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all's superne setose product, antheris limbum superantibus stylo 3- unc. 

 brevionbus. Ex Quito ,- Spofforthia floruit. W. H. 



These two bulbs are only known to us by the above brief 

 memoranda from the Dean of Manchester. 



92. RANDIA oxypetala. 



R. oxypetala; spinescens, fruticosa, undique glaberrima ramulis tantum ju- 

 nioribus pubescentibus, foliis ovalibus sessilibus approximatis, floribus 

 terminalibus sessilibus solitariis, calycis limbo quinquedentato dentibus 

 setaceis, corollse brevis infundibularis lobis acuminatis arete reflexis tubi 

 longitudine, ovarii loculis dispermis. 



This new species of Randia has been raised in the garden 

 of the Horticultural Society, from seeds received from Dr. 

 Falconer of Saharunpur. It forms a dense somewhat spiny 

 shrub, with shining small oval densely crowded leaves, and 

 solitary terminal stalkless flowers, which are yellowish and 

 sweet-scented. It approaches R. dumetorum in many respects, 

 but its flowers are smooth not downy, the lobes of the corolla 

 are turned back and pressed close to the tube, and are drawn 

 to a fine point ; finally, the teeth of the calyx are setaceous, 

 and not oblong or leafy. The ovary is two-celled, and each 

 cell contains a pair of ovules, fixed by their middle to a pro- 

 minent placenta. It is not quite hardy here, but would pro- 

 bably prove so in the south-west of England. 



93. BRONGNIARTIA sericea. 



Schlechtendahl in Linncea, vol. 12. p. 336. 



A downy shrub, when out of flower looking something 

 like an Amorpha, with leaves pubescent on the midrib and be- 

 neath, but smooth above when full grown. Each leaf consists 

 of about nine pairs of oval leaflets, terminated by a little 

 setaceous point. The flowers grow singly in the axils, have 

 a large green calyx, and dingy purple petals very little larger 

 than it is. It was raised in the garden of the Horticultural 

 Society from Mexican seeds, presented by G. F. Dickson, Esq. 

 It has little beauty, and is too tender for the climate of 

 London. We perceive no material difference between the 

 garden plant and that described by Professor Schlechtendahl, 

 except that he speaks of his flowers growing in fours ; here 

 they are always solitary. We find, however, upon reading 



