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NOTICES OF BOTANICAL PUBLICATIONS. 
Edwards’s Botanical Register, continued by Professor Lindley. 
The July number contains:— 
1. Kerria Japonica of De Candolle, formerly the Corchorus Japo - 
nicus of Thunberg. The common one with double flowers is well known, 
and the history of this single-flowered one is given in our last number, 
pages 274-5. The plant belongs to the order Roscicece. 
2. Crcitcegus platypluylla. Broad-leaved Thorn. This “ certainly, 
in foliage and elegance of general appearance, is the handsomest of the 
European hawthorns. It grows like an exceedingly vigorous Oxya- 
cantha, spreading its gracefully bending arms on all sides. Its leaves 
are a deep rich green; it is loaded with large masses of snow-white 
blossoms long after the common hawthorn is flowerless, and it retains 
its vigour till late in the autumn, so that the rich colour of its blackish- 
purple fruit is noC impaired in effect by the fading tints of the 
foliage.” 
3. Bifrenaria aurantiaca. Orange-coloured Bifrenaria. A pretty 
orchideous epiphyte from Demerara, which flowered at the Duke of 
Devonshire’s, Chiswick, in October, 1835. The flowers are yellow, 
spotted with purple, and resemble several others of this tribe of 
plants. 
4. Iris alata. Small-winged Iris. A beautiful single-flowered Iris, 
found in most places in the south of Europe. It was communicated to 
Dr. Lindley from Abbotsbury, by the Hon. W. F. Strangways, with 
whom it flowered in an open border, requiring but a slight protection 
from frost. 
5. Crcitcegus pyr folia. Pear-leaved Thorn. This species is known 
from all others by the strong plaits which give the leaves somewhat the 
appearance of being furrowed from the mid-rib towards the margin. 
The haws are pear-shaped, and of a reddish-yellow; flowers in June, 
and is perfectly hardy, being a native of North America. 
6. Scilla Cupaniana. Cupani’s Squill. A species found in Sicily, 
and sent from thence by the Hon. W. F. Strangways. It is rare in 
this country, and bears a spike of small purple flowers. 
7. Bpidendrum bifidum. Hare-lipped Epidendrum. A remarkable 
and distinct species, found growing on trees in several of the West 
India Islands. Messrs. Loddiges received it from Tortola, with whom 
it flowered in July, 1835. The flowers are beautifully elegant, as well 
as curious in form. 
VOL. v. — NO. LXII. 
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