species belonging to any other tribe of plants. And indeed, the fact 
of the Cionus Scrophularie feeding on species of Verbascum may be 
allowed to decide the point of the genus Verbascum belonging to the 
Scrophulariacee, and not to the Solanacee, as some think it does. The 
Meloe vesicatoria, (Spanish blistering fly) gives the preference to the 
ash, then to the lilac, or privet, and last to the olive, all members of 
the tribe Oleacee. This insect is never found on any plant of the 
Jasminacee, though it is not uncommon on willows, from which it is 
remarkable that manna may be obtained, as well as from the Ornus 
Europea, or flowering ash. The Pontia Brassice or Cabbage Butter- 
fly feeds only on Cruciferous plants, with the solitary exception of the 
Tropxeolum majus, or Indian cress, the similarity existing between 
which and some Cruciferous plants, has procured for it the name of 
Nasturtium. While the Tinea (flavella) of Reaumur, the natural food 
of which is the Astragalus glycyphyllus, in the absence of that, what- 
ever variety may be presented to it, will only feed on some other legu- 
minous plant. 
These examples, the number of which might easily be increased, 
may convince every one of the advantage of following a Natural Me- 
thod of classification, to discover which, Linneus devoted the latter 
portion of his life, leaving it upon record as his opinion, that “The 
Natural Method, as it was the first, so will it ever be the highest, ob- 
ject of botany.” Roverr Dickson. 
‘INTRODUCTION; WHERE Grown; Cutture. This splendid trop- 
ical subject was first introduced to Great Britain from Jamaica, in 
1778. To the kindness of John Wilmore Esq. of Oldford, we owe the 
present opportunity of figuring this plant. It requires to | t in 
the stove. It may be propagated by cuttings; but to prevent the 
exhaustion and decay of these by an exudation of their milky sap, 
they should be nearly separated from the plant and then left three or 
four days till the sap has coagulated, so as to prevent further waste of 
it. They may then be wholly cut through and struck under glass. 
Further practical directions shall be given at a future opportunity. 
ATION OF THE NAMES. 
Evpnorsia, so called after Statoil physician to Juba, king o f Mauritania. 
Punicevs, scarlet, from Punicus, < of or belon nging to Pheenicia, famous for its 
dye of purple, said t hell-fish of the genus Murex. 
Syn 
Evpxorsia punicEa. Sw sites evident; p- 76. Flora Indiz —— 
Il, p. 873. Hortus Kewensis 2, p. 143. Smith: Icones picte, IIT, t. 3. 
Tcones Plantarum rariorum IHL, t. t. 484. Collectanea, 2, p. 179. psoas petted 
Plantarum, ITI, p.790. Botanical Register, 190. Botanical Magazine, 1961. 
Botanical Cabinet, 1901. 
