1808 



* EtJTOCA viscid a. 



Clammy JEutoca. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Hydrophyllaceje. {Introduction to the Natural System of 

 Botany, p. 244.) 



EUTOCA.—Supra, vol. \A.fol. 1180. 



E. viscida ; glanduloso-pilosa viscosa, caule erecto ramoso, foliis cordato-ovatis 

 subangulatis serratis, racemis elongatis furcatis simplicibusque, placeiitis 

 multi-ovulatis. 

 E. viscida. Bentham MSS. 



Annua, undique pilis nigro-capitatis glandulosis viscosa; caule tercti 

 ramoso bipedali. Folia tactu mollia ct oleosa^ 2 p. lata^ paulh lonrjiora, 

 sensim decrescenda, superlora grosse simpliciter dentata. Raceini gyratim 

 elongantes, multijiori, ehracteati- Sepala linearia, obtusa, capsules longitu- 

 dine. Corolla generis, amcene coerulea tuho roseo. Filamenta setacea basi 

 villosa ; B.ni\\ex?e. Jlavce . Capsula ovata, mucronata, apice bivalvis, semibilo- 

 cularis, placentis parietalibus polyspermis. Semina niinuta, fasca, sera- 

 biculata, rnarginibus areolarum acutis centro foveola excavota. 



A new hardy annual, found in California b}^ Mr. Douglas, 

 and raised by the Horticultural Society, in whose garden it 

 flowered this summer for the first time. It is perfectly hardy 

 and will grow in any common soil. Our drawing was made 

 last July. 



The blue of the flowers is remarkably deep and brilliant, 

 so that the plaut has a handsome appearance ; but its leaves 

 are rather coarse and weedy. We know, however, of no plant 

 better adapted for bouquets; for it will go on growing and 

 flowering in water for two or three weeks after being gathered. 



The whole of its surface is covered with hairs, having 

 little black heads filled with a viscid secretion, and sticking to 

 the fingers Hke those of the Henbane ; these are so crowded 

 about the pedicels as to give them quite a sooty aspect. 



* See folio 1180. 



