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roots,  so  that  I  have  been  able  to  study  the  habits  of  the  plant. 
The  literature  on  the  subject  being  so  scanty,  and  the  plant  itself 
apparently  so  rare  in  cultivation,  I  have  thought  that  a  few  observa- 
tions on  the  plant  under  cultivation  in  this  country  might  prove  of 
interest  to  some  of  the  readers  of  this  Journal.  The  roots,  which 
arrived  in  March,  had  scarcely  any  rootlets,  and  Professor  Planchon 
doubted  whether  they  would  grow.    But  as  they  had  only  a  few 
I.  Whole  plant.  About  one-third  natural  size.  2.  Corolla,  magnified,  show- 
ing relation  of  stamens  to  indentations  in  throat  of  corolla. 
leafy  shoots  at  the  crown,  and  had  scarcely  started  growth,  I  had 
some  hopes  of  success.  Having  learned  from  him  that  the  plant 
grows  in  sandy  fields  amongst  grass,  fully  exposed  to  the  sun,  the 
sandy  soil  probably  containing  calcareous  matter  derived  from 
shells,  I  planted  some  in  full  exposure  to  sunlight,  and  others  in  a 
position  where  they  would  only  get  the  morning  sun  and  be  some- 
