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which, as well as of oe had already been published. The 
tenth is Sarcodes sanguinea, ular new genus of Monotropea, inter- 
mediate between Dicseddiens ie Schwetniteia:s in this connexion are 
a 
Meeting, and published 4 in its proceeding 
.3. On Darlingtonia Califor pn * ce Pitcher-plant from ‘North- 
ern California; by Joun Torrey, F.L.S. (Witha plate.) —The foliage 
and scape of this plant, without aaa or fruit, was discovered by Mr. 
Wm. D. Brackenridge, assistant botanist of the U.S. Exploring Expedi- 
locality (near Shasta Peak) by Dr. G. W. Hulse ; as these have several- 
flowered scapes, no sir a very reduced emt lamina to the petals, 
almost definite stamens in a single row, a turbinate ovary with a de- 
pressed and dilated top, and, above all, a naked (five- pita a Begre with- 
light upon the affinities of the group, wsnerte so obscure, is that of the 
almost definite stamens, which so far as it goes, favors Dr. Planchon’s 
view, that it is related ta Pyrolacee. We are well pleased that this 
most interesting and striking accession to the ae a of our country, is to 
commemorate one of the olde st and best of our botanists, Dr. Darling- 
ton.t During the autumn and winter, living roots of this plant, packed 
n Bost , 
would be pecuniarily as valuable as a considera ble lump of gold, and 
would furnish a handsome and highly curious acquisition to our gar- 
dens, A. 
* We find that this and th 
ume of the Smithsonian ainioas: but a Spake issue of pe was ie pebtiched 
+ Not a a Brackenri idge, a > nooereny both in the Narrative of the 
U.8, Expedition, sor the pre oir. 
Our Saiicics and venerable fiend ‘vill yah be amused, and perhaps 
rman reviewer of the’ third edition 
work reach a fourth edition, to engage the assistance of some person better ac- 
quainted than Pergo | with the idioms of the English la e! We profess a 
mew bat critical acquaintance with our mother tongue, and must say that we had 
not noticed the grellrs onw: in question; nor had we ever expected to see Dr, 
Darlington taking lessons in the lish language from a Dutchman. 
_ Szconp Sznuzs, Vol. XVI, No. 48—Nov., 1853. 
