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like many other Chinese plants, it will be found sufficiently 

 hardy to live in the open ground. 



At present being rare, 



it is kept in the conservatory. Seems to be of as easy culti- 

 vation and propagation as any of the common species of 

 the same genus. 



a The calyx deprived of the corolla, to show the stamens, b The calyx 

 cut down and deprived of the corolla and stamens, to show the two 

 pistils. 





It 





