supplementary to the Encyc. of Plants ajid Hort. Brit. 375 



obtained in the Clapton Nursery. {Paxtonh Mag. of Bot., 

 ■ July.) ^ 

 CzstaceiB. 



1589. CrSTUS 



*lusitanicus flbr/. Portugal it or 3 au Y S. of Europe 1830 C s.l Maund bot. gard. 649. 



This cistus, according to Mr. Maund, was introduced before 

 1830, and is "both a larger and hardier species" than "the 

 common gum cistus of our gardens." Whether it is really a 

 new species or not, appears to us very difficult to say ; it is cer- 

 tain that great numbers of cistuses, from the time of Gerard to 

 the present day, have been introduced from Spain, Portugal, and 

 Italy, and lost; and, also, that an almost endless number of 

 hybrids, and seminal varieties, have been raised in this country, 

 and lost also ; the shades of some of them only remaining in 

 Sweet's Cistinece. [Bot. Gard., July.) At all events, we are 

 obliged to Mr. Maund for figuring this cistus ; for there is 

 scarcely a genus, of which it may with more truth be said, that 

 all the species and varieties are showy plants when in flower. 



Oxalidecs. 



1414. O'XALIS 



brasiliensis ioA ^o^. Ca6.,1833, anAFlor. Cab., No. 62., is 0. bipunctata Grak., Hort. Brit, No.ll933o. 



Hosacea § Pomece. 



1507. Py^KUS 12979 arbutifblia; Arh. Brit., p. 925. f.646.; Bot. Mag., t.3668. 



Onagrace(S. 



-f Fuchsia, cylindracea Lindl. "A pretty new species of 

 fuchsia, raised from Mexican seeds, presented to the Horticul- 

 tural Society by George Barker, Esq., of Birmingham. It 

 belongs to the same section as F. microphylla and ifhymifcMia, 

 and has cylindrical deep scarlet flowers, about half an inch long ; 

 on very slender stalks, an inch and a half in length." [B. M. B.j 

 July, No. 96.) 



Gesnej-acese. 



1698. GE'SNER^ 



*reflexa Flor. Cab. reflexed AD or 15 ap.my S Valp. 1837 p.l.s Flor. cab. 61. ! 



A very handsome species, in flowers and foliage, approaching 

 to G. faucialis. It was introduced by Capt. Seymour, of the 

 Royal Navy ; and there are plants in the Exotic Nursery, King's 

 Road. The gesneras will flower stronger, and in greater pro- 

 fusion, if the tubers are repotted in March, just as they begin to 

 grow, and plunged into a brisk hot-bed for a month, to fill the 

 pots with young roots ; after which they may be removed to the 

 stove. 



rupestris Graham in Edin. Phil. Journ., Dec. 1837; Paxf. Mag. of Bot., April, 1838. 

 Synonyme: G. tuber&sa Mart, Nov. Gen. and Sp. Bras., 3. p. 29. t. 212. ; Hook. Bot. Mag., 3664. 



Convolvidacea. 



+ Batatas bonariensis Lindl. A handsome twining convolvu- 

 laceous plant, with large purple flowers, imported from Buenos 

 Ayres, by Messrs. Low and Co., and flowering freely in the 

 green-house. (B. M. R, July, No. 99.) . . 



