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Has. On the stony bed of a small 
mountain rivulet, at Paradise, on the east- 
ern side of Table Mountain, Cape of Good 
Hope. W. H. Harvey, Esq. 
Caules laxi, 2—3 uncias longi, rigidius- 
culi, inferne simplices, denudati, apice ra- 
mosi, foliosi. Folia subsecunda, undique 
inserta, erecto-patula ; inferiora ovato-lan- 
ceolata, breviter acuminata; superiora 
sensim majora, latiora, orbiculata, valde 
concava, acuminulata ; omnia lete viridia, 
pellucida, enervia, integerrima. Seta ter- 
minalis vel (ob innovationibus ?) lateralis, 
semi-unciam longa, erecta, spiraliter torta, 
hygrometrica. Capsula ovalis, levis, in- 
tense fusca, ore (cum operculo adnato) 
paululum contracto, demumlatiori. Oper- 
culum conico-rostratum, rostro curvato, 
columella arcte adherente. — Peristomium 
simplex, rufo-fuscum, e membrana brevi 
truncata striata, longitudinaliter transver- 
simque irregulariter fissa, laciniis subden- 
tiformibus. Operculum (fide 
Harvey) dimidiatum. 
amiciss, 
Fig.l. Plants :—nat. size. 2. Apex of a fertile 
branch, with the Opercalum separated from the month 
of the Capsule, but firmly adhering to the Columella. 
3. Capsule, before the separation of the lid. 
- 6. Portion of the Peristome. 
7. Lower leaf. 8 and 9. Upper leaves :—magnified. 
BOTANICAL INFORMATION, 
Letters have been received from Rio de 
Janeiro, dated July 27th, from Mr. Gard- 
ner, in which he says—‘ From the descrip- 
tions of Dr. Abel, Drs. Spix and Martius, 
and M. Auguste de St, Hilaire, I was pre- 
pared to find this a most delightful, as well 
as beautiful, country : but even the splen- 
did pictures which they draw of it, fall far 
short of the reality. The entrance to the 
bay, with the many conical hills, and islands 
covered with the most luxuriant 
vegetation: 
the bay itself, as seen fr : 
rom àn eminence 
behind the city, in which all 
BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
the grandest scenes imaginable, To 
Naturalist it is a most interesting 
He cannot take a walk even in the su 
of the town, but he finds growing ar 
him on all sides, and even beneath his fe 
the plants which he has been long used t 
see cultivated in hot-houses at home w 
so much care. Beetles are crushed 
every footstep: the air is filled with bei 
tiful butterflies and other winged insects— _ 
the chirping of grasshoppers is heard fr 
the grass to an extent that is almost ann 
ing: every road and wall abounds w 
lizards, and the incessant noise which th 
to the ears of a stranger. In short, he 
whole country may be said to teem wit 
life." ith these attractions, and seein 
around him numerous plants which are, 
yet, in the Herbaria of few European b 
tanists, we need not wonder that Mr. Gai à) 
ner should be tempted to remain a ittle 
time in so inviting a country. We think 
he has acted wisely in proceeding at on 
to the Organ Mountains, as he has done: 
and from thence he contemplates a visit to 
Minas Geraes. He will, by so doing, soon 
make himself master of the language which. 
is so general over a great portion of South. 
America, and will then determine what 
future route will give him the best prospect 
of success. 
We are happy to have it in our p 
to announce another collector, who 1s 
to an equally interesting country, under 7^ 
auspices of the Horticultural Society © 
London. Mr. Theodore Hartweg embar 
for Mexico in the service of the Horticu 
tural Society, to whom therefore all li 
plants, roots, and seeds will be sent: j 
that useful Institution has generously | 
lowed him to dispose of dried spe 
of plants on his own account, which 
will do at the rate of £2 the hundred 
cies. All applications, however, 195 
must be made throug 
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capital of Mexico, Mr. Hartweg. s; 
Guanaxato and proceed northwar d, 
portunity may offer, keeping a$ ^" 
