PART III. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

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thinks the same as S. argentea. There is also a plant named S. taurica,a very distinct upright species, which flowers sooner than any otherof the genus; and there are two species from the Himalayas , whichare without names.”

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Sect. III. PoTEKTl'LLEAi.

'Rubus . Page 735., after line 12. introduce:—

“ The Fungi on the ditferent kinds of bramble are : Peziza plagopus $Wormslc., on Pubus triflorus ; P. clandestina Bull. P. rufo-olivacea A. et F.;Sphse'ria rostellata Fr., also on roses; S. clypeata Fees, S. callimorphaMont., S. Chamtemori Fr. ; Dothidea impressa Fr., on living leaves ofR. Chamsemorus; D. Chaetomium Fr., on leaves; Phacidium J?ubi Fr., alsoon leaves; P. rugosum Fr., Hysterium Piibi Pers., Excipula _Kubi Fr.,Leptostroma Sp irte'te Fr., Diderma depressum Fr., Physarum flavurn Fr.On the leaves grow Aregma bulbosum Fr., A. acuminatum Fr., C/redo Ra-borum Dec., U. interstitialis Schlecht., U. gyrosa Reb., Sclerotium RubiCarm.; and on the leaves of /tubus strigosus.lEddium nitens Schwein. — M. J. B.”

R. idte'us. 737., to the list of Engravings, add: “ andour fig. 2454.”

R. fruticosus L. 742., at the end of the para-graph headed “ R. f. 4 fibre roseo pleno ,”for “ but we have not seen it,” &c., substi-tute, “ and there are plants in the Horticul-tural Society’s Garden.”

Potentilla fruticosa. Varieties. 748., to the para-graph headed, in the preceding page, “ P.f. 2 dahurica,” add: “There are plants inthe Horticultural Society’s Garden and inIt is a much smaller plant than the species, and has smaller leaves.”

To the paragraph beginning “ P.f. 3 tenuttoba,” add: “ There are plants inthe Horticultural Society’s Garden, under the name of P. floribunda.”

748 .insert: —

Epsom Nursery.

“ Genus X. a.

COWA'N/d D. Don. The Cowania. Lin. Syst. Icosandria Polygynia.

Identification. D. Don in Swt. Brit. Fl,-Gard., 2d. ser., t. 400.

Gen. Char., fyc. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5. Ovaries 5—14. Ovule erect. Stylesterminal, continuous. Achenia awned with the plumose persistent styles.Embryo erect.—Evergreen, leafy, much-branched shrubs; natives of Mexico .Leaves lobed, coriaceous. Stipules adherent. Flowers terminal, solitary,almost sessile; red, and very handsome. (D. Don.)

“ jt 1. Cowa'n ia plica'ta D. Don. The plaited -leaved Cowania.

Identification. Don in Sweet’s British Flower-Garden, t. 400.; Gard. Mag., 13. p. 452.

Engravings. Swt. Brit. Fl.-Gard., t. 400.; and our fig. 2455.

Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves wedged-shaped, oblong, pinnatifid, plaited. Ovaries,14. (D. Don.) A rigid, evergreen, decumbent, much-branched shrubabout 2 ft. high, and furnished with a dark brown bark. Branches copiouslyclothed with stalked glands ; scaly below, from the remains of past leaves.Leaves cuneately oblong, pinnatifid, plicate, J in. or more in length ; darkgreen, minutely glandular, and shining above; white and downy beneathwith adpressed cottony pubescence : the nerves prominent: lobes varying