516 JPloricultural and Botanical Notices, 



in the stove, after it had attained a height of from 12 ft. to 14 ft. 

 {Bot. Mag., Oct.) 



+ S. vernicatimi Lindl. An annual, or a perennial, raised in 

 the Horticultural Society's Garden, from Buenos Ayres' seeds. 

 It looks as if every part of the plant were covered with varnish, 

 whence the name. " The stem is covered densely with a crowd 

 of long, slender, dark purple prickles. The flowers are small, 

 pale greenish yellow, and of no beauty. The leaves are dark 

 green, with a stain of deep purple on the veins." [B. M. M., 

 Oct., No. 137.) 



CA'PSICUM 



ustulatum burnt SH cul li n W Chile 1837 S 1 Paxt. mag. of bot. v. p. 197. 



This species was received by Mr. Paxton, under the name of 

 the " true Chili capsicum ; " and the pods are much longer, and 

 of a more brilliant scarlet, than any of the kinds usually in culti- 

 vation. Decidedly the most valuable species for culinary pur- 

 poses. 



Scrophula rin ece . 



45. VERO'NICA 

 419 prostrkta var. satureimibWa. Hook., Savory-leaved prostrate. 



" A hardy perennial ; a native of France, Germany, Italy, 

 and Switzerland, and well deserving of cultivation on account of 

 the very brilliant blue of the flowers, in conjunction with their 

 large size and constant succession from a very long raceme. It 

 blossoms during the summer months." {Bot. Mag., Oct.) 



PENSTE'MON [ii. p. 117. 



Mackayan«* Knowl. & West. Mr. Mackay's A or 1 au 1834 P.W.Y Ohio D co Flor. cab. 



A very beautiful and delicate-looking herbaceous perennial, 

 found at Ohio, in 1834, by Mr. Drummond, who sent the seeds 

 to Mr. Mackay, Trinity College Botanic Garden, Dublin. Mr. 

 Cameron, who received one of the plants raised by Mr. Mackay, 

 is fortunate in having preserved it, as the plants in the Dublin 

 garden all perished last winter. The corolla of the flower is of 

 a fine violet colour, or rather pale purple, with a white or cream- 

 coloured mouth ; and the beard of the sterile filament is pale 

 yellow. {Flor. Cab., Oct.) 



ThymelacecE. 



1197. Z)A'PHNE 



*a.MstraXi& Cy rill. southern * or 3 ap.au P Naples. 1838 C s.l Bot. reg. 2d s. 53. 



This daphne has " remarkably hairy leaves, and very fragrant 

 flowers, which appear in spring and autumn." It also differs 

 from the D. collina and D. neapolitana of the British gardens, 

 in its longer and more attenuated leaves. Z>. australis is a na- 

 tive of Naples, where it was brought by the Hon. W. F. Strang- 

 ways, who observes that the only other species which grow near 

 Naples are, D. Laureola, D. Gnidium, and D. Tarton-raira. 

 {Bot. Reg., Oct.) 



PIMELE^A 



*cernua R. Br. nodding M \ I or 3 jl Y Australia 1835 C p.s.l Flor. cab. ii, p. 113. 



