By Mr. John Lindley. 



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bright yellow, spotted with crimson in the throat. This is an 

 interesting species, raised from seeds collected in Chile, and 

 presented to the Society by Mr. Place. It is covered with 

 flowers through nearly the whole year, even during the 

 winter months, if protected by a hand-glass. A figure 

 from a plant in the Garden of the Society has been published 

 in the Botanical Register, tab. 874. This plant is readily in- 

 creased by seeds, which it produces in abundance, or by 

 divisions of the rooting stems. 



XLVII. Arum crinitum. Linnams. 

 Roots of this extraordinary plant were sent to the Society 

 from the south of France, by George Bentham, Esq. of 

 Montpellier, in 1823, and blossomed in a warm border in May. 

 The plant is exceedingly rare, and its flowers are seldom 

 seen. They consist of a large brownish-purple snatha, covered 

 closely in the inside by reflexed, fleshy, dull purple hairs, 

 which are very dense at the orifice of the tube, where they 

 are said to act as a means of preventing the return of such 

 insects as find their way into the tube. In decay, the flower 

 is said to exhale a powerful smell of carrion, but this was not 

 the case in the plant which flowered in the garden. The 

 plant in the Society's possession has not yet increased. A 

 figure from it has been published in the Botanical Re- 

 gister, tab. 831. 



XLVIII. Pedicularis Canadensis. Linnaeus. 

 A pretty plant seldom seen in collections, on account of 

 the difficulty of cultivating it. That which flowered in the 

 garden was brought from North America by Mr. David 



