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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 amcenum; caule simplici glaberrimo, foliis glaucis oblongls 

 sessilibus pinnatifidis serratis, capsula obovata stipitata glabra, 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. novce zelandice. 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. pi. 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. CENTA UREA /jw/cm. 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 circumference and violet in the centre. No 

 plant can be more worthy of cultivation as a hardy annual. 



