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India by Dr. Falconer. It was originally obtained from 
Caubul by some of the Russian emissaries in that kingdom, 
and sent from the St. Petersburgh garden to England. 
80. PAPAVER amenum ; caule simplici glaberrimo, foliis glaucis oblongis 
sessilibus pinnatifidis serratis, capsulá obovatá stipitatá glabrá, stigmate 
7-radiato. 
A beautiful annual poppy, raised by the Horticultural 
Society from seed sent from the north of India by Dr. 
Falconer. Its leaves are smooth and glaucous ; its petals a 
most brilliant vermilion pink with a whitish base. 
81. PIMELEA prostrata. Vahl. enum. 1. 306. 
This is a little shrub, with small decussating glaucous 
smooth leaves, hairy branches, and little lateral heads of 
white flowers, called in the gardens P. nove zelandie. It 
is said to be a native of arid mountains in New Zealand. 
Its appearance is neat and pretty, but by no means showy. 
82. MALVA mauritiana. Linn. sp. pl. 970. 
This beautiful hardy annual, a native of Algiers, has 
lately been recovered by the French, who have dispersed it 
under the name of the Zebra Mallow. It has pale blush 
flowers, deeply stained with rich purple veins. The plant 
usually sold in the seed-shops under the name of M. mau- 
ritiana is only a large state of M. sylvestris; and this, 
beautiful as it is, seems to be nothing more than a variety of 
that species. 
83. SAPONARIA perfoliata. Roxb. hort. beng. 34. 
An annual, with small pink flowers of very little beauty. 
It has been raised in the garden of the Horticultural Society 
from seeds collected in the north of India by Dr. Falconer. 
84. CENTAUREA pulcra. DC. prodr, vii. 578. 
This most beautiful annual has been raised in the garden 
of the Horticultural Society from seeds collected in the 
north of India by Dr. Falconer. The leaves are narrow and 
hoary. The scales of the involucre are green, bordered with 
a silvery pectinated margin; the flowers are the deepest 
blue in the cireumference and violet in the centre. No 
plant can be more worthy of cultivation as a hardy annual. 
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