are comparable, except that the leaves are in this instance 
occasionally serrated ; but as the serratures of the leaves are 
guite uncertain in the cultivated plant, we do not feel justified 
in attaching importance to that circumstance. Mr. A. Cun- 
ningham's specimens of V. salicifolia, which he had doubtless 
verified with all possible care, are we think not distinct, except 
in the serratures as already mentioned | 
The main difficulty consists in reconciling Vahl’s statement 
that the flower-stalks of V. salicifolia are capillary ; for it must 
be confessed that in a wild state this plant does not answer to 
that description. Yet in other respects it is so much the same, 
that we incline to the belief that the term capillary was used 
loosely by the Danish Botanist. : 
In some respects the plant resembles V. Cataracte, of 
which authentie specimens out of the herbarium of Mr. Donn 
of Cambridge, are before us; but the looseness of the racemes 
and the coarse callous-toothed serratures of that plant are like 
nothing observable in this. 
Our drawing was made in the Nursery of Mr. Glendinning 
of Turnham Green, in August last. 
. Itis a green-house plant, which will grow freely in any 
light sandy soil. Like V. speciosa, it requires an ample 
supply of water during the summer months, and air at all 
times when weather permits. As this species flowers on the 
young wood, it may be cut back after flowering, if necessary ; 
but as young plants are much more handsome than old, it is 
better to replace them every two or three years. It strikes 
freely from cuttings. In winter nothing more than ordinary 
treatment is required. 
