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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 those, 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 Manglesii (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. 
Engravings. —Bot. Reg. 1940; Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. 2nd sex-., 
t. 376; Paxt. Mag. of Bot. vol. v. p. 99 ; and our fig. 5, 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 stropliiolate, smooth.—(G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —This species closely resemble N. 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 Nemopliilas, 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. insignis. 
OTHER SPECIES OF NEMOPHILA. 
N. PARVIFLORA, Doug. 
The flowers are said to be very small, but their colour is not mentioned. The species is a native of the 
North-west coast of America, and was introduced in 1826, but it appears to have been soon after lost, and not to 
be now in the country. 
N. MENZIESII, Hook, et Am. 
This species is said to have blue flowers, and to be a native of Chili, but it does not appear to have been 
introduced. 
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GENUS III. 
EUTOCA, 11. Br. THE EUTOCA. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character.— Corolla deciduous, ovarium pilose. Placentas linear, 4, or many-ovulate. Capsule half 2-celled.—(G. Don.) 
L—EUTOCA VI SC I DA, Benth. THE CLAMMY EUTOCA. 
Synonyme. — E. viscosa, Hook. 
Engravings. —Bot. Reg. t. 1808 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3572 ; Swt. Brit. 
Flow. Gard. 2nd ser., t. 368 ; Bot. Gard. No. 569; and our fig. 2, 
in Plate 37. 
Specific Character. —Clothed with clammy pilli; stem erect, 
branched; leaves cordate-ovate, a little angular, serrated; racemes 
elongated, forked and simple ; placentas many-ovulate.—(G. Don.) 
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 
