reticulations at the edges, most distinct on the under. Pe- 
tioles channelled, approximate on the branches, distichous 
on the flowering-shoots (quarter of an inch long) ; sé¢pules 
minute, brown, lacerated, one on each side of the petiole ; 
buds lanceolate, pointed, covered by imbricated, blunt 
scales, some of which are’ persistent on the base of the twig. 
Bractee small, awl-shaped, brown, reflected, slightly 
fringed, with brown scales at their edges. Peduncles axil- 
lary, twice or thrice dichotomous, filiform, angular, straight, 
nearly three times as long as the petiole. Calyx very small, 
green, tetraphyllous, segments rounded, persisting at every 
period concave, and closely applied behind the bases of the 
stamens. Corolla yellowish-white, tetrapetalous, petals 
rounded, minutely toothed, reflected, attached by small 
claws, which are about the length of the calyx, and conceal- 
ed. Stamens four; filaments whitish and tapering, scarcely 
longer than the claw of the petals, at first erect, afterwards 
reflected, inserted into broad, flattened, green bases between 
the petals ; anthers yellow, of two roundish lobes as long 
as the filaments. Germen flattened, yellowish-green, in- 
distinctly warted. Stigma, at first, deep green and sessile, 
after the shedding of the pollen, paler, blunt, and conti- 
nuous, with a stout furrowed style, equal in length to the 
filaments.” Granam. Capsule of the size of a large pea, 
flattened at top and bottom, the sides every where clothed 
with subulate tough prickles, fewer in Dr. Granam’s spe- 
cimens, and much shorter, four-celled, four-seeded. 
In addition to the above accurate description of Dr. 
Granam, I have little more to observe than, that upon 
comparing the specimens here figured from the Edinburgh 
Botanic Garden, with original specimens of Dr. WALLICcH’S 
Evon. echinata, 1 find them in every particular to corres- 
pond ; and, I do not know how Dr. Waxticu, in the Fl. 
Indica, could describe the leaves as having nearly trats- 
verse nerves, in opposition to those of E. vagans, which are 
oblique. This naturally induced Dr. Granam to describe 
his plant as a new species received, indeed, from the Cal- 
cutta Botanic Garden, and a native of Nepaul. ; 
: E. vagans, of FI. Indica, is very closely allied to this, 
aving exactly similar oblique veins to the leaves; and, al- 
though Dr. Watticu has described the capsules as smooth, 
in my specimens, there is sometimes a disposition to be 
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Fig. 1.. Back view of a Flower. 2. Disk and Germen, with the Stamens 
as they appear when in perfection. 3. Flowers more advanced. 4. Flower 
with the petals fallen. 5. Capsule.—All but f. 5, more or less magnified. 
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