rounded by long narrow permanent bracts, which usually 

 have one or more oval glandular spaces on their surface ; the 

 calyx is not enlarged, but its teeth are extended into long 

 narrow tongues. In foliage, in resembles C. trichotomum, 

 but its inflorescence and calyx are quite dissimilar. It may 

 be called C. glandulosum, and thus defined. 



C. glandulosuyn ; foliis subrotundo-ovatis basi truncatis v. 

 parum cordatis pilosiusculis esquamatis subdentatis, pa- 

 nicula densa capitata, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis calyce 

 longioribus dorso glandula una altera ve pellucida im- 

 mersa notatis, calycis o-fidi laciniis acuminatis, corollse 

 laciniis oblongis reflexis staminibus brevioribus, stylo 

 longissimo. 



The singular name C. infortunatum originated with 

 Linnseus, who called another SYiecies foi'tunatum, and another 

 calamitosum. According to De Theis this was in consequence 

 of C. fortunatum being useful in medicine, while C. infortu- 

 natum and calamitosum are dangerous. 



The plant before us is a truly splendid species, and will 

 be a great addition to a Botanical collection, as it is a very 

 free-growing plant. 



It is a stove shrub, which will succeed best from a cutting 

 struck in autumn, and kept in an intermediate house until 

 the beginning of February, when it should be repotted and 

 induced to grow. The soil should consist of peat and sandy 

 loam, and if a mixture of well decomposed cow-dung is added 

 so much the better. In the summer season an ample supply 

 of water should be given, and the atmosphere kept as moist 

 as possible. This plant diflfers from many others in not re- 

 quiring to be topped ; nor does it need to be grown in a high 

 temperature, which is apt to render it tall and unsightly. 



Fig. 1. is the calyx of C. infortunatum ; fig. 2. of C. 

 fallax. 



