PART III. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

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Prostanthera lasianthos. Page 1284.,add : “and our fig. 2519.’’

Ff.rbena'ce.'E.

Vitcx incisn. 1286., add : “ This plantis in the Horticultural So-ciety’s Garden.”

Clerodendrum speciosissimum. 1286.,add to the paragraph : “ Thishas since been discovered tobe the same as C. squamiitumVahl, Bot. Beg., t. 649. Anative of China ; and intro-duced in 1790.”

Aloysia c itrioddra,' in the garden ofSir Walter Raleigh ’s house,at Youghal , is 25 ft. high,with a stem 3 in. in dia-meter.

Plumbagina'ceje.

P lumbago capensis. 1287., introduce after“ Bot. Reg., t. 417.: ” “ and ourfig. 2520.”

Chenopodia'ce.®.

& triplex ’Ralimus. 1289. This speciesis abundant in a wild state aboutKing George’s Sound , on the ex-treme south-west of Australia , and is eaten by the settlers as anagreeable food.

Kochm prostrata. 1291., add : “ This species is quite hardy in the HorticulturalSociety’s Garden.”

Polygona'ceje.

Tragopyrum, 1294., before the paragraph headed “ T. pungens,” introduce: —“ T. maritima Doug. There are plants, raised from seeds sent home byDouglas, in the Horticultural Society’s Garden.”

Paura'ce®.

haurus nobilis. 1298. 1. 1., add, after “ Tauria:” “It is not really wildin any part of Sicily , though it grows in hedges near the towns.(Comp. Bot. Mag., i. 51.)

End of the paragraph, after “ Knights of the Round Table,” add : “ Theflowers of the sweet bay afford the best kind of honey, and are nume-rously frequented by bees. The blackbirds, in winter, are very fond ofthe berries. ( Host FI. Aus., ii. p. 66.)”

L. Sassafras. 1303., before “ Statistics,” insert : —

“ Insects and Fungi. The Papilio Ilioneuj Sm. et Abb. Ins. of Georgia, t. 2.,and our fig. 2521., the black swallow-tail butterfly, in its larva state, feeds onthe leaves of this tree. The fungi are : Calocera Paun Brot., Hysterium Pauri■^r., Sphae'ria Sassafras Schwein., S. pentagona Pers., Actinocladium penicillusEr., and Sphae'ria conferta Schwein. ; which last is also found on L. Benzoin. ’