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supplementary to the JEnc. of Plants, Hort. Brit., and Arb. Brit. 615 



slightly emarginate appendage, and not a long bifid one. In the form of the 

 calyx there is this difference, that in the plant before us it contracts suddenly 

 about the middle, while in Coe^i-Sosa it narrows very gradually. Further- 

 more, the surface of the seed-vessel here is rough, with fine granulations, but 

 in CceHi-iZosa it is smooth." This plant is a hardy annual, requiring the usual 

 treatment of plants of that kind. Its seeds were gathered on dry hills, about 

 thirty miles from Algiers, and it flowered for the first time in this country in 

 the nursery of Messrs. Backhouse at York. (£ot. Reg., Oct. 1843.) 



JUalpighiacese. 

 Stigmaph^llum jatrophcefolium Adr. de Jus. This is a pretty stove plant, 

 producing abundance of yellow flowers and palmated leaves. (JBot. Reg., Aug. 

 1843, Misc.) 



'M.elidcece. 

 TurroB'z, lohdta Lindl. A very curious stove shrub from Sierra Leone. It 

 has white flowers, about the size of those of the orange tree. (JSot. Reg., 

 Sept. 1843, Misc.) 



TropcBoldcecB. 

 1148. TROP^^OLUM D317 polyphyllum Lot. mag. t. 4042; and Paxt. mag. bot. vol. x. p. 175. 



This pretty species of Tropae^olum, though marked in the Hort. Brit, as in- 

 troduced in 1827, is stated in the Botanical Magazine to have been only " lately 

 introduced" into this country ; and in Paxton^s Alagazijie it is said to have 

 been introduced in 1839. It is a very pretty plant, producing a great abun- 

 dance of l)right yellow flowers and small, palmated, glaucous leaves. (^Bot. 

 Mag., Oct. 1843'; and Paxt. Mag. of Bot., Sept. 1843.) 



Hutdcece. 



ERYTHROCHrXON Nces ct Martius. Red-coat. (From erulhros, red, and chiton, a coat.) 



[1843,47. 

 hrasXWensis, Nees et Martius Brazilian J □ or 10 jl W Brazil 1842. C s.l Bot. reg. 



This plant forms a small tree about 10 ft. high, " with the habit of a Theo- 

 phrast«, the stem being altogether unbranched, and the long leathery leaves 

 collected at one end." The flowers are white with red calyxes, and hence 

 the name of the genus, which signifies red-coat. It is found in " close shady 

 places in the virgin woods of Brazil, preferring a granitic soil ;" and it flow- 

 ered at Syon for the first time in Europe. " It is one of those fragrant trees 

 of tlie tropics whose foliage is filled with a sweet volatile oil, like that of the 

 orange, and whose aromatic tonic bark is valuable as a remedy for the fevers 

 of such countries." {Bot. Reg., Sept. 1843.) 



Leguminbsce. 

 1BG4. CY'TISUS [40. 



WeldeniY Jacq. Baron Welden's ^ or 10 ap.my Y Dalmatia 1840. C co Bot. reg. 1843, 



This very beautiful species of C3^tisus differs from the laburnum in its 

 flowers growing in short erect racemes, instead of in long drooping ones. Its 

 leaves are so like those of the laburnum that it can scarcely be distinguished 

 from that plant when not in flower. It is exceedingly poisonous, and even 

 the smell of its flowers is said to produce the headache. It has been fre- 

 quently alluded to in this Magazine, and is described and figured in the 

 EncycLopcBdia of Trees and Shrubs, fig. 343. {Bot. Reg., Aug. 1843.) 



2837. ACA'CW [1041. 



rotundif61ia i/ooA:. round-leaved M. \ ] or 3 ap Y New Holland 1842. C s.p.l Bot. mag. 



This species was found near Hunter's River by Mr. James Backhouse, 

 during his very interesting travels in New Hollantl. " It is a straggling plant ; 

 but when trained upon a trellis in a garden-pot it makes a very elegant appear- 

 ance with its graceful drooping branches and copious heads of blossoms, more 

 copious than the leaves." (Bot. Mag., Sept. 1843.) 



20363. spect^bilis But. Beg., 1843, iG. 



Dr. Lindley observes of this plant, that " the leaves and branches are 



