similar to those at the base of the involucre, which are also 
permanent. Involucre slightly farinoso-pubescent, mealy, 
particularly between the scales. Pappus perfectly sessile.” 
Lowe in litt. 
I have, on a former occasion, in the Bot. Miscellany, 
taken occasion to mention, that the Rev. R. T. Lowe, B. A. 
of Christ’s College, Cambridge, and late Travelling Bach- 
elor from that University, had been most successfully ex- 
ploring the Natural History of Madeira and the adjacent 
islands, and that he was preparing materials for a work on 
that interesting subject. This work is now more fully 
announced, as in a state of forwardness, under the unassum- 
ing title of a “ Prodromus Faune et Flora Maderensis.” 
Few travellers are better fitted for such a task than Mr. 
Lowe, and we have reason to know, that his book will 
contain much new and important matter, and is one that 
has long been a desideratum. If the number of unknown 
species detected by Mr. Lowe be not very considerable, 
there are assuredly among them many that are undescribed, 
or only noticed in the Banksian Herbarium, which contains 
an extensive collection from Madeira, made by Masson. 
The present is one of that number, as has been determined 
by a comparison of the specimens. 
It is constantly found growing on the perpendicular faces 
of dry, sunny rocks, never in soil, in many of the vallies of 
Madeira, at an altitude above the level of the sea of from 
three to four thousand feet, flowering in July and August. 
Seeds, as well as specimens, have been communicated by 
Mr. Lowe, and the plant has flowered in the Glasgow 
Botanic Garden in the month of June; but there, whilst 
oung, its flowering was hastened by artificial heat. There 
is no doubt, that if the roots are kept well drained, the 
plant will flourish in the open air. 
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_ Fig. 1. A Floret. 2. Fruit. 3, Hair of the Pappus, magnified. 4, Por: 
tion of the Root, nat. size. . 
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