and in the Hortus Kewensis: Variety 8 is smaller: and its 
stems at the lower part are more woody; but the chief 
difference is that in G, the lowermost leaflets are close to the 
stem, which in # are removed some distance from it; but 
are still remote from the upper pairs. 
Sotander in his manuscript preserved in the Banksian 
library, has pointed out these differences, and from him we 
have borrowed the distinguishing characters of the two 
varieties. : 
_ Haxzer’s plant, which Jaceuin declares to be different 
from his, belongs to variety 8. 
As the figures of Datecnamr and Joann Bavuuin, both 
represent the lowermost leaflets to be distant from the stem, 
we have referred them to our present plant. M 
A hardy perennial. Native of the south of Europe. Flowers 
‘in May, June, and July. Cultivated in the Oxford. garden 
in 1658. Communicated by Mr. Jenxins, from his Botanic 
Garden in the New Road. 
