of the southern branches of the Columbia. Eschscholtz describes the stem as biennial, and sniFriiticose ; but
the latter term is probably only applied to mark the rigidity of that part; in our gardeus it appears to be
annual.
OiiD. X X IX . B O R A G IN EÆ . Juss.
1. Myosotis Chorisiana; biennis, subcæspitosa, caulibus adscendentibus subsimplicibus,
foliis linearibus, racemis inferne foliosis, pedunculis folio phis dimidio brevioribus, calyce
5-partito laciniis lanceolatis acutis sub fructificatione patulis, tubo adpresse strigoso-piloso,
nucibus rugosis.— Chamisso in Linnæa, v. 4. p . 444.
This species approaches in some points to M. nana, Vill., M. davata, Ledeb., and M. humilis, Ruiz and
Pavon; but it differs from them all.
1. Cynoglossum officinale. L in n .
1. Heliotropium Curassavicum. Lin n .
O r d . X X X . H Y D R O P H Y L L EÆ . B r .
I. Nemophila Menzie sii; ' foliis omnibus pinnatifidis scabris segmentis approximatis
ovatis obtusis ciliatis subtridentato-lobatis, pedunculis oppositifoliis folio duplo longioribus,
segmentis calycinis lanceolatis accessoriis minutis.
Allied to N.phaceloides of B.arton; but a mnch smaller plant in every respect; and the peduncle is also considerably
longer in proportion. The leaves are precisely those of N. parviflora, a species found by Dr. Scouler
and Mr. Douglas ou the Columbia River; but in that individual the flowers are very small, and the peduncles
scarcely so long as the leaf. The species has long existed in Mr. Menzies’s Herbarium, and in those of
his friends, to Avhom he liberally communicated specimens. Mr. Collie remarks that the capsule is poly-
spermous.
I. Phacelia circinnata. Jacq.— P . Californica. Cham, in Linnæa, v. 4. p . 494.— P. P e ru viana.
Cham. I. c.
We cannot agree with Chamisso that there are sufficient characters to separate the above synonyms,
indeed from Chili we have received intermediate states. Pursh’s character of his P. heterophylla
equally to oiu plant.
O r d . X X X I . S O L A N EÆ . Juss.
1. Solanum nigrum, vai*. Virginicv.m, L in n .— S. pterocaule. Dun. Sol. v. \ . p . 153.
Of this there are two states in the Collection; one with the leaves glabrous, the other with them more or
less puberulous beneath. In both, the angles of the stem are rough, or almost prickly.
2. Solanum umhelliferwn ; incano-puberulum, caule suffruticoso, foliis petiolatis ovatis
subacutis integerrimis, racemo umbellato terminali paucifloro, calyce urceolato quinquefido
laciniis acutis, corolla calyce triplo longiore quinqucfida.—Eschscholtz, in Mem. Acad. Imp.
St. Petersb. v. 10. p . 286. et in Linnæa, v. 4. Litte r, p . 148.
In addition to the character given by Eschscholtz, we may remark that the stamens are distinct, the
filaments very short, and broadest a t the base. Style straight. Stigma slightly capitate. Before the corolla
is fully e.xpanded, it appears campanulate, as in Atropa, with which genus the present individual has considerable
affinity. The anthère are, however, furnished with two pores, or rather clefts, at their apex; but
in .some flowers, these pores showed a tendency to split downwards to the base of the anther.
I. Nicotiana rustica. Lin n .
1. Salpiglo.ssi,s? prostrata; sparsim glanduloso-pubcrula, caule prostrato ramoso, foliis
oblongo-spathulatis integris, pedunculis axillaribus unifloris folio multoties brevioribus.
Ra d ix cæspitosa, perennis ? Caules prostrati, teretes, filiformes, ramos oppositos alternosve subsimplices
utrinque emittentes, glanduloso-pulveruli. Folia anguste oblonga, obtusa, basi longe attenuata, glandulosa,
puborula, subenervia, parva, vix semiunciam longa. Pedunculi axillares, solitarii, uniflori, breves, semilineam
longi. Calyx puberulus, quinquefidus, sinubus latis; laciniæ elongate, foliaceæ, lineari-oblongæ, obtusæ :
tubus campanulatus, laciniis duplo brevior, e sepalis dorso viridibus margine membranaceis constans. Corolla
purpurascens, tenera, marcescens, puberula, calycem paiillum superans, infundibuliformis, irregulariter quin-
queloba. Stamina quatuor, fertilia, glabra, duo longiora, cum quinto interdum fertili sæpiusve sterili:
AnZ7ie?-Æ cordato-subrotundæ, lougitudinaliter dehiscentes. Stylus glaber, versus apicem crassior; Stigma
subpeltatum, plauiusculum, medio linea exaratum. Capsula ovata, bilocularis, bivalvis, valvis apice subbi-
fidis, dissepimentum a valvis demura liberum utrinque placentifenim : placenta planiuscula. Semina minuta,
numéros.!, subrotunda, scrobiculata. Albumen carnosum. Embryo teres, loeviter curvatus, albus, longitudine
fere seminis, centralis; radicula ad hilum spectans: cotyledones marginibus ad embryonis üexuram, ideoque
accurabcntes.
Tins certainly belongs to the same genus as S . linearis and S . integrifolia. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3113; but
they differ from the other of the Chilian species hy the foliaceous lobes of the calyx, thereby approaching
Petunia and Nierembergia : indeed, the latter of these two species is Nierembergia phoenicea of Don, while
the former appears to be N . intermedia, Graham, in Ed. N. Phil. Journ. n. 27. p. 175. From Nierembergia,
even although it be united with Petunia, as Don proposes, these plants ap|)ear distinct by the inflated tube
of the corolla, which has scarcely any limb. Lindernia Montividensis, Spreng. Syst. v. 2. p. 769, of which
Chamisso and Schlechtendal remark, (Linnæa, v. 3. p. 24,) “ planta e Solanearum ordine, Nierembergioe
affinis,” is scarcely distinguishable from the present individual.
O r d . X X X I I . S C R O P H U L A R IN E Æ . Juss.
1. Scoparla dulcis. Lin n .
1. L in aria Canadensis. S p r.—Antirrhinum Canadense. L in n .
1. Scrophularia Californica ; caule acutangulo glabro parte fiorifero glancluloso-pubescente,
foliis oblongo-triangularibus acutis basi cordatis duplicato-serratis supra glabris subtus parce
glanduloso-pubescentibus penninerviis, thyrso aphyllo, laciniis calycinis ovatis acutis m ucronatis
margine angustissime membranaceis, stamine quinto rudimentoso, capsula ovoideo-
conica.— Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnæa, v. 2. p . 585.
As remarked by Chamisso and Schlechtendal, this species approaches very closely to the Europæan 5.
nodosa: according to these authors the affinity is less with S. Marilandica, although to us it appears
extremely allied to that species. From .S’, nodosa, the shape of the calycine segments and of the capsule
will readily distinguish it. Our specimens have no root.
1. Miinulus guttatus; glabriusculus, caule quadrangidari basi radicante, folüs inferioribus
petiolatis ovato-oblongis obtusis superioribus subsessilibus subrotundo-ovatis basi subcordatis
plurinerviis inæqualiter dentatis, pedunculis pubescentibus bractea sessili longioribus, calyce
campanulato pubescente corollaque guttatim maculatis. D e Cand. Cat. Hort. Monsp. p . 127.
— M. luteus. Bot. Mag. t. 1501.
Although undoubtedly a distinct species from the Chilian M. luteus, it is by no means easy to point out a
constant distinctive character. In M. guttatus the size of the flowers is usually much smaller, the peduncles
are pubescent and shorter; but we do not find them so short as to verify the assertion that they are shorter
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