calyciflora (media), “a constant species, though interme- 
diate between S. adscendens, Willd. and 8. ajugefolia, Linn. 
If it is a hybrid, it is one that by its constancy, its fixity, and 
its abundance, must take rank as aspecies. It is common 
in many parts of the chain with S. adscendens and ajuge- 
folia, &c., but sometimes, quite alone, as in the south face 
of Port Negro.” 
It only remains to add that by Sibthorp, Don, De 
Candolle, and others, it was regarded as the same with S. 
porophylla, Bertol., which takes its place, as it were, in 
Italy, and extends through Dalmatia and the Banat to 
Mt. Olympus in Bithynia, and which may be distinguished 
by its spicate inflorescence. 9. calyciflora flowered in a cold 
frame in the Royal Gardens in April of this year.— 
Fe Doel, 
Fig. 1, Upper and 2 lower surface of a leaf; 3, pedicel, bracteoles and 
flower; 4, petal; 5 and 6, stamens; 7, ovary :—All enlarged. 
