supplementary to the Eiicyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 473 

 VolygaldcecB. 



1931. COMESPE'RMA 



^gracilis Pa^cA slender _$ i 1 or 3 ap B ? Australia ;i834 C p.l Paxt. mag. of bot. v. p. 145. 



" This pretty species was raised in the Epsom Nursery, in the 

 year 1834," from seeds probably from Australia. It produced 

 its first flowers in 1836; but they were far inferior to those of 

 April, 1838, when Mr. Paxton's drawing was taken, and when 

 the profusion of its dark blue and purple flowers was " truly 

 astonishing." " It is an extremely slow-growing plant, the 

 specimen raised in 1834 not being at the present time more 

 than 3 ft. high ; and another peculiarity is, that the leaves, which 

 are never very conspicuous, progressively decay, leaving the base 

 of the stems entirely naked." It is a twining species ; and, if not 

 properly trained when young, the slender stems will become 

 entangled so as to form a confused mass. It should be potted 

 high, like a heath, to prevent the water from rotting its fine hair- 

 like roots. It ripens seeds tolerably well, but is generally propa- 

 gated by cuttings struck in sand, in a gentle heat. {Paxt. Mag. 

 of Bot.,^ Aug.) 



Tiliacece. 



+ Entelea palmhta Lindl., syn. Sparmann/a palmata Hort. A 

 green-house shrub, the native country of which is unknown : " it 

 grows about 3 or 4 feet high, and bears umbels of rather small 

 white flowers." {B. M. B., Sept., No. 126.) 



Camelliaceae. 



2038. CAME'LL/^ 18166 [japonica 45] PresszV >-5sea Paxt. Mag. of Bot, p. 171. 



" A garden subvariety, with rich, rose-coloured, double 

 flowers, the petals of which are sparingly striped with red, and 

 irregularly disposed." {Paxt. Mag. of Bot. ^ Sept.) 



MalpighikcQ.?^. 



+ Ba7iister[a. tenuis Lindl. This is a genuine species of Banis- 

 terz'a, in its recently limited form. It is a green-house climber, 

 from Buenos Ay res, with small bright yellow flowers, and reddish 

 green winged fruit. {B. M. B., Sept., No. 131.) 



Zjeguminbsce. 



+ Psordlea cinerea Lindl. in Major Mitchell's Australia ined. 

 " An erect, apparently annual plant, with grey toothed foliage, 

 and small purple flowers in long, stalked, erect racemes." {B. M. 

 R., Sept., No. 106.) 



2102. .^STRA'GALUS 18899 Laxm&nnj Jac, Flor. Cab., 2. p. 83. 



This species, though a native of Siberia, was found, in the 

 Birmingham Botanic Garden, not to bear the severity of the 

 winter of 1837-8 in the open air. "It should be planted in 

 rather a strong soil, and may be increased by division in spring, 

 or by seeds when they ripen." {Flor. Cab., Aug.) 



2141. KENNE^DY^ monophylla Vent., var. longiracem6sa. 



Synonyme : Hardenbcrgz'a monophjlla Bcnth. in Hilgel Enunt. Plant. Nova Hollandice, p. 41., 

 Botanist, No. 84. 



