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seventy to seventy-five degrees. It is stated to be in all probability sufficiently 

 hardy to bear our winters if plunged in water sufficiently deep to protect it from 

 the frost, and in the summer raised nearer to the surface. 



The tubers of this plant, according to Mr. Nuttall, resemble those of the 

 sweet-potato, and are connected by running roots, are when boiled as farinaceous 

 and as agreeable as the potato, and are employed for food by the Osages, and 

 other western Indians. 



BALSAMINiE. 



Impatiens picta. (Sp. nov.) Annua \ glabra ; caulibus ramosis punctatis, 

 foliis ovatis acuminatis serratis, serraturis mucronatus, floribus subcymosis, 

 roseis; petalis lateralibus striatus in medio luteis notatis, calcare integro basi 

 incurvo. 



A very delicate and beautiful species, and perfectly distinct as far as we know 

 from all that have been hitherto described. It is in the collection of the Birming- 

 ham Botanical and Horticultural Society, and was raised from seeds which were 

 presented with many others, which appear to be equally interesting, to that 

 establishment, by the Hon. the East India Company, through Professor Royle. 

 We have had a drawing of it taken, which will appear in the next Number of 

 the Cabinet. 



ROSACEA, § AMYGDALEjE. Dec. 



Amygdalus incana. Pallas. Hoary-leaved Almond. Bot. Reg. N. S. 58. 

 This is a pretty shrub of about the midling size, and bearing pink flowers similar 

 to those of the genus. It is rare in collections, and inhabits the range of 

 Caucasus on the open plains, near the foot of that promontory, near Teflis 

 amongst the rocks. It is allied to A. nana, but from that species it is readily 

 distinguished by having its leaves covered thickly with hoariness beneath. 

 Deeandolle, in his Prodromus, has omitted this plant, and Mr. Loudon, in his 

 Arboretum Britannicum, makes it a variety of A. nana : however, Dr. Lindley 

 states no two species can be more truly distinct than they are. A. incana has 

 obovate leaves, which are coarsely serrated, hoary, beneath the calyx long and 

 downy, and the petals short. A. nana has the leaves smooth on both sides, finely 

 serrated, the calyx is smooth and short, and the petals long : such are stated to 

 be the distinctions of the two species. 



This plant is in the possession of the London Horticultural Society, through 

 the kindness of Sir Oswald Moseley, Bart. It may be increased by budding and 

 grafting in the usual way. Bot. Reg. 



LEGUMINOSiE, § PAPILIONACE^. Dec. 



Lupin us Barkeri. Lindl. Mr. Barkers Lupine. Bot. Reg. N. S. t. 56. 

 This is a very pretty species, a native of Mexico, and obtained from that country 

 by George Barker, Esq., whose name it bears. It is stated by Dr. Lindley to 



