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BOTANICAL NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS. 



This species was received at the Edinburgh' Botanic Garden from the Royal 

 Berlin Garden in 1836, and from that plant the drawing and description in the 

 above magazine were taken by Dr. Graham. Sir William Hooker however is of 

 opinion that this species does not differ from Lasiandra Maximiliana, Mart. The 

 country of which it is a native is not stated. 



It requires the heat of the stove, and may be freely propagated by cuttings, 

 which flower abundantly in J une and July. Bot. Mag. 



ERICEiE. 



Arbutus laurifolia. Lin. Laurel-leaved Strawberry Tree. Bot. Reg. t. 67. 

 This is a very handsome species, allied to A. andrachne and A. Menziesii. From 

 A. andrachne it differs in its smaller and much less coriaceous leaves, and also in 

 the very peculiar form of the corolla, the contraction of which in the middle is so 

 distinctly marked as to appear in some positions as if each end was separate. To 

 A. Menziesii it is so similar that at one time it was thought to have been the same 

 species, but upon examination it appears to be distinct. A. Menziesii has the 

 raceme covered with a fine delicate down, which extends all over the pedicels, whilst 

 the pedicels of A. laurifolia are nearly glabrous, and the remainder of the racemes 

 coarsely downy. Furthermore, the bracts of A. Menziesii are spreading and folia- 

 ceous ; those of A. laurifolia are scale-like, imbricated, and closely pressed to the 

 branches : the leaves also of A. Menziesii are smaller and thinner than those of 

 A. laurifolia. 



This plant was introduced from Mexico by the last Lord Napier,, and given to 

 Mr. Lambert, who considers it to be the true A. laurifolia of Linnaeus' Supple- 

 ment, a plant concerning which there appears to have been considerable doubt. 

 Bot. Reg. 



SAPINDACEiE. 



Diplopeltis Hugelii. Lindl. Baron Hugel's Diplopeltis. Bot. Reg. t. 69. 

 This is certainly a very delicate pretty plant, and was noticed at No. 70 of the 

 Miscellaneous Botanical Notices. It is stated to be a hardy greenhouse shrub, 

 growing about three feet high, and bearing a profusion of pink blossoms, which 

 are produced in April and May. It requires the same treatment as such Cape 

 plants as the genus Hebenstreitia. It may be readily increased by cuttings from 

 the young wood, which will bear to be planted out in the open border in summer. 



For the introduction of this plant the country is indebted to Mr. Andrew 

 Toward, gardener to Her Royal Highness the .Duchess of Gloucester, who 

 obtaine.d seeds from Swan River ; where, according to Baron Hugel, it is found 

 about the town of Freemantle. It has been raised also in the garden of the noble 

 traveller at Vienna. 



The real situation which the plant should take in the natural arrangement is 

 considered by Dr. Lindley as uncertain, and is regarded by him, as one of those 



