BOTANICAL NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS. 



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CACTEjE. Juss. 



Cereus pentalophus. V. subarticulatus. Five-winged Cereus, somewhat 

 jointed variety. Bot. Mag. t. 3651. This is a very delicate rose-coloured spe- 

 ,cies, from the collection of Mr. Mackie, of Norwich. The germen is as prickly 

 as the stem. Bot. Mag. 



COMPOSITE. Vaill. 



Echinacea Dicksoni. Lindl. Mr. Dickson's Echinacea. Bot. Reg. N. S. t. 

 27. This is a very showy herbaceous perennial, raised in the garden of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of London, from seeds presented by George Frederick Dick- 

 son, Esq. It is nearly related to E. heterophylla, but is a much prettier species, 

 by not having the coarge viscid hairs which clothe all the green pents of that 

 plant. It is difficult to propagate unless by seeds, which should be sown about 

 the end of March, in a rich soil, on a nearly-exhausted hot-bed, and treated like 

 those of half-hardy perennials. Bot. Beg. 



SCROFULARINEjE. Juss. 



Diplacus puniceus. Nutt. Scarlet-flowered Diplacus. Bot. Mag. t. 3655. 

 This is a very elegant shrub, flourishing in its native soil nearly the whole year. 

 This is a genus made from the genus Mimulus, of which M. glutinosus is one of 

 the species. 



This species was discovered by Mr. Nuttall in his western travels, and trans- 

 ported in the year 1836 to the garden of Mr. Buist, an extensive nurseryman 

 at Philadelphia, by whom the whole stock was sent in the autumn of last year 

 to Messrs. Lowe, Clapton, who, consequently, are the only possessors ; and, 

 owing to the severity of last winter, most of the plants perished. There are at 

 present only four species known. Bot. Mag. 



MONOCOTYLEDONES. 

 LILTACEiE. 



Ornithogalum montanum. Tenor. Mountain Ornithogalum. Bot. Reg. N. 

 S. t. 28. This is a pretty species of Ornithogalum, sent to Dr. Lindley by W. 

 F. Strangways, Esq., from his choice collection at Abbotsbury. 



It is said to differ from 0. garganicum, in its leaves being never ciliated, its 

 more corymbose flowers, spreading peduncles, and flowers green externally, with 

 the edge only of the segments white ; from 0. umbellatum, by the bulbs of 

 that species being proliferous, the leaves linear, channelled, and longer than the 

 scape ; also from O. comosum, by its flatter leaves. It grows best in a rich 

 loam kept rather dry in the winter. Bot. Reg. 



ASPHODELEtE. Juss. 



Stypandra prutescens ; frutescens, caule compresso, foliis distichis, lineari- 

 lanceolatis acutis vaginatis basi recurvis ; floribus subcorymbosis coeruleis. 



