Chap. III. 



BOREERIA. 



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1.5 seed. Some additional berries were produced 

 which contained no seeds. The plants thus treated were 

 therefore excessively sterile, and their slight degree of 

 fertility may be attributed in part to the action of the 



Table 21. 

 Mitchella repens. 



many individuals of Thrips which haunted the flowers. 

 Mr. J. Scott informs me that a single plant (probably 

 a long-styled one), growing in the Botanic Gardens at 

 Edinburgh, which no doubt was freely visited by in- 

 sects, produced plenty of berries, but how many of 

 them contained seeds was not observed. 



BOEEERIA, NOV. SP. NEAR VALEErANOIDES (KUBIACE^). 



Fritz Muller sent me seeds of this plant, which is 

 extremely abundant in St. Catharina, in South Brazil; 

 and ten plants were raised, consisting of five long- 

 styled and five short-styled. The pistil of the long- 

 styled flowers projects just beyond the mouth of the 

 corolla, and is thrice as long as that of the short- 



