[FORAMINIFERA.] The following is M. D'Orbigny's division and arrangement of the class Cephalopods, including both recent and fossil genera :— okP order of Exogenous I'lants. It consists of but one genus, and that of only one species. the Cephalofus follientaris, Australian Pitcher-Plant It has the following essential characters :—Calyx coloured, 6-parted, with n valvate aestivation ; no corolla; stamens 12; those opposite the sepal shortest, inserted into the edge of a deep glandular perigynons disc ; anthem with a thick granular connective, carpels six, distinct, I-seeded, ovate, erect; sehenia membranous, opening by the ventral suture, surrounded by the persistent calyx and stamens; seed solitary (sometimes two),' erect; embryo minute, in the base of the axis of a fleshy friable somewhat oily albumen. The Ccphalotvtt follicularie has small white flowers, with a simple save, bearing a compound terminal spike ; the leaves are exstipulate, and have mingled amongst them opercutate pitchers. This plant, according to Labillardiere, is allied to Itosacar, and, according to Jussieu, to Crasentacca.. Brown places the order
between Cressaleese and Francoaeecr. Lindley points out its relations through the last order to l'ittosporacecr and Sorreeeniacea, where the leaves of the plants are also converted into pitchers. Ile also formerly placed //karma in this order, and observed that it differed little from Cephalotus except in the presence of petals, and in the syncarpous fruit, with the seeds collected upon a flat central placenta. He now places Dioncra with Droscracece and Cephalotua in or near Rannnculacaw. [DtoN.t:A.] In cultivating the Australian Piteher-Plant it should be placed in turfy peat soil either in a box or pot. It should be kept rather moist, and this may be effected by placing the pots in pans of water. The plants, are always the healthier for allowing mom to grow over the surface of the soil in which they are planted. They can only be increased by seed.
(Lindley, Natural Sstem ; Don, Gardener's Dictionary.)