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cucuUate and fleshy, fiftli stamen rudi mental. Pistil pubescent, stigma 

 minute, tnmcated, stylo bent at its base, compressed ; germen niore 

 than half imbedded in the adhering calyx, and surrounded at its free 

 apex with live glands. Omlcs numerous and minute. 

 We received this plant at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in September 

 1830 from the Messrs Young, nurserymen, Epsom, under the namr> of 

 G. oblongata^ perhaps by an error in the transcriber. It flowers most 

 freely, has a long succession of blossoms, and is therefore very desirable 

 in cultivati(m. It dift^ers from (r.ehnjnta of Humboldt in its much shorter 

 peduncles, in the more obtuse base of tlie leaves, in its less angular 

 branches, in the colouring of the veins and lower surface of the leaves 

 generally, and in the subulate segments of the calyx. In these re- 

 spects it more nearly agrees witii Gesturla mollis, Init from this it difl'ers, 

 and agrees with G. elomjata, by its 4-flowered umbel, its much shorter 

 pedicels, and the opposite bractejc at their origin, the length of the pe- 

 duncle being intermediate J)etween its state in these two species. 

 There are many forms of Gt'a.icrla from the tiopical parts of America, 

 but I cannot tliink they ought all to be considered as species. This 

 opinion is strengthened by the flgures and descriptions of Humboldt, 

 and the inspection of our present plant leads me to suspect that it may 

 connect together as varieties Ci'. u.uUh and 6'. elomjata. 



Mirbelia angustifolia. 



M. angustifolia ; foliis lanceolato-linearibus, crcnatis, inferiore, ramulis- 

 que adpresse pubescentibus, diviiricatis, rigide mucronatis ; floribus 

 in capitulo trifloro dispositis, vel (rache producto) verticello trifloro. 

 Description. — Shrub erect; bvanciiCK in whorls of three together, spread- 

 ing wide, adpressly pubescent. Leaves opposite, or in verticels of three 

 leaves, lanceolato-linear, with a few adjiressed hairs on their lower 

 side, very narrow, Avith short transverse veins, crenate, pointed with a 

 mucro, which becomes rigid. Floirers in 3-fiowered capitula, or by an 

 elongation of the common peduncle into a branch, becoming axillary 

 and solitary in a 3-flowered verticel, of which there are rarely two tiers. 

 Pedicels short, springing from the axil of a diminished leaf. Calj/x bila- 

 biate, as well as the pedicel pubescent, hairs adpressed, upper lip emar- 

 ginate, lower 3-partite, tube campanulato. (hrolla small, inserted at 

 the base of the calyx ; vexillum bent down at the sides, half-cylindrical 

 in the back, and reflected at its emarginate apex, lamina purple, exce]>t 

 at its rounded j)ortion, where, with the linear claw, it is yellowish- 

 green ; ala) as long as the vexillum, undulate, curved downwards, blunt, 

 approaching, but not in contact, along tlieir upper edges, spreading along 

 the lower, of uniform purple colour tov,'ards the apex, becoming white 

 or gi'eenish at the broad short tooth and narroAv claw; keel half as long 

 as the alae, inflected, its petals only cohei'ing in the lamina, emarginate, 

 the claM's linear. Fihimeuis alternately dilated. Pistil shorter than tlie 

 stamens, of uniform green colour, glabrous. Gennen nearly sessile, di- 

 vided into two cells longitudinally. St>/le curved, shorter than the 

 germen. Stiijnuz small, capitate. 

 The flowers of this plant are snuill, so that it possesses no degree of 

 beauty which will make it a favjurite with the florist. It seems to 

 me, however, a very distinct species. It was raised at the Botanic 

 Garden without si)ecific name, from seed received in April I83G from 

 New Holland, through Mr S};iers of Culcreuch, and flowered in May 

 1838. 



Pimelia Hendersonii. 



V. IleiuUrsomi; involucre tetraphyllo, foliolis ovatis, utrinque glal.ris, 

 ciliatis, capitulum congestum ujquantibus ; perianthii tubo dimidio 

 inferiore hispido, supericre t;er: ceo, foliis opx)ositis, lanceolato-lineari- 

 bus. 



Description. — Shrub erect, bark brown, branches erccto-patcnt, gieen 



