corymbose panicle. Calyx purplish-green, of several erect, 
sles linear segments. Ear sellow. Corollas of the ra 
about twelve or thirteen, lilac-purple, spreading, obscurely 
three-toothed at the extremity. 
The Birmingham Botanic Garden} so recently formed by 
the liberality of the inhabitants of that neighbourhood, has 
already, under the judicious management of Mr. Cameron, 
brought many rare plants to perfection : as is amply testified 
by a box of rare flowering specimens which I have received 
during the month of November, the most unpropitious 
season, perhaps of the whole year. Among them is the 
present at beautiful species of Crneraria, raised from 
seeds sent from the island of Teneriffe, where alone it ap- 
pears to be a native. The contrast of the dark green of the 
upper, and the white, downy hue of the under side of the 
leaves, renders it a very desirable inmate of the greenhouse, 
or perhaps during the summer it may be found to blossom 
in the open air. 
It was described by L’Héritier in his “ Sertum Angli- 
cum ;” but does not appear to have been known to other 
_ authors, and it is now for the first time cultivated in out 
gardens. 
_ Lessine has united the two Genera Civerarta and SENE- 
Rio, there being no distinguishing character between them. 
