276 Floricultural and Botanical Notices^ 



Birmingham, from seeds received from the German Union, 

 under the name adopted. [Matind's Bat. Gard., March.) 



+ Kcdcia cultriformis A. Cunningham in Hook. Icon., pi. 2., 

 1. 170. "This species has flowered in the collection of Messrs. 

 Rollisson, and proves a most charming conservatory plant, with 

 numerous clusters of yellow flowers, terminating branches 

 covered with glaucous half-rhomboidal leaves." [Bot. Meg., 

 May.) 



YMladelphdcea;. 



+ 1479= Vhiladelphus *Gorc?o72ianus Lindl. A deciduous 

 shrub, from 8 ft. to 10 ft. high, with numerous small slender side 

 shoots, small deeply serrated leaves, and flowers in clusters, ap- 

 pearing very late in the season. Found by Mr. Douglas, form- 

 ing underwood along the banks of the Columbia River. {Bot. 

 Reg., March.) 



+ VhiladelpJius triflorus Wall. Raised in the Horticultiiral So- 

 ciety's Garden, from seeds obtained from the Himalayan Moun- 

 tains by Dr. Royle. " It has the habit of P. laxus, and is slightly 

 but agreeably fragrant. It will probably prove quite hardy ; and 

 is no doubt distinct from P. tomentosus, from the same country, 

 which more resembles P. grandiflorus." {^Bot. Beg., May.) 

 Pas&iflordcece. 



1923. PASSIFLO'RA [Bot. reg. n. s. 2l. 



*onychina l-indl. purple-flowered fl_ □ or 10 n lapis lazuli B Buenos Ayres 1827 C 

 Synonyme: P. Sulivanj Booth MS. 



An elegant species, of luxuriant growth, with blue petals, like 

 those of P. cseriilea, but with the leaves trilobate. It was ori- 

 ginally introduced by B. J. Sulivan, Esq., now of H.M.S. the 

 Beagle, " who procured the seeds, with others, from the Botanic 

 Garden at Rio de Janeiro, in 1827, and presented them, on his 

 return, to Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P., in whose garden at 

 Carclew, Cornwall, the present plant originated. It appears to be 

 different from any of the species hitherto inti'oduced, and is dis- 

 tinguished principally by its long, round, slender branches ; small 

 purplish-coloured flowers, thin leaves, and peculiar odour. 

 Whether it will succeed in the green-house or conservatory, 

 remains to be ascertained." In the stove of Miss Traill, at 

 Bromley, Kent, this passion-flower grows and flowers in the 

 greatest luxuriance ; and the figure in the Botanical Register is 

 from a specimen received from Miss Traill. {Bot. Reg., April.) 



CactecE. 



3471. MAMMILLA'RIA M 



*a.tintd Hort. Mack, daik green, *»- ZD gr I — Pit O s.p Bot. mag. 3642. '^ 



A columnar tuberculated mass, upwards of 3 in. broad, and 

 6 in. high, with a ring of elegant pink flowers near its summit. 

 The plant is in the collection of Messrs. Mackie of Norwich, but 

 its native country is unknown. {Bot. Mag., March.) 



