OCTANDRIA, 

 CLASS VIII. 



EIGHT STAMINA. 



This Class has four Orders. 

 ORDER I. 

 NASTURTIUM. Of this genus there are five monogy. 



species : this is a native of Peru, and is said, by Lin- 

 naeus, to have been first brought into Europe in the 

 year 1684. It begins to blossom in July, and con- 

 tinues till the approach of winter. 



The flowers, in the month of June and July, emit 

 sparks or flashes in the morning before sun -rise, and 

 also during twilight in the evening, but not in total 

 darkness. This curious phenomenon was discovered 

 by a daughter of Linnaeus, who first shewed it to her 

 father, and to M. Wilcke, a celebrated electrician, 

 who believed the scintillations to be electric. 



SCARLET FUCHSIA, Fuchsia coccinea. This 

 elegant shrub is a native of Chili, and grows to the 

 height of six or seven feet. It was first cultivated in 

 England in 1 788 by Lee and Kennedy. It produces 

 rich pendent blossoms through most of the sum- 

 mer ; the calyx is of a beautiful red colour, and the 



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