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^11. OXALIS J[)«r^)a^Z^art«,■raclice tuberosa repente: foliolis temislatMine- 

 aribus sparse hirsutis, marginibus glanduloso-punctatis emarginatis ; flo- 

 ribus solitariis albidis margine pallide coccineis ; stylis longissimis glan- 

 duloso-liirsutis. Knowles c^- Westcott, Floral Cabinet, t. 93. 



A delicate (greenhouse ?) plant, with white petals hordered 

 with crimson, but a shy flowerer. It is said to approach 

 very near to O. versicolor, from which it differs in having 

 broader leaflets, surrounded with glandular dots. Its native 

 country is not mentioned. 



^ 12. SISYRINCHltFM junceum; caule simplici cylindraceo sulcato mono- 

 phyllo; folio fistuloso, spatlia longissima, floribus stipitatis numerosis 

 incarnatis, pedunculis longissimis, lilamentis connatis in medio inflatis ; 

 ovariis subgiobosis hirsutis. Knowles ij' Westcott, Floral Cabinet, t. 95. 



A very pretty little herbaceous plant, with rushy leaves 

 and numerous flesh-coloured flowers issuing in long-stalked 

 umbels from the common spathe. It is said to remain in 

 flower two months. — It is probably common in Chile, whence 

 wild specimens are not unfrequently sent to England. 



^ 13. LISSANTHE stellata; caule minute pubescenti, foliis sparsis oblon- 

 gis breviter petiolatis glaucis mucronatis, floribus albis axillaribus soli- 

 tariis breviter pedunculatis unibraceatis, limbo 5-partito apice fusco. 

 Knoivles ^ Westcott, Floral Cabinet, vol. 3. appendix, p. 79, with a 

 description. 



A species more singular and neat than handsome. Its 

 flowers are white, quickly becoming withered and brown when 

 removed from the stem. 



^ 14. LATHYRUS Armitageanns ; sufFruticosus, ramosus, glaucus, foliis 

 unijugis, foholis ovatis sessilibus mucronatis venosis marginibus cartila- 

 gineis, stipulis sagittiformibus venosis foliolis sequahbus vel latioribus, 

 floribus pedunculatis racemosis coeruleis pedunculis foliis coaequalibus, 

 cirrliis foliis longioribus ramosis. Knowles ^ Westcott, Floral Cabinet, 

 t. 110. 



This is one of the beautiful species of our European genus 

 Lathyrus, found in the temperate parts of South America, 

 and for the most part only known in herbaria. The flowers 

 are large, numerous, and bright bluish lilac. It is a half- 

 hardy shrub, native of South Brazil. 



^15. LINARIA delphinoides ; caule gracili ramosissimo glabro, foliis 

 alternis subulatis, floribus racemosis purpureis striatis calcaribus arcu- 

 atis longissimis, pedunculis et calycibus pilosis, coroUse lobis superiori- 



