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Description — Stem somewhat woody below, square, contracted at the 

 origins of the leaves, streaked, rough, angles prominent, and covered with 

 hard spreading hairs. Our plant is branched at the bottom ; but as the 

 branches are herbaceous, and stand right up like as many stems, without 

 being farther divided, it is possible that both the woody structure, and 

 the branching, may have arisen from the leading shoot having been cut 

 down. Leaves petioled, opposite, decussating, spreading, cordato-ovate, 

 reticulato-veined, pubescent on both sides, rather unequally crenato- 

 serrated. Spikes terminal, solitary, slender. Bractea subulate, longer 

 than the little pedicel. Flowers small, solitary. Cali/x green, channel- 

 led, more than twice the length of the braeteae, pubescent, hairs erect. 

 Corolla pale pink, funnel-shaped, pubescent, hairs reflexed ; tube twice 

 the length of the calyx ; limb erect. Anthers included ; filaments in* 

 sccted into the tube of the corolla. Germen ovate; style filiform ; stigma 

 hooked, exserted just before the bud fully expands, but afterwards in- 

 cluded by the elongated corolla. 



This species has no beauty, nor does it possess any interest except that it 

 is new. We received the plant from Mr Hogg at New York last spring, 

 under no name, but with the information that it had been procured from. 

 Mexico. 



Celestial Phenomena from January 1. to April 1. 1828, calcti- 

 lated for the Meridian of Edinhnrgh^ Mean Time, By 

 Mr George Innes, Aberdeen. 



The times are inserted according to the Civil reckoning, the day beginning at midnights 

 — Th« Conjunctions of the Moon with the Stars are pven in Right Ascension. 



OCTOBER DECEMBER 18^7. 



