No. 1690. 



VERNONIA AXILLiEFLORA 



Class, Order. 



SYNGEXESTA j^QUA LIS. 



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A native of Brazil : it rises with an erect 

 stem to the height of two feet, and conti- 

 nues in flower for a considerable time 

 during the summer, preserved in the green- 

 house. It may, be increased by seeds^ and 

 should be potted in light loamy soil. 



This plant was introduced not long since 

 by our late worthy and excellcut friend, 

 Robert Barclay, Esq. of Bury Hill, whose 

 loss will be severely felt by all lovers of 

 plants. He was justly celebrated for the 

 numbers of new species which he intro- 

 duced through his valuable foreign corre- 

 spondence, and his kind and liberal com- 

 munication of them. We look around us 

 in vain for one to succeed him in this ho- 

 nourable career, which he pursued for 

 half a century, as at the sale of his Bota- 

 nical Library, which took place soon after 

 his decease, we happened to purchase. 



