vember 1823. Weare informed by this gentleman, that 
he received the tubers in November 1820, from his friend 
Cuartes Teirair, Esq. of the Mauritius, where the plant 
has been introduced from Madagascar, and is there culti- 
vated under the name of Omimé, for the sake of its tubers, 
which are esteemed as a choice and delicate esculent. The 
tubers arrived ‘in good condition and kept sound some 
months, and were freely communicated by Mr. Barctay to 
several collections; but we do not find that any other 
rson has succeeded in bringing it into flower, which we 
understand but rarely takes place, even at the Mauritius. 
Mr. Barctay has grown this plant in the border, undet 
a frame, and in the stove, but has not found, that in any 
case, it has with him produced any tubers. Yet his plants 
were raised from the imported tubers. a 
Dr. Roxsuren has described an East Indian species, under 
the name of Ocimum tuberosum, which has a near affinity 
with this in the form of its leaves as well as its tuberous 
roots, and a specimen of it is preserved in the Banksian 
herbarium, now the property of Rosert Brown, Esq. 
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The outline Figures represent : 
1, The Corolla \aid open to show the insertion of : 
2. The Pistil. . insertion of the stamen 
3. The Calyx. All magnified, 
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ERRATA IN LAST NUMBER.: 
2452, 1. 9, for ‘ stamineum’ read ‘canum 
2453, p. 2, 1, 19, for ‘ FRANCIS’ read ‘ FREDERICK.’ 
