Mr. Cruckshanks, who presented seed of it to the Horti- 

 cultural Society, in whose Garden it flowered from July to 

 November last. The plants of it that were placed in the 

 open ground suffered so much from the constant rain and 

 gloom, that they scarcely opened their flowers; but the in- 

 dividuals in the greenhouse were covered with a constant 

 succession of blossoms, producing a very pleasing effect 

 by their changeable hues, varying from pale pure blue to 

 white, with a deep yellow eye. 



Most Botanists refer Browallia to Scrophularineee ; an 

 error which Mr. Don has corrected in Jamieson's Journal, 

 without, however, noticing the remarkably large disk in 

 which the ovarium is placed. Neither does Professor 

 Graham, in his elaborate description of the species, advert 

 to this point of structure, which is, nevertheless, very re- 

 markable. We agree entirely with Dr. Graham in the 

 fact that there is a frequent tendency to the abortion of 

 one of the cells of the uppermost anthers ; such was the 

 case in a great many flowers that we examined. 



The following explanations will render the analysis of 

 the flower in the accompanying figure more intelligible : — 



1. Is a view of the upper part of the tube of the corolla, the limb 

 of which has been cut away ; it shews the position of the stamens. 



2. Is one of the upper stamens, with one cell of the anther imperfect. 



3. Represents one of the lower stamens ; in this the filament is much 

 more slender than in the other, 4. Represents the style and great 

 dilated stigma. 5. Is a view of the ovarium, seated in its cup- 

 shaped disk. 6. Is a view of a transverse section of the ovarium, 

 shewing the ovules and their placentation. 



J. L. 



