are of a paler blue. Our flowering specimen was received from 

 Messrs. Veitch, of the Chelsea Nursery, in May. 



Descr. Whole plant, except the petals, more or less villous or 

 ciliated (in the leaves) with soft patent hairs. Stem filiform, long- 

 twining, branched with short patent branches, the upper ones 

 especially flowering copiously. Leaves one to two inches long, 

 oblong or lanceolate, scarcely petiolate, rather acute, lower ones 

 toothed or subpinnatifid, the rest entire at the margins, smaller 

 upwards. Peduncles very slender, terminal and lateral subco- 

 ryrabose ; pedicels elongated, filiform, with a small bract at the 

 base. Calyx of five linear, subulate, erect, distantly-placed se- 

 pals. Petals spathulate, very acute, bright but pale blue, the 

 claws erect, the lamina spreading. Stamens five, much shorter 

 than the petals. Ovary cylindrical, stipitate, gradually tapering 

 upwards into a short style. Stigma small, capitate, two-lobed. 



Kg. 1. Calyx and pistil. 2. Petal. 3. Stamen -.—all magnified. 



