Herzert further observes, that the: drawing exhibits three 
erect lobes to each division of the stigma ; whereas, Mr. 
Ker represents and describes M. Northiana as having only 
two erect lobes to each. 
Fig. 1. Flower deprived of the Sepals. 2. Section of the Germen :— 
magnified. 
The following remarks belong to PHatoca.uts plumbea, t. 3710.— 
Dr. Linpiey perceived, in the flowers of this plant, “ three sterile awl- 
shaped stamens of the length of the filaments.’ There was not the 
slightest attempt to produce any such processes in the specimens which 
flowered at Spofforth; and, as the filaments are thick and cohere, ex- 
cept at their points, it is difficult to understand how such processes 
could be inserted between them. There is a purple streak on the side 
of each filament, which deceives the eye with the appearance of a dark 
shadow and longitudinal division of the filament, and it requires the use 
of a magnifier in a strong light to satisfy the beholder that it is an opti- | 
cal delusion. Either Dr. Linpiey was thus deceived, or the processes 
which he describes must have been an accidental exuberance. The 
word Cipure in the article Puatocatuis plumbea, is an error of the press 
for Ciypura. The purple lateral streaks, anc Ting round the base of the 
filaments, should have been coloured in the dissection No. 1.—W. H. 
We beg to correct an error at fol. 3690, where it is said that the 
pretty Merenpera Caucasica was introduced to this country by the 
Glasgow Botanic Garden. It was, we believe, first cultivated in this 
country, and continues to be so very successfully by Mr. Gotptr, at 
his Nursery in Ayrshire. By him it was received from St. Peters- 
burgh, 
