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corolla acute. Fruit prominently tuberculated. Plant turning 
blackish in drying. 
G. montanum. Stems slightly ascending, smooth, glabrous. 
Leaves finely but prominently nerved on the back, ciliated or 
glabrous ; lower lanceolate, upper linear or linear-lanceolate, 
mucronate, attenuated below, six or seven in a whorl. Panicle 
small, sparingly branched; fructiferous pedicels erecto-patent ; 
lobes of the corolla apiculate. Fruit faintly tuberculated. Plant 
preserving its colour in drying. 
G. pusillum. Stems more or less ascending, pubescent below. 
Leaves finely but prominently nerved on the back, with or with- 
out prickles ; lower broader, pubescent, upper linear-lanceolate, 
sharply mucronate, usually glabrous, seven to nine in a whorl. 
Panicle much branched; fructiferous pedicels erecto-patent ; 
lobes of the corolla acute. Fruit faintly tuberculated. Plant 
preserving its colour in drying. 
G. commutatum. Stems nearly procumbent, smooth, glabrous. 
Leaves inconspicuously nerved on the back, with or without 
prickles, usually entirely glabrous, thick, linear, mucronate, six 
to eight in a whorl. Panicle with numerous branches spread- 
ing at right angles; fructiferous pedicels patent; lobes of the 
corolla small, mucronate. Fruit faimtly tuberculated. Plant pre- 
serving its colour in drying. 

The Crimea and its Vegetation. 
We hope the following extract from a recent publication will 
gratify our readers. 
“The lower part of the Crimea towards the south is popularly 
known as Russian Italy. The general features of this range are 
bold crags and ravines, covered with never-ending forests of 
Pine and Oak, and which form a striking contrast to the splendid 
Walnut, Chestnut, Mulberry, and Cypress trees, which vie with 
- one another in beauty, lower down, towards the sea. As this 
chain of mountains forms a screen against the biting winds from 
the north, the climate is much milder here than on the other 
side ; and although an occasional winter’s frost destroys many of 
the plants which have remained unharmed for years, yet the — 
Rhododendron, the Magnolia, and many delicate plants, may be 
