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want of leaves or bracteae under the flowers. It differs from 

 A. pallida in these particulars and in its leaves not being soft 

 but extremely harsh to the touch. 



Raised from seeds from the Altai Mountains, presented to 

 the Society by Dr. Fischer, in 1824. Quite hardy, and 

 flowers abundantly in July and August. 



LX. Nolana tenella. 



N. viscidopilosa, caule filiformi, petiolis ciliatis, foliis ovatis utrinque obtusis, 

 calyce bilobo 5-angulari campanulato, ovario 5-lobo. 



Presented to the Society, in 1824, by Robert Barclay, 

 Esq. by whom it was raised from Chilian seeds. Flowers in 

 August. This very pretty species has been confounded in 

 the Botanical Magazine, tab. 2604 with my Nolana paradoxa, 

 an extremely curious and widely different plant. 



The whole plant is covered with viscid hairs. Stem fili- 

 form, pale green. Leaves membranous and very tender, 

 stalked, ovate, obtuse at each end, and frequently somewhat 

 unequal at the base ; the petioles about half as long as the 

 leaves, and fringed with long hairs. Flowers solitary, axillary, 

 erect, longer than the leaves. Peduncles filiform, hairy. 

 Calyx 2-lobed, 5-angled, campanulate, hairy, one of the lobes 

 being emarginate the other 3-toothed. Corolla very like that 

 of a Convolvulus, pale blue, with a whiter eye, lined with caeru- 

 lean; limb 5-angled, a little recurved; stamens unequal, shorter 

 than the corolla. Filaments villous. Pollen blue, oval. Ovary 

 5-lobed. Style one. Stigma obsoletely capitate, slightly 

 compressed. 



Although less handsome than N. paradoxa, this is a far more 

 delicate and interesting species than the common N. prostrata. 

 It is an half hardy annual. 



