supplementary to Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 373 



following extract, be able to judge whether M. hypogae^a be 

 desh-able to them or not. " It is perennial [In the page pre- 

 ceding, it is stated, " plant apparently perennial."], and quite 

 hardy, and appears well suited for rockwork ; where its nume- 

 rous bright yellow blossoms, contrasted with its deep green 

 polished leaves, would doubtless produce a good effect. It 

 requires a light loamy soil, and is readily increased by seeds, 

 which should be sown immediately they are ripe ; " as is sug- 

 gested by the plant's habit of burying its fruit " in the ground, 

 like some of the Violeae." The figure published of M. hypogag^a 

 has been derived from a plant of it in Mrs. Marryat's collection, 

 at Wimbledon, Surrey ; into which Mrs. Palliser had introduced 

 it from the Royal Botanic Garden at Turin, by seeds given to 

 her by Professor Moris. The fact of this lady's introducing it, 

 in 1833, is registered in Gard. Mag., x. 339. 341. 



Mr. D. Don is not aware who it is that has instituted the 

 genus Morism. On its affinity, he has thus stated: — " The 

 plant, in habit and structure, comes very near to Eucaria, except 

 in having even, not folded, cotyledons : a remarkable character, 

 which removes it entirely from that group ; and we know of no 

 other with which it can be associated." The seed-vessel is par- 

 titioned, by a deep constriction, into two portions, each two- 

 celled ; with three seeds in each of the lower cells, one seed in 

 each of the upper cells. [British Flcwer-Garden, June.) 



LXXIII. 'Rosdcece. 



1528. POTENTI'LLA. 



[pistils of PotentiUa formbsa ^ A Pi^ 9? my-S O.R Eng. hybrid 1834? C co 

 tormentillo-formusa R. Tongue, a hybrid, the result of ajiplying pollen of Tormentilla reptans to 



It has been raised by R. Tongue, Esq., of Forton Cottage, near 

 Lancaster. Its first-borne flowers have been produced in May, 

 1835. It assimilates to Tormentilla reptans in its stems being 

 prostrate, slender, and, seemingly, disposed to lengthen to some 

 extent. These may or may not emit roots at their joints : a plant 

 in a pot, from which this notice is now (June 11.) taken, does 

 not show roots protruded from the joints of the stem. Whole 

 surface of the plant pubescent. Leaves : the radical ones, and 

 those upon the lower portion of the stem, 5-leafleted ; farther 

 along, 3-leafleted, then 2-leafleted, then 1-leafleted. Leaflets 

 obovate, with the lower portion wedge-shaped ; margin of the 

 upper or outer portion toothed with uniform teeth. Bracteas 

 ovate-lanceolate, nearly entire. Sepals ten, in an outer and an 

 inner series ; those of the outer as long, though not quite so 

 broad, as those of the inner. Corolla nearly as broad as a 

 sixpenny-piece. Petals in colour between orange and buff, with 

 a rather small bright red spot at the base of each. Stamens 

 about twenty. Anthers not luxuriant, and not any pollen scat- 

 tered ; although some appeared to be present at the openings of 

 the valves of the anthers. Styles numerous. — J. D. 



