supplementary to the Enci/c. of Plants a?id Hort. Brit. 515 



to be the same plant as that named by Mr. Caie C. corymbosa. 

 (Seep. 411.) 

 Compositce. 



2363. D A'HL/^ [C s.l Botanist, no. 88. 



exc^lsa var. anemonsefldra Botanist Anemone-flowered tall 36 | | or 30 n L Mexico 1830 



This magnificent plant has been noticed, Vol. XI. p. 680., and 

 Vol. XII. p. 715. It was first introduced accidentally by Messrs. 

 Loddiges ; who, receiving some thick stakes with a basket of 

 Mexican plants, put them into the open ground, where they 

 grew to the height of 10 ft. the first year, but were destroyed by 

 the winter. The plant was reintroduced in 1834, and sent to 

 Liverpool, where it was planted in the Botanic Garden and in 

 Mr. Skirving's nursery. It is a handsome plant, growing, in the 

 border of the conservatory, from 1 2 ft. to 20 ft. high, very rapidly, 

 and producing a spreading crown of flowers at its summit. It 

 appears to require very little care in its cultivation, except pro- 

 tection from the frost ; and it is readily increased by cuttings. 

 [Botanist, Oct.) 



Bignomkcedd. 



»SPATHO^DEA 



pentandra Hook, five-anthered t □ or 20 jn Pk India ? 1830 C s.l Bot. mag. 3681. 



Seeds of this very magnificent tree were received from India 

 by Mr. Murray, of the Glasgow Botanic Garden, under the 

 name of Bignon/a pent&.ndra ; but Sir W. J. Hooker refers the 

 plant to Spathodea, on account of the structure of the calyx. 

 The plant figured did not flower till June, 1838, when it was 

 nearly 20 ft. high. The flowers are large, and are produced in 

 a panicle, so compact as to form a thyrsus. {Bot. Mag., Oct.) 



YiHcacece. 



£RrCA [ii. p. 115. 



Willm&ret Knowl. & West. Mr. Willmore's ML ( I or 3 jl Pk. Hyb. 1837 C p.s Flor. cab. 



A hybrid erica, raised by Mr. John Williams, gardener to 

 John Willmore, Esq., of Oldfield, near Birmingham ; and " in- 

 teresting, as affording a proof of the possibility of obtaining 

 hybrid varieties between heaths with tubular, and those with 

 globose, flowers." This erica has rather transparent pale red 

 flowers ; mouth 4-parted, with the divisions rounded, and " of a 

 beautiful green, with a delicate white margin." {Fl. Cab., Oct.) 

 The month in which it flowers, and its height, are not given ; 

 points which we are sorry to see so often omitted in the Floral 

 Cabinet. 



Sola?iacecs. 



591. SOLA'NUM 



*fragrans Hook, fragrant S^ □ cu 14 jn P South Brazil 1835 C p.l Bot. mag. 3581. 



A native of South Brazil, from which country it was sent by 

 Mr. Tweedie to the Glasgow Botanic Garden. Its flowers, 

 which are produced in racemes, are of a dingy purple, but their 

 fragrance " is peculiarly powerful and agreeable." It flowered 



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