

and close; leaves oval lanceolate, about five inches long, and 



from 

 ward 



flowc 



tapering for 



Spikes upright 



loose, scattered, sometimes near a foot 



of a tawny b 



of a p 



long; 



within; inodorous, and shaped like those of the Acan 



b 



d J 



and 



begins to sh 

 there 



in 



M 



is 



of 



p 



Commonly 

 rht sandv 1( 



b 



raised from seed. The soil it prefers is a 

 am. Requires merely a protection from frost, 

 should be otherwise kept as hardily as is consistent 

 with that precaution, and supplied with plenty of water. 



The drawing was made from a plant in the extensive 

 nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, King's 

 ltoad, Parson's Green, Fulham. 





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a The calyx and pistil after the corolla has been removed, b The lower 



segment of the corolla dissected, so as to show the insertion and position 

 of the stamens. 





