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ovate-roiindish leaflets, with either the one or the other of 

 those species. He adds, that the plant, when not in flower, 

 is more likely to be confounded with Ariagyris fodtida, as has 

 actually happened. It is however only fair to remark, that 

 in our gardens this C. Weldenii has much the appearance of 

 a Laburnum, and that it has never yet flowered that I am 

 aware of ; so that a person unacquainted with Host's book 

 might easily fall into the error which has actually occurred. 

 It is well known that the seeds of Laburnum are poison- 

 ous, fatal accidents having occurred to children who have 

 incautiously eaten them. C. Weldenii appears to possess 

 this deleterious quality in a more concentrated state, for, 

 according to Baron Welden, the smell of the flowers causes 

 headache, and the milk of goats which feed upon the flowers 

 produces the same effect, only more severely, upon those who 

 drink it. 



123 NEPETA salviaefolia. Bentham gen. ^ sp. Labiat. p. 481. 



This Himalayan plant has flowered in the garden of the 

 Horticultural Society, where it has been raised from seeds 

 received from the East India Company. It proves to be a 

 hoary perennial of little beauty, with long slender pallid or 

 white flowers, arranged in long-stalked cymes. 



124. IPOM(EA longifolia. Bentham Plant. Hartweg. p. 16. 



Of all the flowers yet received from Mr. Hartweg by the 

 Horticultural Society this is one of the finest. The stems 

 are erect, not twining, and the flowers grow singly in the 

 axils of the long entire grey leaves. The corolla is white, 

 with a delicate noyau smell, and is as large as that of Calo- 

 nyction bona nox. It is a perennial, with a fleshy tuber-like 

 root, and has lately blossomed in the Society's Garden. It 

 will probably do very well out of doors in summer, but it 

 will require such protection as is given to the Dahlia in 

 winter. 



125. SOLANUM candidum; (acanthophorum) caule fruticoso villoslssimo 

 aculeis rectis dens^ armato, foliis oblongis cordatis sinuato-angulatis tomen- 

 tosis subtils incanis venis utrinque petiollsque villosis aculcatis, racemis ses- 

 silibus lanatis distichis sub folio natis rachi aculeata, calycibus 5-lobis 

 inermibus. 



Among the crowd of Solana now scattered over many 

 books, it is almost impracticable to ascertain whether a foreign 



