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calyx, corolla, and capsule, were quite green, and covered on both 

 sides with hairs, as is the case with the leaves. The ovules were ele- 

 vated upon hairy stalks, and the whole flower affords a most interest- 

 ing illustration of the views now advocated by all scientific botanists, 

 under the name of Morphology, and which ray friend, Professor 

 Edward Forbes, has recently extended to the animal kingdom, by 

 showing that the formation of the reproductive organs of some tribes 

 of zoophytes, is constructed by a precisely similar modification of the 

 ordinary organs of the animal. This is a discovery of the greatest 

 value. A figure of the monstrous Cerastium was published some 

 time since, in the ' Gardener's Chronicle.' 



In the woods which occupy the slopes of the hills on the same side 

 of the river, is found in plenty, a species of Euphorbia, different from 

 any of those recorded in our lists of native plants, but its name is not 

 as yet accurately determined. It is the E. stricta, of Reichenbach and 

 Koch, but not of Linnaeus and Smith ; the plant of the latter authors, 

 which is also known by the name of E. platyphyllos, is usually found 

 in corn-fields, or on other cultivated ground, but the new one inhabits 

 woods and thickets, or other wild spots. The Tintern plant is often 

 three or even four feet in length, and has a beautiful appearance, 

 owing to the numerous branches with which its stem is furnished for 

 some distance below the umbel. I do not enter into an account of 

 its characters, which were pointed out to me by Mr. R. Kippist, be- 

 cause he has long intended to illustrate this plant and its allies, in a 

 paper to be communicated to the Linnean Society, and it would be 

 most unjust and ungrateful to anticipate him. Let us hope that he 

 will not much longer allow a subject to remain in obscurity, which 

 he is so well qualified to illustrate. The plant is found for three or 

 four miles along the valley, growing in the woods, and close to the 

 road-side, and in many places on the steep banks of the river. 



Writing from recollection alone, I do not endeavour to mention the 

 many interesting plants which inhabit these woods, but only the few 

 which peculiarly attracted my attention, and impressed themselves 

 upon my memory. Had I contemplated the present notice, careful 

 lists of plants would have been prepared, and notes taken upon the 

 spot. This is of but little, if of any, consequence, since a very com- 

 plete reference to them, and their stations, will be found in Mr. 

 Watson's valuable * New Botanist's Guide.' 



The following day was spent on the opposite side of the river, where 

 one of the first plants which attracted our attention was the Campa- 

 nula latifolia, which I had been accustomed to consider as being con- 



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