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present itself; and the crossing the wild and inhospitable mountains of New 

 Albion was too formidable an undertaking for him in the circumstances in 

 which he was placed. Mr. Douglas was consequently detained in California 

 a second season, which he spent in various excursions into the interior, north 

 and south of the settlement, and finally left Monterey, in the month of August, 

 1832, for the Sandwich Islands. Thence he despatched to this country his Cali- 

 fornian herbarium and seeds, and afterwards returned to the Columbia river. 



" Mr Douglas appears to have applied himself with the same zeal as during 

 his former expedition to the making and forwarding to the Society such col- 

 lections as might best contribute to its objects ; but considerable difficulties 

 have arisen in the means of transmission. The seeds and roots sent by sea 

 suffered much from the length of the voyage, during which it was also neces- 

 sary twice to cross the equator, and to pass alternately through the extremes 

 of heat and cold ; and some of the overland despatches never reached England, 

 having been, it is feared, lost amidst the confusion to which the troubled state 

 of Mexico had given rise. However, one package in particular, despatched 

 from Monterey, and one from the Columbia river, arrived safely and in good 

 condition ; and about sixty species of plants, more or less useful or orna- 

 mental, have been raised from these seeds in the Society's garden. 



" Of the former description, the most remarkable are several species of Pinus, 

 likely to prove valuable additions to our stock of timber trees ; but, as these are 

 still necessarily too young for description from the living specimens, it will be 

 sufficient at present to mention the names of P. ^abmidna, monticola, amabilis, 

 nobilis, grandis, insignis, and Menziesw, given to them by Mr. Douglas. 



"Amongst the ornamental plants, the following new species have been already 

 described, and have been more or less generally distributed amongst the Fellows 

 of the Society : — 

 " Lupinus rivularis Dougl. Bot. Reg., 19, t. 1595. ; Gard. Mag., ix. 484. 



Clarkia elegans Dougl. Bot. Reg., 19. t. 1575.; Gard. Mag., ix. 363. 



Calandrinia speciosa Lindl. Bot. Reg., 19. t. 1598.; Gard. Mag., ix. 112. 



ffinothera densiflora Lindl. Bot. Reg., 19. t. 1593.; Gard. Mag., ix. 483. 



Madia elegans Lindl. Bot. Reg., 18. t. 1458. ; Gard. Mag., viii. 19. 



Stenactis speciosa Lindl. Bot. Reg., 19. t. 1577.; Gard. Mag.,iK. 366. 



Nemophila aurita Lindl. Bot. Reg., 19. t. 1601.; Gard. Mag., ix. 488. 



ilfimulus ?-6seus Dougl. Bot. Reg., 19. t. 1591.; Gard. Mag., ix. 487. 



Calochortus liiteus Dougl. Bot. Reg., 19. t. 1567.; Gard. Mag., ix. 240. 



Calliprora lutea Lindl. Bot. Reg., 19. t. 1590.; Gard. Mag., ix. 489. 



Hesperoscordon lacteum Lindl. Bot. Reg., 19. t. 1639. ; Gard. Mag., x. 72. 



" The species which form more particularly the subject of this paper are se- 

 lected from among those that are as yet unpublished, with the occasional ad- 

 dition of short notices taken from the dried specimens transmitted by Mr. 

 Douglas of some species not yet raised in the garden. 



" Platy,^temon californiciim Benth. Gard. Mag., x. 170. — Mr. Douglas trans- 

 mitted this species with the MS. nameof Bo6th/«; but, as foreigners would be 

 unable to distinguish the sound of this word from Bo6tt/«, the name of a genus 

 dedicated to Dr. Boott by Dr. Wallich, I have been obliged to give a new one 

 to Mr. Douglas's plant. This little annual flowered very sparingly ; but the 

 fine specimens transmitted by Mr. Douglas in a dry state promise that it may 

 become as interesting to the horticulturist from its beauty, as it is to the bo- 

 tanist from forming the connecting link between the i?anunculacae and Pa- 

 paveracege. The trisepalous calyx, and numerous distinct ovaria, would have 

 placed it in the former order, were it not for the structure of the anthers, the 

 very deciduous sepals, and the general habit, which do not admit of its being 

 removed from Papaveraceae, especially considering its close affinity with Esch- 

 scholtzia through Platystigma and Dendromecon. 



" It is a low, branching, erect, and pale green annual, seldom attaining be- 

 yond a foot in heighth. The whole plant is smooth, with the exception of 

 long spreading hairs on the peduncles, the margins, and here and there the 

 surface of the leaves, and on the calyx and ovaria. The leaves are alternate, 



