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placed in hands that will properly apply them ; and eventually, we trust, 

 enable us to communicate the result. We are, however, altogether doubtful 

 of " its coming to maturity" in this climate " in the singularly short space of 

 time spoken of by Humboldt;" and as the grains " appear'smaller, and of 

 a darker colour," than those of our own wheats, we scarcely at all partici- 

 pate in Dr. Hamilton's sanguine expectations respecting it : still this is no 

 reason why every experiment should not be tried. Dr. Hamilton, after 

 soaking two grains for 24< hours, in a solution of oxalic acid, sowed them 

 on August 26., and on August 29, he wrote — " They are now above 

 ground, in a pot in one of my windows, and I am in the hope of their per- 

 fecting their crop in November." Dr. Hamilton conceives the possibility 

 of three crops in a year being attained, " even in this cold country, in 

 favourable seasons and situations." 



Art. III. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of ne'w Plants, and 

 of old Plants of Interest, supplementary to the latest Editions of 

 the " Encijclopcedia of Plants," and of the " Hortus Britannicus." 



Curtis' s Botanical Magazine ; each monthly Number containing eight plates j 

 3s. Qd. coloured, 3^. plain. Edited by Dr. Hooker, King's Professor of 

 Botany in the University of Glasgow. 



Jidwards's Botanical Register; each monthly Number containing eight 

 plates J 4^. coloured, .3?. plain. Edited by Dr. Lindley, F.R.S., Pro- 

 fessor of Botany in the London Universit}^ 



Sweeps British Flower-Garden ; each monthly Number containing four 

 plates ; 3s. coloured, 2s. 3d. plain. Edited by David Don, Esq., Libra- 

 rian to the Linnaean Society. 



Loidiges's Botanical Cabinet; each monthly Number containing ten plates; 

 5s. coloured, 2s. 6d. partly coloured. Edited by Messrs. Loddiges. 



Maund's Botanic Garden; each monthly Number containing one plate 

 bearing figures of four plants; large paper, \s. 6d. ; small paper. Is.; bor- 

 dered edition, with the four plants on four separate plates, 2s. 6d. Edited 

 by Benjamin Maund, Esq., F.L.S. 



POLYPETALOUS DICOTYLEDONOUS PlANTS. 



XXXVT. lAypericme(S . i^ypericum /«yssopif61ium Vil. is figured in the 

 Botanical Magazine for November, t. 3277. It is showy in its numerous 

 blossoms, and is hardy, perennial, and herbaceous. The plant is in the 

 collection of the Edinburgh Botanic Garden. 



LVII. MyrtdcecB. 



2182. BEAUFO'RT/^. 



Dampieri Cun. Uampier's «. i | or 2? my? Pk Dirk Hartog's Island C s.p Bot. mag. 3272 



Possibly identical with B. carinata of Hort. Brit., No. 196.56. 



A rare and very interesting species ; apparently a dwarf shrub, with 

 many opposite or subverticillate branches. Leaves small, approaching to 

 orbicular, closely placed, beautifully quaternate, dark green above, pale be- 

 neath ; of a very aromatic taste. Flowers numerous, collected in whorls 

 below the extremity of a branch. B. Dampieri, by the specimen figured, is 

 a very elegant little plant. (^Bot. Mag., October.) 



LXV. IhymelecE. 



87. PIMELE'A. 



arenJiria Cun. sand-in/iabiting B- i | pr 1 ? jl W New Zeal. 1827. C s.p Bot. mag. 3270 



Closely allied to P. ciiiferea Bi: ; approaches also near to P. nivea Lab., as well as to P. pilbsa 

 rahl. 



Mr. Allan Cunningham found " this interesting Pimelea growing on the 

 bare exposed sandy ridges at the entrance of the river Hokianga, on the 



