200 Dr Balfour's Descripiion of Ihirc I'luttts. 



latitudes of variable Avinds and storms, no such dispersion 

 of one language could ha,ve taken place. 



Such is the most rational explanation 1 cau render of a 

 fact in the history of our race, mysterious without explana- 

 tion, and v.onderful enouQ-h even with it. 



Notice of some Plants which have Flowered recently in the 

 Edinburgh Botanic Garden. By J. H. Balfouk, M.D., 

 Professor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh. 

 Communicated by the Author. 



Stenooarpus* Cunninghajii, Hook. — Nat. Onl. Protea- 

 ccte. — Tetrandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character.— Periantliium irregulare, foHolis distinctis, so- 

 cundis. Stamina apicibus cavis foliolorum imniersa. Glandula 

 hypogyna unica, serai-annularis. Ovarium pedicellatum, multi- 

 ovulatum. Stylus deciduus. Stigma obliquum, orbicularo-dila- 

 tatuni, planuisculiim. Folllculus linearis. Semina basi alata. — 

 P'rutices glaberrimi. Folia alterna integerrima. Umbellse axil- 

 lares vel terminales, pedunculatac. Flores ochroleuci (v. au- 

 rantiaci.) Br. 



Linn. Trans, x., 201. Prod. Fl. Nov. Holland., 341. Supp. 34. 



Specific Character. — Foliis amplis, obovato-lanceolatis, integris, 

 sinuatis pinnatifidisve, floribus umbellatis sericeo-aurantiacis.— 

 Hoolc. Bat. Mag. 4263. Agnostus sinuatus, All. Cunning. 



It belongs to the genus Cyhele of Kniglit and Salisbury. Prot. p. 123. 

 Species Emhotlu'ii. Forst. Gen. 16. 



The plant in the Botanic Garden is a small tree about 20 feet 

 high, erect, stem 2J- inches in diameter, branching at the upper 

 part, and bearing evergreen foliage at the end of the branches. 

 Leaves alternate, petiolate ex-stipulate, coriaceous, shining, usually 

 sinuate or pianatiiid, sometimes undivided, in their general cir- 

 cumscription cuneate, glabrous, 12 to 18 inches long, feather- 

 veined, and beautifully reticulated, having numerous stomata. 

 Inflorescence umbellate. Umbel axillary or terminal, and stipi- 

 tate, with from 12 to 15 radii. General expansion of floral clusters 



* (TTith narrow, and x.y.p'ro; fruit. 



