supplementary to the Enc. of Plants, Hort. Brit., ayidArb. Brit. 447 



light yellow. It was reared by Mr. Veitch of Exeter from seed sent from 

 Buenos Ayres, but Sir W. Hooker informs us that its native country is Tu- 

 cuman. " It is a ready flowerer, and promises to be worthy of cultivation in 

 every stove or warm greenhouse, making a beautiful object if trained against 

 trelliswork." {Bot. Mag., May, 1843.) 



GeranidcecB. 



1932. GERA^NIUM [1842, 52. 



erianthum Dec. woolly-flowered ^ A pr 2 jn.jl C California 1840. D co Bot. reg. 



This is a " robust hardy perennial, of easy culture, growing from 1 ft. to 2 ft. 

 high in any good garden soil. It flowers freely during the months of June and 

 July, and is easily increased by dividing the old plant when in a state of rest, 

 or hy seeds." The seeds should be sown as soon as they are ripe, and then 

 the plants raised from them will flower the following season. (^Bot. Reg., 

 September.) 



Tropceoldcecz, 



1148. TROP^'OLUM [1842, 65. ; and Paxt. Mag. Bot. vol. ix. p. 247. 



azClreum Miers azure _^ i | or 3 au.s B Chili 1842. O s.l.p Bot. mag. 3985. ; Bot. reg. 



This plant was first mentioned by Mr. Miers in his travels in Chili, but it 

 appeared so improbable to botanists, that a blue flower should be produced in 

 a genus the flowers of which are generally yellow, that for some time the 

 fact was not believed. The reason of this doubt was the hypothesis published 

 by Professor DeCandolle respecting what were called the cyanic and xanthic 

 series of colours in flowers ; according [to which it was supposed, that when 

 a pure yellow had been observed in the flowers of any particular genus, no 

 species of it could have flowers of a pure blue. The incorrectness of 

 this assertion might have been perceived from the first, as in the genus Ane- 

 mone there are bright yellow flowers in A. palmata, and bright blue ones 

 in A. apennina ; but, coming from so high an authority as that of Professor 

 DeCandolle, the hypothesis was long believed, and its fallacy is only now be- 

 ginning to be acknowledged. The blue Tropae^olum " is increased by cuttings, 

 taken off before the plant begins to flower. The young plants, when struck, 

 should not be either potted ofl", or the tops tied up, but allowed to grow and 

 hang down over the pot." When the plant is trained for flowering, it should 

 be tied to some ornamental wirework in the same manner as T. tricolorum. 

 When the plants have done flowering, they should be allowed a period of 

 rest till they begin to move the following season. (^Bot. Reg., Dec. 1842.) 



Oxaliddcece. 

 1414. O'XALIS [1842,04. 



rubrocincta Lindl. red-edged A I 1 pr 1 s Y Guatemala 1841. D r.m Bot. reg. 



A pretty little plant with bright yellow flowers, and rather remarkable 

 leaves, which are very succulent and brittle, breaking almost like glass. They 

 have a broad reddish-purple edge, and are dotted with purple beneath. The 

 seeds of this species were among the earth sent with some plants from Gua- 

 temala. {Bot. Reg., 1842, 64.) 



^utdcecB. 



ACRONY'CHIA Forster. (From akros, the top, and onux, a claw ; an incurved point to each petal.) 



[C CO Bot. mag. 3994. 

 Cunninghamz Hook. Mr. Allan Cunningham's * i ) or 7 ray.jn \V Moreton Bay 1838. 



This handsome shrub was discovered at Moreton Bay by the late Mr. Cun- 

 ningham, the botanist, and sent by him to the gardens at Kew. The flowers 

 greatly resemble those of the orange, and have nearly the same fragrance, but 

 combined with the aromatic warmth of ginger. The leaves smell like turpen- 

 tine. It is a free-growing shrub, and only requires the ordinary treatment of 

 greenhouse plants. 



ll.')4. CORRiEV [p. 2C7. 



bicolor /'aj'/. two-coloured «- i | or 2 s.o R.W hyb. 1838. C s.l Paxt. mag. bot. vol. ix. 



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