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be available for out-door cultivation, at least during summer. Mr. Fortune, who 

 sent this plant to the Horticultural Society, says: — 'I found it growing on the 

 lower sides of the hills, in hedges, where it was climbing on other trees, and 

 hansrim? down in graceful festoons from the ends of their branches. The colour 

 of its flowers in China is of a dark brown, and they are very sweet-scented ; indeed, 

 it was the delightful fragrance which first attracted my attention to the spot where 

 the plant was growing. In the Chiswick gardens, where it has flowered for the 

 first time in England, the flowers are much lighter in colour, and nearly scentless. 

 "We may still hope, however, that when the plant gets older it will shed its 

 fragrance on us. As many of my Chusan plants have proved perfectly hardy in 

 this country, there is every reason to suppose this Akebia will succeed well on a 

 trellis in the open air.' 



The order, Lardizahalacecv, commemorates the services to Natural History of 

 Michael Lardizala, of TJribe. 



VIOLA PYHOL^FOLIA. 



Pyrola-leaved Violet. 

 Linnean Class— Fentandria. Order — Monogynia. Natural Order — Violaceje. 



The Viola pyrolafolia is probably already known to many of our readers under 

 the name of Yeitch's Yellow Yiolet ; as well as by another designation given to it in 

 reference to the colour of its flowers — that of Viola lutea. As the number of 

 Yellow Yiolets, is, however, considerable, this specific term can hardly be regarded 

 as sufficiently distinctive, especially as it was long since applied to one of our 

 native species. 



The plant was raised by Messrs. Yeitch, from seed sent from Patagonia, on 

 whose inhospitable shores it was found by their collector. It was originally 

 discovered about the straits of Magellan, by the illustrious Commerson ; afterwards 

 by the Spanish botanist Nee : and described by Cavanilles under the name of 

 Viola maculata. As the resinous spots on the foliage, in allusion to which this 

 latter appellation was bestowed, are seen only in the dried specimens, Dr. 

 Planchon has resuscitated the name of pyrolafolia, originally conferred on this 

 plant by Poiret, which he admits, however, might be better chosen. 



