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“ K. ovata Sims Bot. Mag., t. 2169., and ourJig. 2444.; K. cordata Lindi. Sot.Keg., t. 944.; has the leaves broad-ovate, cordate, acute, racemes many-flowered. The flowers are bluishviolet.

“ K. monophylla, K. inophylla, K. Compton-iana, K. prostrata, K. bracteata, andK. sericea are all handsome twiningshrubs,natives of New Holland, whichwould probably stand out against aconservative wall.”

Sect. V. Cassie'.®

Page 660., after “ Half-hardy Species of C assiece,” insert ; —

“ Poincikna pulcherrima Dec. Mem. Leg., 118. 457., Bot. Mag., t. 995., hasan upright branchy stem, with pinnate leaves. It has stood out in Knight’sExotic Nursery two years, without protection, flowering freely every year ;but it has not yet ripened seed.”

Other Half-hardy Lcgumindcece.

Acacia Cavenia. 665., add to the end of the paragraph : “ There arelarge plants in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, and in the FulhamNursery.”

A. Julibrissin. 666., add to the end of the paragraph : “ There is a tree of thisspecies at Desio, near Milan, 66 ft. high ; diameter of the trunk 2 ft.4 in., and of the head 24 ft.— G. Manetti.”

Posa'ce.®.

Sect. I. ^mygda'leje.

Amygdalus ndna. 674., add to the paragraph headed “ A. n. 3 campestris : ”“ This variety is in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, where it wasraised from seeds received from Dr. Fischer.” To the paragraphheaded “ A. n. 4 inedna,” add : “ This kind is in the HorticulturalSociety’s Garden, and was received from Sir Oswald Moseley.” Addto the paragraph headed “ A. n. 6 sibirica: ” “ It is in the Horti-cultural Society’s Garden.”

Vcrsica. 680., add to the first paragraph: “ The fungi on plants of thisgenus are: Polyporus cervinus Schwein., Sphae'ria persicaria Schwcin., onpeach stones; S. putaminum Schwein., on peach stones, but also onAmerican walnuts and acorns; Sporocybe Persicae Fr., investing thebranches, twigs, and trunks of dead peach trees in vast quantities.— M. J. sr

P. vulgaris 6 compressa. 680., turn the cutyfg. 397.

A rmeniaca. 681., to the first paragraph add: “ The fungi are: Oidium

fructigenum Kz., on the withered fruit still hanging on the branches :this also grows on plums and other fruit. Collarium nigrospermum Lh.,Epochnium virescens Fr., on fruit. — M. J. S.”

684., before Genus IV., insert: —

“ A. pedunculdta Hort. There are plants in the Horticultural Society’sGarden, raised from’seeds received under this name from Dr. Ledebour.”

P rmius. 684,, before the paragraph headed “ P. spinosa’’ insert: —

“ The Fungi found on plants of this genus are : Peziza Posse var. Mont.,Phacidium plicatumPr.; Cenangium clavatum Fr., on P. serotina ; C. Pru-nastri Fr., on Primus domestica; Sphse'ria Prunastri Pers., 8. fibrosa Pars., S.microstoma Pers., S. morbosa Schwein., covering the small branches of Americanplums to the thickness of an inch, with a bullate, irregular, black crust, causing