Dr Graham's Description of New or Hare Plants. 367 



glabrous on both sides and shining, bright green al)»ve„\vhilish below, 

 7-nerved, the middle rib prouiiiient behind, cliannelled above, sheaths 

 striated, ciliated. Peduncles (2 inches long) straight, with a line of re- 

 flexed hairs along the inner side (the cilife of the adhering sheath of the 

 spathe). ^'/jaZ/jeheart-shaped, folded, compressed, several-flowered, gla- 

 brous. Pedicels of unequal length, slightly pubescent, erect, straight. 

 Cali/.i' white, glabrous, triphyllous, leatets unequal, the upper the small- 

 est and most acute, the two" lower rounded, and cohering towards their 

 base. Corolla of beautiful rather pale blue, of three unequal petals, each 

 concave, rounded, slightly and unequally crenate (the largest fths of an 

 inch long, and nearly as much broad), the two ujjper particularly ungui- 

 culate. Stamens (3 ?) inserted within the base of the corolla, and some, 

 times attached to this at their origin ; filaments glabrous, pale blue, less 

 than half the length of the jieta'ls. Anthers, 2 abortive, yellow, lobed, 

 3 fertile, white, linear, sagittate at the base ; pollen white. Germen supe- 

 rior, ovatoacuminate, white. Style deflected upon the lower petal, 

 otherwise like the filaments, and similar to them in length. Stigma 

 small, 3-lobed. Unripe capsul-e 3-gonous, 3-celled. 

 The seeds of this very pretty species were gathered by Mr Cruckshanks 

 in the valley of Lima, and communicated to me last spring. The plants 

 flowered freely in the greenhouse iu July. 



Gentiana csespitosa. 



G. ccespitosa ; caule repente, cfespitoso, ascendente, ramoso ; foliis conges- 

 ts, rotundato.ellipticis, subcarnosis, concavis, trinervibus, carinatis ; 

 floribus corymbosis, sulsterminalibus ; calyce 5-fido, acuto, reflexo ; co- 

 rolla erecta, nuda, campanulata, 5-dentata, obtusa. 



Desckiption Stem slender, procumbent and rooting at the base, turf-like, 



ascending, 2 inches high, exclusive of the flower, angled, and stouter to- 

 wards the top, much branched, branches short and crowded. Leaves ses- 

 sile, in four rows, densely crowded, and not unlike in general effect to Are- 

 naria peploides, but of much darker green, rotundato-elliptic, concave, 3- 

 nerved, keeled, undulate, slightly wrinkled on the upper surface, somewhat 

 fleshy, margins entire, and slightly reflexed. Flowers sessile, very rarely 

 solitary and axillary, in general 3-4 together, forming a tenninal co- 

 rymb, expanding in succession, erect. Calyx green, 5-cleft, segments 

 unequal, spreading or reflexed, subacute. Corolla (74 lines long) naked, 

 dark greenish-blue, yellowish-green at the base, campanulate, contracted 

 somewhat towards the mouth, 15-nerved, 3 nerves passing into each of 

 5 blunt teeth. Stamens reaching to the base of the teeth, unconnected 

 with each other ; filaments arising from the base of the corolla, adhering 

 to it by their backs for about half their length, dilated in the middle. 

 Anthers pale yellow, arrow-shaped, bursting along their edges. Pistil 

 equal in length to the stamens ; stigmas sessile, nearly white, revolute, 

 truncated ; germen attenuated at both extremities, green ; ovules green, 

 numerous, irregular on the surface, attached to the parietes. 



liaised at the Botanic Garden from seeds collected in Captain Franklin's 

 last expedition to the arctic coasts of America, and flowered abundantly 

 in the open border ui June and July 1830. 



Hibiscus divaricatus. 



H. divaricatus ; corolla campanulata ; calyce 5-fido, cumque involucris 

 brevioribus 10-partitis glanduloso-muricato ; caule fruticoso, aculeato; 

 ramis base patentissimis ; foliis cordato-subrotundis, sublobatis, inae- 

 qualiter serrato-dentatis, concavis, rigidis, utrinque pubescentibus. 



Description Shrub (2^ feet high) erect. Stem round, green, sprinkled 



with oblong red spots, beset with short, rigid, slightly recurved 

 prickles, with tumid bases. Branches numerous, esjjccially at the base, 

 s])reading wide at their origin, and afterwards ascending, surface similar 



