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leaves lernate, small, ovat(% aculc, downy and edged wilh soft hairs 

 bendino- inwards; the leai'-sialks are also slighlly liaiiy, and flat- 

 tened: llie flowers axillary, solitary or two togellier, rarely three, 

 nodding, on round smooth pednneles, furnished on eaeii side with a 

 very minule stipule, of a fme yc^llow colour. It is a native of Eu- 

 rope, flowering in May and June. 



'J'hcre are several varieties, some of which merit a place among 

 flowering shrubs; as that with a |)urple calyx, and the flowers strongly 

 tinged with orange, as well as that which is very hoary. 



The second sjiecies has the branches smooth, flexible, eight or 

 ten feet high; (he lower ones luvve small loolh leaves, at the end of 

 the shoots of the same year; the (lowers are disjiosed in a loose 

 spike, arc Lirge, yellow, have ;i strong agreeable odour, appear in 

 July, and in cool seasons continue in succession till Sipteniber. It 

 is a native of all the Southern counliies of I'juroi)e. 



There is a variety with double flowers. 



The third has low stems, wilh o])posilc four-cornered branelu-s : 

 the leaves oj)posile, sulj-scssile : ieiiflets sessile, ihii!, subpul;escen! : 

 the petioles extremely short, but [)crmancnt, three-cornered, gibbous, 

 very blunt, ihicker than the branchlet to i)e supported : the flowers 

 terminating, in threes, sessile. In its nalural slate it is a low shrul>; 

 when cultivated it becomes iiuuli larger, though r<n"(^ly exceeding 

 two feet and a hall' in height, but the blanches spread \cr\ much 

 and form a large bush; they aie angular and pliable, and always 

 come out by pairs opposite: the leaves narrow and av>l-shaped^ 

 plac(xl round the slalk, spreading out like the j)oiiilH ol a star: the 

 flowers in small spikes at the end of the branches, brigl-.l yelhjw, but 

 not more than half the size; of the second sort, and wiihoul scenl. Jt 

 flowers in June, anti is a native ofJlaly. 



The fourth species has a thick stalk, covered \\\l\\ a ragged bark 

 when old ; it rises eight or niiu; led high, sending out n)any slender 

 rush-like branches of a silvery coloui", almost taper, which tei'n)inale 

 in very slendcM' Ix'iiding ends; these have a i'vw narrow sjjcar-shaped 

 leaves on the lower branches: the flowers are pioduced in very 

 short spikes or clusters on the side of the branches ; are small and 



