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Lithospermum finctorium; not of Willdenow and Vahl, but of the first edition of the Spé- 
ties Plantarum ; Linnzeus afterwards changed it to the genus Anchusa, which is shewn here 
to have been a mistake, though followed in every posterior edition. This is a more inter- 
esting article, as to the letter press, than usual: indeed we are happy to acknowledge, that 
we are much better satisfied with the manner in which this work has been conducted of laté, 
than we formerly were ; an alteration we are inclined to attribute to the frequent intercourse 
the author must necessarily have with the learned Mr Lambert, from whose communicae 
tions a large proportion of the figures have latterly been drawn. 
Protea virgata. A new species of this wonderful genus, from the collection.of Mr. Knignty 
murseryman, King’s Road, Chelsea. In No. 119, we have: 
ffyziphila diffusa, and obovata 3 supposed to be two new species, introduced from the West 
Indies by Lord Seaforth, and presented by himto Mr. Lambert.. The last of these we 
suspect to be the same as AMgiphila e/ata, of Swartz, and the other is, perhaps, only a variety) 
with narrower leaves. » 
Crategus Azarolus. The arazole is considered as an eatable fruit in Italy and the South 
of France.. Scopoli says that it is a true Pyrus, having five cells just as in the common 
pear. No dissection of the germen is given, but two styles are rather obscurely seen in the 
figure; from which it would-appear that the fruit of he tree here represented is only twos 
-eelled. The number of styles, however, in these genera, is so very uncertain, that Dr. 
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‘Smith has found it necessary to disregard it altogether, and has reduced the four genera of” 
Sorbus, Cratzegus, Mespilus, and Pyrus, to two, dividing them according as the fruitha 
pomum or a drupa, arranging all the former under Pyrus, the Jatter under Mespilus. Joha 
Bauhin describes the fruit of the Azarole, as containing three nuculi. _ 
Mesembrianthemum acinaciforme. Bears the largest flowers of any in the genus, but un- 
fortunately is very shy of producing them. . 
Salix violacea, From the account here given, this must be a very useful willow, putting 
forth, as is here asserted, shoots ten or twelve feet long in one season, and superior in tena 
city to the common osier. 
Protea mellifera; a variety, with large white flowers. 
in the Botanical Magazine for last month, we have, Fritillaria Imperialis B: The yellow 
Crown-imperial. The common one had been before figured, but, contrary to the rule ob= 
served in the other figures, of a diminished Size. i 
Fritillaria racemosa (a). From inspecting the herbarium of Pallas, now in the possession - 
of Mr. Lambert, Mr. Gawler has discovered the place of nativity of this species, to bé 
Mount Caucasus, the Crimea, and the banks of the Wolga. 
Hemanthus toxicarius. The bulb of this plant is said to furnish the poison with 
which the natives of the South of Africa imbue their arrows; and the leaves are said tg 
prove fatal to cattle, who, nevertheless, eat them greedily. Mr. Gawler remarks, that, 
from: the spathe having only two valves, it does not appear properly te belong to Haman- 
thus; but, not having seen the fruit, he does not venture to decide as to its real genus. The 
hulb is in many collections, but has, in this country, been very rarely seen to flower. It 
came from the collection of the Bishop of Durham, at Mungewell, in Oxfordshire. 
Hibbertia grossularigfolia; a native of New Holland. This genus has been dedicated to 
George Hibbert, Esq. in commemoration of his zeal in cultivating scarce plants; many 
have been introduced by him into this country, especially from the Cape of Good Hope, to 
which part of the world he sent a collector, on purpose to supply his garden with the 
choicest products of a region where Flora reigns in all her glory. os 
Primula intermedia 5 native of Siberia, very like to, and perhaps no more than a variety of, 
Primula farinosa, which empurples many meadows in the northern counties of England. 
Mesembrianthemum dzatatum. Although not uncommon in our gardens, this must be 
deemed ararity, since My. Haworth, a great cultivator ef this genus, has not seen it in 
flower before for 21 years. 
Aquilegia hybrida ; a production, as Dr. Sims supposes, of Aq. canadensjs, impregnated with 
the pollen of Aq. vulgaris. Such mixtures are imagined sometimes to give origin to permanent 
species. This is, however, at least doubtful ; and we think the fact of its being capable of 
being reproduced from seed should have been ascertained, before it was dignified with the 
yank of a distinct species. In point of beauty, however, it may be considered as a valuable 
acquisition ta the flower-garden. It came from the collection of Messrs. Whitiey and 
Brame, nurserymen, Old Brompton. 
The English Botany for the last month, except Lichens and Confervas, contains only three 
species of Carex, viz. pulla, tomentosa, and rigida; the first and last from the ‘Scottish 
mountains 5 the second, first discovered to be a British plant, by Mr. Robert Deasdale, who 
found it flowering in June, in meadows near Merstone Measy, in Wiltshire. The Carex 
tementesa, of Lightfoot and Hudson, is shewn by the learned Bishop of Carlisle, to be C. 
Saformis of Linnaus. 
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