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a very different legiimen, although the flowers have a very 

 similar structure to those of our plant. 



The flowers have a sickly disagreeable smell, and are sup- 

 posed by the common people to be injurious to the sight. 

 Hence its vernacular name, " Mai de OJos." 



On showing my figure of this plant to Dr. Wallich a little 

 previous to its publication, he informed me that he cultivated 

 the plant in the Calcutta Botanic Garden, from seeds sent 

 to him by Dr. Gillies, and that he named this charming 

 plant m his MSS. after our mutual friend, to whom we owe 

 its discovery. 



Fig. ], Persistent base of the calyx, cut through vertically to 

 show the insertion of the stamens and the pistil : — magni- 

 fied. Fig. 2, Legume : — natural size. 



[TAB. XXXV.] 



NECKERA DOUGLASSII. 



Cryptogamia Musci. Nat. Ord. Musci. 



Gen. Char. Seta lateralis. Peristomium duplex: ext. 

 sedecim-dentatum : iM. e ciliis 16, basi solummodo mem- 

 brana connexis. Calyptra dimidiata. 



Neckera Douglassii ; pinnata bipinnataque, foliis distichis 

 oblongis enerviis apice serrulatis acutis, seta brevi 

 perichaetio immersa, capsula exserta ovali. (Tab. 



XXXV.) 



Hab. In rupibus et apud arborum truncos ad plagam occi- 

 dentalem Americas septentrionalis, jirope flumen Colum- 

 bia. Menzies. Douglas. Scovler. 



