BOTANICAIi INFORMATION. 



279 



You will perceive that this subject is curious, as bearing upon the 

 alleged fertilization of female flowers of the dioecious class, in the ab- 

 sence of the male plant ; for example, Coelebogyne, Lychnis dioica^ etc. 

 If dioecious plants have a tendency, under certain circumstances of soil 

 and climate, to become monoecious, the anomaly of fertilization in the 

 absence of the male plant, is in a great measure removed. This remark 

 rests however on the assumption that Cannabis Indica, sativa^ Ganja^ 

 and Bhang ^ are all identical, a point I tliink yet extremely doubtful ; 

 though I can scarcely make up my mind to believe that Roxburgh, 

 Ainslie, Wight, Griffith, and Eoyle, could have failed to ascertain this, 

 if there had been any specific difference. 



The female flowers greatly predominate in the specimens under my 

 observation. The anthers in the male flower are often less than five, 



but 



fully 



■Believe me, etc. etc.. 



C. J. MULLER. 



BOTANICAL INFOEMATION. 



Oxford Herbarium. 



{Continued from p, 2^2.) 



9. FIELDING HERBARIUM. 



r 



EUROPEAN PLANTS. 



N.B, The letter P. aflB^xed denotes tliat tlie Collection formed a part of 



Mr. Prescott's Herbarium. 



Collected hy 

 Knrr & Hubuer. 



Norway, 



Russia, around St Petersburg. Prescott, 



P, 



Switzerland. P* Schleicher 



Piedmont. P. Hoppe. 



Pyrenees, Endress. 



Flora Petropolitana, in sepa- 

 rate portfolios^ complete. 



Spain; about Madrid and in Boissier. 

 Granada. 



Employed by the Unio Itinera- 

 lia of Wiirtemberg as a col- 

 lector during two seasons in 

 the PjTenees, 



The author of the splendid work 

 on Spanish Botany. 



