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several botanists and persons I knew. Delessert re- 

 ceived me cordially, introduced me to Madame D., 

 who I was rejoiced to find spoke English very well. 

 The suite of rooms thrown open was very splendid, 

 and communicating with the last was a pretty green- 

 house, filled with vigorous plants, all in fine bloom ; 

 the whole, carpeted and lighted, presented a most in- 

 viting appearance. The brothers Delessert are said 

 to be very rich, and I suppose can well afford such 

 an expensive establishment. The party broke up at 

 eleven. Besides tea, which is quite English, though 

 the French are getting more into the custom of using 

 it, we had ices, etc., but nothing else. The whole 

 affair was conducted without any parade and in quiet 

 good taste. . . . 



Notabilia varia. — Ellimia, Nutt., was described a 

 little before us by two authors under two different 

 names : First by Cambessides in Jacquemont's Trav- 

 els, under the name of Oligomeris ; second by Webb 

 and BerthoUet, " Histoire Naturelle des lies Canaries," 

 under the name of Eesedella ; Webb has Jacquemont's 

 plant from the Himalaya and his own growing to- 

 gether ; they are absolutely the same. I am to examine 

 them soon, but have scarce a doubt they are even the 

 same species as ours. Webb has promised me a speci- 

 men. It is also the Reseda glauca of Delile ex Egypto. 

 It is curious that the plant shoidd at the same time 

 be described from almost every part of the world, and 

 not less so that the three names hit upon should have 

 all meant the same thing, namely, a reduced reseda. 



I have just spent the evening with Gay. He is pub- 

 lishing Carices in " Annales des Sciences NatureUes ; " 

 has hit upon some of Boott's notions ; but not all. He 

 is a laboriously minute observer, and wiU do pretty 



