76 Nuttallia digitata. 



rendered the botany of North America, in the cultivation of which his 

 zeal and perseverance have enriched our Flora with many new and 

 rare plants, and given honour to his own name. It is with real plea- 

 sure, therefore, I avail myself of the opportunity of testifying my sense 

 of the value of his discoveries, and the obligation American botanists 

 are under to him for his indefatigable investigation of our vegetable 

 treasures. The seeds of a second species have been sown in the gardens 

 of this city, from which I expect the pleasure of presenting a figure 

 and description — and Mr. Nuttall has informed me, he saw a third in 

 the Arkansa Territory, but did not collect the seeds. 



Fig. 1. Represents the upper part of a flowering portion. 



2. A radical leaf, with five inches of the petiole cut off. 



3. A cauline leaf, with two inches of the petiole cut away. 



(All the size of nature.) 



