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have invariably found the filaments attached at or near the throat 

 of the corolla, and of comparatively equal length, whilst, as already 

 observed, I do not know an instance in which the filaments are 

 so attached in the Freshwater plant 



Through the kindness of Dr. Ascherson, I have lately been able 

 to examine an authentic specimen of Erythr&a capitata, Willd., 

 from the Berlin Herbarium. In this specimen I find the fila- 

 ments are likewise attached only at the base of the corolla-tube ; 

 and having asked Dr. Ascherson to examine specimens with espe- 

 cial regard to the insertion of the filaments, he informs me that 

 the Berlin specimens agree in this curious character and also in 

 general habit. I have not been able to consult other specimens 

 myself, and cannot find that any of true E. capitata, Willd., exist 

 except in the Berlin Herbarium. 



The earliest record of E. capitata is that given by Chamisso 

 in his 'Adnotationes quaedam ad Floram Berolinensem, auc- 

 tore Adalbert de Chamisso ' (1815), 8vo, 13 pp. These 'Adnota- 

 tiones ' are found in an appendix to a third edition of a cata- 

 logue published anonymously, the author of which i3 F. Walter 

 (chief gardener of Frau von Friedland and Count Itzenplik), who 

 died in 1 865. The title of the catalogue is ' Verzeichniss der auf 

 den friedlandischen GKitern cultivirten Grewachse, nebst einein 

 Beitrage zur Flora der Mittelmark,' and the first edition was 

 edited by Willdenow. The third edition appeared in 1806. 

 Chamisso's notice of E. capitata runs thus : — " Erythrcea capitata, 

 foliis elliptico-lanceolatis obovatisque tri- et quinque nervibus ses- 

 silibus, floribus capitatis bracteatis. — Willd." " Species notabilis, 

 inedita, ex herb, celeberrimi viri. Planta semel sed copiose a 

 phytopola adlata rursus haud reperta est. Latet locus natalis "* 

 (p. 9). 



The original MS. of Willdenow's short diagnosis printed by 

 Chamisso seems to be lost ; the plant is also wanting in Willde- 

 now's herbarium, as the specimens preserved at Berlin belong 

 to the " Herbarium Generate," which, together with a small 

 number of plants, probably found after the death of Willdenow, 

 had not been placed in his herbarium. Dr. Ascherson thinks 

 it probable ' that the label accompanying the specimens was 

 written by Scblechtendal pater, who took care of his friend 



* I am indebted to Dr. Ascherson for this extract from Chamisso's 'Adnota- 

 tiones,' no copy of which could I find in the English libraries. 



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