* It inhabits sandy loam by the borders of small winter 
streams, attaining commonly the height of a man, growing 
near St. Diego in Upper California, and flowering in April 
and May. In cultivation, it continues to bloom apparently 
all the year.” 
We need offer no apology for departing from our accus- 
tomed practice, and figuring a new and handsome plant 
from the pencil of Mr. Nurratt, which cannot yet have 
blossomed in the gardens of this country. It was disco- 
vered by the gentleman just mentioned during his late 
- arduous western travels, and transported in 1836 to the gar- 
den of Mr. Buist, the extensive uurseryman of Philadelphia, 
by whom the whole stock was sent, in the autumn of last 
year, to Messrs. Lowe,* of Clapton, who are consequently 
the only possessors of it. It cannot fail to prove a great 
ornament to our gardens. 
In the MSS. which accompanied this drawing, and which 
will be published in an early number of Mr. 'Taytor’s 
“ Annals of Nat. History,’ the following species (besides 
the D. glutinosus) are given :-— 
Dietacus latifolius (Nurr.); suffruticosus viscosus, foliis 
oblongis sublanceolatis obtusiusculis serrulatis subtus 
puberulis, pedunculis brevibus, calycibus glabris, la- 
anus inzqualibus acutis, corolla lobis vix emarginatis 
latis. 
Has. About Monterrey, Upper California. F7. April. 
Dirtacus leptanthus (Nurr.); fruticosus viscosus, foliis 
oblongo-lanceolatis acutiusculis subserrulatis glaberri- 
mis, pedunculis brevissimis, calycibus glabris tubulosis 
elongatis, laciniis inequalibus acutis brevibus, corolle 
lobis latis oblique emarginatis. 7 
Has. California, Arcu. Menzies, Esq. Described from specimens 
in the Herbarium of the Academy of Nat. Sciences of Philadel- 
phia, which had been communicated by Sir Wa. Jackson Hooker 
to the late Dr. Scuwernirz. 
Dirtacus longiflorus (Nurr.) ; suffruticosus viscosus pt- 
bescens, foliis lineari-lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis 
vix serrulatis margine revolutis supra glabris, pedun- 
culis brevissimis, calycibus villosis, laciniis vix inaqua- 
libus acutis, corollz lobis latissimis oblique emarginatis. 
Has. Rocky places by small streams, in the vicinity of Santa Barbara, 
Upper California. 
* We regret to learn, however, from these gentlemen, that many of their 
plants have perished, owing to the extreme severity of the late winter. Pre- 
nae to that season the plant showed itself to be of free growth and graceful 
abit. . ‘ 
