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Dr. Lindley observes in the Bot. Reg., have “ little black heads filled with a viscid secretion, and stick to the 
fingers like those of the Henbane; these are so crowded about the pedicels as to give them quite a sooty 
appearance.” With regard to the flowers, Dr. Lindley observes in the same place that he knows “ of no plant 
better adapted for bouquets; for it will go on growing and flowering in water for two or three weeks after being 
gathered.” This species is a native of California, where it was found by Douglas, and introduced in 1834. The 
seeds should be sown in very poor gravelly or sandy soil, to prevent the plants from producing more leaves than 
flowers. The plants are quite hardy, and require no other care. 
2.—EUTOCA FRANKLENI1, B. Br. CAPTAIN FRANKLIN’S EUTOCA. 
Engravings. —Bot. Mag. t. 2985 ; and our fig. 4, in Plate 37. 
Specific Character. —Erect; leaves pinnatifid, or bipinnatifid; ovula 20 or more to eacli placenta.—( G. Don.) 
Description, &c.— This species has small pale blue flowers, produced in racemes, arising from the axils of the 
leaves, and a good deal resembling those of a Polemonium. The flowers themselves, though small, are pretty, 
from the bright clear blue of the corolla contrasting strongly with the golden hue of the anthers. The stem of 
the plant is erect, and rather stiff, having scarcely any branches, and the root is fusiform with very few fibres. 
It is a very interesting plant, Sir W. J. Hooker observes in the Bot. Mag., from its having been “ discovered by 
Dr. Richardson during the first over-land arctic expedition, growing abundantly amongst trees that had been 
destroyed by fire, on the banks of the Mississippi,” and also by Mr. Drummond, “ in burnt woods, extending from 
the Great Rapid to the Rocky Mountains.” It was introduced in 1827, but we fear it is lost, as we do not 
know where seeds of it arc now to be procured. 
3.—EUTOCA DIVARICATA, Benth. THE SPREADING EUTOCA. 
. Engraving. —Bot. Reg. t. 1784. 
Specific Character _Stems dichotomously divaricate ; leaves all ovate, undivided : placentas 12—20-ovulate.— (Benth.) 
Description, &c. —A very pretty little plant, with bright violet flowers softening into white in the centre. 
It has a decumbent spreading stem, but it will not bear pegging down so as to cover a bed, on account of the 
brittleness of its stems. It is a native of California, and was introduced in 1835. 
4.—EUTOCA MENZIESII, B. Br. MR. MENZIES’ EUTOCA. 
Synonymes.— E. multiflora, Doug, ; E. congesta, Lehm. 
Engravings.— Bot. Reg. t. 1180 ; Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. 2nd ser., 
t. 334 ; and our fig. 3, in Plate 37. 
Specific Character. —Erect, hispid ; leaves linear, or lanceolate, 
quite entire, sometimes trifid, or pinnatifid ; placentas 20, or many- 
ovulate.—(G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —A very beautiful species, with a profusion of violet-coloured flowers. Like all the 
Eutocas, it produces a great quantity of seeds ; the name of Eutoca signifying fruitful, and that circumstance 
constituting the chief botanical difference between the genera Eutoca and Nemophila. E. Menziesii was found 
by Douglas on the banks of the Columbia, growing in open situations, fully exposed to the sun ; and it was named 
by Dr. Brown in compliment to our much esteemed friend Archibald Menzies, Esq. It was introduced in 1826. 
Seeds of this species are common in the seed-shops, and they only require sowing in a dry sandy soil, and in an 
open situation exposed to the sun. As the Eutocas do not thrive in stiff soil, whenever the natural soil of the 
garden in which they are to be sown is of that nature, a barrowful of sand should be procured, and a pit dug in 
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