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inches long, and the narrow petalled limb, of five narrow divisions, is 

 about the same across. Pentandria Monogynia, Solanese. Jaborosa, 

 the Arabic name for the Mandragora, to which plant it is closely allied. 



7. Lathyrus rotcndifolius, var., ellipticus. Round leaved 

 everlasting Pea. — A hardy perennial species, growing in the Bir- 

 mingham Botanic Garden ; the plant is not so robust in its growth 

 as Lathyrus latifolius. It is a climbing kind, rising to the height of 

 about four feet. The flowers are produced in profusion, each a little 

 more than half an inch across, of a fine crimson colour. This variety, 

 it is conjectured, is a native of Georgia. It is a very showy flower- 

 ing plant. Diadelphia Decandria. Leguminosae. Lathyrus, from 

 La, augment; and thouros, any thing exciting, referring to the quali- 

 ties of the Genus. 



8. Leptosiphon Androsaceus. Androsace-like. — (Bot. Mag.) 

 A free and pretty flowering annual plant. The stem rises about 9 inches 

 high, and each is crowned by a corymbous head of whitish, or lilac 

 coloured flowers, each flower about half an inch across, and about 

 twelve in a corymb. The plant appears to like an airy and coolish 

 situation. If seeds be sown early, and again late in Spring, such a 

 succession will produce flowers for the most part of Summer. Pentan- 

 dria Monogynia. Polemoniacse. Leptosiphon from Leplos, slender ; 

 and siphou, a tube, in allusion to the slender tube of the corolla. 



9. Lupinus Texensis, Texas Lupine. (Bot Mag.) This species 

 very much resembles L. subcarnosus, but it is of a more robust 

 growth ; the flowers too are of a much deeper blue colour. The pre- 

 sent species is annual, smooth foliage, not fleshy. The five blue 

 blossoms with a yellow centre make a pretty appearance. Diadelphia 

 Decandria. LeguminosEe. Lupinus from Lupus, a wolf, referring 

 to the effect of the plant in destroying the fertility of the soil. 



10. Nerium Thyrsiflorum, Dense flowered Oleander. (Mag. 

 of Botany.) A very showy flowering plant, introduced from Nepal 

 Sylhet in 1830. It has bloomed in the collection of Mr. Tate, Nur- 

 seryman, Sloaue-slreet, Chelsea. The flowers single, produced in a 

 spreading terminal cyme, which contains upwards of a dozen flowers; 

 they are of a bright rosy pink colour, a little streaked with a lighter 

 colour at the centre of each flower. It deserves a place in every 

 greenhouse; if planted in a good rich soil, and forced a little in a 

 hothouse to bring it into bloom, it will amply repay for the attention. 

 The genus being vigorous growing plants, require a good share of 

 pot room, and to be repotted each time a plant has done blooming. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. Apocyneae. Nerium from ncros, humid, 

 referring to the habit of the plant in its native country, where it is 

 found growing on the banks of rivulets, &c. 



