102 
This is cited as “ IN. noctiflora, Hook.? " in Gibert’s Enum. Pl. 
Montevid. p. 35; but, as pointed out by Mr. Bentham (MS. in Herb. 
ve it is much nearer to JN. bonariensis, Lehm, —— a pr Sees in 
the more spreading inflorescence and narrower leav 
79. Nicotiana breviloba, Jeffrey ere tota glanduloso- 
pubescens, foliis petiolatis erassiuseulis papyraceis late ovatis co ordatis 
valde undulatis apice rotundatis costa et venis primariis utrinque cireiter 
peduncula bracte a r 
cee calyce pubescenti campanulata dentibus leviter inzequalibus 
brevibus triangularibus vix acutis, corolla tubulosa fere cylindrica sursum 
leviter inflata | lobis bers rotundatis reflexi xis, staminibus inclusis infra 
medium corolle tubi ipei lamentis basi barbatis et loviter dilatatis, | 
fructu globoso calyce aa 
Habitat.—Coquimbo, Chili, Cuming, 860. 
Folia 5-7 poll. longa, 5 n oll. lata, petiolo 1 poll. can Calyx 6 lia. 
longus. Corolla 13 poll. longa. Filamenta 1} poll. longa. 
79. Clerodendron aucubifolium, Baker [Verbenacem]; fruticosum, 
eet gag foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis acutis integris subcoriaceis 
neatis, floribus magnis in cymis laxis terminalibus dispositis, 
pedicellis elongatis, calycis tubo oblongo, dentibus parvis deltoideis 
cuspidatis, corullze tubo gracili cylindrico calyce 2-3 plo longiori, lobis 
obovatis subequalibus cuspidatis, genitalibus lobos bis v. ter exceden- 
tibus 
Habitat. —North Madagascar, Baron, 6408, 615 
Folia 6-8 poll. longa, medio 3-33 poll. lata. Calya 10-12 lin. longus. 
Corolle tubus bipollicaris vel interum longior ; lobi 5-6 lin. longi. 
Near C. boris magnoliefolium and arenarium, Baker, from 
which it differs by its long slender corolla tube. The genus is repres 
sented in Madagascar by many large-flowered Cere species, 
which are well worthy of being brought into cultivatio 
80. Balanophora hookeriana, Hemsl. | Balanophorez] ; planta minima 
9 gracilis, caule paucisquamoso, squamis latis amplexieaulibus r otundatis 
superioribus quam internodiis brevioribus, spica brevis breviter pedun- 
eulata, Horibus bene evolutis non visis sessilibus eum bracteis clavatis 
intermixtis. 
Habitat.—Myrung, Khasia mountains, J. D. Hooker and T. Thomson, 
1850 
Planta circiter 11 poll. alta. Squame maxime sesquiliream longe. 
Spica 9 vix sesquilineam longa. 
The history of this miniature Balan nophora is very curiou Las 
year, when transferring some spirit-specimens of Cor dyes. to the 
Herbarium, Mr. Massee found the plant in question, which he soon 
ascertained was not a fungus; yet, on comparing it with Berkeley’s 
original drawing of Cordyceps ‘racemosa, published at the same time as 
C. falcata in Hooker's Kew Journal of HN. vi. p. 212, t. 8, fig. 3, 
it ee to be the organism Mo which a part at least of the drawing 
made. The original drawing shows the scales on the stem, but the 
published figure does not, and strange to suy Berkeley concludes his 
description of Cordyceps racemosa with the remark that it might easily 
be passed over as an imperfect Balanophora. It would appear that he 
fell into an inexplicable blunder, for there is nothing € sae to re 
the Cordyceps. 
