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tinge, bore witness to the “ Tea ” character. The flowers are 
large and semi-donble. 
Rosa sancta. —This was an interesting Rose, having been 
introduced from convents in Abyssinia, and is the same as has 
been discovered dried in chaplets found in the tombs of Egypt; 
so that it was probably introduced and cultivated there from 
the earliest antiquity. The only wild Rose in Egypt now is 
B. involucrata, Roxb., white-flowered, and with obovate leaflets. 
It still grows semi-wild in a garden on Rlioda Island, Cairo. 
Philadelphus coronariaxP. microphylla. —A hybrid 
supplied by Mr. Veitcli. It has flowers intermediate in size 
borne on slender branches, with small leaves, more nearly 
resembling P. microphylla. 
Campanula mirabilis. —This is a new and remarkable 
species, introduced by Mr. Jackson from the Caucasus. Its 
round, sub-fleshy leaves with ciliated margins, &c., indicate a 
probable habitat of a cool and dry mountainous environment. 
Black Currant x Gooseberry.— A fruiting spray was sup¬ 
plied by Mr. Culverwell, of Thorpe Perron, Bedale. It is a 
remarkable hybrid, showing fruit with all the habit of the Black 
Currant, but green and resembling small Gooseberries. There 
are no spines of the Gooseberry, nor smell of the Currant, the 
hybrid partaking partly of some of the parental characters but 
losing others, 
Lupinus polyphyllus. —A new yellow-flowered seedling, 
probably an accidental hybrid, of considerable beauty, was shown 
by Mr. K el way. 
THE NEPENTHES OF AUSTRALIA. 
Since the publication in our Journal of Mr. Veitch’s paper on 
Nepenthes (“Journal Royal Hort. Soc.,” vol. xxi. p. 226) we have 
been in correspondence with Mr. L. A. Bernays, F.R.H.S., a 
Member of Parliament in Queensland, and also with Mr. F. 
Manson Bailey, the Government Botanist at Brisbane. Mr. 
Bernays very courteously draw's attention to the fact that there 
are some described and some as yet undescribed species of 
Nepenthes in Queensland ; and Mr. Bailey most kindly sends 
descriptions and drawings of five. Writing under date of 
