388 BOTANY OF THE AZORES. 
quite smooth ; but I do not see that this character is asso- 
ciated constantly with any other differences between the 
specimens. 
v - 118. Campanula Vidalii (Wats.—Found by Mr. Hunt 
locally in St. Michael’s and St. Mary's.  Inflorescence 
racemose and few flowered, about 3 to 8, or panicled and 
many flowered, about 10 to 30; that is, varying with the 
luxuriance of the plants. The figure (Hook Icon. 684), was 
taken from a specimen with a few flowered raceme, and 
with the flowers scarcely sufficiently advanced for ex- 
hibiting the “corset-like contraction” near the middle of 
the corolla. It is not improbable that this remarkable con- 
traction may be exaggerated in the dried specimens, Owing 
to the thickness of the capsule, which will prevent the base 
of the corolla from contracting so much in proportion to the 
middle or upper part. Being glutinous, and of a texture 
between succulent and coriaceous, it is a troublesome plant 
to dry; both adhering to the paper, and becoming mouldy 
through the long retention of its moisture. It is, apparently, 
a true Campanula, as indicated by the more advanced gos 
‘on some of Mr. Hunt's specimens. ES 
v 122. Erythrea Massoni (Sweet)—** I can never believe this 
is the same as the Armorican plant” P. B. Webb, Esq. — 
w . 128. Myosotis Azorica (Wats.)—1 have raised numero” — 
plants of this and the pale-flowered M. maritima (Hochst) -—— 
each year since 1842. "They seldom survive to flower aga 
à second season, although sufficiently protected from frost — 
few degrees of which they will bear without injury. 1t P — 
~ 'eurious to observe that the rich deep colour of the corolla — 
Of M. Az orica has a tendency to fail in this country. MY 2 
plants have run so much into varieties in the colour of te —— 
. flowers, and even in the form both of flowers and leaves, that — 
-= Tam now unable to say of some of the specimens, whether he UM 
should be referred to Azorica or maritima ; while, too, S0? 
f them approximate to the Canary species which is labelled à 
~“ M. sylvatica,” by Messrs. Webb and Bourgeau. In 
Ue wild state in the Azores, and the first year in pe 
