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beautiful ; its almost black flowers, with a whitish disc, 

 having a singularly attractive appearance. N. atomaria has 

 white flowers speckled with dark spots, and though not con- 

 spicuous, is a neat little plant. All of them are natives of 

 California, and the N. insignis was one of the discoveries 

 of Douglas, in his first tour to the north-west coast. 



Fig. 9. Nemophila Maculata. 



N. maculata, the species now under notice, is another Cali- 

 fornian species, recently introduced by Mr. Hartweg, who was 

 sent out by the London Horticultural Society to explore the 

 riches of that country, in 1846 and 1847. Mr. Hartweg, in 

 the journal of his mission, published in the Journal of the 

 society, (Vol. HT, p. 217,) states, that he made two or three 

 excursions to the valley of the Sacramento, at different sea- 

 sons, where he found many of the Californian plants already 

 introduced. It was in one of these visits, in April, 1847, that 

 he found the Nemophila maculata, on the bank of the Chuba 



