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Grossula'ceæ. Page 468.
Sfe Hi'ues taúricum Jacquin is apparently a variety o f Ä . petræ'uin, p. 478.
/ î r a l ia ' c e æ .
fi- M e d e rà Hè/òr. Add : H. H. var. taúrica Booth. A distinct variety, witli
very small dark green leaves. (Cr. M. 1842.)”
C'orna'ceæ. Page 501.
Sfe C o 'rn u s grandis Benth. PI. Hartw. ¡>. .38. No. 298. Resembles C.
sericea; but it forms a small tree in Mexico, with leaves 3—5 in. long,
smooth, and deep green above and hoary beneath. The flowers are in
small heads, and the fruit about the size of the sloe, and purplish black.
H. S. (G . M . 1840, p. 634.)
Sfe Ä C. macrophylla Wall. A beautiful sub-evergreen shrub or small tree from
the Himalayas, found growing on similar heights with Benthanu'a
fragifera. Leaves 6 in. long, and 2¿ in. broad. H. S. ( G .M. 1840,
p. 634.)
¿ ambu'ceæ. Page 513.
Sfe N ib u 'rn um Awafùki Sìeh.^è (? V. japónicum Hort.) Leaves opposite,
shining, ovate, somewhat waved on tbe margin. A beautiful evergreen,
which, it is expected, will prove quite hardy. Easily propagated by
cuttings at any season. Tooting Nursery. (G . M. 1842, p. 14.)
Sfe V . sincnse Zeyh. Leaves ovate, acuminate, subdentate, opposite ; margins
sLibrefiexed. A hardy evergreen, easily propagated by cuttings at any
season. (Ihid.)
Sfe V. Mullàha Ham. Royle Illust. p, 236. (V. stellulàtum Wall.) Leaves
rotund, subrugose, blunty dentate, woolly beneath. A shrub from
elevated situations in the Himalayas, where the fruit is eaten. Nearly
allied to F. cotinifòlia D . Don. A very desirable species, and very likely
to prove quite hardy. (Ibid.)
■tt V. pygmæ'a Royle. Leaves opposite, trilobate, subserrate. A very
curious dwarf deciduous shrub, from 1ft. to 1 ft. 6 in. in height; native
of the Himalayas. A most desirable plant to represent the section
O'pulus in a miniature arboretum. Raised in the Tooting Nursery, from
seeds received from Dr. Royle. Quite hardy. (Ibid.)
Lonice'rdæ. Page 525.
L o n Ï c e r a . ciliosa Poir. Mr. Gordon suspects this to be only a variety of
L. (p.) Douglàs«. p. 530., with leaves ciliose, and the flowers not quite
so bright.
E'rica'ceæ. Page 555.
*t Andrò'MEDA, rosmarinifòlia, p. 561-, is only a large-leaved variety o f A. jiJoli-
fòlia, but rather distinct.
iU Arctosta'FHYLOS pwigcns H. et B. Nov. Gen. vol. iii. p. 278. t. 259.
A singular species, with small grej ish entire lanceolate leaves ; prostrate
and quite hardy. Mexico. H. S. (G. M. 1840, p. 634.)
A. nítida Benth. Plantæ Hartweg. No. 483. An erect evergreen shrub,
with oblong lanceolate acute leaves, smooth on both sides and shining
above. Mexico, on the Carmen Mountains.
tL P e r n é t t y a angustifòlia Lindi. Bot. Reg. t. 63. 1840. (P . ¿obillyreæfôlia
Hort.) Leaves longer and narrower than those of the other introduced
species. A very pretty evergreen from Chili. (G. M . 1840, p. 634.)
Olea'ceæ. Page 628.
Sfe Yigu'STRUM nepalénse, p. 631.
WaU. Cai. No. 6304.”
Add as a Synonyme : “ L. vestitum
S y r i ' n g a Emodi, p . 638. Add as a Synonyme: “
* » òasmi'num revolùtum, p. 655. For the Synonymi
S. índica Wall.”
Synonyme “ cT. chrysanthemum,”
read chrysantluim ;” and add “ Wall.” to the Identification.
J A . .
PoLYGONA CEiE. Page 677.
* Benth- P h Hartw. No. 562. Suffruticose, with
to c k fleshy leaves, and flowers often solitary. Mexico, on the Carmen
Mountain,s. H. S. (G , M . 1841. p. 609.)
AscLm'iKDA'CEÆ. Page 658.
1 Ní^ re'nia odorMa L iu d l.. This curious plant has proved as hardy as the
Physiantluis albens, which it greatly resembles ; but differs in having
much larger cordate leaves, and smaller flowers, as well as in the bota-
flowers are white, sweet-scented, and solitary,
(G. IM. 1840, p. 635.)
N o l a n a ' c E Æ . Page 663.
■tt Fabia^na imbricàta R. et P. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839, t. 59. A small bright
green shrub, with the habit of a tamarisk, or rather of a thuja; and
when m flower loaded with snow-white blossoms, resembling those of a
peach. Chili, in 1838. I t has proved hardy in several collections last
winter, and will make a great addition to the hardy heath border.
r u v M E L A ' c E Æ . Page 686.
• TLipHNE Aiwklán£i Lindl. Allied to D. alpina. A fine evergreen species
troin the Himalayas, where it is found at an elevation of 12,000 ft near
the limits of perpetual snow. H. S. (G . M . 1840, p. 635.) ’
Æ l æ a g n a ' c e æ . Page 696.
at Elæa'gnus parmfòlia Royle Illust. p. 323. t. 81. fig. I. A very distinct
species, with small round leaves, from the Plimalayas, and quite hardy.
G lm a 'c e æ . Page 714.
Î Spo'mt. canéscens H. et B. (Celtis canéscens H. et B.) Raised in 1840
in the H. S. Garden, from Mexican seeds, and bearing a close resem:
blance to C. austràlis (G. M. 1840, p. 635.)
N a l i c a ' c e æ . Page 744.
¥ VO'PÜLUS canadénsis, p. 824. A mucii more spreading and picturesque
species than P. monilífera. (See G. M . 1842, p. 35.)
R e t l l a ' c e æ . Page 831.
î A 'lnus denticulàta Fischer. A tree of vigorous and rapid growth, and large
dentate leaves ; a native of Russia. (G. M . 1842.)
Î L iyu LA mollis Lindi Bot. Reg. Mis. No. 169. 1840. Raised in tlie
_H. 8. Garden from Himalayan seeds, and remarkable for the softness of
Its leaves, which are roundly lieart-shaped. Allied to B. álba pubéscens.
p. 838.
C o r y l a ' c e æ . Page 845.
Î quE'BCUS IHeæ Ballota, p. 882. Plants raised in the H. S. Garden from
acorns procured from the original tree a t Paris, prove it to be iden-
tical with Q. gramúntia.
Î Q. lanata, p. 888. Add to the Synonymes ; “ Q. nepalénsis.”
To the Mexican oaks, p, 898., add the following: —
Ï Q. Skinneri Benth. A very remarkable species, having tlie fruit of most
unusual size, with the external appearance of an acorn, and with the
internal structure of a walnut. A noble tree, from 50 ft. to 70 ft high
on mountains. (Gard. Chron., vol. i. p. 116.) The foliage and male’