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THYMELEiE. 



Pimelea ammocharis ; fruticosa, dichotome ramosissima, foliis dense 

 imbricatis utrinque cano-sericeis angusto-lanceolatis acutis sessilibus 

 subconcavis, floralibus caulinis conformibus capitula ut plurimura 

 pauciflora sequantibus, floribus dioicis extus sericeis, masculis tubo 

 inarticulato limbi lacinias ovatas fere triplo superante, filamentis 

 inclusis, floribus foemineis infra medium dense patentimque villosis 

 superne sericeis, stylo incluso. 



Hab. In plagis arenosis ad rivum Sturt Australia centralis. 



Frutex patens, paucipedalis, rarius simpliciter ramosus et stricte erectus. 

 Hamuli villoso-sericei. Folia decidua, 2-4'" longa, l-li w lata. 



Flores lutei. 



{To be continued.) 





BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 



Proposed Establishment (or Restoration) of an Agricultukal and Hor- 

 ticultural Garden at Bangalore, in the Madras Presidency. 



The pages of this Journal have borne witness on several occasions 

 to the very active exertions in the cause of Botany and Horticulture 

 pecially the practical and economic departments of Botany — of Dr. 

 Cleghorn, the able Professor of Botany at Madras ; and we are not without 

 hope that at his recommendation a Government Garden will be formed at 

 Bangalore, in the territory of Mysore, elevated about 3000 feet above the 

 level of the sea, in what may be considered M one of the finest climates 

 in India, being cool and pleasant throughout the greater part of the 

 year. The gardens produce the usual vegetables of Europe in great 

 abundance, and the products of the flower-gardens are remarkably 

 varied, vivid, and luxuriant." (Thornton's ' Gazetteer of India.') Such 

 is the spot judiciously selected by Dr. Clegborn ; and the following- 

 arguments in its favour are extracted from a published letter in an 

 Indian newspaper, addressed by that gentleman to the Government 

 Secretary, Fort St. George, dated August 30th, 1856 : 



" Some years since (1839) an Agri- Horticultural Society was esta- 

 blished at Bangalore, under the auspices of the Commissioner, who 



