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Article II .—Reviews oJ\ and Extracts from^ Works on 
Botany, 8^c. 
1. — Edwards’s Botanical Register, &c. (New Series) By John 
Li NDLEY, F.R.S., &G. IVIontlily. 8vo. 4s. coloured. 
Part 176, for December, contains 
Semi-double Tree Pceony. —A valuable hybrid, from the P. Moutan, described 
by Mr. Sabine, in the Horticultural Transactions, under the name ofP.iV/o«tew 
camea ■plena. The colour of the flower is white, tinted with a flesh-coloured 
blush, giving it a very delicate appearance. Caprifolium occidentdle, The 
North-west Honeysuckle.—A handsome species, native of the north-west coast 
of North America; it is a perfectly hardy creeper, and has flowers of a dark 
red, or vermillion colour. Mddia elegans, Elegant Madia.—A yellow flow¬ 
ering hardy annual, discovered on the north-west coast of North America, by 
Mr. Douglas. Stylidmm fasciculdtum. Fascicled Stylidium.—An interest¬ 
ing and beautiful green-house annual, like the rest of its genus, possessing 
the curious property of having the column, or support of the anthers and 
stigma, endowed with an irritability of so active a kind, that the slightest 
touch of a pin on the outside of it, when curved, is sufficient to make it leap 
to the opposite side of the flower, and invert the whole of its highly curious 
apparatus of propagation. Scutelldria alpina, Alpine Scutellaria.—A beau¬ 
tiful herbaceous plant, having purple and yellow flowers. It is a native of 
the mountains of Switzerland. Azdlea nudiflom, var. scintillans, Sparkling 
Azalea.—This is one of the Highclere varieties, and is very brilliant, having 
flowers of a bright orange tinted with vermillion. Cyrtdnthus cdrneus, Flesh- 
coloured Cyrtanthus.—This is a handsome bulbous pj^ant, a native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. 
2. — Botanical Cabinet. By Messrs. Loddiges. Monthly. 4to. 
coloured, o.s*.; 8vo. partly coloured, 2s.(id. 
Part 176, for December, contains 
Liparis prioohilus. —A stove plant, with orange-coloured flowers j supposed 
to be a native of China. Jlsniea glabra. —A handsome red-flowering stove 
plant, from South-America. Sphwrolobinm viinineum, —A yellow flowering 
broom-like plant; a native of New South Wales. Calceolaria parpiirea. 
Purple Calceolaria.—It requires the green-house; and is a native of South 
America. Gillicsia graminea, —A curious green-house plant, with green 
flowers; discovered by the late Mr. M‘Rae, at Valparaiso. Gladiolus 'Na- 
taUnsis. —This splendid species is a native of Natal, on the south east coast of 
Africa; its colours are a yellow ground, richly striped and spotted, with ver¬ 
million and light red. Potenfilla Caldbra. —A neat little hardy perennial 
plant, with bright yellow flowers, and silvery leaves; very suitable for rock 
work. It is a native of Naples and Sicily. Erica empetrmdes. —having 
white flowers; a native of the Cape of Good Hope, well known in our green¬ 
houses. Erica calostoma. —This, much resembles the E . venlricOsa; hence, 
it is supposed to be a variety of that species. Habrdnthus pd'Hdus. —A bul¬ 
bous greenhouse plant, with pale yellow flowers, introduced in 1830, from 
Valparaiso, by Mr. George Eglintou. 
