(1978. ) 
SEMPERVIVUM. cILIATUM. CILIATED 
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DoprcanpriaA Dopecacynta. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 9—12-partitus. Petala 8—18. Caps. 12, poly- 
sperme. 
Specific Character. 
SemPervivum ciliatum; herbaceum, foliis radicalibus ob- 
longo-ovalibus acutis ciliatis utringue maculatis: caulinis 
ligulatis, floribus corymboso-paniculatis. 
In its mode of growth this species resembles the common — 
Hovsrteex, but its foliage and flowers are very different. 
We believe it has been hitherto unnoticed by any botanist. 
It was detected in the island of Teneriffe by the lamented 
Professor Smita, whose ardour in the pursuit of natural © 
history, induced him to accompany the late unfortunate ex- 
pedition up the Congo, in the prosecution of which, this 
excellent and enterprising botanist added to the melancholy 
list of sufferers who perished in the inhospitable climate of 
equinoctial Africa, to the irreparable loss of the science, and 
the unspeakable regret of his surviving botanical friends, who 
had formed the highest expectations of future advantage to 
the science, from his knowledge, learning, and well known 
energetic character. A , Sg | 
To Mr. Anperson, the present worthy curator of the 
Apothecaries botanical garden at Chelsea, we are indebted 
for an opportunity of adding in this number, two new species 
to the genus Sempervivum, both collected by Professor 
