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bus obtusis inferioribus emarginatis, calycibus reflexis. Knowles ^ 

 Westcott, Floral Cabinet, t. 115. 



A biennial ? plant, with showy deep purple flowers ; in- 

 troduced from the St. Petersburgh Garden under the above 

 name. It produces seeds, and is easily multiplied by cut- 

 tings. — Seems very near L. bipartita. 



^16. PASSIFLORA hispidula; foliis membranaceis hispidxilis trilobatis 

 ciKatis basi cordato-sinuatis subdentatis apicvilatis; lobis subsequalibus 

 obtusis apiculatis, petiolis hispidis infra medium biglandulosis, pedi- 

 cellis geminis brevissimis 2-3-bracteatis, ovario elliptico glabro. Knowles 

 §• Westcott, Floral Cabinet, append, iii. 126. 



Said to be a small-flowered but very pretty plant ; the 

 calyx whitish inside, the petals yellowish white, the crown 

 spotted with purple. Nothing is said of its habits, or of the 

 country it is found wild in : but as it was imported by Mr. 

 Barker it is probably Mexican. 



^ 17. LOBELIA multijlora ; caule erecto herbaceo basi ramoso, foliis ovato- 

 oblongis subacuminatis bispidulis obsolete deutato-glandulosis ciliatis 

 sessilibus, spica elongata tenninali multifiora foliata. Knowles ^- West- 

 cott, Floral Cabinet, vol. iii. append, p. 126. 



Neither the colour of the flowers, nor the stature or habits 

 of this plant, nor the country from which it was introduced, 

 are stated. 



DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE GENERA HYMENOCALLIS AND 



PANCRATIUM. 



In the recent Appendix to the Botanical Register, I have 

 regarded Mr. Herbert's genus Hymenocallis as not being dis- 

 tinct from Pancratium. Upon this subject 1 have received 

 the following note from Mr. Herbert. 



" I think you have not fully attended to the difiference 

 between those two genera. The first has the ovules flat, 

 cumulative, horizontal, attached to the axis. The second 

 oblong, subcylindrical, erect, attached to or near the base. 

 The first has a separable black shell, and an albuminous 

 kernel within the inner coat ; the latter has no separable 

 shell at all, but the embryo naked in a cavity within. 

 The anthers and pollen are as difierent as the seed. The 

 former native of the old continent and impatient of wet ; the 

 second of the new, and liking submersion. I see no analogy 



