278 Mr. Bentham's Review of the Order of Hydrophyllese. 



I have not seen this plant, but Mr. Brown's detailed description and figure 

 leave nothing to desire in its histoiy. 



8. E. Menziesii {Br. I. c), erecta, foliis lineai ibus lanceolatisve integerrimis 



quandoque trifidis pinnatifidisve, placentis 20 — niulti-ovulatis. 

 E. multiflora. Dougl. Bot. Reg. t. 1180. E. echioides et E. glomerata. 

 Dougl. MSS. Planta latitudine foliorum et statura variabilis, at ex- 

 einplaria Douglasiana cum charactere Browniano omnino conveniunt. 

 (y. *. sp.) 

 Gathered by Mr. Douglas on sandy dry soils in the interior of the Columbia 

 and California. 



9. E. SERiCEA {Graham in Edinb. Phil. Journ. 1830, July, p. 172.), " suberecta, 



foliis utrinque sericeis pinnatifidis, laciniis extrorsum incisis superioribus 

 linearibus integerrimis, ovulis placentae singulae numerosis multis aborti- 

 entibus, staminibus corolla triplo longioribus." 

 Raised in. the Edinburgh garden, from seeds collected by Captain Franklin 



in his second Arctic expedition. I have not seen the plant, which is fully 



described by Dr. Graham. 



10. E. GRANDiFLORA, adsceudcus, foliis lato-ovatis dentatis basi subcordatis, 



placentis ultra 50-ovulatis. 

 Caulis vel ramus in exemplare suppetente ultra pedalis, subsimplex. Folia 

 sesquipollicaria, fere totidem lata, rugosa, uti caulis et calyces hispida. 

 Racemi ad apicem plures, circinati. Calyces subsessiles. Corolla ultra 

 \\ poll, diametro. Squama; nidlse. Filamenta glabra, {v.s. sp.) 

 A single specimen of this handsome plant was sent by Mr. Douglas in his 

 Californian collection. 



11. E. DivARicATA, caulibus dichotomo-divaricatis, foliis omnibus ovatis indi- 



visis, placentis 12 — 20-ovulatis. 

 Folia omnia alterna. Racemi multiflori, unilaterales. Flores subsessiles. 



Calyx fructifer valde auctus. Corolla pallide coerulea, calycem pauJlo 



excedens. (y. s. sp.) 

 From California. Mr. Douglas. 



