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trees of the tropics whose foliage is filled with a sweet volatile 
oil like that of the orange, and whose aromatic tonic bark is 
valuable as a remedy for the fevers of such countries. It is said 
to form a small tree, at the most ten feet high, with the habit of 
a Theophrasta, the stem being altogether unbranched, and the 
long leathery leaves collected at its end. From amongst them 
rises a long three-cornered flower-stalk, at the end of which are 
a few large white flowers, conspicuous for their fine red calyxes. 
It inhabits close shady places in the virgin woods of Brazil. — 
Bot. Reg. 
Hexandria Monogynia. — Liliacece. 
Scilla Peruviana var. discolor. That the Peruvian Squill 
does not grow in Peru is well known, the name having been 
applied by Linnaeus in consequence of some erroneous state¬ 
ments of Clusius or Morison. Neither is it found in India, as 
one of its old synonyms would lead us to suppose. Its real 
country is Portugal, about Cintra, according to Brotero ; Algiers, 
where Desfontaines found it in corn-fields; Tripoli, on hill sides, 
according to Dellacella; Corsica, near S. Bonifacio, where 
Seraphini found it; clayey hills in Sicily, as we learn from 
Gussone, and even the sterile hills Outside the gate Degli 
Angioli of Genoa, as we are assured by Yiviani. The present 
plant was sent from Algiers to the Hon. and Very Rev. the 
Dean of Manchester, and therefore agrees in its native country 
with S. peruviana. Nor does it appear to possess any thing to 
distinguish it from that species except in the colour of the 
flowers, which are neither white nor bright blue,, as in the pre¬ 
viously known states of S. peruviana, but a dirty pale fawn 
colour. It is no doubt as hardy as the Peruvian Squill, and, 
though not so handsome, is still worthy a place in a bulb garden. 
—Bot. Reg. 
Icosandria Monogynia. — Myrfacece. 
Eucalyptus splanchnicarpon. A noble timber tree from King 
George’s Sound, where it was discovered by Mr. Cunningham, 
who speaks of it in his Herbarium as attaining a girth of 12 to 
16 feet. It possesses fine ample foliage, of a brighter tint than 
most of the genus. The flowers are among the largest of the 
o-enus, in size and colour much resembling those of Angophora 
cordifolia. — Bot. Mag. 
Syngenesia Necessaria. — CompositcB. 
Othonna tuberosa. A plant little known in our gardens, we 
believe, yet not unworthy of cultivation. It appears to have 
been introduced from the Cape to the Royal Gardens of Kew 
in 1774, by Mr. Masson, and then lost to this country. Tubers, 
