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BOTANICAL NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS. 



DICOTYLEDONES. 



RANUNCULACEiE. Juss. 



Delphinium intermedium, var. sapphibinum. Lindl. Sapphire blue, variable larkspur. 

 Bot. Reg. N. S. t. 52. This variety is perhaps superior to any hitherto figured in the intense 

 rich blue of the flowers, having something the appearance of the colour shot, as applied in silk 

 manufactures, in consequence of a light violet stain appearing in the middle and on the back of 

 each sepal. The petals are of the dull black colour usual in this species. 



The plant is in the collection of the London Horticultural Society, where it has long been 

 cultivated. It is not so tall as some of the kinds, but more compact in the arrangement of its 

 flowers, and of striking beauty. Bot. Reg. 



SCROPHULARINEiE. 



Veronica prostrata, var. satureijefolia. Roemer et Schult. Prostrate speedwell, 

 savory-leaf variety. Bot. Mag. t. 3683. This is a very pretty variety of veronica. It is a 

 native of France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, and blooms during the summer months. 

 Bot. Mag. 



SOLANEjE. Juss. 



Solanum fragrans. Hooker. Fragrant Nightshade. Bot. Mag. t. 3684. This species 

 was sent from South Brazil by Mr. Tweedie to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, where, having 

 been planted in the great stove, it soon reached a height of from twelve to fourteen feet, and 

 flowered in the month of June. Its flowers are not showy, disposed in a secund raceme of a 

 purplish blue colour, which is changeable ; and they also emit a very powerful and agreeable 

 fragrance. Bot. Mag. 



Solanum Rossii. Ross's Solanum (sp. nov.). S. Rossii ; caule fruticoso prostrate- tereti 

 gracili racemoso aculeis compressis armato : foliis birds vel ternis insequalibus pubescentibus 

 breviter petiolatis costis supra aculeatis basi insequalibus imis oblongo-sinuatis superioribus 

 cordatis subobtusis : floribus quadrifidis tetrandris ternis longe pedicellatis, antheris aequalibus. 



Descr. — Stem shrubby, prostrate, round, branched, the upper part clothed with fulvous 

 pubescence, prickly throughout, prickles remarkably compressed, of a reddish-brown colour, and 

 slightly recurved. Leaves two or three together, unequal in size, covered on both sides with 

 stellate pubescence, upper surface of a dull yellowish green, with two or three prickles on the ' 

 mid- rib, under surface much paler : flowers pendulous, two or three together, pedicels about an 

 inch long, attached to a very short peduncle densely pubescent : calyx subcampanulate, pubescent, 

 as in the peduncles and pedicels, with four short acuminate segments : corolla pale blue, the 

 colour and size of S. Balbisii, externally pubescent. Stamens very short, with angular filaments. 

 Anthers yellow, equal. Style longer than the stamens. 



This new and pretty species of Solanum is in the collection of the Birmingham Botanical and 

 Horticultural Society, and was raised from seeds presented to that establishment by George 

 Barker, Esq., of Springfield, near Birmingham. The seeds were collected in Mexico, by Mr. 

 Ross, after whom we have named it. 



