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more than one or two expand at the same time. — 
Bractes; besides the common, exterior ones, already 
mentioned, there are as many interior as there are 
flowers in the fascicle; the largest of Which is about 
half the length of the common bracte, and envelo- 
pes not only the ‚most foreward (exterior) flower, 
but all those of the same fascicle, gradually dimi- 
nishing in size; all have a shieathing base, are mem- 
branous, and striated. — Cahhe superior, one-lea- 
fed, a little inflated, contracted at the mouth, a 
little hairy, striated, half tlie length of the tube of 
the corol. — Corol one-petalled. Tube long and 
slender, from the apex of the exterior- bractes re- 
curved. Border flat, double. Exterior threep-arted; 
divisions, equal, lanceolate, acute, membranaceous, 
striated. Interior resupinate, three-parted; lower 
two divisions obliquely oval, short- cdlawed; upper 
division broad, obcordate, ‚banner -like.. with.the 
fissure deep, and the lobes roundish; margins Wa- 
ved; towards the base tinged yellow. — Nectary (of 
König and Retzius) two short, fleshy, subulate 
bodies embracing the base of the style. — Filament 
from the lower margin of the mouth of the tube, 
between the insertions of the inner border of the 
corol, ascending; upper side chanelled for the style, 
and inserted into the anther a little above its base. 
Anther linear, sub- erect, two-lobed. — Germ ob- 
soletely three - sided, three- celled, with many ovula 
in each, attached to the axis. Style slender, in 
length sufficient to elevate the large, hairy, perfo- 
rated, slandular, green stigma just about the apex 
of the anther. — Capsule oblong, three-celled, three- 
valved, opening from the apex; inside orange co- 
loured. — Seeds many in each cell, invested in their 
proper, multiſid, crimson aril. Inieguments two. — 
Perisperm and vitellus together conform to the seed; 
the former occupies the lower and exterior portion; 
and the latter the upper and interior portion, and 
is in immediate contact with the embryo. — Em- 
Bye simple, subcylindric, nearly as long as tlie 
seed. a 
Obs, This, to me, is the most charming of 
all the plants af this natural order that I have yet 
met with; the great length of time it continues to 
throw out a profusion of large, beautiful, fragrant 
blossoms, makes it particularly desirable. 
5 W. J. Hooker, 
Ueber die Sammlung von Polarpflanzen, welche E. Sabine 
mitgebracht hat (Linn. transact. XIV. 2. 1824, 360.) 
Pflanzen von der Oſt⸗ und Weſtkuͤſte Groͤnlands. 
Ranunculaceae. 
1. Ranunculus nivalis, 
nur Varietaͤt), glacialis. 
auricomus (afinis R, Br. 
. 
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Papaveraceae. 
2. Papaver nudicaule. 
Fruelſerae. 
3. Draba alpina. 
1. Dr. major; glabriuscula, foliis biuncialibus 
( iccitate reticulatis) marginibus hic illic evi- 
dentissime dentatis. 
2. Dr. intermedia; pilosa, foliis pollicaribus (nec 
reticulatis) integris vel rarissime obsoletissime 
dentatis. 
5. Dr. nana; välde pilosa, nana. 
Draba hirta, muricella, incana? (contorta). 
4. Cochlearia fenestrata? 
Caryophylleae. 
1. Silene acaulis. 
6. Lychnis apetala, dioica (var. nana). 
7. Cerastium alpinum. 1 
6, Stellaria humifusa, cerastoides, Edwardsii (ni- 
tida). 
9. Arenaria rubella (duadrivalvis), ciliata, pe- 
ploides. 
Saxifragae. 
10. Saxifraga oppositifolia, hirculus, flagellaris, ri- 
vularis, caespitosa (uniflora), foliosa, nivalis,. 
cernua, 
Rosaeeae. 
11. Dryas. 
ı2. Potentilla nivea (Jamesoniana).- 
Onagrariae. . 
15. Epilobium latifolium. 
Compostiae, 
14. Leontodon palustre, 
15. Arnica angustifolia (montana ß). 
16. Erigeron uniflorum, compositum, subacanle, 
foliis radicalibus longo petiolatis triplicato-tripar- 
titis, laciniis linearibus divaricatis, caulinis li- 
nearibus plerumque indivisis, caule superne nu- 
do unifloro (Cineraria Lewisii.). ü N 
Radix ut videtur parva, perennis, pauce fibrosa. 
Caulis nullus. Folid radicalia, longe petiolata, 
profunde tripartita, laciniis cuneiformibus trifi- 
dis, segmentis suboyatis obtusis, pilis brevibus 
obsita. Petioli lineares ciliati, basi dilatati sub- 
vaginati. Scapi tri- quinque pollicares pilosius- 
culi, teretes, nudi, vel foliolo solitario lanceola- 
to integro instrucli. Flos solitarius, terminalis, 
magnitudine Bellidis perennis vel paulo majore. 
Involuerum hemisphaericum e squamis vel laci- 
niis lineari-lanceolatis viridi-fuscum; interiori- 
bus longitudine disci aequalibus; exterioribus 
minoribas et non raro recurvis; omnibus pilo- 
sis. Flosculi disci hermaphroditi numerosi, fla- 
