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BOTANICAL NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS. 



LEGUMINOSiE. Juss. 



Lathyrus PURPUREo-ciERULEUs. Purplish-blue Lathyrus. Suffruticosus, caule angulato ; 

 foliis unijugis, foliolis breve pedunculatis lanceolatis subpubescentibus mucronatis: cirrbis 

 solitariis : stipulis minutis : floribus 6-8 racemosis foliis longioribus purpureo-cseruleis. 



This is an exceedingly pretty and distinct species, in the collection of the Birmingham 

 Botanical and Horticultural Society, and was raised from seeds presented to that establishment last 

 year by Mrs. Charles Shaw, of Birmingham. It is a native of South America, and appears 

 perfectly hardy, having stood the severity of last winter against a south wall uninjured. It is 

 our intention to give a further description of it, with a figure, in a forthcoming number. 



PRIMULACEyE. Lindl. 



' Cyclamen Neapolitanum. Ten. Neapolitan Cyclamen. Bot. Reg. N. S. t. 49. This is a 

 pretty species long known to our gardens, and is even wild, or naturalised in the county of Kent. 

 It is, however, most abundant in the countries near the Mediterranean, particularly in Italy, 

 south of the Apennines. The name of Neapolitanum was given to it by Professor Tenore, who 

 was the first to distinguish it critically from its congeners, with which it had long been confounded 

 under the names C. hederifolium and C. Europseum, two very different plants. Bot. Reg. 



LOBELIACEiE. Lindl. 



Lobelia fenestralis. Cav. Loop-holed Lobelia. Bot. Reg. N. S. t. 47. This is a 

 species of no great beauty, found by Humboldt and Bonpland in the temperate part of Mexico, 

 near the city itself, Chapoltepec, and Pazcuaro, at the height of nearly 6000 feet. Seeds have 

 recently been obtained by George Frederic Dickson, Esq., from the same country, and presented 

 by that gentleman to the London Horticultural Society. It is a half-hardy biennial, growing 

 from two to three feet high, and flowering freely from July to September if planted in any well- 

 manured soil, and freely supplied during the growing season. Bot. Reg. 



THYMELEyE. Juss. 



Pimelea cbinita. Lindl. This species bears snow-white flowers, smelling slightly of 

 Heliotrope, and forms a small shaggy greenhouse bush. It is a native of the Swan River, 

 and has lately flowered in the rich collection of R. Mangles, Esq., Sunning Hill. Bot. Reg. 



MONOCOTYLEDONES. 

 AMARYLLIDACEYE. Lindl. 

 Ismene Macleana. Hook. Mr. M'Lean's Amancaes. Bot. Mag. t. 3675. This is said 

 to be a new species by the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Herbert. It bears pale yellow flowers, which are 

 delightfully fragrant. Its nearest affinity is with I. pedunculata. It is a native of Lima. 

 Bot. Mag. 



IRIDACEyE. Lindl. 



Gladiolus Mobtonius. Herb. Mr. Mortons Gladiolus. Bot. Mag. t. 3680. This. is a 

 new species bearing delicate pinkish blossoms, a native of the east coast of Southern Africa ; it 

 has some affinity with Gladiolus oppositiflorus. Herb. But is not half so tall. Bot. Mag. 



LILIACEyE. Lindl. 



Tulipa Gesneriana. Linn. Gesner's Tulip. Bot. Reg. N. S. t. 46. This species is 

 supposed to be the parent of all the garden sorts. It is found without any disposition to vary in 



