supplementary to the Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 277 



*floribunda HooJc. copious.flowering *t !ZD gr J ••• Pk Chili ... C s.l Bot. mag. 3647. 



A columnar spiny mass, crowned with a group of pink flowers, 

 the whole combining singularity with beauty in an eminent 

 degree. " This really fine mammillaria was imported by Mr. 

 Hitchin, from Chili, and passed, with the rest of that gentleman's 

 rich collection of Cacteae, into the hands of Messrs. Mackie of 

 the Norwich Nursery." In some characters it approaches M. 

 atrata Bot. Mag., t. 3642. {Bot. Mag, April.) 



1472. CE^REUS 



*pentalophus Bee. [mag. 3651. 



*var. 2 subarticulStus Pfeiff. somewhat jointed «. ^ or 1 ... L Mexico ... C s.p Bot. 



The stem has five protruding sides or crests, each crest fur- 

 nished with a row of clusters of spines or abortive buds. " The 

 flower is exceedingly handsome; of a fine rose colour ; paler, and 

 almost white, in the centre, where are the yellow anthers ; and 

 rising above them is the cluster of dark blue-green styles. The 

 germen is prickly like the stem." {Bot. Mag., May.) This 

 plant is in Mr. Mackie's collection at Norwich. 



Grossularidcece. 



Rlbes Menzies/z Smith. Raised from the last parcel of seeds re- 

 ceived by the Horticultural Society from Mr. Douglas. It is allied 

 to R. speciosum, with the young branches covered with slender 

 bristles, like those ofi2. lacustre. The flowers appear, from the 

 dried specimens, to be of the same colour as those of i?. speciosum, 

 but paler ; and they are without the long-projecting crimson 

 stamens, which give R. speciosum so strikingly beautiful an ap- 

 pearance. The plants appear to be hardy, but they have not yet 

 flowered. {Miscell. Bot. Reg., May.) 



Composites. 



2265. LIA'TRIS [p. 27. 



^boieSMs Paxt. northern ^ A el Ij au.s Pk N.America ... D p.l Paxt. mag. of bot. v. 



An herbaceous perennial, from 1 ft. to 18 in. high, with ovate 

 leaves, and terminal, capitate, pink flowers. It is a native of 

 North America, and remarkably hardy ; having endured at Chats- 

 worth the whole of the late severe winter in the open ground, 

 without any protection. It thrives in any soil ; throws up many 

 stems, which produce abundance of flowers. There are plants 

 in the Epsom Nursery, where it was received from the Glasgow 

 Botanic Garden, in 1836. {Paa:t, Mag. of Bot-, March.) 



CO'SMOS Cai). 



*diversifi)Iius Oito various-leaved A pr 3 jn.o L N. Amer. 1835 D co Fl. cab. ii. 47. ; 



A tuberous-rooted perennial, with flowers not unlike those of 

 a single dahlia, and requiring exactly the same mode of culture 

 as that plant. " It grows to the height of about 3 ft. ; is much 

 branched, each branch bearing a flower at the apex. The petals 

 are eight in number, about 2 in. in length, and of a rose, or rather 

 lilac, colour. The involucrum contains about as many leaflets as 

 there are petals." {Fl. Cab., March.) It has been observed by 

 Dr. Lindley that Cosmos tenuifolius will, in all probability, soon 



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