peduncles more permanent, the forks of the umbel more 

 compound and many-flowered, and the stigmas prolonged 

 beyond the shorter stamens; but scarcely distinguishable 

 by any features which in this genus can properly constitute 

 a specific separation of plants that exactly correspond in 

 general habit and appearance." — W. H. 



For the foregoing notes upon this species we are in- 

 debted to the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert. With that 

 gentleman we quite agree in considering it a distinct species; 

 but, at the same time, we suspect that it is comprehended, 

 in the excellent and most useful contributions towards a 

 Flora of South America by Dr. Hooker and Mr. Arnott,* 

 under O. lobata. Although it was obtained from Mr. 

 Cumming's seeds, it does not exist, as far as we know, 

 among the collections of dried plants that have been sold 

 by that industrious collector ; we have it, however, from 

 Mr. Bridges, from the neighbourhood of Valparaiso, under 

 the name of O. pubescens. 



O. Cummingi will be known from O. lobata by its many- 

 flowered peduncles ; and from O. laxa by its smoothness, 

 and by the smaller number of flowers in each umbel. 



J. L. 



* See Botanical Miscellany, Part VIII. ; an invaluable work, which 

 ought to be in the hands of all lovers or patrons of Botany. 



