the management, except to be protected from wet in winter. 

 When we saw it in flower in September last, it was not above 

 a foot high, but we understand it has since increased very- 

 much in size as well as in beauty. The blue of the flowers 

 is of the most intense and brilliant tint. We presume it may 

 be propagated by cuttings. 



We cannot in this place undertake to unravel all the 

 synonyms of this plant, about which there is very great con- 

 fusion in systematic writers. All we can answer for are the 

 following points. 



1. It is the L. rosmarinifolium of Tenore, as we have 

 ascertained by the examination of authentic specimens. 

 It is probably, therefore, the L. graminifol'ium of Romer 

 and Schultes. 



2. It is not L. graminifolium of Viviani, as we have also 

 ascertained by consulting authentic specimens from Viviani 

 himself; that species has the truly funnel-shaped, or obconical 

 corolla of a Pidmonaria, without a trace of hairs on its outside; 

 its anthers are as long as the limb of the corolla ; and the 

 style is much longer than either. 



3. Neither is it thei. rosmarinifolium of Reichenbach, who 

 seems to have described some variety of L. graminifolium, 

 as he himself suspects. 



4. L.fruticosum, to which it is also referred in Romer and 

 Schultes, has its leaves covered with sharp, callous, spreading 

 bristles, and the corolla smooth on the outside, besides having 

 a totally different habit. 



We may add that this last, and L. olecsfoUum of the 

 Pyrenees would be great acquisitions to our Gardens. 



