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several sowings of the Nemophila throughout the year, so that there may be spring-flowering, summer-flowering, 
and autumn-flowering plants. For the first of these, Nemophila insignis succeeds exceedingly well treated like 
the other Californian annuals, as directed under the head of Leptosiphon (see p. 156). It would also probably 
succeed admirably, grown singly in a pot and frequently shifted, as directed for Rhodanthe Mangledi (see p. 199) ; 
and for the summer-flowering plants care must be taken to peg down the stems, so that they and the leaves may 
always cover the collar, and to prevent the earth about the roots from ever becoming quite dry. 
4.— NEMOPHILA ATOMARIA, Fisch. et Meyer. THE SPECKLED NEMOPHILA. 
Enoratings. — Bot. Reg. 1940; Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. 2nd sor., 
t. 376 ; Paxt. Mag. of Bot. vol. v. p. 99 ; and om fig. 4, in Plate 37. 
Specific Character Leaves opposite, pinnatifid ; lobes 5 to 9, 
almost entire ; peduncles axillary, elongated, ; corolla rotate, with a 
very pilose bottom, and obovate segments; placentas about 10-ovulate; 
seeds strophiolatc, smootli. — (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This species closely resembles iV. insignis, except in the colour of the flower, which is 
white, dotted or speckled with very small purple spots, which are so dark that they appear at a little 
distance to be black. N. atomaria is a native of the Russian colony of Ross in New California, and seeds of it 
were sent to England from the botanic garden at St. Petersburgh in 1836. Like all the Nemophilas, it requires 
a shady situation, and to be grown in peat or some other very light soil ; and indeed its culture may be exactly 
the same as that of N. insignia. 
OTHER SPECIES OF NEMOPHILA. 
N. MACULATA, Bentk. ; out fig. 6, in Plate 37. 
The flowers are whitish, with a deep violet blotch in each lobe of the corolla. The species is a native of the 
North-west coast of America, and was introduced in 1 848 by JMr, Hartweg, who found it in great abundance in 
California. 
N. DISCOIDALIS, Hort.; ouifig. 5, io Plate 37. 
This species is said to have been first observed in the nuraery of Messrs. Rollisson, at Tooting, about 1840, but 
its origin is unknown. 
GENUS IIL 
EUTOCA, R. Br. THE EUTOCA. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Gknbkic Cbaiucter.— Corolla deciduous, ovarium pilose. Placentas linear, 4, or many-ovulate. Capsule half 2-ceUed.— (G. Don.) 
1.— EUTOCA VISCIDA, Benth. THE CLAMMY EUTOCA. 
SvHONY>,z.-E.viseosa,/?ooi. Spec.f.c C„AKACTER.-Clothed with clammy pilli ; stem erect, 
branched ; leaves cordate-ovate, a little angular, serrated ; racemes 
elongated, forked and simple; placenUs many-ovulate. — (G. Don.) 
Knoravincs.— Bot. Reg. t. 1808 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3572 ; Swt. Brit. 
Flow. Gard. 2nd ser., t. 3fi8 ; Bot. Gard. No. 569 ; and our fig. 2, 
in Plate 87*. "^ 
Description, &c.— An upright coarse-growing plant, with flowers of a most vivid and intensely dark blue. 
The leaves are coarse and of a dull green, and the whole plant is entirely covered with clammy hairs, which, as 
