No, 766. 
HUTCHINSIA ALPINA. 
Class, Order. 
TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 
A minute Alpine plant, formerly known 
as a Lepidium, from which genus it has 
been separated, and has been dedicated by 
Mr. Brown to the memory of the late Miss 
Hutchins, of Bantry, in Ireland, a most in- 
telligent cryptogamic botanist. A 
It is a native of Switzerland, the Tyrol, 
mount Baldo, and other elevated regions: 
with us it flowers in April, and may be kept 
in a pot with a little soil, filled up with bits 
of broken pot. It may be increased by 
dividing the roots. 
