178 Dr Graham's Description of New or Rare Plants. 



segments spreading, subunguiculate, ovate, slightly undulate, having a 

 blue thickened middle rib, and an inflected mucro. Stamens inserted into 

 the base of the corolla, and rather more than half the length of its seg- 

 ments ; filaments light lilac, dilated towards their base, but contracted 

 immediatelv above their insertion ; anthers erect, blue, pollen greenish. 

 Germen blue, ovate, 3-lobed, with a distinct light coloured suture along 

 the front of each lobe. Style furrowed. 

 This pretty little species flowered in the garden of David Falconar, Esq. 

 of Carlowrie, near Edinburgh, in May 1C30. It is a native of Portugal, 

 and is said rarely to vary with white flowers. 



Celestial Fhenomena from July 1. to October 1. 1830, calcu- 

 lated for the Meridian of Edinburgh, Mean Time. By 

 Mr George Innes, Astronomical Calculator, Aberdeen. 



The times are inserted according to the Civil reckoning, the day beginning at midnight. 

 The Conjunctions of the Moon with the Stars are given in Right Ascension. 



