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Barleria cristata. Barleria comes very near,to justicia; even two of the four stamens are 
Hearly abortive. This plant is likewise from Mr. Evans’s collection, as are the three 
following: ; : sf : 
Geodorum citrinum, a delicate plant of the family of the orchidea. 
Begonia evansiana; said to be discovered by Mr. Evans’s collector in the island of Pulo» 
Pinang. We believe, however, that this plant has been long in the collection at Kew. 
Clerodendrum pyramidale; supposed to be a new species, also from Pulo-Pinang, Volkas 
meria and Clerodendrum are very unsatisfactorily defined, and several species seem to have 
‘been indiscriminately referred to either genus. 
Desmanthus natans of. Wildenow; Mimosa. zatans of Roxburgh’s Coromandel plants 5 
Neptunia zatans of Loureiro, .To the character, as here given from Wildenow, the flowering _ 
@pikes of this plant do not correspond, being neither oblong, nor interrupted, but eval and 
compact: The rvots in Mimosa narans have no attachment whatever to the soil, but are 
produced in fibrous bunches along the stems, which are likewise furnished with a sponge= 
Jike substance as it is called, but which must be more of the nature of cork than sponge, for 
the purpose of preventing the plant from sinking in the water. There is no appearance 
either of the roots or of this buoyant cork in the figure, nor any mention made of it in the 
_deseription, nor of its mode of growth. These circumstances leave some doubt in the ming 
“whether the plant here figured be really the Mimosa watans of Roxburgh, or the Neptunia 
watans of Loureiro. ‘Fhe specimen from which the drawing was taken, was communicated 
by Mr. Milne from Mr. Beckford’s collection, at Fonthill. 
Ardisi# Zittoralis, discovered on the shores of Pulo-Pinang by Mr. Evans’s collector, and 
Introduced at the same time with Ardisia e/egans above mentioned. This is probably the 
same as Ardisia so/anacea of Roxburgh. 
Styrax officinale. An old, but still a rare, shrub in our gardens. 
~-Cytisus e/ongatus. The first account we have of this elegant species, is in the rare planta 
vof Hungary, published by Count’ Waldstein and Dr. Kitabel.  Intioduced to this country 
2 by the indefatigable and skilful curator of the botanic garden at Cambridge. 
Liatris odoratissiwa. Introduced by the late Mr. Fraser, of Sloane-square, from North 
America. “This intrepid and zealous traveller has at last sunk under the infirmities induced 
by his laborious exertions in the-acquisition of new plants. Its value consists in the fragrance 
of.the dried foliage, exactly resembling that of the Tonquin bean, and equally durable. 
. Being a native of South Carolina, our summers seem to have too little sun to bring it inte 
flower. The drawing was, madé from a specimen which bloomed in Mr. Lambert's stove at 
Boyton. Asa flowering plant, it is not superior to our common hemp agrimony, which it 
- somewhat resembles; but if it should thrive well in the open air, ard produce its febiaye 
_ freely, it will prove a very valuable acquisition. 
Peliosanthes humilis; a diminutive species from Mr. Evans’s collection, native of Pinang. 
Celosia cernua ; a new species, introduced from the East Indies by Dr. Roxburgh. It.is a 
, Very. ornamental, annual, and may be raised with our Cockscombs and Balsams. To the 
former it has a near affinity, but is more elegant in its prowrh. Fut 
. lpomea inggnis. This most splendid bindweed has been for some years cultivated in the 
_stove of Mr. Benyon, at Englefield, where it extends over the trellis-work for about thirty 
. feet, producing numerous bunches of large beli-shaped flowers, of a purplish culour, ‘with a 
_ dark centre. Its native country and time of introduction are totally unknown. We have 
,-been informed that it was long erroneously supposed to be the West Indian yam. 
‘ The second part of the tenth volume of the Transactions of the Linnean Society is just 
published. thy ‘ 
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no MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT, 
: SOWING the spring corn being generally finished, the farmets have been since busied in 
*~ working their fallows, providingmmanure, weeding their wheats, and hoeing driljed crops, 
The turnip fallows never worked, more; kindly, nor promised a finer tilth. Some forward 
Rutabaga, or Swedish turnips, are already above ground, and very strong plaats. -Clovers, 
and artificia! grasses, are under the scythe, for the first crop of yreen food. ‘ 
Ic is probable, the wheats never beiore exhibited a more universally promising appearance 
Than in the present season, since there must necessarily always be some drawbacks. Thus, as 
has been before stated, a part of the wheat crop, chicfiy upon ordinary light lands and cold 
clays, was injured for wunt of 2 cover of snow in the winter, and the wire-worm did aftere 
‘wards considerable damaye; upon such land, the wheat planted thin; but so favourable hag 
been the succeeding spring, that the luxuriant tittering, or branching of the plants, may pro- 
duce an ample crop of corn, Beans, pease, barley, potatoes, hops, are equal in appearance to 
any thing ever witnessed by the oldest farmer living; the same in fact may be said of all the 
productivns of the soil, The grass promises a forward crop, and the bettoms will be enti 
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