"It was at first placed in the stove, but the temperature 

 being found too high for it, it was afterwards removed to an 

 open frame, and remained exposed night and day throughout 

 the summer. 



" I may mention a peculiarity for which this plant is 

 remarkable, with which you are no doubt familiar ; like the 

 Mimulus, the divided stigma collapses on the slightest touch. 



" The full grown seed-pods contain about fifteen rough 

 oval flattened black seeds." 



The curved downy figure, in outline, in the back-ground 

 of the annexed plate, represents one of the hard horned seed- 

 vessels. 



