BOTANICAL NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS. 



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TROP^OLUM TUBEROSUM. 



BY D. CAMERON, A.L.S. 



Amongst many hundred plants growing in the Birmingham Botanic Garden 

 from tubers planted in April, a very distinct variety has appeared, of which there 

 are only four plants ; they are much weaker plants than the others, with con- 

 siderably smaller leaves, but what makes them of most value is that they are 

 covered with a profusion of flowers, while all the other plants around them do not 

 even show flower-buds. If they retain their present habits, they will be most 

 desirable plants for ornamenting the flower-garden. 



BOTANICAL NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS. 



DICOTYLEDONES. 

 BERBERIDEiB. 



Epimedium Musschianum. Morren et Decaisne. White-flowered Barren 

 Wort. Bot. Mag. t. 3745. This is a delicate species of Epimedium, bearing 

 pale yellowish flowers. It was received at the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, from 

 Mr. Young of Epsom, in the year 1838; and it flowered in the greenhouse of 

 that establishment, for the first time, in March 1839. It will probably bear the 

 open ground, and is a native of Japan. Bot. Mag. 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



Bauhinia Foeficata. Link Forcipated Bauhinia. Bot. Mag. t. 3741. This 

 is a fine species, and appears to be a plant of straggling growth ; and bearing 

 numerous white spreading flowers, whose petals are narrowly lanceolate. It is in 

 the stove of the Glasgow Botanic Garden, and flowered for the first time in 1837. 

 It is a native of Brazil, and appears to have been first introduced into Europe by 

 the Prince de Nieuwied, who sent seeds of it to the Royal Garden of Berlin. 

 Bot. Mag. 



Inga Hakrisii. Lindl. Mr. Harris's Inga. Bot. Reg. N. S. t. 41. This is 

 certainly a beautiful species, bearing long and beautiful crimson stamens, and tipped 

 with bright yellow anthers. It is a native of Mexico, and was imported by Thomas 

 Harris, Esq. of Kingsbury, a most zealous collector of rare plants, in compli- 

 ment to whom Dr. Lindley has named it. Dr. Lindley states that it is distinct 

 from all hitherto-published species approaching /. canescens in character ; but it 

 has much larger leaves, shorter peduncles, and smaller flowers. The crimson 

 silken tassels of the stamens are very graceful and pretty. 



The drawing was made in Mr. Harris's collection in February last. 



Like many Mexican plants, this species grows best in a house where the 

 temperature is a little higher than in the common greenhouse. It delights in a 

 rich fresh soil, which may be found with a mixture of loam peat and sand. The 

 best time to strike cuttings, is when the plant begins to grow vigorously. Bot. Beg. 



