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Lozetia longiflora, accordig to Jacguin, who suffered 
himself from its acrimony, is a very poisonous plant, pro- 
ducing incurable diarrhceas, if taken internally, fatal to 
horses that may browse upon its leaves, and in aming the 
skin where touched by-the juice, especially the lips and 
eyelids. ‘The same author observes, that if kept ina part 
of the stove, where the air stagnates, this becomes s0 in- 
fected by its noxious effluvia, that a person cannot beat 
to remain long in it, from its irritating effects on the lungs 
and nostrils. : 
Native of Jamaica and. other islands in the West Indies. 
Requires to be kept in the stove. Flowers from June to 
September. Communicated by Tuomas C. Patan, Dsq. 
of Bromley, in Kent, who raised it from seeds gathered 
in. the reat des Plants, at Paris, in 1823. J 
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We are desired by the Secretary to the Horticultural Society to correct the 
following mistakes in the last number. 
No. 2556, For “Captain Mayer” read “ Captain Mayne.” 
_, No. 2558, For “Botanist to the Horticultural Society” read “ Assistalt 
Secretary at the garden to the Horticultural Society.” 
