448 Botanical, Floricultural, and Arhoricultural Notices. 



A pretty hybrid raised between C. pulchella and C. alba It requires only 

 the common treatment of greenhouse shrubs. {Paxt. Mag. Bot., Jan. 1843. 



CelastrinecB. 



Catha paniciildta Scheid. A shrub about 3 ft. high, supposed to be a 

 native of the East Indies. The flowers are greenish, and without fragrance. 

 {Bot. Beg., May, 1843, Misc.) 



Ceanothus divaricdtus Nutt. A Californian shrub, loaded with clusters of 

 blue flowers. The branches are spiny, and the leaves are of a beautiful deep 

 glossy green. {Bot. Reg., May, 1843, Misc.) 



Leguviinosce. 

 1940. HO^VE^ 30090 pungens var. major. 



A large-flowered variety of this well-known species. {Paxt. Mag. Bot., 

 April, 1843.) 



[vol. X. p. 103. 

 splendens Pfl!;r<. splendid a. \ 1 pr 2 my.jn B Swan River 1840. co Paxt. mag. of bot. 



A pretty little species of Hdve« producing its flowers in pairs. The stand- 

 ard is a bright blue, with a white ring at the bottom, and the wings and keel 

 are purplish. The following observations are interesting, as regarding the 

 culture of plants of this genus. " Unless the roots of these plants are care- 

 fully watered, and the soil kept well drained, there is no tribe more likely to 

 die off in a sudden manner, when they have attained any size. They should 

 be potted high in the centre of the pot, so as to have the jmiction of the 

 roots with the stem almost bare ; and we would prefer a soil with more of 

 light open loam in it than one containing so much heath-mould as is commonly 

 used. But, whatever soil be chosen, it should be well mixed with pieces of 

 broken stone or potsherds for drainage." {Paxt. Mag. Bot., June, 1843.) 



X2icemvi\bsa. Benth. -n. \ \ pr 2 my L, Swan River 1841. C s.p Bot. reg. 1843, 4. 



This is also a native of the Swan River colony, and was introduced by 

 Captain Mangles. The flowers are small, but very pretty. They are lilac with 

 a little yellow at the base of the stamen, and they are produced in racemes. 

 {Bot. Beg. Jan. 1843.) 



3584. LA'LAGB [mag, bot. vol. ix. p. 171. 



hove^s/d/ia Paxt. Hovea-leafed «L i 1 or 2 f Y.R.P New Holland 1841. C s.p Paxt. 



This is a very pretty little plant, still more showy than L. ornata. It 

 requires an airy situation with abundance of light. {Paxt. Mag. Bot. Sept. 1842.) 



1248. OXYLO'BIUM 30400 capitatum Bot. Reg. 1843, 16. [1843, 36. 



obovatum obovate tt. i 1 pr 2 ap R.Y Swan River 1841. C s.p Bot. reg. 



This is the same pilant as that called by Mr. Bentham O. cuneatum, on 

 account of its wedge-shaped leaves, but Dr. Lindley does not think there is 

 any specific difference between it and Mr. Bentham's (). obovatum. It " is 

 best cultivated in rather poor soil, and great care should be taken never to let 

 it suffer for want of water, as in that case it rarely recovers." {Bot. Reg., 

 July, 1843.) 



1248. OXYLO^BIUM 10.514 Pultene^. 

 1943 BOSSIiE^J 



virgata i?ooA. twiggy n. \ | pr 2 jn Y.R Swan River 1841. s.p Bot. mag. 3986. 



A Swan River species with elongated twiggy branches, which are flattened 

 and winged. The flowers are very small, and of no beauty. {Bot. Mag., 

 Dec. 1842.) 



pauc'ifblia Benth. A little Swan River spiny bush, with yellow and crimson 

 flowers. This plant was flowered by Mr. Low of Clapton. Bossiae^a erio- 

 carpa (see Hort. Brit., p. 614.) has lately flowered with Mr. Groom of 

 Clapham ; but the flowers are of a dingy nankeen colour. The habit of the 

 plant, however, and its leaves, are much handsomer than those of most other 

 species of the genus. 



