446 Botanical, Floricultural, and Arhoricultural Notices, 



and coarsely toothed. The flowers resemble those of Hibbertia voliibilis, 

 but are four times as large, and of a paler yellow. The petals are also flat, 

 and the stamens regularly arranged in bundles of four each. (£ot. Reg., June, 



1842, Misc.) 



Berberfdeae. 



Berberis umbelldta Wall. A very handsome new hardy shrub, raised by 

 Wm. Wells, Esq., of Redleaf, from Nepal seeds. " The branches and spines 

 are remarkably slender." The flowers are small, and are produced in long 

 stalked clusters. The leaves are narrow, and glaucous beneath, with very 

 distinct veins. (Bot. Reg., June, 1842, Misc.) 



Makdnia 2)a,lMa Hart. A very beautiful half-hardy evergreen Mexican 

 shrub, which was raised in the garden of Sir Charles Lemon at Carclew, in 

 1831. The flowers are produced on a slender raceme about 9 in. long ; they 

 are on short pedicels, and are of a pale straw colour. The berries are glo- 

 bose and purple. (Bot. Reg,, March, 1843, Misc.) 



PittospordcecB. 

 Pittosporum bicolor Hook. A small shrub with chocolate-coloured flowers 

 and deep-green leaves, which are silvery beneath. It is a native of Van 

 Diemen's Land, where its seeds were collected by Mr. Backhouse of York, 

 during his travels in that country, and it has flowered in the greenhouse of 

 John Willmore, Esq., of Oldfield, near Birmingham. (^Bot. Reg., March, 



1843, Misc.) 



Winteracese. 



1615. ILLI'CIUM 



religi5sura L. holy * | or 4 mr Y G. Japan 1842. C s.p Bot. mag. 3965. 



The sacred illicium of Japan has long been confounded with the aniseed 

 tree of the Chinese, but Dr. Siebold has proved that the two are distinct 

 species, and that the present plant, which has yellowish green flowers, is the 

 one used in religious ceremonies by the Japanese. It is said that in Japan the 

 plant attains the height of a cherry tree, but the only one at present in Great 

 Britain is not more than 4 ft. high. It is in the Royal Botanic Gardens at 

 Kew. (Bot. Mag., Sept. 1842.) 



l^alvacece. 

 2004. MA'LVA 



campanulata -Pa.!:i;. campanulate J^ pr I jn. s. Li 1838. C co Paxt. vol. ix. p. 173. 



This is a very pretty suffruticose plant, with bell-shaped flowers and nu- 

 merous stems. The leaves are very deeply cut ; and the flowers, which are 

 of a pale lilac, are produced in clusters at the points of the shoots. After it 

 has done flowering, the stems should be cut down, and the pots placed in a 

 cold frame during the winter. If planted out in the month of May, it will 

 make a beautiful bed in the open garden. It is generally propagated by di- 

 viding the roots, as it does not ripen its see<is freely. The origin of this plant 

 is not known; but it was first found in Mr. Henderson's nursery, Pine- 

 Apple Place, about the year 1838. (Paxt. Mag. of Bot., Sept. 1842.) 



Ternsircemiacead. 

 1612. SAURAU'J^ 



spectabilis Hook, showy « □ or 10 su W. Bolivia 1838. C co Bot. mag. 3982. 



This very handsome plant is a stove shrub, which will apparently grow to a 

 considerable size. It flowers abundantly ; a specimen in Mr. Knight's nur- 

 sery at Chelsea having borne, when only 20 in. high, no less than thirty-seven 

 large panicles of its pretty, white, fragrant flowers. The leaves are of con- 

 siderable size, and of very delicate texture. (Bot. Mag., Dec. 1842.) 



3falpighiace3e. 

 3656. STIGMAPHY'LLUM 



heterophyllum Hook. <L □ or 10 d Y Tucuman 1841. C s.l Bot. mag. 4014. 



This genus is nearly allied to Banisten«, and the flowers are of the same 



