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At 
natis. Stamina 8, quorum 4 in medio tubo, 4 iis alterna, in fauce; 
glandulæ hypogynze longe, lineares, acute, capsulis dimidio breviores. 
Flores distantes, alterni, brevissime pedicellati, bracteola subulata 
suffulti. ; à 
An examination of this remarkable plant more than proves the truth 
of De Candolle's observation, as contained in his memoir on this family, 
“Qu'il eût été peut-être plus conforme aux affinités de réunir Bryo- 
phyllum comme section de Kalanchoe,” for we have here the inflated 
and tubular calyx of the former, with al} the other parts peculiar to the 
latter genus. It is evident therefore that the two must form but one 
genus, and Bryophyllum, the later name, be expunged. 
BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
RICE-PAPER OF CHINA. 
We had flattered ourselves that the question respecting the origin of 
the Chinese Rice-paper had been set at rest by the results of our in- m 
quiries as related in the pages of this Journal, namely, that it was the 
product of a plant peculiar to the island of Formosa, to whieh we be- 
lieved we had sufficient materials for assigning the name of Aralia ? pa- | 
pyrifera. (See our figure and description, p. 50, Tab. I., IL, of the pre- 
sent volume.) Other plants, it is true, had been suggested; but either - 
the medullary substance proved, on investigation, like the ** SAo/a," not 
to confirm the opinion, or there was no opportunity of coming toa — 
knowledge of the nature of the plant suspected. Our own reasons for — 
believing the Aralia ? to be the plant are before the public, and they - 
have, in our minds, been substantiated by subsequent inquiries, parti- - 
cularly by those instituted by the Messrs. Bowring, father and son, at 
Hong-Kong. These gentlemen have been indefatigable in their re- —— 
searches. They have procured for us specimens of the stem, of the 
pith, numerous packets of the paper as prepared for commerce, etc. 
and now at length we have the high gratification of saying, that- 
the Overland Mail, on two different 
healthy state at the Royal 
ete; 
out of four separate cases sent by 
occasions, two living plants arrived in a 
