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NOTICES OF WORKS ON BOTANY. 
though the hand that wrote, and the head which arranged the matter of 
these volumes now lie mouldering in the dust, the work will remain a 
monument of the extent of the author’s researches in natural history, 
and a lasting memorial of his name. 
Plants figured and described in the following Periodi¬ 
cals for August, 1835, viz. 
Edwards’s Botanical Register, continued by Dr. Lindley, 
contains— 
1. dfyanthus bcirbcitus. Bearded Fly wort; a curious orchideous plant, 
a native of Demerara, discovered by Mr. Henchman; which since its 
introduction into this country has flowered with Mr. Lowe of Clapton; 
soon afterward at Chatsworth, and also in the garden of Mr. Willmore, 
near Birmingham. 
2. Dendrobium, cupreum. Copper-coloured Dendrobium. Another 
very fine flowering plant, belonging to the order Orchidece. This 
plant was received from India by the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert, 
about ten years ago, and flowered last year for the first time. Of the 
Dendrobium a curious circumstance is mentioned, and which will be 
received as a strong corroborative proof of the newly-received doctrine 
of vegetable morphology. Mr. Herbert adds to the description of this 
plant ,—“ It is curious that these Dendrobiums, if they miss flowering, 
put forth a young plant, instead of a spike of flowers, at the point 
of inflorescence; ” so that it appears young plants and flowers are 
transmutable into each other. 
3. Lasthenia glcibrata. Smooth Lasthenia. A new hardy annual 
from California, introduced by the Horticultural Society. It belongs 
to Syngenesia, “ and forms a pretty gay mass of yellow in the beds of 
the flower-garden.” 
4. Angr cecum distichum. Two-rowed Angrsecum. Another minute 
growing and flowering orchideous plant, a native of Sierra Leone, 
introduced by Messrs. Loddiges. 
5. Dyckia rarijlora. Scattered-flowered Dyckia; a hexandrious 
perennial, belonging to the natural order Bromeliacece. A South 
American prickly-leaved plant, of the aloe character, with spikes of 
dark yellow and rather handsome flowers. 
7* Empetrum rubrum. Red Crowberry. Is a hardy evergreen shrub, 
and, “ though not very striking in appearance, is a valuable addition to 
the hardy shrubs of this country.” 
7* Eutoca divaricata. Straggling Eutoca. A new annual from 
California, flowering in May and June, but of no great beauty. 
