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i gradually combine with others not yet observed. In the 
formation of such groups we have always found Mr. Brown 
__ peculiarly successful. The nuclei of his genera do not long 
~ remain without attracting a due conglomeration of species, 
until a natural and convenient assemblage of these has 
‘taken place. The genera of many other authors seem to 
be chosen by chance, and to be oftener drawn within the 
circles of those already established, than to become them- 
selves a receptacle for unobserved species. 
Biennial. Stem succulent, trailing, branched; Jeaves 
alternate, pinnatifid; lobes obtuse, slightly roughened, 
edges minutely ciliate, lowermost apart from the rest, un- 
evenly indented. Flowerstalks solitary, round, 1-flowered, 
larger than the leaf. Calyx permanent, inferior 10-cleft ; 
segments ovate acute ciliate, alternately upright and larger, 
the rest reflexed. Corolla campanulate, limb 5-cleft, seg- 
ments obtuse, notched at the end. Stamens far shorter 
than the corolla; filaments naked, inserted at the short tu- 
bular base of the corolla; anthers crescented. Nectary of 
ten small purplish cavities with pubescent edges ranged 
round the mouth of the tube of the flower. Germen round- 
oval: style upright: stigma trifid. Capsule 1-celled, with 
two, parietal fleshy placentz attached along the back, the 
sides remaining detached and separate. Seeds naturally 
two to each placenta. (Borrowed from Curtis's magaz. with 
some alteration.) . 
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Drawn from the collection of Mr. Barclay, at Berry 
Hill, Dorking ; by whom the species has been probably now 
first introduced. 
