A LON A CCELESTIS. 
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The second division, or Alona, is, more extensive. Its 
species are — 
A. ccelestis, a native of Coquimbo. 
A. rostrata, — 
Coquimbo. 
A. obtusa, — 
Coquimbo. 
A. glandulosa, — 
Coquimbo. 
A. carnosa, — 
Coquimbo. 
A. tomentosa, — 
Valparaiso. 
A. revoluta, .—• 
Peru. 
A. baccata, —- 
Coquimbo. 
A. longifolia, — 
Coquimbo. 
A very fine species, with flowers as 
large as the last. 
Like the last, but leaves shorter, flowers 
smaller, and calyx different. 
Flowers smaller than in the last. 
Flowers as large as those of A. obtusa. 
Small white flowers. 
Herbaceous, shrubby at the base; 
flowers as large as in Nolana pros¬ 
trata. 
Flowers large and apparently yellow ; 
drupes quite pulpy in the dried state. 
A coarse half succulent plant, with 
flowers an inch and a half long. 
The third division, Dolta, has only two species :—- 
D. ver?niculata, a native of Coquimbo. 
JO. Salsoloid.es, — Chili. This has quite the appearance of 
some of the Salsolas, or still more 
of Chenopodium maritimum. 
The fourth division, Sorema, contains — 
* S. paradoxa, a native of Chili, syn. Nolana paradoxa. 
* S. atripUcifolia, — Nolana atriplicifolia. 
And the fifth, Aflocarya, has 
A. divaricata, a native of Coquimbo. The scrubby shrub before alluded to. 
Those marked with an asterisk are the only species that have 
yet been introduced to our gardens. 
For this list also we are indebted to the Botanical Register , 
which, in addition, has much valuable information to the botanist 
on the subject. 
The credit of raising and flowering the subject which has 
called forth these remarks (Alona ccelestis) is due to Mr. Best, 
nurseryman, of Reading, late gardener to A. Park, Esq., of 
Merton Grove, Surrey. The seed was introduced in the spring 
of 1843 by Mr. Brydges, from Argueros, Chili; Mr. Best 
receiving it in April of the same year from Mr. Carter, seeds¬ 
man, of Holborn. The treatment it received at his hands, and 
by which it has grown and flowered finely, is this : — 
The soil used was a mixture of one fourth peat, a good pro¬ 
portion of sand, and the remainder fresh turfy loam, in which 
the plants grew freely, the large fleshy roots penetrating 
through the bottom of the pot frequently during the winter, and 
the plant was as often repotted, for if not attended to in this 
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