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Has. Ceylon. Macrae, in Herb. Bentham. A remark- 
ably beautiful species, the numerous elegantly pectinated 
spikes giving it a light and graceful character. The specimen 
from which our description was taken is not entire, but the 
whole plant is probably six or eight inches in length: the 
branches are three or four inches long—the ramuli about 
an inch—the ultimate ones supporting the spikes only a few 
lines in length. The spikes are from one-third to half an 
inch long. The stipules are minute, and furnished with a 
stramineous aristate point, nearly as long as themselves. 
OBSERVATIONS ON SOME BRITISH PLANTS, 
PARTICULARLY WITH REFERENCE TO THE 
ENGLISH FLORA OF SIR JAMES E. SMITH.— 
By W. Wiutson, Eso. 
[ Continued from Tage 412 of Volume II) 
30. Paris Sei — Woods near Over, Ciesehito, May 
16, 1827.— Leaves sessile, as I think. Styles violet-coloured, 
as well as the depressed, 4-sided germen. Flower-stalk with 
8 angles, and as many deep furrows. 
31. Butomus umbellatus.—Anglesea, September, 1898.— 
The fruit a single capsule, apparently, with 6 folliculose valves, 
whose edges, though separating above, are closely united 
below. Seeds lining each side of the valves for some distance 
near the margin. 
32. Andromeda polifolia.— W oolston Moss, May 26, 1827. 
—Stamens not attached to the corolla; for, in an advanced 
state, the corolla may be detached, leaving the dilated hairy 
filaments still adhering to the receptacle; yet it sometimes 
happens otherwise. Perhaps the filaments may have a slight 
connexion with the — occasionally, as in Kaeietan 
Vitis Idea. 5 
33. Saxifraga iuto dicii 1896,-June. ot, 1828.— 
Flower-stalk at the outside of the radical leaves. Petals with 
