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BOTANICAL NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS. 



DICOTYLEDONES. 



CACTEiE. Juss. 



Echinocactus scopa. Broom Cactus. Bot. Beg. N.'S. t. 24. This is a pretty 

 species bearing bright yellow flowers, which are about an inch in diameter. It is 

 a native of Brazil, from whence it has been sent to Prussia. It has received the 

 name of the Broom Cactus, in consequence of having long stiff hairs, so as to 

 resemble a broom. 



It was figured from a plant in the collection of Thomas Harris, Esq., of 

 Kingsbury. 



Dr. Lindley suggests the propriety of separating the genus Echinocactus from 

 Cereus, by their ribbed and round oblong stems, without regard to their flowers, 

 considering that all the long flowered species may be placed in Cereus, and those 

 with short flowers in Echinocactus, without regard to habit. 



It seldom sends out shoots from its sides, and therefore it is difficult to pro- 

 pagate by cuttings; but where propagation is of more consequence than the 

 specimen plant, it should be cut across, when the top part will form one plant, 

 and the bottom will send out shoots from all sides of the cut. Bot. Beg. 



LABIATjE. 



Salvia confertiflora. Pohl. Close-flowered Sage. Bot. Beg. N. S. t. 29. 

 This is a brilliant species bearing whorls of numerous compact flowers of an orange 

 red colour, which are so bright and numerous, as to render the plant a conspicuous 

 object during the autumn months, at which time it blossoms. The leaves have 

 rather a disagreeable smell, similar to a mixture of the dead nettle and sorreL 

 It is a native of Brazil ; and was found near Rio Janeiro, by Mr. Macrae, while 

 in the service of the Horticultural Society ; and in other parts of the empire by 

 Sellow, and Pohl. It may be cultivated as a greenhouse plant, or be planted out 

 of doors in a rich border during the summer months. It is however seen in its 

 greatest beauty, when grown in a house intermediate between a greenhouse and 

 stove ; that is, where the temperature is never below fifty-five degrees. Bot. Beg. 



GESNERIACEiE. 



Gesneria Elongata, var. Elongated Gesneria, var. Bot. Mag. t. 3725. 

 This species is not equal in beauty to many which we have in cultivation. It 

 grows five feet high, and bears red orange flowers, which are about three quarters 

 of an inch long, and are produced freely and in long succession. The plant was 

 received at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in September, 1836, from Messrs. 

 Young, of the Epsom Nursery, under the name of G. oblongata. It is nearly 

 allied to G. mollis, and may probably be the means of connecting together, as 

 varieties, that species with the G. elongata. 



