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which are all of a red-brown colour on the exterior upper portion of the 

 corolla; in the lower part, yellow. A fourth herbaceous kind has its 

 younger leaves quite shaggy, the flower-scape about 6 in. high, the flowers 

 largish, deep yellow, and the slipper internally striped with orange. In 

 Leguminosae, two plants of the Loudonz'a, noticed in Vol. VII. p. 690., are 

 up, and 5 in. or 6 in. high ; the leaflets of the pinnated leaves, and the leaves 

 themselves, draw together on the approach of night, and evince what is 

 termed " the sleep of plants " as sensitively as many plants of this order. 

 Of Adesmia, two or three kinds are up ; one of them bears branched thorns. 

 In Compositae, there is a Mutisza, probably ilicifolia, with a deeply-winged 

 stem, and oval, toothed, undivided leaves, each terminated by a long tendril ; 

 a plant with opposite, stalked, hastate, toothed, smooth leaves, and at pre- 

 sent with but one, three or four flowered, corymb of white rayless heads of 

 flowers, resembling, as seen glancingly, those of a JEupatdrhim. Of Tripti- 

 lion, there are two kinds. One with prickly foliage, and with branches tipped 

 with numerous minute heads of whitish flowers ; this is about 6 in. high, 

 and will probably be but annual ; the same kind has been raised in the 

 Chelsea Botanic Garden. The second species has not flowered ; but, from 

 Mr. Cuming's specimens, bears blue blossoms. There are two species of 

 Chastanthera with yellowish blossoms. Besides these, there are several 

 species of Compositae, some in bloom, of which I have no names to call 

 them by. Of Schizanthus, three kinds have been raised. One is thought 

 to be but a variety of S. pinnatus, as it differs chiefly in having two con- 

 spicuous spots on the upper part of the flower. A second kind has a 

 compact form, stiff' straightish branches, and very neatly pinnated leaves ; 

 in its flower, the whole upper part is of a very faint blush colour, the lower 

 part of a kind of an intense red lilac, and in the centre of the flower is a 

 yellow spot, itself spotted with minute spots of this lilac colour, which 

 some would call a purple. The third kind is very pubescent, with gland- 

 tipped clammy hairs. Of /Stachys grandidentata, there were five or six 

 plants in bloom, their flower-stems near a yard high ; among these plants 

 were two or three strongly marked varieties. An herbaceous species of 

 JLinum, with small leaves, has borne a large yellow flower, the remains of 

 which 1 saw : the plant seems perennial. Of Ferbena, there is a species 

 with creeping stems, which emit roots from their joints, as the glorious V. 

 chamaedrifolia does ; but this has faintly blush blossoms, not showy, and 

 borne in axillary-stalked heads. There is a Campanula with numerously 

 branched stems, about 1 ft. in their greatest height, and bearing linear 

 leaves and numerous small white blossoms. Of Lobel/cr, three kinds are 

 up ; one of these seems an ally of L. Tiipct. Of Escalloma, there are two 

 or three kinds ; of Ribes, one kind ; of Francos, one kind, which is expected 

 to prove the white-flowered species, F. ramosa ; three species of Salpiglos- 

 sis, one of which is very beautiful, and considerably resembles S. picta ; 

 another will, I suspect, prove near akin to the S. integrifolia, lately figured 

 in the Botanical Magazine, t. 3113.; and the third is considered to be S. 

 straminea. A species of (Schinus ; a species of »Sblanum, the leaves of 

 which call to mind those of S. Pseudo-capsicum, although they are more 

 glaucous and succulent ; a .Malva with trailing stems, lobed toothed leaves, 

 and axillary, red brick-coloured, peduncled blossoms ; Tropa3 v olum tri- 

 colorum, that one of the most elegant of green-house climbers. Ca'ampelis ; 

 perhaps distinct from scabra, perhaps not. A plant under the name of 

 JS'phedra, which is possibly Retanilla Ephedra, since figured in Loddiges's 

 Botanical Cabinet, t. 1830.; a Collet/«, which is possibly but serratifolia, 

 previously in our collections; Aca3 v na, two or three species; one species 

 of Umbelliferae ; Aldea circinata ; two species of Alstrcemeri« ; two spe- 

 cies of Macrae^ a ; and one little thyme-like plant, whose leaves, on contact, 

 effuse the pleasant odour of pennyroyal. — J. D. 

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