compressed and loosely cohering, with broad, wavy, and
almost chaffy margins, so much dilated as to conceal the
short pedicel and the remains of the styles; one or two of
the lobes often abortive. Embryo curved.
In specimens of C. pedunculata kindly communicated to
the writer by Mr. Borrer, the lobes of the fruit are destitute
of border, and merely rounded at the back; the leaves are
linear, of the same width throughout, less abrupt and more
slightly notched at the extremity than in C. autumnalis: the
pedicels of the fruit are inconstant; and we should hesitate
in pronouncing C. pedunculata to be essentially distinct
from C. verna, unless the connate insertion of the leaves
observable in C. verna should prove to be permanent. An
attempt on the part of the writer to cultivate C. pedunculata
has not been satisfactory in its results; while C. autumnalis,
under the same treatment, has been found to retain its
original properties unaltered.
The synonyms are given by Professor Hooker. FI. June
—October.—W. W.