tiful flowers in corymbs, and was brancliy only 

 summit. There were also some 

 ^mmg ims of i^si^mpmeii^ iMeh h&m Hie 

 finit called Wlumipee 1^1^ Chinese, and ano- 

 tlicr species of the same genus from MsmilLi, 

 wliieh tlifFered, however, maferiully from the 

 preceding, from tlie foliage having a very 

 stnmf it&^ mi mi«& €i aniseed : from tiii^ 

 peculiarity iii^s he en named Cookea anheita* 



Besides a niidtitiide of tlie Chri/saj/f/tc/tmm 

 indica of diirereut brilliant hues, in which China 

 is so prolific, both for the number, size, and 

 lieauty '(jf Taiieties, Mr. Beale lias a low 

 shrubby species from Jai>an, wliieli bt ara a 

 profusion of small dark-rml flowers. I saw a 

 beautiful drawing- of one of llie jjlaiits in I'ltll 

 bloom, but the plant itself, at the tinre of my 

 departure from Mat$a#^ l|ad mtir^y Ex- 

 panded its flowers.* Tliere h a flourishmg 

 plant of the single Japanese €imcus,f nu- 



♦ Mr. Beale assured me tliut for four years ]ie Jias been 



its yet witltotit ^uccess^ they hacvin^ all m tlie 



passage* 



f There^Verfe *lso some spleuditl large varieties of t^e 



Ililnsetfs Tosu ihbtensis, of diftcrent tints ; and iho beautiful 

 Jiihiscm mititbiiis clianges its blassoms, niter their cxpan- 

 »i©», firom a while to a beautiful rose colmtr* llie celcbrtitetl 



