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and the Red-flowered [or Antholyza Meriana, Fr. la me- 

 rianelle, so named by Dr. Trew, from Sybilla Merian, the 

 celebrated female Dutch botanist; but placed by some 

 in the genus Gladiolus ; and by others in Watsonia], of 

 which the flowers are of a copper-red colour outside, and 

 of a deeper red within. They are all handsome plants; 

 having, in addition to the beauty of their flowers, large 

 dark green leaves, some of them a foot in length; they 

 are natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 



ANTHYLLIS. 



LEGUMINOS^. DIADKLPHIA DECANDKIA. 



Kidney- vetch ; ladies-finger; Jupiter's beard; silver bush. The 

 name Anthyllis is derived from the Greek, and signifies a downy- 

 flower ; from the down on its leaves. — French, barbe de Jupiter ["Ju- 

 piter's beard^. — Italian, barba di Giove, signifying the same. 



The Silvery Anthyllis, which is the only species necessary 

 to mention here, is so called from the whiteness of its 

 leaves : it is a handsome shrub, bearing yellow flowers 

 which blow in June. This Anthyllis is a native of France 

 Spain, Italy, Portugal, and the East. It must be sheltered 

 in winter; but the more air it enjoys in mild weather, the 

 better it will thrive : in dry weather it should be gently 

 watered every evening ; in winter once a week will suffice. 



Cuttings planted in any of the summer months in a pot 

 of light earth, and placed in the shade, will take root, and 

 may then be treated in every respect as the older plants. 



Linnaeus observes of the common Anthyllis, that the 

 colour of the flowers varies with that of the soil: in 

 Poland, where the soil is a red calcareous clay, the flowers 

 are red : in Gothland, where the soil is white, the flowers 

 are the same : here they are yellow. 



