by the friendly aid and kind participation of Dr RussE.1, 
- whose memory I have faintly endeavoured to commemorate in 
the specific name of a beautiful species of Afonarda. But re- 
lentless death, whose withering hand delights to pluck the 
fairest flowers, added, in the fleeting space of a few short days, 
another trophy to his mortal garland; and RussE.L, the only | 
hope of a fond and widowed mother, the last of his name and © 
family, now sleeps obscurely in unhallowed earth.” 
‘This plant is found very easy of cultivation, being kept in 
a shady part of the greenhouse. It will probably prove suffi- 
ciently hardy to bear the outer air, as the other species of the 
genus. 
Fig. 1. A flower and bractea. Fig. 2. Back view of the stamens. Fig. 3. 
Front view of the same. Fig. 4. Pistil. Fig. 5. Portion of the stemn.— 
All more or less magnified. : 
