BOTANY. 
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59. Valeri anacel ( Valerian Family). 
Valeriana, Linn. 
353. V. montana? Linn. — Pink-flowered Valerian; both, this and 
the following species grow almost wild in some of the gardens on 
the high land. Alt. 3. — Hab. Switzerland. 
354. V. phu ? Linn. — White-flowered Valerian. — Hab. Germany. 
60. Composite ( Composite or Sunflower Family). 
Tribe Eupatoriace,®. 
Ageratum, Linn. 
355. A. conyzoides, Linn. — Cat’s Eye, or Wild Heliotrope; 
grows wild, and is a very common plant everywhere. In Sandy Bay, 
at an alt. 3 '5, as well as elsewhere, it covers whole fields, winch, 
when it is in blossom, yield a most delicious perfume, and present 
broad sheets of lilac colour; nevertheless, as a weed it is a great 
pest. M. and IP. L. Alt. 3'8 to 4. Flowers in August.— Hab. 
America. 
Eupatorium, Linn. 
356. E. pallidum, H. & A. — A slender shrub attaining a height 
of six feet, with a profusion of sweet-scented white flowers ; grows 
uncultivated, and is rather common in garden shrubberies, at alt. 4, 
Terrace Knoll, Longwood Rectory, &c. Is propagated chiefly by 
cuttings. — Hab. Brazil. 
Tribe Asteroideas. • 
Aster, Linn. 
857. *A. Burchellii, Hk. f. ; Commidendron Burchellii, D.C. — 
This most interesting indigenous plant is now almost extinct. After 
long searching, I discovered one small tree of it, about six feet in 
height, growing amongst a clump of A. gummiferus, near the old 
Picquet House, above West Lodge ; and 1 believe this to be the 
only plant now in existence. l)r. Hooker, in leones Plant arum, 
p. 44, describes it as very similar to A. glutinosus , but with leaves 
longer and conspicuously white and woolly beneath. Plale 36. 
358. *A. glutinosus, Roxb. ;— Conyza rugosa, Ait. Hort. Ivew ; — 
