bears opposite Jranches, which become corymbose at the ex- 
tremity. Leaves obovato-spathulate, slightly scabrous at the 
margin, the lower ones very obtuse, upper ones almost obovate 
and acute. Corymbs terminal ; bracts, or uppermost leaves, often 
whorled and then bearing a fascicle of pedicels. Calyx of five, 
spreading, narrow, almost subulate sepa/s, shorter than the corolla. 
Corolla pale purple with a white eye, rotate, deeply cut into four 
spreading broadly obovate, veined segments, at the base of each 
of which is a nectariferous cavity, partially closed with a vein 
and a tuft of hairs. Stamens four: filaments erect, shorter than 
the pistil. Ovary ovate, acuminate : style scarcely any: stigmas 
two, short, obtuse, recurved. W. J. H. 
Cunr. A tender annual, of slender habit, possessing more 
interest for the botanist than as an object of show for the cul- 
tivator; and as it does not ripen its seeds freely, it may be 
expected to be a plant of not very frequent occurrence. Its 
seeds should be sown in the spring, in pots filled with light peat 
soil, and as they are small'a slight pressure on the surface will 
suffice, no covering of mould being necessary. The pot should 
be placed in a warm pit or on a shelf near the glass in the stove, 
keeping it in an equable, moderately moist state, and shaded from 
the sun in the middle of the day. In watering, a fine rose 
water-pot must be used, so as not to disturb the seeds or the 
surface of the mould. In some cases like this, it is advisable to set 
the seed-pots in pans of water, the water rising to the surface of 
the mould by capillary attraction ; but in adopting this method, 
care must be taken that the mould does not become saturated, 
which it is very apt to do while there are no roots to draw off 
the moisture. When the plants have attained sufficient strength, 
they should be thinned out and the pots removed to a cooler 
and more airy situation, preparatory to their removal to the 
greenhouse, where they will flower during the summer. J. 8. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Petal. 3. Pistil :—smagnified. 
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