mocarpus, inserted in the Linnean Transactions. 
He says, “ The first character I shall have to notice 
is the persistent nature of the calyx, so different from 
that of Tropaeolum, which is strictly deciduous. 
Not only is the calyx persistent, but it undergoes 
considerable changes during the progress of the 
fruit towards maturity, at which period it will be 
found to have increased very much both in size and 
thickness, its vitality continuing undiminished un- 
til the decay of the stem that supports it. In the 
advanced state, the tube or spur assumes a fleshy 
consistence, and is abundantly supplied with a ho- 
ney-like fluid, its extremity being partially separa- 
ted from the rest by a constriction, as if formed by 
a ligature, and finally withering and falling off, 
while the other parts remain in a healthy state.” 
Most plants depend on the beauty of their corolla 
for their attraction ; but in this, it is the calyx that 
constitutes the prominent feature; it having but two 
very minute red petals, placed one on either side of 
its upper calyx lobe. So various are the means by 
which an omnipotent hand is displayed in all the 
works of or, ation, that it were, indeed, a perverse 
blindness, to pass, unheeded, these marks of power 
and infinite variety. 
The Chymocarpus pentaphyllus is most luxuriant 
when its carrot-like roots have free growth in an 
open border of peat, sand, and loam. In pots it should 
be kept nearly dry, during winter, whilst in a dor- 
mant state. In all cases its succulent stems and 
roots must be wholly protected from frost. It may 
be increased from seeds ; or its cuttings will root 
in sand, in a hotbed. 
Linn. Soc. Trans, v. 17, 11. 
