**5-locularis, apice vacua, loculicidé dehiscens, valvis dorso 
carinatis acutis cornuformibus," certainly reads very like that 
of a superior fruited Microcodon, and the habit of the genus 
Cyananthus may be compared to that of many Bellworts. 
Yet we cannot but feel as much repugnance to admitting a 
superior fruited plant, with an imbricated corolla, among Bell- 
worts, as we have to receive among Polemoniads a plant with 
a 5-celled ovary, and hypogynous stamens ; we must, there- 
fore, continue to suspend our opinion respecting the natural 
position of Cyananthus, until further evidence shall have been 
obtained. 
C. lobatus appears to be a native of the higher ranges of 
the Himalayas. It was raised in the garden of the Horti- 
cultural Society, from seeds received from Captain William 
Munro, in April, 1845, and said to have been * collected in 
Chinese Tartary, on the Snowy Passes, at an elevation of 
12,000 feet, in October, 1844.” 
It proves to be a delicate hardy little herbaceous plant, 
with small fleshy roots, like those of some species of Cam- 
panula. It grows bestin a mixture of sandy peat and leaf- 
mould, with plenty of moisture during the growing season, 
but afterwards it should be kept rather dry, and allowed to 
rest. 
It is increased freely by cuttings, and flowers in August 
and September. ; 
Fig. 1. represents the insertion of the stamens, and the 
ovary ; 2. is a transverse section of the latter, shewing the 
placentation, and the parietal hairs. 
