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TROP^OLUM BRACHYCERAS. 
(short-spurred trop^olum). 
class. ordea. 
OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
TROPtEOLE^. 
Generic Character. — See Vol. II., page 123. 
Specific Character. — Root perennial. Stem climbing, very slender, of a pale green colour. Leaves 
alternate, six, and sometimes seven-lobed ; lobes oblong, rather blunt, pale green and very delicate. 
Leafstalk nearly an inch long, slender, and twining like the branches. Flower-stalk a trifle longer 
than the leafstalk. Calyx consisting of five slightly obtuse pale green segments. Petals five, 
bright yellow, except the back one, which strikes into two lobes, each of which is prettily pencilled 
with a rich dark brown at the base. Stamens eight, a little longer than the style. Germen sepa- 
rating into three lobes. 
A SMALL box, containing bulbs and roots of different descriptions, was received 
at Chatsworth last spring-, from His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, to whom it 
was most obligingly presented by Miss A. G. Reinagle, who had previously received 
it from her niece ; the roots having been most likely collected in Valparaiso. 
On examining the contents, to our great pleasure we found several roots 
to belong to the genus Tropceolum ; and as Miss A. G. R.'s niece's account of 
them led us to expect that some would prove new, and being already aware of there 
being several handsome species in existence besides those known in our gardens, we 
watched the progress of the new arrivals with much pleasure and anxiety, when, 
about June, we had the gratification to witness the production of the elegant little 
yellow flowers represented in the figure. This is the only one that has flowered. 
This species, in growth and habit, is so much like T. tricolorum, that we were 
unable to detect any material difference until the flowers appeared, although a root 
of each was grown in the same pot. The flowers of each plant began to expand 
about the same time, and their delicate branches having been intermixed over the 
