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notice of the curious in plants. It is quite hardy, bears tetrandrous 
odd-shaped flowers, and belongs to Berberacece. Two other species 
are in the Ghent collection. Doubts are expressed whether or not the 
E. alpinum be a wild British plant: of this w r e think British botanists 
can have no kind of doubt. 
4. Aspcisia vctriegata . Variegated Aspasia. A new species of an 
orchideous genus, introduced by Mr. J. Knight, of the King’s Road, 
Chelsea. The floivers are deliciously sweet in the morning, and are 
beautifully variegated with white, yellow, green, and purple, for which 
it deserves a place in every stove collection. 
5. Craspedia glauca. Glaucous Craspedia. A herbaceous plant 
belonging to Composite? , found in Van Diemen’s Land, whence it w r as 
sent by Mr. James Backhouse to his brother, in whose nursery at York 
it flowered in April last. It is probable that it will only require the 
protection of a cold frame in our winter. 
6. Clintonia pulchella. Pretty Clintonia. A very elegant little 
plant belonging to Lobeliacece, which Dr. Lindley says he is more 
desirous of recording the existence of, lest it should be lost, than for 
its importance as a flower-garden plant. It only exists in the garden 
of the Horticultural Society, and is preserved from year to year with 
much difficulty, as it ripens but few seeds. In its appearance it much 
resembles a small three-coloured violet. It is one of the Flora 
Douglasii. 
7. Cratesgus Mexiccina. Mexican Hawthorn. An icosandrous 
plant, and, like its congeners, belonging to Rosacece. It is a native of 
the Tierra Fria of Mexico ; a small tree, and in mild climates is quite 
evergreen. It requires a sheltered place in this country, and is easily 
propagated by grafting on the common hawthorn. The haws are large, 
and held in some estimation in Mexico, but are not superior to other 
haw r s in this country. 
8. Oncidium iridifolium. Iris-leaved or Pigmy Oncidium. A 
curious little species of Oncidium, native of South America, found 
growing exclusively upon the branches of orange and lemon trees. It 
is plentiful in the neighbourhood of Bom Jesus de Bananal, in the pro¬ 
vince of St. Paul, Brazil, and constantly prefers dry places exposed to 
the sun —a situation of all others the most unsuitable for the trees, as 
well as to the generality of orchideous epiphytes. The plant figured 
flowered at Wentworth House. 
Sweet’s British Flower Garden, continued by Professor Don. 
The number for November contains :—- 
1. Bartonia aurea. Golden Bartonia. An herbaceous plant, dis- 
