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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW OR BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL PERIODICALS FOR 
JUNE. I 
Arctosta'phylos ni'tida. This name {Anglicised “Shining-leaved Bearberry”) is giver 
to a plant raised in the Garden of the Horticultural Society from seeds obtained by G. F 
Dickson, Esq., in Mexico. Mr. Hartweg also found it on the Mexican mountains, callec 
Carmen. It usually flowers both in spring and autumn. “ It forms a handsome evergreen' 
shrub, five or six feet high, growing readily in any good loamy soil, and capable of enduring r 
mild winter in the open border. It would be a fine plant for the climate of Devonshire or Corn 
wall.” From A. arguta it is distinguished principally by its branched hispid racemes. — Bot 
Reg. 32. 
Bolbophy'llum Careya'num, This is a native of Nepal and Martaban, and has been ten o| 
twelve years in this country. “ It is more curious than showy.” It has a rather large pseudo 
bulb, with a solitary leaf on the top, and a dense short head of yellow flowers, mottled with re( 
springing from the bottom. — Bot. Mag. 4166. 
Caja'nus bi' color. “ The Pigeon-pea, or Doll, as it is called in the East Indies, is said to b( 
so named because its seeds are the favourite food of wild pigeons. It is, however, extensive! 
used by man, being cultivated very generally in both the East and West Indies. In the opinioif 
of some botanists, only one species exists, of which there are two varieties — the one with flower| 
entirely yellow, and two or three seeds in each pod, which is never spotted ; the other (th| 
present one) with flowers streaked externally with crimson, and having.; four or five seeds in i 
pod, which is marbled with dark streaks. Others regard them as distinct species. The first i 
called the No-eye Pea in the West Indies, and the latter the Congo Pea. It was reared in th | 
Horticultural Society’s Garden from seeds collected near the town of Jellalabad, and presenteij 
by Sir Henry Fletcher. It grows about eighteen inches high, flowers from June to August, anj 
appears to be a half-hardy annual or biennial. In the Flora of Jamaica, by Dr. Macfadyecji 
p. 297, are the following remarks : — “The general appearance of both is very much alike ; an 
they can scarcely, previous to flowering, be distinguished from one another, except that th; 
leaves of C.flavus are rather smaller and finer to the touch.” The No-eye Pea is the more delijj 
cate, and is nearly equal to the English Pea ; the other species is coarser, and chiefly used bj 
the negroes. Hybrid varieties sometimes appear, from the two being planted close togethei| 
They stand for several years, shedding their leaves annually, and reproducing them with floweij 
early in summer. The crop is gathered in autumn. They are among the most valuable of trq 
pical plants, require no particular care or trouble, and thrive in the poorest soil. “ They are t| 
be found round every cottage in the island, growing luxuriantly in the parched savannah an;; 
mountain declivity, as well as in the more fertile and seasonable districts.” (It is less valuabl 
in a floricultural light.) — Bot. Reg. 31. 
Echinocac'tus oxygo'nus. “ Scarcely any plant possesses more noble or more lovely bios 
soms than the present ; and they are the more striking from the circumstance of their beinl; 
produced from so graceless and small a trunk. It is, moreover, a free flowering plant in tb 
month of May. The duration of the blossoms is, in cloudy weather at least, of two days. Th 
species is said to be a native of Brazil.” The plant is sub-globose, rather longer than broad, an.| 
usually from six inches to a foot high. The flowers are produced upon the top, and consist dj 
an upright trumpet-formed tube several inches long, and spreading segments of a fine ro& 
colour, the interior being filled up with straw-coloured stamens. [This is one of a class of plan1|| 
we should like to see more commonly cultivated : some of them, like this, have exceedingl'j 
attractive blossoms ; and there is much of prejudice in the current idea that they are difficult 1 
flower. Bot. Mag., 4162. 
Epide^ndrum longico'lle. This is a slender caulescent species, with linear-lanceolate leave 
and a terminal cluster of white flowers, the fragrance of which constitutes the most interestin 
quality the species possesses. It is a native of Demerara. Bot. Mag., 4165. 
E'ria Dillwy'nii. a new species, named in compliment to Dillwyn Llewelyn, Esq., ( 
Pennleegar, in whose collection specimens, received through Mr. Cuming from the Philippic 
