



Fhms oocarpoides Lindl. — A pine from Guatemala, with very 

 long slender leaves, five in a sheath, and cones about half the 

 size of those of P. oocarpa, of which it is probably a variety. 



Polygonum volcdnicum Benth., Plantse Hartweg. No. 56'2,. — A 

 sufFruticose species, with thick fleshy leaves, and flowers often 

 solitary. A native of Mexico, on the summit of the volcanic 

 mountain Xetuch, near Quezaltenango. 



Arctostaphylos nitida Benth., Plantae Hartweg. No. 483. — An 

 erect shrub, with oblong-lanceolate acute leaves, smooth on both 

 sides and shining above. Native of the Carmen Mountains. 



III. Plants raised from North-West American Seeds, 



Qeanbthus velutmus Douglas; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 125. 

 t. 45. ; Torrey and Gray's Flora, vol. i. p. 265. ; and Arb. Brit, 

 abridged, p. 181. and fig. 274. — A shrub from 3 ft. to 8 ft. high, 

 with branches somewhat pendulous. Leaves orbicular, elliptical, 

 or elliptical ovate, obtuse, sub-cordate, glandularly crenate, ser- 



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